:17:01
- Any time the American ambassador can't-
- Okay, okay.
:17:04
Now, what's the name
of the orphanage?
:17:06
Uh, Jeanne d'Arc,
right outside Soissons.
:17:10
- And the child's name?
- Julie Andre.
:17:14
A-N-D-R-E.
:17:16
- Do you know how old she is?
- Yes. Eighteen.
:17:25
- Let's have another martini.
- Oh, Alec.
:17:27
- Oh, Jervis!
- Now, if you're gonna take that attitude...
:17:30
- we won't get anyplace.
- Mm-hmm.
:17:32
Tell me, has she
got a friend?
:17:34
This girl has
a gift for life.
:17:36
I want to send her to America.
I want to educate her.
:17:39
You can't adopt an 18-year-old girl.
You can't ask me-
:17:42
They have a name for what
you're asking me to do.
:17:45
That is narrow-minded,
bigoted and evil.
:17:48
Jervis, have you any idea how easy it is to lose
a job at the State Department these days?
:17:52
- But my motives are as pure as-
- Just a moment, Jervis. I, uh-
:17:55
I think the ambassador fears
that if the press hear about this...
:17:58
they might conceivably place
a different interpretation...
:18:01
upon your motives,
however pure in fact they may be.
:18:05
- Thank you, Griggs.
- Yeah.
:18:07
Mm-hmm, fair point.
Uh, I have it.
:18:11
The entire thing
can be done anonymously...
:18:13
uh, like
a scholarship fund.
:18:15
There'll be absolutely no contact
between the girl and myself.
:18:17
She won't even know who I am.
The Pendleton Foundation...
:18:20
gives lots of scholarships
to American boys and girls.
:18:23
Why not to this girl?
Why not?
:18:26
- I don't know why not.
- Well?
:18:29
But, of course, you're not really
adopting her in this case...
:18:32
- you're merely sponsoring her.
- Right.
:18:35
But you want to send her to college.
How do we know she'll qualify?
:18:38
Qualify. Um-
I'm on the board of trustees...
:18:40
of, uh, some institution
of learning for young ladies.
:18:43
- W-W-Which one is it, Griggs?
- Walston College in Massachusetts.
:18:46
What makes you think
they'll take her?
:18:48
Uh, what was our
contribution last year?
:18:51
Sizable.
:18:53
She is now
an enrolled member...
:18:55
of the freshman class
of Walston College in Massachusetts.
:18:58
Here, start writing.
Now, uh, where were we?