:09:03
And it's built right in the middle of
the city instead of way out in the sticks.
:09:08
Excuse me a moment. Be right back.
:09:13
- Yes?
- Darling, the most exciting thing
has happened.
:09:17
Look, honey, I'm right
in the middle of a talk
with a very important gentleman.
:09:20
- Could you tell me later?
- Oh, all right, dear.
:09:26
Of course, this is the big one,
but to build a working model
in some field or village somewhere...
:09:31
that small planes could
actually land on... to prove that
it was practical...
:09:34
would only cost
about $99,000.
:09:37
After that, we'd be on velvet.
You see,
:09:40
it's a steel mesh
made of stretched cables.
:09:43
Every municipality, every town,
every city needs one.
:09:46
My patent is basic.
$99,000 is a lot of money.
:09:49
Oh, but it isn't what it costs;
it's what it brings you back.
You see, I've got $99,000 now,
:09:53
but if I was to build this thing,
I might...
:09:55
Let's start all over again
from the beginning.
:09:58
Go ahead.
My time ain't worth anything.
I'm retired.
:10:09
Psst.
:10:12
Hey, Mike,
come here a minute.
:10:16
Take a gander inside, will ya, and see
if the manager's gone to dinner.
I don't wanna see him face-to-face.
:10:21
Sure. But if it's the rent
you're thinking about, you can go in
and whistle up his nose. It's paid.
:10:26
It's paid? What do you mean,
it's paid?
It's paid.
:10:28
Who paid it?
Your wife.
:10:30
My wife?
Well, I'm sure it wasn't mine.
An old man give her the money.
:10:34
An old man give her the money?
What do you mean, an old man
gave her the money?
:10:36
I said I'm taking you to dinner
and then the theater and then supper,
so hurry up and put on your dinner jacket.
:10:42
Just a minute.
What's all this malarkey...
:10:45
about some old man paying the rent
for you that the whole building
is buzzing with?
:10:49
Oh, it's not malarkey, darling.
Here's the receipted bill.
:10:52
You see? It says "paid."
And I paid the butcher
and the grocer and the drugstore.
:10:55
And I got this dress
and had my hair done and six pairs
of stockings and some new shoes.