:16:03
Pardon me.
Excuse me.
:16:07
Excuse me.
:16:18
Mr. Lydecker,
how do you do?
:16:21
My name is Laura Hunt,
and I'm with Bullitt and Company.
:16:25
You know,
the big advertising firm.
:16:27
And I'd like to talk
something over with you, if I may.
:16:30
You can hardly fail to realize that
I am engaged in eating my lunch.
:16:35
Yes, I know. I'm awfully sorry
to interrupt this way...
:16:39
but it's so hard to get to see you
the regular way, and...
:16:42
this will only
take a minute, really.
:16:47
- Now, this is-
- Young woman...
:16:49
either you have been raised
in some incredibly rustic community...
:16:53
where good manners
are unknown...
:16:55
or you suffer from the common
feminine delusion...
:16:58
that the mere fact
ofbeing a woman...
:17:00
exempts you from the rules
of civilized conduct.
:17:04
Or possibly both.
:17:06
Possibly, but here's
what I wanted to show you.
:17:09
It's for
the Wallace Flow-Rite pen.
:17:11
I know my company would be glad to pay
you $5,000 if you'll endorse the ad.
:17:15
I don't use a pen.
:17:17
I write with a goose quill
dipped in venom.
:17:20
Yes, but this is a very fine pen,
Mr. Lydecker...
:17:23
the best on the market.
:17:25
Wouldn't you at least
consider endorsing it?
:17:27
I'll neither consider, endorse
or use the Wallace pen.
:17:32
I hate pens.
:17:34
If your employers wish me to publish
that statement in my column...
:17:37
you may tell them that I shall be
delighted to oblige.
:17:40
Oh, no.
You mustn't do that.
:17:44
Don't blame Bullitt and Company,
Mr. Lydecker.
:17:47
They don't know anything about this.
It was my idea to see you.
:17:51
Indeed?
:17:53
Yes. I know they'd give anything down
at the office to get your endorsement...
:17:58
only they think
there's no use asking.