:10:04
lt used to be fun to fire people.
:10:06
Now it takes a ruling
of the Supreme Court.
:10:08
So l missed the deadline
on my column.
:10:11
l'm not the first guy or the last.
:10:13
And besides, it's your fault,
Mr. Chalmers.
:10:15
My fault?
:10:16
Remember that ''Welcome
to Los Angeles'' party--
:10:19
- Yes, l remember that--
- At your house?
:10:21
- Yes.
- That's where l met that blond.
:10:22
Tell you the truth,
l don't even know her name.
:10:24
lt's Mrs. Chalmers.
:10:29
Oh, boy...
:10:31
l-- l don't know what to say.
Small world.
:10:34
lsn't it?
:10:36
But that's my problem.
:10:39
Steve, l can't figure you out.
:10:42
First it was that ambassador's
wife in Washington.
:10:45
Then the girlfriend
of the Russian consul.
:10:47
- What a dog.
- And now...
:10:51
How a writer with your intellectual
capacity can waste his whole--
:10:54
There are a lot of things l don't
wanna waste, Mr. Chalmers.
:10:57
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may
:10:59
That's what Robert Herrick said.
Pretty fair poet.
:11:01
And you know about Baudelaire.
:11:03
He wrote his best work
in the boudoir with a quill pen
:11:06
on the naked...
:11:10
...back of his mistress.
:11:12
Now, what would you have me use
for inspiration? An electric typewriter?
:11:15
l don't care what you use,
as long as l'm not married to it.
:11:19
But you do need something.
:11:20
ln addition to everything else, your
columns have been getting lousy.
:11:23
- Thank you.
- All right.
:11:25
Due to the grace of your lawyer,
l can't fire you.
:11:27
But one thing l can do:
l can send you
:11:29
as far away from my wife as possible.
:11:31
Now, you get back to New York
and straighten out your affairs...
:11:35
Business.
:11:37
Because next Wednesday,
:11:39
you're leaving for our office in Paris.
:11:41
Paris?
:11:43
Where you'll probably,
l hope, kill yourself.
:11:49
Oh, yeah, but what
a wonderful way to go.
:11:56
Oh, listen, about your wife,
l'm really sorry.