:26:00
-May I telephone the doctor?
-Yes, do.
:26:05
-I'm sorry.
-Don't worry.
:26:19
Your father feeling better?
:26:22
He's made a full recovery.
:26:23
Good.
:26:25
We don't wish to see anything
of that sort ever happen again, do we?
:26:29
-I mean, your father collapsing.
-Indeed not, my lord.
:26:33
And it could happen anywhere.
:26:35
At any time.
:26:38
The first of the foreign delegates
will be here in less than a fortnight.
:26:42
-We are well prepared, my lord.
-I'm sure you are.
:26:45
What happens within this house
could have...
:26:48
...considerable repercussions
on the course that Europe takes.
:26:52
It means a great deal.
:26:54
And it means a great deal
to me personally.
:26:57
I had a German friend,
Karl-Heinz Bremann.
:27:02
We fought on opposite sides
in the war.
:27:05
We always said when it was over,
we'd sit down and have a drink...
:27:09
...like gentlemen.
:27:12
The Versailles Treaty
made a liar of me.
:27:15
Yes, a liar, Stevens.
:27:18
Because the terms we imposed were
so harsh that Germany was finished.
:27:23
One doesn't do that
to a defeated foe.
:27:25
Once your man's on the canvas,
it ought to be over.
:27:29
My friend Bremann
was ruined by inflation.
:27:33
Couldn't get a job
in postwar Germany.
:27:37
Killed himself.
:27:39
Shot himself in a railway carriage.
:27:44
Since then, I've felt it my duty
to help Germany and to give her...
:27:48
...a fair chance.
:27:50
So this conference is crucial...
:27:52
...and we can't run the risk
of any accidents.
:27:56
There's no question
of your father leaving.
:27:59
You're simply being asked
to reconsider his duties.