1:08:02
Nobody really.
And Father knew him?
1:08:04
Knew of him. They never met.
1:08:07
Your father is very civilized,
but he never invited my lover to tea.
1:08:12
Maman, don't say that word.
1:08:13
Anyway, I don't believe you.
1:08:16
Ask your father. He's home.
1:08:18
I'm sure he remembers Robert Swan.
1:08:22
Oh, yes.
I knew about him from the start.
1:08:24
It was some years ago when your mother thought
she was being taken a bit too much for granted.
1:08:28
So she invented Robert Swan.
1:08:31
"Invented"?
Yes. He was nobody really.
1:08:34
She felt I needed
the stimulus of a lover.
1:08:37
She's not thinking of
reviving him to torment Gene?
1:08:40
Of course.
Of course that's her plan.
1:08:43
How exciting.
Poor Eugene.
1:08:46
Poor Eugene.
A little competition might revive him.
1:08:49
Tell me,
how did Maman work it?
1:08:51
He would call the house, and if I answered,
there'd be a guilty click on the other end.
1:08:55
Oh, the click drove me
out of my mind.
1:08:57
But if he was nobody,
how-how could he call?
1:09:00
He couldn't. But any of
your mother's girlfriends could.
1:09:03
You know how you females
plot together.
1:09:05
- All they had to do was call...
- And if a man answers, hang up.
1:09:10
Has your father cleared my good name?
1:09:12
Mm-hmm.
It's a delicious idea.
1:09:14
Maman, do you think
I might borrow your Mr. Swan?
1:09:18
For a daughter to borrow a mother's lover
is in questionable taste.
1:09:21
Even in Paris.
1:09:24
Germaine, if the gentleman never existed,
how could it be in questionable taste?
1:09:28
That is true, but I pictured him so clearly that I
keep forgetting he existed only in my imagination.
1:09:33
Very well, chouchou.
Since your father approves...
1:09:36
I most definitely do not approve.
In fact, I think it's...
1:09:39
But, my dear, you just said...
What I said was...
1:09:41
Well, let's forget it. And you,
Charlotte, had best forget Robert Swan.
1:09:45
- He'd be much too old for you now anyway.
- Not to pick up the phone and dial.
1:09:49
Maybe he had a son.
Bye, Father.
1:09:55
- Merci. Merci beaucoup, Maman.
- You're welcome, chouchou.