:06:00
Well, I'm not.
:06:06
They're ready for you in the lion's den.
:06:11
- Lion's den?
- Oh, don't worry. You'll be fine.
:06:16
Just take a deep breath.
:06:29
Gentlemen, this is Miss Novak.
:06:35
- E.G.
- C.B.
:06:37
- C.W.
- J.B.
:06:39
- J.R.
- R.J.
:06:40
- Okay.
- O.K. Can't make it. He's down with T.B.
:06:43
Oh, what a shame. Is it serious?
:06:45
No, they're just having breakfast.
T.B. Is Theodore Banner.
:06:49
The owner of Banner House.
The fellow publishing your book.
:06:53
That's his portrait, there.
:06:58
Sorry if we've kept you, but Barbara hit
a storm on her way down from Maine.
:07:01
So you've come down from Maine, huh?
:07:03
Well, you remember, C.B.
:07:05
Miss Novak is the farmer's
daughter librarian...
:07:08
...who spent the long, cold New England
winter writing her manuscript...
:07:12
...by the light of a lonely oil lamp.
:07:14
I'm at a loss here, ladies.
:07:16
I'm afraid I don't know exactly
what Miss Novak's book is about.
:07:20
Miss Novak's book is a serious work
of nonfiction entitled...
:07:24
Vikki, excuse me, it's right behind you.
:07:26
Would you mind pouring me
a cup of coffee?
:07:31
It's a serious work of nonfiction entitled
"Down With Love."
:07:36
- This is empty.
- If you're making a pot, I'll have a cup.
:07:39
- Count me in.
- Likewise.
:07:41
- Ditto.
- None for me, Vikki.
:07:42
Thanks, R.J.
:07:44
I'll have a Sanka.
:07:49
As I was saying, the central thesis of
Miss Novak's book, "Down With Love"...
:07:52
...is that women will never be happy
until they become independent...
:07:56
...as individuals by achieving
equal participation in the work force.