:11:04
- Elkins.
- Yes, sir?
:11:06
- Did my daughter phone?
- Yes, sir. Midnight last night...
:11:08
...but I thought it best not to waken you.
:11:10
- When is she getting here?
- She said she and your granddaughters...
:11:13
...can't get away from Washington.
Her war work is too heavy.
:11:17
Say anything else?
:11:18
Just that she'd call you
and wish you a merry Christmas, sir.
:11:21
Not much of a Christmas
for me all alone.
:11:23
No, sir. I'm sorry, sir.
:11:32
Good morning, Mr. Yardley.
:11:33
Good morning.
:11:35
That Elizabeth Lane feature,
the housewife one...
:11:37
...runs in Home and Garden?
:11:39
No, sir. Smart Housekeeping.
:11:40
Get me, what's-his-name...
:11:43
...Mr. Beecham,
on the direct wire, the editor.
:11:45
Yes, Mr. Yardley.
:11:52
Mr. Beecham at Smart Housekeeping, sir.
:11:55
This is Alexander Yardley.
:11:57
Oh, yes. Yes. How are you, sir?
:11:59
May I wish you a merry Christmas?
:12:01
Well, thank you, sir.
:12:04
Yes, Mrs. Lane's feature is...
:12:10
But... But I'm not sure
I could do that, Mr. Yardley.
:12:14
Mrs. Lane's farm and her home life are
something we have no right to intrude on...
:12:18
I only ask two things of my editors.
:12:20
Print the truth and obey my orders.
:12:22
I expect Mrs. Lane at 4.
:12:34
Elizabeth? This is Dudley.
:12:36
I think I'd better have lunch with you.
It's important.
:12:40
Well, then I'll come over now
and see you.
:12:48
From my living room window
as I write...
:12:51
...I can look out across the broad
front lawns of our farm...
:12:54
...like a lovely picture postcard
of wintry New England.
:12:57
In my fireplace, the good cedar logs
are burning and crackling.