1:18:01
That's poppycock.
You heard what she said.
1:18:03
Yep, I was there. You weren't.
1:18:06
- You're leaving on tomorrow's plane.
- Yeah, but with Maria.
1:18:10
You'll do nothing of the kind!
1:18:13
Sit down, Robert, sit down.
1:18:18
This is going to hurt you,
and I admit, I'm sorry for you.
1:18:21
Maria isn't in love with you.
She merely thinks she is.
1:18:24
That's good enough for me.
1:18:26
- How will she feel when she finds out?
- Finds out what?
1:18:28
That you weren't
her unknown admirer?
1:18:30
That you agreed to deceive her
in exchange for a contract?
1:18:34
Well, that's not a very pretty way
to put it.
1:18:37
A woman doesn't mind you lying
when you compliment her...
1:18:39
...but she'd never forgive a lie
that made her a moonstruck ninny.
1:18:42
She's not. And I haven't been
exactly lying to her.
1:18:46
Besides, you got me into this.
1:18:47
Did you know that Maria
found a romantic ideal at 15?
1:18:51
- No.
- She did.
1:18:53
His name was Lochinvar.
1:18:56
You don't mean that fellow
on a white horse?
1:18:58
A sort of knight?
1:18:59
She cherished a dream
that she'd meet a man...
1:19:02
...that measured up to that ideal.
- I don't believe that.
1:19:04
She's a big girl now.
1:19:06
Have you taken a good look
at her lately?
1:19:08
At heart, she's still the same
romantic girl.
1:19:11
You were just an accident, my boy.
It might have been anybody.
1:19:14
Any man who arrived
when she was ready and waiting...
1:19:17
...for the lover who intrigued her,
who brought her orchids.
1:19:20
There'd come a day when
the illusion I created would vanish.
1:19:23
Suddenly, she'd see you
as you really are.
1:19:27
And that's...? That's bad, huh?
1:19:29
For Maria, yes.
1:19:32
Yeah.
1:19:36
I'm sorry.
1:19:38
I try to appear hard,
but I'm a fake, Robert.
1:19:41
At heart, I'm a sentimentalist.
1:19:43
I pity you, but I love my daughter.
1:19:45
I want to see her happy.
Don't you?
1:19:48
Of course I do.
1:19:51
If I go north, will you promise
that she'll never know...
1:19:53
...that I didn't send the notes?
- I give you my word.
1:19:57
It's just that I want her
to remember me...