:22:04
Good morning.
:22:05
Is this the place
that advertised for an officer?
:22:08
That's right.
:22:09
With the real fireplace,
nice bay window, southern exposure?
:22:13
That's right.
:22:18
I haven't seen the room yet,
but the homey atmosphere seems okay.
:22:21
I guess it's a deal.
:22:22
I'm sorry, but the room's
already taken.
:22:24
Oh, I see.
:22:28
I'm sorry you had
the trip for nothing.
:22:31
Yes, I can see
you're grief-stricken.
:22:40
Hi, beaver.
:22:47
Good morning.
Mrs. Hilton, I presume.
:22:49
Yes.
:22:58
May I be permitted to observe,
:22:59
this is the first house I've found
in this godforsaken community
:23:02
- that doesn't smell of cabbage.
- Well, it does sometimes.
:23:05
I was given to understand
at the office of the Purchasing Division,
:23:08
to which I have
the misfortune to be attached,
:23:10
that you had a room for rent.
:23:11
Yes, but I specified an officer.
You see, my husband...
:23:14
My name is Smollett, William G.,
Colonel, United States Army, retired.
:23:19
Retired, I might add, by virtue
of certain fatuous opinions
:23:22
held in the War Department
which judge a man's usefulness
:23:25
neither by his experience
nor his ability,
:23:28
but by the number of years
since he was weaned.
:23:34
Soda.
:23:39
There was nothing
in the information I was furnished
:23:41
which indicated that you
had children and domestic pets.
:23:44
I'm sorry, but they
go with the house.
:23:46
We won't discuss it.
With your permission, madam,
:23:49
may we dispense
with further conversation?
:23:51
I should like
to inspect the room.
:23:53
Certainly. Just follow me.
:23:55
I do hope you'll forgive me
if I've been long-winded.
:23:58
Not at all, madam.