:38:14
Forgive the bluntness,
but if I'm to be in this business...
:38:17
...I shall feel responsible for the girl.
:38:19
I hope it's clearly understood that
no advantage is to be taken of her position.
:38:23
What, that thing? Sacred, I assure you.
:38:25
Come now, you know what I mean.
This is no trifling matter.
:38:28
Are you a man of good character
where women are concerned?
:38:33
Have you ever met a man of good
character where women are concerned?
:38:36
Yes, very frequently.
:38:38
I haven't. The moment I let a woman
make friends with me...
:38:41
...she becomes jealous, exacting...
:38:44
...suspicious and a damned nuisance.
:38:46
The moment that I make friends with
a woman I become selfish and tyrannical.
:38:50
So here I am, a confirmed old bachelor
and likely to remain so.
:38:54
Well, after all, Pickering...
:38:56
"I'm an ordinary man
:38:58
"Who desires nothing more
:39:00
"Than just an ordinary chance
:39:02
"To live exactly as he likes
:39:05
"And do precisely what he wants
:39:07
"An average man, am I
:39:09
"Of no eccentric whim
:39:11
"Who likes to live his life
:39:13
"Free of strife
:39:14
"Doing whatever he thinks is best for him
:39:19
"Oh, just an ordinary man
:39:24
"But let a woman in your life
:39:27
"And your serenity is through
:39:30
"She'll redecorate your home
From the cellar to the dome
:39:32
"Then go on to the enthralling fun
of overhauling you!
:39:38
"Let a woman in your life
:39:40
"And you are up against a wall
:39:43
"Make a plan and you will find
She has something else in mind
:39:46
"So rather than do either
You do something else that neither
:39:48
"Likes at all!
:39:51
"You want to talk of Keats or Milton
:39:54
"She only wants to talk of love
:39:56
"You go to see a play or ballet
:39:59
"And spend it searching for her glove