:38:14
Forgive the bluntness,
but if I'm to be in this business...
:38:17
...I shall feel responsible for the girl.
:38:19
I hope it's clearly understood that
no advantage is to be taken of her position.
:38:23
What, that thing? Sacred, I assure you.
:38:26
Come now, you know what I mean.
This is no trifling matter.
:38:29
Are you a man of good character
where women are concerned?
:38:33
Have you ever met a man of good
character where women are concerned?
:38:36
Yes, very frequently.
:38:38
I haven't. The moment I let a woman
make friends with me...
:38:41
...she becomes jealous, exacting...
:38:44
...suspicious and a damned nuisance.
:38:46
The moment that I make friends with
a woman I become selfish and tyrannical.
:38:50
So here I am, a confirmed old bachelor
and likely to remain so.
:38:54
Well, after all, Pickering...
:38:56
## I'm an ordinary man #
:38:58
# Who desires nothing more #
:39:00
# Than just an ordinary chance #
:39:03
# To live exactly as he likes #
:39:05
# And do precisely what he wants #
:39:07
# An average man, am I #
:39:09
# Of no eccentric whim #
:39:11
# Who likes to live his life #
:39:13
# Free of strife #
:39:15
# Doing whatever he thinks is best for him #
:39:19
# Oh, just an ordinary man #
:39:24
# But let a woman in your life #
:39:27
# And your serenity is through #
:39:30
# She'll redecorate your home
From the cellar to the dome #
:39:33
# Then go on to the enthralling fun
of overhauling you! #
:39:38
# Let a woman in your life #
:39:40
# And you are up against a wall #
:39:43
# Make a plan and you will find
She has something else in mind #
:39:46
# So rather than do either
You do something else that neither #
:39:48
# Likes at all! #
:39:51
# You want to talk of Keats or Milton #
:39:54
# She only wants to talk of love #
:39:56
# You go to see a play or ballet #
:39:59
# And spend it searching for her glove #