:05:11
It's open. Come in.
:05:21
- Yes?
- Mr Benson?
:05:24
You are the young lady
from the typing bureau?
:05:27
I am.
:05:28
If we are to have a happy
and harmonious relationship,
:05:31
I beg you, never answer
a question with a question.
:05:34
- Is that clear?
- Did I?
:05:35
There you go again, answering
a question with a question.
:05:38
My yes when you opened the door
was a question.
:05:41
Question mark implied, of course.
:05:43
You know the difference
between implied and inferred?
:05:45
Isn't that a question?
:05:48
Yes.
:05:50
Then you answered my question
with a question.
:05:52
To imply is to indicate
without saying openly or directly,
:05:55
to infer is to conclude
from something known or assumed.
:05:58
- My name is Gabrielle Simpson.
- Is that a bird?
:06:02
I was told the job would take several
days. I had nobody to leave him with.
:06:07
Well, this is it. The office there,
:06:09
I live up here,
the terrace is out there.
:06:12
That grotesque object so prominent
on the horizon is the Eiffel Tower.
:06:16
I had it moved there to remind me
what town I'm in.
:06:20
If it offends you,
I'll have it taken away again.
:06:23
You live through here.
It's an adjoining room,
:06:26
which no doubt to your mind
has terribly sinister connotations.
:06:29
- Not at all...
- If so, dismiss them.
:06:31
I would have got you a room
down the hall
:06:34
but the joint's filled up.
Bastille Day weekend, all that.
:06:37
It's quite alright. I once worked
for an American novelist
:06:40
who only wrote in the bathtub.
I'm used to anything.
:06:42
You can unpack. In the bathtub?
:06:45
Yes. I gave him a packet of
bubble bath and we got on swimmingly.
:06:50
I see.
:06:51
Does that imply that
the bird's name is Richelieu?
:06:54
It's inferred, I believe,
rather than implied.
:06:58
Swimmingly.
Interesting figure of speech.