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Not quite the gentleman
you might have pictured.
:15:04
I hope we're not going to quarrel.
:15:06
I am your wife.
:15:08
And I intend to fulfill
all my marital obligations
:15:11
as happily as I may.
:15:13
I want to please you.
:15:25
- May I speak very frankly, madam?
- Please do.
:15:31
You know my situation here.
:15:34
This plantation is a long way
from civilization.
:15:37
I could not leave it to find a wife,
but I wanted a wife.
:15:40
Your brother explained
all that to me.
:15:43
You want children.
:15:45
So do I.
:15:48
You're very...
:15:50
- Bold?
- Never mind.
:15:53
What I want to say is this:
:15:55
Our contract, marriage by proxy,
:15:58
is not an uncommon way
to get a wife in the jungle.
:16:01
Only you are uncommon.
:16:03
How did my brother find you?
:16:06
He advertised.
In the New Orleans papers.
:16:09
You'll be flattered to know
there were nearly 50 applications.
:16:13
- He picked you.
- Not exactly.
:16:15
I didn't apply.
:16:16
You see, I've known your brother
for many years.
:16:18
He asked me to read the applications
and help him choose a wife for you.
:16:23
I became interested,
:16:24
finally decided I'd be much better
for you than anyone else.
:16:29
Your brother didn't agree with me,
but I managed to convince him.
:16:33
It wasn't easy.
:16:34
Very stubborn man, your brother.
:16:36
You might not believe that.
:16:38
It runs in the family.
:16:41
Really?
:16:43
I know why my brother picked you.
:16:46
But what made you decide
to marry a man you'd never met?
:16:51
I think it was your letters
that decided me.
:16:53
Your letters to your brother.
:16:55
I could tell how lonely you were.
:16:58
I knew you needed me.