:38:01
I've made a big investment in you, Peter.
:38:04
Time and money, and it's not working.
:38:06
I could just shake my head and smile.
:38:09
But in my house, when a turd appears,
we deal with it.
:38:12
We dispose of it. We flush it away.
:38:16
We don't put it on the table
and call it caviar.
:38:19
Of course you don't.
I've been working at home.
:38:22
I'm working on a story that I can't talk
about here. It's a big story.
:38:26
I sincerely hope so, Peter.
:38:30
I sincerely hope so.
:38:37
It was the end of the road for me.
I could see it coming.
:38:42
See it coming? It was here.
:38:44
I'd had my chance and I'd blown it away
in a bottle.
:38:48
It was over. I had to face up to that fact.
:38:53
I could go back home.
:38:55
Small town, small newspaper.
:38:57
Or I could write a novel or two.
:39:00
Or I could slit my wrists.
:39:03
This last idea seemed most appealing,
as it required the least amount of effort.
:39:09
And then the telephone rang.
:39:17
Peter! Albert Fox here.
:39:25
Yeah, this is Peter.
:39:28
You sound terrific.
:39:30
Any pulse?
:39:33
I called the paper. No one knew
where you were or who you were.
:39:38
Anything I should know?
:39:39
No, I'm just working at home today.
:39:42
Good. There's something
I want to talk to you about.
:39:46
There's a hell of a story in it.
:39:49
Meet me at NBC, studio 4H, 7:00.
:39:59
You see that Henry Lamb material?