:10:01
Newland Archer hadn't stopped at
his club, as young men usually did...
:10:06
...but came directly to the ball.
:10:08
He wanted the announcement
of his engagement...
:10:11
...to divert gossip away
from the countess...
:10:14
...and show his most ardent support
for May and her whole family.
:10:25
The Beaufort house had been
boldly planned.
:10:28
Instead of squeezing through
a passage to get to the ballroom...
:10:33
...one marched solemnly down a vista
of enfiladed drawing rooms.
:10:53
But only by passing through
the crimson drawing room...
:10:57
...could one see
The Return of Spring...
:11:00
...the much-discussed nude
by Bouguereau...
:11:15
Archer enjoyed such challenges
to convention.
:11:19
He questioned conformity in private...
:11:21
...but in public he upheld
family and tradition.
:11:25
This was a world balanced
so precariously...
:11:28
...that its harmony could be
shattered by a whisper.
:11:53
On the whole, Archer was amused by
the smooth hypocrisies of his peers.
:11:58
He may even have envied them.