:25:03
- Where are you going?
- Some friend of mine wants to see me.
:25:06
You finish breakfast.
It won't be long. Just-
:25:24
Hi.
:25:31
Well, I'm waiting.
Say something.
:25:33
All right.
Why aren't you in France?
:25:36
I am here to report
to the secretary of state.
:25:38
- Then why aren't you in Washington?
- I'll be there tonight.
:25:41
Now that I've answered your questions,
suppose you answer mine.
:25:43
- What are you doing in that next suite?
- Why, you evil-minded-
:25:47
Jervis, the last time you accused me
of being evil-minded...
:25:49
was when you wanted to bring that young
French girl to this country to "educate."
:25:53
- Alec- - Never mind what the
newspapers would make of all this.
:25:55
How you enlisted the services of the
United States government in your enterprise.
:25:58
Never mind the part I played.
Let's leave all that out. Think of the girl.
:26:01
She is here
on a student's visa.
:26:03
Her behavior is subject
to constant scrutiny.
:26:05
She could be expelled,
her passport picked up-
:26:07
Now, wait a minute. Now, wait a minute.
Alec, it is nothing like that.
:26:11
Jervis, I was on the terrace.
Now, I'm no eavesdropper...
:26:13
but I'd have to be deaf
not to overhear the conversation...
:26:16
- you and the young lady were having at the breakfast table.
- Like what?
:26:19
"Jervis, last night was
the most wonderful night of my life."
:26:23
Even the most generous
interpretation of that is horrifying.
:26:26
And serving her cocktails
at this hour.
:26:29
- Cocktails? Are you nuts?
- I distinctly heard the glasses clink.
:26:33
It was orange juice.
:26:35
Nobody clinks orange juice glasses.
I haven't been out of the country that long.
:26:38
- Alec, you've got it all wrong. I'm in love with the girl.
- Is she in love with you?
:26:42
I don't know. I was just about to ask her
when the darn phone rang, and it was you.
:26:45
I'm glad I was in time. What could
the poor girl have said but "yes"?
:26:49
- She could have said "no."
- Don't be ridiculous.
:26:50
You've obviously
swept her off her feet.
:26:52
You're older than she is.
That's always very attractive.
:26:55
- You're rich, and that's even more attractive.
- Mm-hmm.
:26:57
You've changed her life completely,
for which she must be very grateful.