" She explains the difference between Bertha and herself:You""ve got to understand how things were with Tom, how he was caught between the two of us - between me and hat leech he was married to.The narrator begins in flashback to tell the story of "the strange days" of her life.On a rocky coast where waves crash against the rock cliffs, he camera pans left and then up to a well-dressed man wearing a dark black suit who stands at the cliff""s edge, staring out at the sea and appearing distracted.Charlie left to find a corkscrew to open the stolen wine bottle.In a moment of complete self-revelation, Miss Tate told Will the "truth" about her past history, as they kissed each other (although at first he thought she was joking):"I""m not who you think I am.The grown "Beau" again protects her with a gallant gesture to spare Lady Patricia further humiliation and embarrassment.Despite being aimed at mostly young audiences (and told from a child""s POV), his film consistently remained intelligent but was sometimes quite dark for a children""s film.