Gaslight Page #3

- I could even face that house with you.

- No, Paula, beloved.

- I would not ask that of you.

- Yes, you shall have your dream.

You shall have your house in a square.

Good morning, daffodils.

Good morning, tulips.

Percy! There it is, dear.

What are you doing, my good man?

Turning on the water

in Number 9, ma'am.

Nine? Why nine?

Orders, ma'am.

It must be going to be occupied at last,

after all these years.

Wouldn't care to live in there, myself.

I don't know about living there,

but I would like to get a peep inside.

- Good morning.

- Good morning.

- Are we late?

- Not at all. I've only been here a moment.

- Good morning, Mr. Anton.

- Good morning.

It's you. Don't you remember me?

In the train in Italy last month.

Diggy biscuits.

Yes, of course, I do.

Don't tell me

you're coming to live in Number 9?

Yes.

We mustn't keep Mr. Mufflin waiting.

- Sorry, I must go now. Perhaps we can...

- I'll call directly you're settled.

That's my house over there,

with the pink curtains.

Goodbye, for the present.

Goodbye. I'm so glad

we are to be neighbors.

So am I.

This lock needs oiling.

If there's anything further I can do,

let me hear from you. Good day.

- Good day.

- Good day, Mr. Anton.

Now, Paula...

- This is the dining room?

- Yes.

There's a little study beyond it.

- And the drawing room is upstairs?

- Yes.

Come, Paula.

Don't stand there in the doorway.

Will you light the gas, please?

- Gregory.

- It's a very handsome room.

Yes, but to see it like this...

I remember parties in this room

when it was full of flowers and light.

Those must have been wonderful days.

It's all dead in here.

The whole place seems to smell of death.

There. It will all be fresh again

in a moment.

That's where she kept her treasures.

Things she collected

on her tours around the world.

- The glass is broken.

- It was broken that night.

All the things were disarranged,

but there was nothing missing.

I know all these by heart.

It was a great treat

when she'd unlock them...

and take them out

and tell me all their stories.

- Careful, dearest.

- She wore this glove in Romeo and Juliet...

at the command performance

at Covent Garden.

Gounod signed it for her afterwards.

I never knew what happened

to the other glove.

I used to ask her sometimes...

but she'd only laugh

and say she'd given it away.

A very great admirer.

She would never tell me who.

I wish I could have seen her.

Let me show her to you.

That's as the Empress Theodora.

That was her greatest role.

When she sang it in St. Petersburg...

the Czar used to come

to every performance.

She was very beautiful,

very much like you.

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