:38:02
Please do.
:38:04
In point of fact, there's rather
a serious matter I wish to discuss with you.
:38:08
I see.
:38:13
Here we are.
:38:17
Sorry I took so long.
:38:19
Lovely.
:38:21
We'll continue our little chat after tea.
:38:23
- lf you'd rather...
- No, sit down.
:38:26
You can speak quite freely, you know.
:38:28
Miss McNaught and I have no secrets
from each other.
:38:32
That's nice.
:38:34
None at all. None whatsoever.
:38:39
Let's all have tea first, shall we?
:38:41
- Milk?
- Thank you.
:38:44
- Sugar?
- No, thank you.
:38:49
I say, what delicious-looking scones.
:38:52
They're scotch scones.
:38:53
About this little talk
you wanted to have with me...
:38:55
A specialty of mine.
Copied from a recipe of my grandmother's.
:38:59
You're quite a little housewife, aren't you?
:39:02
Something of a literary figure, too.
:39:04
She fancies herself as a poetess,
goes to evening classes...
:39:07
to learn about meter and all that rubbish.
:39:09
- Really?
- George.
:39:11
- They look quite delicious. May I try one?
- Help yourself.
:39:16
They're what we used to call girdle scones.
:39:19
Or drop scones.
:39:22
It's awfully important
not to let the oven get too hot...
:39:24
otherwise the outsides will be brown
before the insides are cooked.
:39:28
These are a lovely even color.
:39:31
- I always cool them in a towel.
- Do you?
:39:35
Yes, and I wait
until the bubbles rise to the surface...
:39:39
- before I turn them over.
- They're very successful.
:39:43
I use a half a level teaspoon
of bicarbonate of soda...
:39:48
Now you're giving away trade secrets.
:39:50
...and one level teaspoonful
of cream of tartar...
:39:52
Shut up.
:39:54
...and one egg.
- Shut up.
:39:57
Some people prefer two eggs,
but I think one's enough.
:39:59
Shut up!