:34:10
My poor Jacques.
:34:13
No matter.
:34:14
When you've seen one Stradivarius,
you've seen them all.
:34:27
I hadn't realized it was so late.
:34:30
Come in, sit down, relax.
Have a nice glass of champagne.
:34:33
- I told you I don't drink.
- Champagne's not drinking.
:34:36
That's the minimum of alcohol
and the maximum of companionship.
:34:39
It's still against my principles.
:34:41
That's too bad.
I thought it might break the ice.
:34:44
- You took me to task rather properly.
- No, thank you.
:34:46
I thought your analysis
was very perceptive.
:34:49
- But not very polite.
- No, it wasn't.
:34:52
- What made you do it?
- I resented you.
:34:54
I find it hard to understand
a man of your reputation.
:34:57
We both have reputations.
:34:59
Perhaps mine is a little more
highly publicized than yours,
:35:02
but you have presented the press
with a rather definite image.
:35:05
Yes, I know.
:35:06
- Are you?
- What?
:35:08
What they call you.
The virgin queen.
:35:10
I'm not the queen.
:35:14
That's only half an answer.
:35:16
The strong-willed ruler of ten million
people sitting in her ivory tower,
:35:19
untouched, unwed,
and unapproachable.
:35:24
If you had known my father,
you would understand me.
:35:27
He was an absolute ruler.
:35:30
He governed his people
with an iron hand,
:35:32
but he gave me a white pony
for my fifth birthday.
:35:35
He was wrong about many things,
:35:37
but he made his decisions according
to the ways of his predecessors.
:35:41
I learned the way of the West,
so I've become a little of both...
:35:45
a paradox...
:35:47
and it is hard
to reconcile the extremes.
:35:50
Have a glass of champagne.
Does wonders for extremes.
:35:53
It's been known to launch
some lasting friendships.