1:22:33
Who was that?
1:22:36
Schuyler's lawyer.
1:22:39
What did he want?
1:22:45
He just dropped by to give us
a great opening for the third act.
1:22:48
What was the idea he gave you?
1:22:51
Swell idea, Gallagher. How's this?
1:22:53
The lawyer comes to see the kid
to talk over the divorce, you know.
1:22:57
They insult the poor but honest
boy by offering him alimony.
1:23:00
The kid gets sore, socks the lawyer
in the nose and throws him out.
1:23:03
How's that for the beginning
of the third act, huh?
1:23:07
Well, from now on,
the play will be easy.
1:23:09
All you have to do
is bring the wife back.
1:23:11
Have her say she's sorry,
and then your play's over.
1:23:14
What's the matter? You think
I'll let him go back to his wife?
1:23:17
Not on your life.
He's got to go to the other girl.
1:23:21
What other girl?
1:23:23
Little O'Brien girl, of course.
The one you suggested in the story.
1:23:28
But that's ridiculous, Stew. You can't
make a sudden change like that.
1:23:32
What you gonna do,
tell me how to write a play?
1:23:34
There's nothing sudden about that.
1:23:36
He's always loved the girl.
1:23:39
But he was such a sap he didn't
have sense enough to tell her.
1:23:43
That's all right. We can fix that.
He'll go to her and...
1:23:46
Here, I'll show you.
1:23:47
He'll go to the little O'Brien gal,
and he'll say...
1:23:50
In some pretty words
of some kind, he'll say...
1:23:52
Something that you can write.
1:23:54
He'll say, "Darling, I'm sorry.
I've been a fool all my life.
1:23:58
I've always loved you.
I didn't have sense enough to see it.