1:09:03
She had sent a carpenter
to measure the front pew...
1:09:07
...in case it might be altered
to accommodate her.
1:09:10
But this idea,
like the great lady herself...
1:09:13
...was unwieldy, and she settled
for giving the wedding breakfast.
1:09:19
The Countess Olenska sent her regrets.
She was traveling with an aunt.
1:09:24
But gave the bride and groom
an exquisite piece of old lace.
1:09:29
Two elderly aunts in Rhinebeck
offered a honeymoon cottage.
1:09:33
Since it was thought "very English"
to have a country house on loan...
1:09:39
...their offer was accepted.
1:09:41
When the house proved suddenly
uninhabitable, however...
1:09:45
...Henry van der Luyden offered...
1:09:48
...an old cottage
on his property nearby.
1:09:52
May accepted the offer
as a surprise for her husband.
1:09:56
She'd never seen the house,
but her cousin Ellen had mentioned it.
1:10:00
She had said it was
the only house in America...
1:10:04
...where she could imagine
being perfectly happy.
1:10:09
They traveled to the expected places,
which May had never seen.
1:10:13
In London, Archer ordered his clothes.
They went to the National Gallery...