:27:01
Look, Mother. Rather sweet, isn't it?
:27:03
Charming. And very wise of you
to wear pink.
:27:10
You didn't really mean
that I should say nothing?
:27:12
- Of course I do.
- But, Mother...
:27:14
I felt the same way 20 years ago.
:27:19
Not Father!
:27:22
In many ways, your father was
an exceptional man, but that wasn't one.
:27:27
- And you said nothing?
- Nothing. I had a wise mother, too.
:27:31
Listen, my dear. This story isn't new.
It comes to most wives.
:27:34
But Stephen...
:27:36
Stephen is a man.
He's been married 10 years.
:27:39
You mean he's tired of me?
:27:41
Stephen's tired of himself,
tired of feeling the same things in himself.
:27:45
Time comes when a man
has to feel something new.
:27:48
And he's got to feel young again,
just because he's growing old.
:27:51
- Mother, Stephen isn't old.
- Of course not.
:27:53
But we women are much more sensible.
:27:55
When we tire of ourselves,
we change our hair, or hire a new cook...
:27:59
...or decorate the house.
:28:02
I suppose a man could do over his office,
but he never thinks of anything so simple.
:28:06
No, dear. A man has only one escape
from his old self.
:28:09
To see a different self
in the mirror of some woman's eyes.
:28:14
The girl probably means no more to him
than that new dress means to you.
:28:17
But, Mother...
:28:19
He doesn't love the girl. If he did,
you'd have felt it yourself long ago.
:28:26
Yes, I always thought I would.
I love him so much.
:28:31
And he loves you, baby.
So take my advice. Keep still.
:28:35
Keep still when you're fairly aching to talk.
:28:38
It's about the only sacrifice spoiled women
like us ever have to make to keep our men.
:28:43
- What if I don't want him on those terms?
- But, Mary...
:28:46
Mother, it's all right for you
to talk of another generation...
:28:50
...when women were chattels,
and they did as men told them to.
:28:53
But this is today.
Stephen and I are equals.
:28:57
We took each other of our own free will,
for life, because we loved each other.