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And now, Miss Simpson, we have set
the wheels of our plot in motion
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and inflamed the audience
with a passionate desire
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to find out what happens next.
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And I don't blame them.
I'm dying to find out myself.
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We can pause
for a few pages of chitchat,
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getting-to-know-you stuff,
which I do so brilliantly.
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The question is, where should
this charming little scene be played?
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At lunch!
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Yes, he takes her to a beautiful
restaurant for lunch in the Bois.
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Ridiculous. She wouldn't go off with
a man who picked her up in a square.
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I mean, he's a perfect... stranger.
:33:48
Miss Simpson, nobody's perfect.
:33:50
Why, he asks, as they dance
and dance and dance,
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are you so sad
when everyone is so gay?
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And then a suggestion
from the mysterious stranger.
:33:59
If you try raising your upper lip,
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you might at least create
the illusion of a smile.
:34:05
That being somewhat of a disaster,
he really has to turn on the charm.
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Do you know the word serendipity,
he asks. She shakes her head.
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- What does it mean?
- Why, Miss Simpson, I'm surprised.
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It means opening your eyes
each morning
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and looking at the bright new day
and going absolutely ape!
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- Serendipity?
- Right.
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- Are you making it up?
- No, serendipity's a real word.
:34:29
Actually, it means the ability
to find pleasure, excitement
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and happiness
in anything that occurs.
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No matter how unexpected.
:34:36
Serendipity!
:34:38
He explains the word, in a much more
fascinating way than I did,
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and at the right moment proposes
:34:44
a glorious lunch in the Bois.
She's tempted.
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But don't you think...?
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Miss Simpson, he's not asking her
for a weekend at a motel
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in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
He's inviting her to lunch!
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Now, don't you think if he were
terribly terribly charming, she'd go?
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- Well...
- Serendipity.