:04:00
Don't you see?
You'll be a patron of the opera.
:04:02
You'll get into society.
:04:03
You can marry me,
and they'll kick you out of society...
:04:06
and all you've lost is $200,000.
:04:10
Gottlieb. Allow me.
:04:12
Mrs. Claypool, Mr. Gottlieb.
:04:19
I could go on all night,
but it's tough on my suspenders.
:04:21
Where was I?
:04:26
What are you doing?
:04:28
If you four people want to play bridge,
don't mind me, go right ahead.
:04:32
Mrs. Claypool, I'm so happy.
:04:36
I just wanted to see
if your rings were still there.
:04:39
You're as charming as you are beautiful.
:04:41
I'm afraid you've used
that speech before, Mr. Gottlieb.
:04:44
Now listen here, Gottlieb,
making love to Mrs. Claypool is my racket.
:04:48
What you're after is $200,000.
:04:51
Make it sound plausible,
because incredible as it may seem...
:04:54
Mrs. Claypool isn't as big a sap
as she looks.
:04:57
How's that for lovemaking?
:04:59
I think the Europeans do it better.
:05:01
All right, Gottlieb, it's your turn.
You take a whack at her...
:05:04
and keep it clean.
:05:06
Mrs. Claypool, it is most generous
of you to help us.
:05:10
Now, you have, of course,
heard of Rodolfo Lassparri.
:05:13
- Of course.
- He is the greatest tenor since Caruso.
:05:18
Tonight, with the money
you so generously provide...
:05:21
I sign Lassparri for the Opera Company.
:05:24
He will be a sensation.
All New York will be at your feet.
:05:27
There's plenty of room.
:05:30
And now, the opera awaits us.
:05:32
If you both will honor me
by occupying my box.
:05:35
I should be charmed.
:05:36
- And you, Mr. Driftwood?
- I'll join up with you later.
:05:39
Listen, Gottlieb, nix on the lovemaking,
because I saw Mrs. Claypool first.
:05:43
Of course, her mother really saw her first,
but why bring the Civil War into this?