:08:01
Tell me, do you agree that
the detective story is...
:08:05
the normal recreation of noble minds ?
:08:08
I'm afraid I don't know
very much about noble minds.
:08:11
- Is it supposed to be ?
- I'm quoting from Philip Guedalla,
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a biographer of the '30s,
:08:16
the golden age when every Cabinet Minister
had a thriller by his bedside,
:08:20
and all detectives were titled.
:08:22
- Before your time, I expect.
- Somewhat. Let me carry that.
:08:26
Oh, thank you so much. Very good of you.
:08:28
Yet, you know, even today, I still
set my works among the gentry,
:08:32
and a great many ordinary people
seem to enjoy them in spite of
our classless society.
:08:38
I imagine they do a great deal
of your stuff on television.
:08:40
Oh, God forbid. I'd never permit it.
:08:43
And, uh, incidentally,
it's not "stuff." No.
:08:46
Television's not my line
of country at all.
:08:49
That's detective fact,
not detective fiction.
:08:53
And, therefore,
no recreation for noble minds ?
:08:56
You have it in a nutshell, my dear Milo,
if I may so address you.
:08:59
Oh, you might as well. We're all on
first-name terms these days, Andrew.
:09:03
Of course we are. And you and I do
need to be friendly, do we not ?
:09:28
How do you like your drink-- with ice ?
:09:32
With ice ?
:09:34
Uh, yes, please.
:09:51
What does he do ?
:09:58
Oh, that's Jolly Jack Tar,
the jovial sailor.