:34:02
And I could take your place.
:34:04
You'd never get away with it. What
makes you think you could be a maid?
:34:08
It would only be for a day or two.
:34:09
You'd have to be her dresser
down at the theater.
:34:12
You couldn't do that.
That's very highly skilled work.
:34:15
- Well, I could if you told me how.
- It sounds phony to me.
:34:17
All this trouble just to get
a newspaper story.
:34:20
Well, we women reporters have
a tough job competing with the men...
:34:23
...especially on
important stories like this.
:34:25
And what paper are you on, may I ask?
:34:28
Well, I can't tell you that.
:34:30
If anything should go wrong,
it would be embarrassing for the paper.
:34:33
Oh? And what about my job?
:34:35
Suppose Miss Inwood found out
I was passing you off as my cousin.
:34:38
I'm not sure she won't smell a rat.
:34:40
I never been away ill for years.
:34:42
But anyone could go sick.
And I could do it, really I could.
:34:45
I've... I've done a bit of acting.
:34:48
Character acting?
:34:51
- Yes.
- I see.
:34:52
All you gotta do is put on some old clothes
and make yourself look common like me.
:34:56
Let me explain why it's so important
that I get the right slant on this.
:35:00
I think there's a romance between
Miss Inwood and this man named Cooper.
:35:03
And where did you get this idea?
Do you know what I think?
:35:07
- I think you're snooping for the police.
- Oh, no...
:35:09
I saw you this morning sitting
on this very seat with a detective.
:35:12
Oh, well, that was Wilfred Smith.
:35:16
He's an old friend of mine.
I didn't get a thing out of him.
:35:19
Charlie, double gin and lemon, please.
:35:21
- Not too much lemon, dear.
- Same for me.
:35:26
I can get five times that much
from any newspaper when the case is over.
:35:30
Why not get both?
:35:32
Caught you, have I?
:35:33
Hope I don't intrude
on some deep conspiracy.
:35:37
And I hope you find yourself no worse
for your distressing experiences.
:35:42
Haven't I met your charming
friend before? I know that face.
:35:47
This is my cousin Doris, Mr. Fortesque.
:35:50
Oh, yeah. Charming. Charming.
:35:52
Perhaps as dear Nellie didn't
provide me with your surname...
:35:56
...you'll let me call you Doris, eh?