Edward & Ellen - now your heart broken

What do you want? We brought you here to concentrate your mind. On what? On this. Mr. Edward Guinness invites you to join him for tea, this Friday at 4pm. They don't allow people like me in. If you don't have a dress suitable for the venue, I am authorised to... Shut your ******* mouth. I'm not old. I think what Mr. Guinness wants to understand is you. He wants a new beginning. I knew very well the effect your entrance would have. I was told that you wanted to meet me. Can you get to the point? This is my point. These two half-poured glasses of Guinness represent the state of Ireland. And you reduce our struggles to beer? It's that we go on a journey as honourable people. And we go on the journey together. We can help him by showing him that the Fenians are not wild bandits. I wanted to meet you here, in a public place, to make a statement that all of Dublin society can understand. I'm invited to a Guinness wedding. I know you are not married, but you can bring your brother. I'm keen to meet him as well. I have certain rules, which I mostly abide by. Sometimes I break my rules. I'm assuming a green calico and a woollen chow will be just grand. On a grand day, it'll be. Shouldn't you be out amongst your family, finding yourself a wife? Shouldn't a woman of your age already have found herself a husband? I'm waiting for someone to take me seriously. I need to ask you something. What are you doing here? I have no more use for you or your brother. Well, I have use for you. And I was hoping that even though our previous relations were purely practical, that there was some measure of feeling between us. Take off your shoes. I'll go to my room. I'm putting my shoes back on. Why would you do that? I don't know. Propriety. **** propriety. Sit down. This new deal in New York is kind of compensation. To celebrate. I have a home. Do you not have maids to sell your song? I don't go home much. They say you sleep in your office. Who says? Our spies in the brewery. They ask them about you. Why do you ask them about me? You talk about your brother. An awful lot. Not only abuse the rebels, you sleep with them. She's not a whore, Arthur. And yet you sprang instantly to my mind. What is, actually, that for some reason, you spring to my mind quite often. And for the same reason, or a different absurd reason, you spring to mine quite often. Even though it's *******... Ridiculous, yes. Do you mean you want me to stay, not because of the landlady, just because that is what you want? I think so, yes. Right now, in this moment, God help me, it is what I want. Brother wants to marry you. It would be a splendid thing. A match made in heaven. Just by saying, I do. You left your keys on my bedside table. When we slept together, I thought I would regret it. But I've discovered that I can step out of my comfortable world. I'm so glad I could be of service. You return to your tidy world with your tidy solutions. You and I will never have the keys to the same dorm. There is a woman. And oddly, I think he loves her. How do you know about her? Because Edward told me himself. Did you tell her about the other woman? Yes. And because he is unsure of what he should do with this forbidden love. Three days ago. You never cease to surprise me with their devotion to the cause. Then there is hope. Yesterday I found out you were not who I thought you were. And that we might have more in common than I thought. I don't want bloody hope. As if a woman alone is hopeless. How are you? Look, it's... For the duration of the election, we feel it's best if I don't come here. We? Look, Arthur's political opponents will be looking for any weakness. Oh, and I'm your weakness. You know you have been my weakness. And I came here today to tell you that I have been thinking. I've been thinking that I will propose to her. To what lady? I'm sure you have some grand lady who you're pursuing. She does not care to be pursued. So some girl down the docks would be easy meat when you take a break in the pursuit of finer fare. Absolutely, that's who I am. That's exactly why I came. You mean your lady of divine mercy, who builds your houses to ease your guilt? Are you in love with me, Edward? Because I know that you once were. Yes, I once was. I see it clearly. Because in all the world, Edward, when it comes down to blood and beer... Because I am bad for business. Go home to where you belong. He reeled you in with his promises. Which I wanted to propose to you. This proposition involves getting my brother out of jail? Certainly. It gets your brother out of jail. I'll do your dirty work for my brother's sake, but... I invited him into that bed. I'm sorry. And when you opened the door to your room just now, I realized... I still love you. You should go. I didn't go into her room! Bravo! It seems like no one in this family can be with the one they truly love. Finding their representatives reasonable and indeed agreeable. You seem to love another human being. You are close to being that person. You're close to being that person, too. You've never lied to me, Edward, but you've lied to yourself. You tell yourself this is one law replacing another, but in truth... This is you running away from me.