1:57:02
You have important friends.
1:57:04
They can tell you
how these things are done.
1:57:07
For money, well-timed
and properly applied...
1:57:12
...can accomplish anything.
1:57:17
And Barry was acquainted with someone
who knew how these things were done.
1:57:22
This was the distinguished Barrister
and former Government Minister...
1:57:27
...Lord Hallam...
1:57:29
...whose acquaintance he had made,
like so many others, at the gaming table.
1:57:34
Do you happen to know
the Thirteenth Earl of Wendover?
1:57:40
I don't believe I do.
1:57:41
Well, this nobleman is one
of the Gentlemen of His Majesty's Closet...
1:57:46
...with whom our revered Monarch
is on terms of considerable intimacy.
1:57:52
In my opinion, you would be wise
to fix upon him...
1:57:56
...your chief reliance for the advancement
of your claim to the peerage.
1:58:03
When I take up a person, Mr. Lyndon,
he, or she, is safe.
1:58:08
There is no question about them anymore.
1:58:11
My friends are the best people.
I don't mean they're the most virtuous...
1:58:16
...or, indeed, the least virtuous,
or the cleverest...
1:58:20
...or the stupidest,
richest or best born.
1:58:23
But, the best.
1:58:24
In a word, people about whom
there is no question.
1:58:30
I cannot promise how long it will take.
1:58:33
You can appreciate
it is not an easy matter.
1:58:36
But, any gentleman with an estate,
and 30,000 a year...
1:58:41
...should have a peerage.
1:58:47
And there standing behind me
was a total stranger.
1:58:50
I looked at him, and he said to me:
1:58:53
"Excuse me, sir, could you tell me,
is Lord Wendover alive or dead?"