:21:00
- How do you do?
- Just in time for tea, Miss Beldon.
:21:02
- Thanks, but I've just had some.
- Sit down anyway.
:21:05
I can only stay a moment.
Please, do sit down.
:21:09
You really must excuse me
for invading your house like this...
:21:13
...but frankly,
I've come to make a request.
:21:15
- A personal request, and a great favor.
- Well, please, sit down.
:21:19
Thank you.
:21:21
You see, my grandmother
doesn't know I've come.
:21:25
I'm afraid I'm not very good
at breaking things gently...
:21:28
...so I'll get straight to the point.
It's about the rose.
:21:31
- The rose?
- Yes. The one Mr. Ballard grew.
:21:34
The Mrs. Miniver.
:21:36
I hear he's going to enter it
in the flower show.
:21:38
- For the Beldon Challenge Cup?
- Yes.
:21:42
- But no one ever has entered... That is...
- No...
:21:45
...no one has ever entered a rose
in competition with my grandmother.
:21:49
And that's just the point.
:21:50
It's become a tradition for her
to win the cup...
:21:53
...and her roses mean so much to her.
:21:56
I know it seems
an awful thing to ask...
:21:58
...but I thought you might,
perhaps, as a favor...
:22:01
...persuade Mr. Ballard to withdraw
his rose from the competition.
:22:05
To be frank, it's such a beautiful rose
it might easily win, and, well...
:22:10
Miss Beldon...
:22:12
...may I ask whether
this is an open competition?
:22:15
- Yes, technically...
- Technically, yes, but actually, no.
:22:19
- Yes, I suppose that's it. You see...
- I see only too well, Miss Beldon.
:22:23
Because Mr. Ballard
is not of the ruling class...
:22:25
...is a mere vassal, as it were...
- Vin, please. Let Miss Beldon explain.
:22:30
But, Mother, Miss Beldon
doesn't have to explain, not to me.
:22:33
I'm aware of the influence
of the feudal system in this village.
:22:37
These are orders from the manor.
Her ladyship must have no competition.
:22:41
You must excuse my son.
He's just down from Oxford.
:22:43
Don't apologize for me.
I mean everything I say.
:22:47
Well, I'm glad to hear it,
but do you do anything about it?
:22:51
Do? Why, what do you mean?
:22:54
If you feel something is wrong,
what are you doing about it?
:22:58
I've spent holidays the last few years
doing settlement work in London slums.