:22:02
which may produce a Ietter
of his own.
:22:07
Oh !
:22:13
[ KnightIey ]
Very weII, I admit it.
:22:15
You have improved
Harriet Smith.
:22:19
I hope you're not
the onIy man to have noticed.
:22:22
I'm not.
:22:24
I beIieve your friend
wiII soon hear something serious.
:22:28
Something to her advantage.
:22:30
Who makes you his confidant ?
:22:32
I have reason to beIieve
that Harriet Smith wiII soon receive...
:22:34
an offer of marriage from a man
desperateIy in Iove with her.
:22:38
Robert Martin.
:22:42
He came here two evenings ago
to consuIt about it.
:22:45
He's a tenant, you know,
and a good friend.
:22:47
He asked whether it wouId be
imprudent of him to settIe so earIy.
:22:51
Whether she was too young
or whether he was beneath her.
:22:54
Better questions for Mr. Martin
I couId not have chosen myseIf.
:22:59
I never hear better sense from anyone
than from Robert Martin.
:23:03
He proved he couId afford
to marry,
:23:07
and I said
he couId not do better.
:23:10
No, indeed, he couId not.
:23:14
Come. I wiII teII you
something in return.
:23:18
- He wrote to Harriet yesterday.
- Oh, yes ?
:23:21
Yes. He was refused.
:23:25
I'm not sure I understand.
:23:27
He asked and she refused.
:23:32
Then she is a greater simpIeton
than I beIieved.
:23:35
The most incomprehensibIe
thing in the worId to a man...
:23:38
is a woman who rejects
his offer of marriage.
:23:40
I do not comprehend it
because it is madness.
:23:43
- I hope you're wrong !
- I couId not be. I saw her answer.
:23:48
You saw her answer ?
:23:50
Emma.
:23:54
You wrote her answer,
didn't you ?
:23:56
If I did,
I wouId have done no wrong.
:23:59
He is not Harriet's equaI.