:41:02
I'm afraid I'll have to use my willpower again.
:41:13
Pardon my curiosity, ma'am, but...
:41:15
...I'm amazed to find anyone like you
blooming away in this arid land of gold.
:41:19
You live in San Francisco?
:41:23
No, I'm just visiting here.
:41:25
Alone?
:41:27
No. My family is with me, naturally.
:41:30
Prospecting?
:41:32
No, we're just visiting someone
who owns a ranch.
:41:37
You can turn around now.
:41:41
Would you mind my asking you
who you are, ma'am?
:41:43
My name is Mary Rutledge.
:41:45
Pleased to meet you, Miss Rutledge.
My name's James Carmichael.
:41:49
I've never seen you before, have I?
:41:52
In San Francisco?
:41:54
No, I've never been there, only to get off
the boat and now to get on it again.
:41:58
- You're leaving the West?
- Yes.
:42:00
Shipping out like Sindbad with his loot.
:42:03
Here it is.
:42:05
I've been poking around
for this stuff for about two years.
:42:07
I keep expecting it to vanish
like the figments of a dream.
:42:11
It's safe now, that is, if I can get by
the harpies at San Francisco.
:42:16
- The harpies?
- Yes, ma'am.
:42:18
Although some people call them by other names.
:42:23
- Can I help you button that?
- Thank you.
:42:26
Remember how Ulysses
had to stuff cotton in his ears...
:42:28
...to keep from hearing the song of the Siren?
:42:30
They're going to have to sing awfully loud for me.
:42:33
What does a harpy look like?
:42:34
They've got snakes in their hair and
cats' eyes and no hearts at all.
:42:38
You can always tell them easy.
:42:42
This is more fun than digging gold.
:42:44
If you weren't a lady from Gramercy Park
and I weren't a poetical half-wit...
:42:48
...full of the most idiotic respect
for beauty and grace and gentility, I'd...
:42:52
- You'd what, Mr. Carmichael?
- I'd act a lot different than I'd been acting.
:42:56
You've been very charming.
:42:58
That's the trouble with being
a poet at heart.