
Possession
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[Man] | They say that women change.
'Tis so,
but you are ever-constant | in your changefulness.
Like that still thread | of falling river,
one from source to last embrace | in the still pool.
Ever-anewed | and ever-moving on.
From first to last. | " From first to last,
a myriad water drops. | "a myriad water drops.
"And you... | I love you for it...
are the force that moves | and holds the form."
Now, ladies and gentlemen, | you've just heard a snippet...
from one of only two copies | of this poem...
poet laureate | to Queen Victoria herself.
And this gorgeous ode | to his nuptial bliss,
written in his own hand, | begins our bidding today.
May we start the bidding | please at L40,000.
- Bit of an old monster. | - Yeah.
But an important monster. | It's Randolph Ash's.
Yes. Who are you | with again?
I'm, uh, Roland Michell. | Who?
- Professor Blackadder's | research assistant. | - Isn't that Dr. Wolfe?
Was. Fergus got the lectureship | at SaintJohn's... over me.
Of course he did. | Oh, yes, Dr. Wolfe | mentioned you.
You're that American | who's over here.
[Chuckles] | Well, I'm sure | there are others.
I mean, after all, | you are our favorite colony.
[Man] | L10,000. Any further | offers on L10,000?
L11,000.
So when do your little | suffragist trinkets | come up for the...
Look, Maud, | it's Mortimer Cropper.
[Maud] | Oh, yes. That's someone | you should know.
- You know him? | - Of him.
Suffered through | a lecture or two. | That sort of thing. | Really.
Mm-hmm. | He's a voracious collector | from what I hear.
Yes. His penchant | for conquests | is well documented.
It's | a very male quality. | Mm.
I know it's vulgar, | but I have to introduce myself.
Oh, all right.
Oh, uh... Damn. | Let's begin the bidding | please at L4,000.
L4,000. L4,000. | Excuse me. Sorry.
L4,500. | Um, Professor Cropper, | Fergus Wolfe.
Um, we spoke actually | after one of your papers | at, uh, at Trinity.
You wouldn't remember. | I'm sorry, I don't. | Nice coat though.
Oh, thank you. | Uh, James Blackadder. | You're with?
Ah, you're one of | Blackadder's boys | from the British Museum.
Hello. | Hildebrand Ash,
man of leisure. | Oh, hello.
[Cropper] | I don't know why Blackadder | comes to these things.
[Chuckles] | He hasn't got any money.
Well, he's Irish, you see. | He enjoys feeling persecuted.
[Randolph's Voice] | Dear Madame: :
Since our pleasant conversation, | I have thought oflittle else.
I write with a strong sense | of the necessity...
of continuing our talk.
Dear Madame:
: | I know that you came only | to honor Crabb-Robinson...at his small, | informal party...
because he had been | of assistance | to your illustrious father.
Excuse me, sir.
Meal is served.
Thank you.
- Well, hello. | - Hello.
Ah, my tenant. | Your evening sherry.
Thank you.
Candy, this is Roland. | Roland, Candy.
- Hello again. | - Be a love | and check on the duck, eh?
- Okay. | - So, coming in?
So how do you | always know it's me?
I'm a solicitor. | I know everything.
Candy, huh? | Oh, no, no, no, | please.
Candy's just a friend. | Why, are you interested?
I told you | I'm off women. | Yeah, but...
it isn't a reason | to be off women.
Why do we always | sit in your hall?
'Cause it's the best room | in the house, really. I bought | this place for the hallway.
So, I found something today | I think is pretty incredible | in the London Library.
- A place to sit. | - No.
I found something of Ash's. | You know Randolph Ash?
Ash. Oh, doesn't he have | some sort of celebration going?
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