: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.
:12:02
I began to wonder
if he'd been drinking before.
:12:05
"I wouldn't have another one
if I were you," I said.
:12:07
I was quite friendly,
not the least bit frightened.
:12:11
Never occurred to me
I couldn't manage him.
:12:13
But he emptied his glass
and said to me in a funny, abrupt way:
:12:17
"Do you think I'm saying this
because I'm drunk?"
:12:20
I said, "That's the most obvious
explanation, isn't it?"
:12:24
Oh, it's too awful having to tell you all this.
I'm so ashamed.
:12:30
I wish there were some way
we could spare you.
:12:33
Leslie, it's for your own good
that we know the facts.
:12:37
All you can remember of them.
:12:40
Very well, I'll tell you the rest.
:12:44
I got up from that chair there.
:12:49
And I stood in front of the table here.
:12:52
He rose and came around the table
and stood in front of me.
:12:56
I held out my hand.
:12:58
"Good night," I said.