:52:08
I'll take care of tidying up.
You better start your revisions.
:52:11
It's all right.
:52:15
I'm sorry about this.
:52:18
I know how much it means to you.
:52:21
Well, it couldn't be helped,
I guess.
:52:24
Oh, George, it would have been so simple
to say something noncommittal.
:52:27
Not for three hours it isn't.
I held back all night.
:52:30
Anyway, she doesn't blame you for it.
Didn't she tell you not to feel badly?
:52:34
- I wasn't thinking of myself.
- What can she do to me?
Report me as being un-American?
:52:38
Radio's like a religion
to those people.
:52:40
When you attack it,
you attack their faith.
:52:42
Once they've seen you against it,
they're off of you for life.
:52:44
- There's no making it up.
- Why should I want to make it up?
:52:48
Why should I?
:52:51
Oh, nothing.
:53:05
You know, this is getting to be
like a good mystery story...
:53:07
where you think you got the murderer
picked out and it turns out to be somebody else.
:53:10
For just a minute,
I had your little project tied up with Porter.
:53:13
But now the clues
seem to point to me.
:53:15
In some weird, unimaginable way...
:53:17
I was to prove irresistible
to Mrs. Manleigh tonight.
:53:20
I was to impress her
and win her favor.
:53:22
Isn't that so?
:53:24
But why?
To what purpose?
:53:27
Well, if you must know,
there are editors leaving...
:53:29
and I thought you'd be
perfect for the job.
:53:31
$175 a week to start.
:53:39
Come here.
:53:42
Sit down for a minute.
:53:46
Look, Reet, let's put aside my nausea
at the idea of working for the Manleighs.
:53:50
Let's put aside my personal likes and dislikes.
They're not important.
:53:53
I'm willing to admit
that to a majority of my fellow citizens...
:53:56
I'm a slightly comic figure...
an educated man.
:53:59
Nobody's asking you not to be.
Think of the good you could do.