:09:00
My memory is under admirable control.
:09:02
Sir Robert, the Indian Ambassador.
:09:05
Excuse me.
:09:10
And so, my dear Arthur, are you not
just a little bit pleased to see me?
:09:14
Oh, my dear woman,...
:09:16
.. possibly even less than that.
:09:18
Should you wish to avoid me entirely,
I am at Claridge's until Friday...
:09:22
.. when I shall return to Vienna.
:09:25
Are you still a bachelor?
:09:27
- Resolutely so.
- He is the result of Boodle's Club.
:09:31
He reflects every credit on the institution.
:09:34
Thank you.
:09:46
And now, Sir Robert,
I have something to say to you.
:09:49
- You'll find me an eager audience.
- I'm so glad.
:09:52
I want to talk to you about a great
political and financial scheme,...
:09:56
.. about this Argentine Canal Company,
in fact.
:10:00
What a tedious, practical subject
to talk about, Mrs Cheveley.
:10:03
Oh, I like tedious, practical subjects.
I don't like tedious, practical people.
:10:08
Besides, you're interested, I know,
in international canal schemes.
:10:13
Yes.
:10:15
But the Suez Canal was a very great
and splendid undertaking.
:10:19
It gave us our direct route into India.
:10:22
This Argentine scheme is
a commonplace Stock Exchange swindle.
:10:27
It is a speculation.
A brilliant, daring speculation.
:10:30
Believe me, Mrs Cheveley, it is a swindle.
:10:33
Let us call things by their proper names.
:10:36
It makes matters simpler.
:10:40
I hope you have not invested in it.
:10:42
You're far too clever to have done that.
:10:44
I have invested very largely in it.
:10:47
Who advised you
to do such a foolish thing?
:10:49
Your old friend and mine - Baron Arnheim.
:10:52
It was one of the last things he said.