:54:00
That's why I've been
a little cautious.
:54:02
You're afraid somebody'll
marry you for your money.
Oh, I expect that.
:54:05
When money reaches certain
proportions, you can't ignore it
any more than you can a-a...
:54:09
A horse in a bedroom.
I wasn't thinking exactly of that,
but it'll serve.
:54:13
I see marriage
as a sort of permanent welding,
:54:16
a growing together of two trees,
in spite of anything my sister
can demonstrate to the contrary,
:54:20
into a sort of permanent
mess... mass,
:54:22
like a permanent grafting of two trees
into a permanent graft.
:54:27
Oh, that one's too easy.
:54:29
Oh, you mean a permanent graft...
:54:31
I get it. But it doesn't have to be.
It can be very nice, I'm sure.
:54:35
Oh, it can be.
And after the divorce,
you have plans?
:54:38
Oh, yes.
Anybody I know? I know
almost everybody in Palm Beach.
:54:41
Oh, no. I haven't picked him out yet.
Just some very rich man.
:54:45
Some very rich man?
:54:47
Oh, I wasn't thinking
of anyone as rich as you.
That might get to be annoying.
:54:51
It is.
Is it? No, I just meant
somebody who's well-fixed...
:54:55
and could spare the $99,000
without missing it too much.
:55:00
I'm not quite sure I understand
about the $99,000.
:55:03
Well, you see, he just
happens to need $99,000,
:55:06
and, after all, I don't see
any reason why he shouldn't get it
if I'm throwing it out the windows.
:55:10
This is your last husband
you're talking about?
Yes.
:55:12
He wants to sell you for $99,000?
Oh, no, no. I don't think
he had any such idea at all.
:55:16
Well, what do you call it?
Well, I mean, after all, l...
He's entitled to something.
:55:20
I mean, he did protect me
and give me food, such as it was,
:55:24
and clothes,
such as they were, for a few years,
and now, if I can repay...
:55:28
But the man is a vermin.
No court of law...
:55:30
- Don't you think I'm worth $99,000?
- That has nothing to do with it.
:55:33
You're probably worth that,
twice that, three times.
:55:35
But even so, the days of serfdom...
I mean bondage...
:55:37
I mean, the days you bought
a wife for a cow are over.
:55:40
Chivalry is not only dead,
it's decomposed.
:55:44
Well, how much
did this yacht cost you?
:55:46
That is entirely beside the point.
A woman is not a vessel.
:55:49
I mean, of all the filthy things
I've heard in my life, I still...
:55:51
How does he want it?
In cash, maybe.
:55:53
In cash. So I won't stop the check,
the scoundrel! I don't mean me.
I mean whoever's...
:55:58
Oh, well, I don't think he'll
ever get it. It was just an idea.