:07:02
Paulie, you're a good lawyer.
You ought to make like one.
:07:05
Be here ready for clients,
not out fishing and playing that...
:07:08
rooty-tooty jazz.
:07:10
Oh, I'm making a living.
:07:11
I run a few abstracts--
:07:13
how to divorceJane Doe
from John Doe every once in a while.
:07:16
Threaten a few deadbeats.
:07:19
And in the evening,
I sit around and drink bourbon whisky...
:07:22
and read law
with Parnell Emmitt McCarthy...
:07:26
one of the world's great men.
:07:28
That was a kind word, Paulie.
:07:31
You know...
:07:33
I might have been.
:07:35
That's one of the reasons I hate to see
your talent pushed aside by lesser men.
:07:39
I look at you, and I see myself
years ago...
:07:41
with the same love for the smell
of the old brown books...
:07:44
and the dusty office.
:07:48
Here's the rose.
:07:50
A lily.
A sweet lupine.
:07:54
The United States
Supreme Court reports.
:07:58
Well...
:08:00
what shall we read
this evening, counselor?
:08:02
How about a little
ChiefJustice Holmes?
:08:09
Keep ChiefJustice on hold for a moment.
I might have a client.
:08:12
- Waiting for a call. Hello?
- Mr, Biegler?
:08:15
- This is Paul Biegler speaking.
- It's your party,
:08:17
- Hello? Mrs. Manion?
- What?
:08:19
Mr, Biegler?
:08:21
I'm sorry I missed you a while ago.
Did you get my message?
:08:23
- Who is that? What is that name?
-Just a minute, please.
:08:26
We seem to have a bad connection.
Hold on.
:08:28
It's a woman, name of Manion.
Maida took a message from her.
:08:31
- In Thunder Bay?
- Uh-huh.
:08:33
If she wants you to represent
her husband, say yes.
:08:35
- I don't know what it's all about.
- Pretend you do and say yes.
:08:39
- Hello?
- Mr, Biegler?
:08:40
Oh, yes. This is much better now.
Yes, I can hear you fine.
:08:43
I've waited for your call
all afternoon.
:08:46
Yes, well, I just got in
a few moments ago,
:08:49
You've read about my husband?
Muffy, please.
:08:51
Yes.
:08:53
Mr, Biegler, have you read
about my husband? Muffy, please,
:08:57
Well, uh, yes, I have, a little.