:35:00
Oh, my umbrella if you don't mind.
:35:04
Catch.
:35:06
Thank you very much.
:35:11
I'm terribly sorry.
:35:14
You're the rudest person I've ever seen.
What's the matter with you?
:35:16
- Oh, just rude I guess.
- Oh, really. Somebody should talk to your mother.
:35:19
- They tried, Miss St. John.
- My name's not St. John.
:35:22
- Well, St. Joseph then.
- St. James.
:35:25
First name Hilda or Helen, or Harriet, maybe?
:35:27
Helen.
:35:29
Alright, Helen.
:35:35
I also know that you come from Toledo, Ohio.
- You do? How?
:35:39
Well, I've had three long acts to work you out
from that coat of yours.
:35:42
Initials, labels...
:35:43
Alfred Spitzer, Fine Furs, Toledo, Ohio.
:35:46
- Maybe I should have explored your coat.
- But you didn't though.
:35:49
- Didn't have time.
- Good.
:35:51
- My name is Don Birnam.
- How do you do?
:35:55
- Well, how do you like New York?
- Love it.
:35:58
- You intend to stay long?
- Oh, sixty years, perhaps.
:36:01
- I live here now. I've got a job.
- Doing what?
:36:03
- Time Magazine.
- Oh. Time Magazine?
:36:06
Then perhaps you could do something for me.
:36:08
Could you help me become Man of the Year?
:36:10
- Delighted. What do you do?
- Yes, what do I do?
:36:13
I'm a writer. I've just started a novel. As a matter of fact
I've started several. But, I never seem to finish one.
:36:17
Well, in that case, why don't you write short stories.
:36:19
Well, I have some of those. First paragraph.
:36:22
Then there's one-half of the opening scene of a play
which takes place in the leaning tower of Pisa.
:36:25
It tempts to explain why it leans.
And why all sensible buildings should lean.
:36:30
They'll love that in Toledo.
:36:32
- Oh, by the way, are you coming here to Lohengrin next week?
- I don't know.
:36:35
Because if you are, I'm not going to let
this coat out of my hands.
:36:38
- Don't worry.
- Oh, but I do.
:36:41
You know, to be really safe, we should go together.
:36:43
We could.
:36:44
Are you in the phone book?
:36:46
- Yes, but I'm not home very much.
- Well, I'll call you at your office.
:36:52
Editorial Research. If Henry Luce answers, hang up.
:36:58
- All right. Would you like a taxi?
- No, thanks. I'm taking the subway.