:18:02
- I'll do it for you and get a no for you.
- Now, look here, Liz.
:18:05
Don't waste time. You have to decide
what you're gonna say to the old man.
:18:09
- What old man?
- It's Yardley.
:18:10
- He's sending me a sailor for Christmas.
- Oh, how nice.
:18:13
A sailor? Really, Elizabeth.
:18:15
It's just a little trouble we're in.
Yardley thinks I have a farm...
:18:18
...a husband and a baby in Connecticut.
- A farm, a husband and a baby.
:18:22
Simple, isn't it?
:18:23
Well, there's obviously only one thing
for you to do.
:18:26
Sloan, keep out of this.
:18:27
I've taken as much
as I'm going to take from you.
:18:30
Boys, please, stop quarreling.
:18:31
Come in.
:18:33
- Mrs. Lane?
- Oh, yes. Put it in there.
:18:36
Oh, Dud, I wish you'd tell the office
to stop sending those things here.
:18:42
- Another rocking chair?
- Yes.
:18:43
- You already have eight.
- Thirty-eight. The rest are in the basement.
:18:46
Thirty-eight rocking chairs?
:18:48
I said last month I was searching
in vain through antique shops...
:18:51
...for a rocking chair like Granny had.
My public is sending me rocking chairs.
:18:55
And that proves how popular you are.
:18:57
If you get fired, you'll rob the public
of the finest human-interest feature...
:19:01
...in the magazine field.
- And Dudley Beecham of his finest job.
:19:04
All right. Let's get down to cases.
:19:05
What are you going to say
to the old gentleman?
:19:07
Well, I'll simply say,
"Of course, Mr. Yardley...
:19:10
...there's nothing I'd rather do
than invite this man..."
:19:12
- to spend Christmas on my farm but...
:19:14
Excellent. I knew you'd feel that way.
After all, it's our patriotic duty, isn't it?
:19:18
The poor young man spent
18 days on a raft...
:19:21
...six weeks in a hospital,
and he's never had a real home.
:19:24
You can imagine how much
it'll mean...
:19:26
...to have a homey Christmas
with your wonderful cooking.
:19:28
Naturally, but you see...
:19:30
But your cooking, Mrs. Lane.
I follow your diary faithfully.
:19:33
It is the only thing I ever
do read in my publications.
:19:36
I wouldn't miss it for the world.
:19:38
In October, when you had
breast of guinea hen in Madeira...
:19:41
...that was perfection, Mrs. Lane.
Lucky man, your husband.
:19:45
- Thank you...
- And last June's...
:19:46
...strawberries Chantilly
with rum and egg white.
:19:48
You stiffen the egg white first
before the rum?
:19:51
- Definitely, of course.
- Of course. It's the only way to do it.
:19:54
And your Christmas menu, Mrs. Lane,
that is really magnificent.
:19:57
Roast goose Bernoise
with walnut stuffing...
:19:59
...celery soufflé
and real old-fashioned plum pudding.