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Not quite the gentleman
you might have pictured.
:15:03
I hope we're not going to quarrel.
:15:06
I am your wife and i intend to fulfil all my
marital obligations as happily as i may.
:15:12
I want to please you.
:15:24
May i speak very frankly, madam?
:15:27
Please do.
:15:30
You know my situation here.
:15:32
This plantation is a long way
from civilisation.
:15:36
I could not leave it to find a wife,
but i wanted a wife.
:15:40
Your brother explained all that to me.
:15:42
You want children.
:15:45
So do i.
:15:47
- You're very...
- Bold?
:15:49
Never mind.
:15:52
What i want to say is this:
:15:54
our contract, marriage by proxy,
:15:57
is not an uncommon way
to get a wife in the jungle.
:16:00
Only you are uncommon.
:16:03
How did my brother find you?
:16:05
He advertised in
the New Orleans papers.
:16:08
You'll be flattered to know
there were nearly 50 applications.
:16:12
- He picked you.
- Not exactly. I didn't apply.
:16:15
I have known your brother for years.
:16:17
He asked me to read the applications
and help him choose a wife for you.
:16:22
I became interested. I decided i'd be
much better for you than anyone else.
:16:27
Your brother didn't agree with me,
but i managed to convince him.
:16:32
It wasn't easy.
Very stubborn man, your brother.
:16:35
You might not believe that.
:16:37
- It runs in the family.
- Really?
:16:42
I know why my brother picked you.
:16:45
But what made you decide
to marry a man you'd never met?
:16:50
I think it was your letters that decided
me. Your letters to your brother.
:16:54
I could tell how Ionely you were.
I knew you needed me.