:41:22
Miss Smith, would you come in
and take a letter?
:41:25
Of all the cockamamie....
:41:29
Did you see the front page
of today's Manhattan Argus?
:41:32
I didn't bother to read the article.
I didn't think the picture did you justice.
:41:37
The picture's fine.
:41:38
It's what that knuckle-headed dame
wrote underneath.
:41:42
Take this down.
:41:44
Dear Miss Archer:
:41:46
I call you "Miss" because you seem to have
missed the boat completely.
:41:50
How would you know if I'm an imbecile...
:41:52
...when you didn't have the guts
to interview me man-to-man!
:41:55
Change "man-to-man" to "face-to-face."
:41:56
No, change "face-to-face" to "eye-to-eye"
and "guts" to "common decency."
:42:00
These wild speculations
about my intelligence...
:42:02
...these preposterous inventions
would be better suited...
:42:04
...for the pages of Amazing Tales Magazine.
:42:08
If the editors of the Manhattan Argus
see fit...
:42:10
...to publish the work of a disordered mind,
perhaps they will see fit to publish this.
:42:15
But I doubt it.
:42:16
I most seriously doubt it. I doubt also
you could find a home at Amazing Tales...
:42:20
...a periodical which I have enjoyed
for many years. Sincerely...
:42:24
...et cetera.
:42:32
Is that all, Mr. Barnes?
:42:36
You know me, Amy, better than this dame.
Do you think I'm an imbecile?
:42:40
Well, I'm sure I....
:42:42
Tell the truth. I trust you.
I place a lot of stock in your opinion.
:42:47
Oh, sure, you're biased.
:42:49
You're a fellow Muncian.
:42:52
But let me ask you a question:
:42:54
Would an imbecile come up with this?