:28:01
Oh, my stay is quite indefinite, sir.
:28:03
Will you dine with us
one evening this week?
:28:05
- I should be delighted.
- Shall we say Thursday, at six?
:28:08
- Thank you, sir.
- Ah!
:28:12
I was there quite a while.
Not as long as I should've liked.
:28:15
- I think you'll find Paris changed.
- I hope not.
:28:17
I should like it to be
exactly as it was.
:28:19
Dr Sloper went there
on his wedding trip.
:28:22
In that case, Paris can never change
for you, Doctor.
:28:26
How do you keep busy since your
return to New York, Mr Townsend?
:28:30
I'm looking for a position.
:28:32
Your studies abroad
should open many avenues to you.
:28:35
If I'd engaged in those studies,
Miss Penniman.
:28:38
I was merely idling.
:28:40
You see, I had a small inheritance
and... that was how I used it up.
:28:44
What sort of position
should you prefer?
:28:47
What am I fit for?
Very little, I'm afraid.
:28:49
I have nothing but my good right arm,
as they say in the melodramas.
:28:53
You're too modest. In addition to
that arm you have a very good mind.
:28:56
I know from what I see
that you are extremely intelligent.
:29:00
Oh, yes!
:29:02
Thank you very much.
You advise me, then, not to despair?
:29:05
I should be very sorry to admit
:29:07
that a robust,
well-disposed man need ever despair.
:29:11
If he doesn't succeed in one thing
he can try another.
:29:13
Only,
he should choose with discretion.
:29:16
Oh, yes. With discretion.
:29:18
Were you kindly intending to propose
something for my advantage?
:29:22
No. I've no particular proposal
to make.
:29:24
But I hear the west is opening up.
:29:26
Many young men are turning their eyes
in that direction.
:29:29
I'm afraid I shouldn't be able
to manage that.
:29:32
You see, I have ties here. My sister.
:29:34
Oh, yes. Mrs Montgomery, Austin.
:29:36
Liz knows her.
They met at a charity bazaar.
:29:39
She's widowed. Now that I'm back,
I'm staying with her.
:29:42
- She's very dependent on me.
- Naturally.
:29:45
Er, Mr Townsend has
five little nephews and nieces.
:29:50
He is helping to bring them up.
:29:51
Yes, I give them lessons.
I'm a kind of tutor.
:29:54
That's very proper.
Family feeling is very proper.
:29:57
- But it's hardly a career.
- No. It won't make my fortune.