1:16:04
I have an appointment
with Carte this afternoon.
1:16:06
- At what hour?
- Five o'clock.
1:16:09
Curious.
I shall be with him at half past four.
1:16:12
That's funny. I don't have
a meeting with him at four o'clock.
1:16:16
And it is my firm intention
to prise open his purse.
1:16:19
It will take a far stronger man
than you, Mr Barrington...
1:16:22
...to fulfil that Herculean labour.
1:16:25
What's "your" mission, Captain Grossmith?
1:16:28
Oh, there are certain little matters.
1:16:32
I should like to offer you
an increase in salary.
1:16:34
- Oh? Indeed?
- Indeed.
1:16:38
- That's most benevolent of you.
- It's no less than you deserve.
1:16:41
Thank you.
And by how much, might one enquire?
1:16:45
By 7 1/2 per cent.
1:16:48
Mm.
1:16:51
7 1/2.
1:16:53
Now, that would work out at, er...
1:16:56
- £30 per week.
- 30! Mm.
1:16:58
I see. Well, £30 per week
wasn't quite the sum I had in mind...
1:17:03
...as I wended my weary way here.
1:17:06
Indeed?
1:17:07
That would be three productions
with a negligible increase.
1:17:10
I don't consider an increase
of two pounds per week...
1:17:13
...over 12 months negligible, George.
1:17:16
One might have thought
the name of George Grossmith...
1:17:19
...my not inconsiderable contribution...
1:17:22
...would have been
more favourably recognised.
1:17:25
You do receive considerably more
than anyone else.
1:17:28
- Do I?
- Mm.
1:17:33
We should be terribly sorry to lose you.
1:17:36
Gilbert has written you
a particularly fine part in the new piece.
1:17:40
Precisely! As one would expect.
1:17:43
However, I should judge an increase
of a paltry two pound per week...
1:17:48
...to be wholly unacceptable.
1:17:50
Not to mention mildly insulting,
if one may say so.
1:17:53
And what figure had you in mind,
Mr Grossmith?