:23:02
- that doesn't smell of cabbage.
- Well, it does sometimes.
:23:05
I was given to understand
at the office of the Purchasing Division,
:23:08
to which I have
the misfortune to be attached,
:23:10
that you had a room for rent.
:23:11
Yes, but I specified an officer.
You see, my husband...
:23:14
My name is Smollett, William G.,
Colonel, United States Army, retired.
:23:19
Retired, I might add, by virtue
of certain fatuous opinions
:23:22
held in the War Department
which judge a man's usefulness
:23:25
neither by his experience
nor his ability,
:23:28
but by the number of years
since he was weaned.
:23:34
Soda.
:23:39
There was nothing
in the information I was furnished
:23:41
which indicated that you
had children and domestic pets.
:23:44
I'm sorry, but they
go with the house.
:23:46
We won't discuss it.
With your permission, madam,
:23:49
may we dispense
with further conversation?
:23:51
I should like
to inspect the room.
:23:53
Certainly. Just follow me.
:23:55
I do hope you'll forgive me
if I've been long-winded.
:23:58
Not at all, madam.
:24:00
Through a full
and somewhat protracted existence,
:24:02
I have learned to accept
the natural tendency
:24:04
of all women to be garrulous.
:24:06
You're very tolerant, Colonel.
:24:25
This is an outrage!
Mrs. Hilton!
:24:28
Can I do anything for you,
Colonel Smollett?
:24:30
- Mother's busy in the kitchen.
- Indeed you can, Miss Hilton.
:24:34
You can tell me
who had the kindness
:24:35
to leave on my bed this
pronouncement from Washington,
:24:37
this lesson in old-world
courtesy and manners.
:24:39
I did that, Colonel Smollett.
:24:41
I thought it might
make it easier for us to get along.
:24:44
Would you mind helping me
with my aquarium?
:24:47
What?
:24:48
Mother's going to use this room.
I have to get my things into Jane's room.
:24:51
Now, if you'll just
grab that end there...
:24:56
Now you walk backwards
and I'll steer you.
:24:59
The big one seems to be
the commanding officer.