Endless Night

I'll never forget Gypsy's Acre,

as I saw it that very first time.

Great sweep of the landscape

down to the sea, in the distance.

And ...

why, Ellie ...

Ellie Darling ...

Ellie Darling ...

Ellie ...

"I'll never forget the first time

I saw Gypsy's Acre"

What?

That's what you were saying.

Oh yes ...

You, you sure you ... don't mind me

me telling you about it?

Not in the least.

It's a long story.

Why not come with me to the ...

south of France, or ... Italy.

Nothing I'd like better,

if it's for that long.

I don't really know where to begin.

Anything wrong with the beginning?

No! Not that!

Wherever you like then.

"Portrait of the artist as a young man"

How about that?

Yes ...

why not.

May sound corny ...

but I think I must have been born

with a love of beautiful things.

I always thought I got it from my father.

Paintings, for instance.

I could look at some of them for ...

hours at a time.

They gave me a strange excitement.

Shiver along the spine.

Lot 50. A small, early, Renoir landscape.

Anyone started? Five thousand

guineas offered, thank you.

Five hundred, six thousand ...

five hundred, seven thousand ...

five hundred, eight thousand ...

five hundred, nine thousand ...

five hundred. Ten thousand.

Ten thousand guineas ...

eleven thousand.

Twelve thousand.

Twelve? Thirteen thousand.

Fourteen thousand.

Fourteen thousand guineas.

Fifteen thousand.

Bids at the back now.

Fifteen thousand guineas ...

Fifteen thousand guineas.

Sixteen thousand.

It's against you at the back now.

Sixteen thousand guineas.

Sixteen thousand guineas. Anymore?

Sixteen thousand guineas.

As with gallery.

Bad luck.

One mustn't complain.

- May I?

- Thank you.

Where to now, madam?

Erm, back to Claridges, Rogers.

Certainly, madam.

Spent the morning at Christie's.

Nearly had a Renoir knocked down

to me at fifteen thousand quid.

One of these days you'll get landed

with something. Then what'll you do?

Don't you realise, Mum ...

Between my bid and the next ...

I owned that picture.

Does your boss know where

that car is now?

I can always adjust the odd

half-hour in the books.

One of these days you'll get fired.

You don't know me, Mum.

Never pretened to.

Because you never wanted me to.

Never liked being watched,

even as a little boy.

Do you remember that text

over you bed?

I often wondered what you did with it.

Did you now?

Mickey ... do you have to

drift from job to job?

Look, I've been doing this

for six months now.

Anyway I like to get around.

You won't for much longer if you keep

using the firm's car for yourself.

Yes I will. I'm a good driver.

The clients like me.

A matter of fact they're sending me out

to the continent again next week.

Picking up some Greek Tycoon in Milan.

Driving him down to look over his villa.

Tio Mio! The fellows gone mad!

Who?

Santonix of course, my

genius of an architect.

What does the lunatic think

he's building! An Empire?!

You know how much he's gone up

again Alice? Another hundred million.

Pounds?

No, Italian Lira.

Oh.

Santonix!

Welcome to San Pier.

Mon Tio! You must be

completely off your rocker.

You're ruining me totally!

How are you?

We must go through these in detail,

urgent issue!

Alice.

Come on, we're in a hurry!

That's normal. Whereas

Alice is ...exceptional.

I ask you, what the hell is the point

of estimates if you don't keep to them?

And what are estimates for if

not to be exceeded?

These things are, are, are, relative.

Not to me they're not.

Come and see what I've done.

Apart from spending my money?

I certainly will!

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