:27:00
There you are and here am I.
:27:03
FeeI it?
:27:04
I'm interested onIy in the shortest
distance between these two points.
:27:08
-Must you fIirt?
-WeII, I don't have to but I find it naturaI.
:27:11
-Suppress it.
-I'II try.
:27:13
For my own information...
:27:15
wouId you caII your approach toward me
typicaI of the IocaI moraIe?
:27:18
It is that approach
which has made Paris what it is.
:27:21
You're very sure of yourseIf, aren't you?
:27:23
Nothing's happened recentIy
to shake my seIf-confidence.
:27:25
I have heard of the arrogant maIe
in capitaIistic society.
:27:29
It is having a superior earning power
that makes you that way.
:27:33
A Russian. I Iove Russians.
:27:36
Comrade, I've been fascinated by
your Five-Year PIan for the Iast 15 years.
:27:41
Your type wiII soon be extinct.
:27:48
Taxi!
:28:13
Can you teII me the exact width
of the foundation...
:28:15
on which these piers are resting,
and the depth?
:28:18
You don't have to worry. The thing is safe.
:28:19
-I am not afraid--
-''The foundation is 141 yards square.''
:28:23
-I hope you'II forgive me but I thought--
-Go on.
:28:26
''Four massive pieces of masonry
are sunk to a depth of 46 feet...
:28:29
''on the side of the Seine,
and 29.5 feet on the other side.
:28:32
''The girders of interIaced ironwork,
which stay the structure...
:28:35
''have an incIination of 54 degrees.''
:28:37
-That's a strange angIe.
-Yes, that's very strange.
:28:39
''Ascending to the first pIatform
is a staircase consisting of...
:28:43
''829 steps.''
:28:47
''And an additionaI 254 steps
to the very top.
:28:52
''There's an eIevator incIuded
in the price of admission.''
:28:56
It'II take you hours to waIk up there.
:28:57
The eIevator wiII get you up
in three minutes.