:08:01
Ever loyal...ever precise...
:08:04
-What have you brought us?
-l called to...
:08:05
My dear,
those department stores...
:08:07
l was only there for an hour
but l'm absolutely exhausted.
:08:12
Guess whom l just met
on the Boulevard Haussmann.
:08:15
Pélissot! The man's
the ghost of himself.
:08:17
He looks a hundred.
:08:19
His mistress has just left him.
:08:21
l saw a darling little slip
on Rue de la Paix.
:08:24
Did he catch her
in ''flagrante delicto''?
:08:26
With ribbons along the hem
and a lovely cut.
:08:29
She was a little minx.
Darling, absolutely darling.
:08:32
But you haven't had tea...
:08:34
We have, we have.
:08:35
Honestly, why isn't Gilberte
here for her at home?
:08:38
Her mind's never
on what she's doing.
:08:40
Pour me a drop of port.
:08:42
l take port at tea,
it's less debilitating.
:08:45
-You have an iron constitution!
-No, l'm less and less active.
:08:49
l feel absolutely wiped out.
:08:59
All right, Faradel,
l'm listening now.
:09:02
l called to bring tickets
for a box, tomorrow evening.
:09:03
At which theatre?
:09:04
The Cornmarket.
:09:05
lsn't it in an old
joiner's workshop
:09:08
out beyond the Bastille Square?
:09:10
That's the place, the audience
sits on benches and,
:09:12
in crepuscular light,
:09:14
the actors, without sets
or costumes,
:09:16
recite medieval mystery plays
in the original Old French.
:09:18
lt's original, all right.
:09:20
No one can understand a word.
lt's all the rage.
:09:22
Most interesting.
l'm sure we shan't miss it,
:09:25
but l believe my sister plans
to attend tomorrow's premiere
:09:27
of Ratamu Pataga.
:09:29
Ratamu Pataga. What is that?
:09:31
You're the last to hear
about anything, Huguette.
:09:33
lt's the opening night
for the Lapland ballet.
:09:35
The leading dancer is a seal.
:09:37
Everyone who's anyone
will be there tomorrow!
:09:39
Madame Valandray has tickets?
:09:40
l believe not.
:09:42
May l hurry and get you a box,
if there are any left?
:09:45
-Don't go to the trouble.
-l'd be delighted.
:09:48
l'll be right back.
:09:56
What a charming fellow,
always ready to oblige.
:09:58
-Unusual for a taxi!
-A taxi?