:23:03
It's hardly a question of entombment.
:23:05
The countess is here, after all.
:23:09
Or do you believe a woman
should share the same freedoms as men?
:23:15
I suppose I do. Yes, I do.
:23:18
Apparently Count Olenski
takes a similarly modern view.
:23:22
I never heard of him lifting a finger
to get his wife back.
:23:29
Three days later,
the unthinkable happened.
:23:32
Mrs. Manson Mingott
sent out invitations...
:23:35
...summoning everyone
to a formal dinner.
:23:38
Such an occasion demanded
the most careful consideration.
:23:42
It required the appropriate plate.
:23:45
It called for three extra footmen...
:23:47
...two dishes for each course
and a Roman punch in the middle.
:23:54
The dinner, read the invitation...
:23:56
...was "to meet the Countess Olenska. "
:24:03
And New York declined.
:24:08
"Regret, unable to accept. "
:24:11
And from our own family.
:24:12
No one cares enough...
:24:19
They all lived in a kind of
hieroglyphic world.
:24:22
The real thing was never said
or done or even thought...
:24:26
...but only represented
by a set of arbitrary signs.
:24:31
Archer knew these signs. They were
not subtle and were not meant to be.
:24:37
They were more than a simple snubbing.
:24:39
They were an eradication.
:24:43
There was a single court of appeal.
:24:46
He would plead their case
before the van der Luydens.
:24:49
And all this, you think, is due
to some intentional interference by--
:24:55
Larry Lefferts. I'm certain of it.
:24:57
The van der Luydens dwelled
above all the cities' families...