:29:01
Impossible.
:29:02
-Why?
-Yes, why?
:29:03
I won't stand for a long engagement.
:29:05
The boy has loads of charm, Father.
:29:07
-You know him?
-I've heard tell of him.
:29:10
Charm.
:29:11
I suppose it's solid merit you're after.
The rumour is he's got that, too.
:29:14
A sterling chap on the whole.
A catch, in fact.
:29:17
Have you the financial section
of the Times, Ned?
:29:20
No. I try to take Sundays off when I can.
:29:23
Which reminds me,
I'd like you to remain in the office until 6:00.
:29:27
-6:00? What for?
-As an example to the other men.
:29:31
-But there's nothing for me to do after 3:00.
-You'll find something.
:29:35
See here, Father,
if you think I'm going to fake--
:29:37
Did you understand me, Ned?
:29:40
Father, what did Mr. Hobson say?
:29:43
It wasn't the time or place
to go into the matter with him.
:29:46
I asked him to drop by tonight.
:29:48
Father, but what did he say?
:29:50
His report was not at all unfavourable.
:29:55
-That must have been a blow.
-He appears to have some business ability.
:29:58
He has put through a successful
reorganization of Seaboard Utilities.
:30:02
-Seaboard? Poor fellow.
-Shrewd fellow, perhaps.
:30:05
Hobson says the signs
are not unfavourable for Seaboard.
:30:08
We'll buy some in the morning, Ned.
:30:10
But we must know more
about Mr. Chase's background.
:30:13
Case, Father.
:30:14
Let it go.
Chase has such a sweet banking sound.
:30:17
-Father, he's from Baltimore.
-Fine, old, pre-war stock, I imagine.
:30:21
Wasn't there a Judge Case somewhere?
:30:24
I intend to know more about the young man
than his name and his place of birth.
:30:30
It would be advisable
that when he arrives he finds me alone...
:30:33
...in order that I may conduct the inquiry
along my own lines.
:30:36
I won't allow the subject of an engagement
to come up in my first talk with him.
:30:40
Wouldn't you like me to hide
under the sofa and take shorthand notes?
:30:45
I don't believe that'll be necessary.
:30:47
I think the poor guy ought to see
one friendly face in the courtroom.
:30:51
Yes, Henry?
:30:52
-Mr. Case wishes to be announced, sir.
-Yes, Henry.
:30:55
You will all excuse yourselves
on one pretext or another.
:30:58
Keep a stiff upper lip, Father.
No doubt the fellow is an impostor.