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an interlocutory decree of divorce
in favor of the plaintiff, Lucy Warriner.
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The divorce, without further contesting,
will become final 90 days from this day.
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Plaintiff and defendant then have the liberty
to make other marriages, if they so desire.
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Your Honor, there's a matter still unsettled.
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-The matter about....
-Mr. Smith.
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-Yes, Your Honor, Mr. Smith.
-Who is Mr. Smith?
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-Mr. Smith is their dog.
-No, Mr. Smith is my dog.
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-ls that so?
-Silence!
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But, you see, Mr. Smith belongs to me,
and she has him.
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Very well, go ahead.
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The animal is in Mrs. Warriner's possession.
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You ordered him from the courtroom
at the beginning, for contempt.
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-Mr. Warriner wishes to have him because....
-Because he's mine!
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-He is not.
-He is, too.
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-He is not.
-Silence!
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ls not.
:13:53
Mrs. Warriner, step up and tell me
why you regard the dog...
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as your personal property, so the court
may decide if he should remain with you.
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Nothing would please me more.
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Your Honor, l saw Mr. Smith first.
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lt was in that pet shop on Madison Avenue.
You know it?
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-You don't? lt's between 47th and....
-lt's frightfully immaterial.
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Well, you ought to know.
l decided to buy Mr. Smith...
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but l turned away for a moment
to look at a Persian kitten. Do you like cats?
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l don't either. So l turned around again,
and this man had Mr. Smith in his arms.
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l said, ''Pardon me, l'm buying this puppy.''
And then he just smiled at me.
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Then somehow, suddenly,
the three of us were having lunch...
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the man, and Mr. Smith, and l.
And then things happened swiftly...
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so l said, ''We'd better get married,''
and we did.
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That way we could give Mr. Smith
a better home and live happily ever after.
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-Until now.
-l see.
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ln these custody cases, Mrs. Warriner...
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we often allow the final decision
to rest with the party in question.
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You mean Mr. Smith?
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Send for the dog.