:10:02
I put on my spectacles again
and went on with my work.
:10:06
Well, we went on chatting...
:10:09
...and then suddenly
he said something rather silly.
:10:12
-What?
-It's hardly worth repeating.
:10:14
He paid me a little compliment.
:10:16
Perhaps you'd better tell us
exactly what he said.
:10:19
He said, "You have very pretty eyes.
:10:21
It's a shame to hide them
under those ugly spectacles."
:10:24
Had he ever said
anything of the sort before?
:10:26
-Never, and I thought it impertinent.
-I don't wonder.
:10:29
-Did you answer him?
-I said:
:10:31
"I don't care twopence
what you think about me."
:10:33
He only laughed and said,
"I'm going to tell you, all the same.
:10:36
I think you're the prettiest thing
I've ever seen."
:10:40
-I don't understand--
-Let her finish.
:10:42
"In that case," I said,
"I can only think you half-witted."
:10:45
But he laughed again
and moved his chair up closer.
:10:48
"You can't deny you have
the prettiest hands in the world."
:10:51
Well, that rather put my back up.
:10:53
My hands are not very good,
and no woman wants to be flattered...
:10:56
-...on her worst points.
-Oh, darling.
:10:59
Robert, you silly thing.
:11:02
Well, when Hammond was talking
that way, did he just sit in his chair?
:11:07
Oh, no. He tried to take one of my hands.
:11:11
"Don't be an idiot," I said.
:11:12
"Sit back where you were and talk sensibly,
or I shall have to send you home."
:11:16
But I wonder you didn't
throw him out there and then.
:11:19
I didn't want to make a fuss.
:11:21
Some men think it's their duty
to flirt with women...
:11:24
...whenever they have the chance.
They think women expect it.
:11:27
When did you first suspect
that Hammond was serious?
:11:32
The next thing he said to me.
:11:35
He looked at me straight in the face
and said:
:11:39
"Don't you know I'm awfully
in love with you?"
:11:42
Swine.
:11:44
-Were you surprised?
-But of course I was surprised.
:11:47
We've known him seven years, Robert.
He's never paid me the smallest attention.
:11:51
Didn't suppose he even knew
what color my eyes were.
:11:53
We haven't seen very much of him
for the last few years.
:11:56
Go on, Leslie.
:11:59
Well, he helped himself
to another whisky and soda.