:52:00
Well, it goes double for Berbers.
:52:03
- What sort of rifle does he use?
- I don't know, sir.
:52:05
Send him a cablegram. Find out what
kind of weapon the old bastard uses.
:52:10
I think you're the best shot
that's ever occupied the office, sir.
:52:13
Oh, I don't know. Andrew Jackson
back there was quite a shot.
:52:17
Carried a brace of pistols
all the time, you know.
:52:19
Shot a fellow right off the porch,
right out there.
:52:22
Caned another one to death.
:52:55
Admiral Chadwick, I presume.
I'm Vice Consul Richard Dreighton.
:52:58
- Ray.
- Admiral. It's certainly good to see you.
:53:02
Captain.
:53:03
I must say, we've been awaiting your
arrival with a great deal of anticipation...
:53:07
...and I must say,
not a little nervousness.
:53:09
You see, gentlemen,
what we have here...
:53:12
...is a problem of enormous
diplomatic complexity.
:53:18
Now, the sultan of Morocco... Make
yourselves comfortable, gentlemen.
:53:22
The sultan of Morocco
favors the German kaiser.
:53:26
While the bashaw,
who is the real power here...
:53:30
...is leaning toward the czar of Russia.
:53:33
Now, in the middle of all this...
:53:36
...an American woman is kidnapped
by some desert pirate...
:53:39
...and our president, of course,
gentlemen, only wants to know...
:53:43
...what kind of a rifle
this brigand carries.
:53:48
And he probably wants to build
a canal too, for all I know.
:53:54
- It's been done before, you know.
- Now, now, admiral.
:53:57
Mr. Dreighton, see if the gentlemen
care for a cigar. Would you, please?