:26:05
Could I drop you somewhere,
Miss Whitcomb?
:26:07
Drop the "Miss Whitcomb."
Sounds like a reproach.
:26:10
Bet it has been,
to fellas who didn't know better.
:26:13
Just for the record, Sam,
it wasn't that exciting.
:26:16
There was only one
who should've and didn't.
:26:19
The others did and shouldn't have.
:26:21
- Going by my hotel?
- Right by. Which one is it?
:26:23
- I warn you. I'll talk your ears off.
- It won't hurt.
:26:26
What point are you trying
to make, Sam?
:26:29
Maybe there isn't any point.
:26:31
You like your work, don't you?
:26:33
More all the time.
:26:35
I don't know why, either,
unless it's because I like people.
:26:38
I like meeting them
and writing about them.
:26:41
Unimportant people, though. Guess
that makes me an unimportant guy.
:26:45
That makes you
a very important guy, Sam.
:26:47
Not because you rate a byline,
but because you have a heart...
:26:51
...a job you like to do and a future.
:26:54
You're just a normal
human being, Sam.
:26:57
Go on leading your normal human life.
:27:01
That sounds fine.
How do you go about arranging it?
:27:04
You mean, how do you go about
arranging it?
:27:06
Yeah.
:27:11
Well, I'd say marry the girl.
:27:14
All right, I will.
:27:18
He comes out and starts
peppering me with light lefts.
:27:21
I'm taking it, see? I'm waiting
for an opening with me right cocked...
:27:25
...but it don't come.
First round, pepper.
:27:27
Second round...
:27:29
- Hello, Sammy.
- Hi, Pinkie. Back booth empty?
:27:32
Well, if it ain't, I'll empty it.
:27:38
Two Scotches, on the house.
:27:41
You'll like this place.
:27:44
Tess Harding, Pinkie Peters.
:27:46
He's telling me who you are.
You write for Sammy's paper.
:27:49
I read your column all the time.
:27:51
I don't understand it, but I read it.
:27:54
- It that from the right bottle?
- The best we have, sir.
:27:57
Don't give them
the cockamamie bar stock.
:27:59
No. No, sir.