:21:01
Thankyouforcoming
to the launch of...
:21:03
one of the topthirty
books of ourtime.
:21:07
Anyway, at least.
:21:10
Andhere
to introduce it,ha...
:21:13
properly, ha ha...
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is, uh,the man
we all call, uh...
:21:18
BRIDGET'SINNER VOICE:
[Whispering] Tiits Pervert.
:21:20
Mr...
:21:21
INNER VOICE:
Tiits Pervert!
:21:22
Mr...
:21:25
INNER VOICE:
Tiits Pervert.
:21:26
Fitzherbert, uh...
:21:28
because...
:21:30
that is his name.
:21:33
Mr. Fitzherbert.
:21:36
Thankyou.
:21:40
[Mild applause]
:21:42
FITZHERBERT: Thankyou,Brenda.
:21:44
[Sighs]
:21:46
Just switch this on.
:21:48
[Feedback]
:21:49
[Man laughs, people chattering]
:21:52
NATASHA: So how
autobiographical...
:21:53
is yourwork, Salman?
:21:55
RUSHDIE: Youknow,
it's an amazingthing...
:21:56
nobody's everaskedme
thatguestion.
:21:58
Excuse me.
:21:59
Jones. Sod 'em all.
:22:02
DANIEL:ltwas abrilliant...
:22:04
post-modernist masterpiece of
oratoricalfireworks, really.
:22:09
Uhh.
:22:11
You're looking very sexy,Jones.
:22:12
I think I'm gonna have to
take you outto dinner now...
:22:14
whetheryou like it or not, OK?
:22:16
Come on, getyour stuff.
:22:23
[Sighs]
:22:25
So how do youfeel about
this whole situation...
:22:27
in Chechnya?
lsn't it a nightmare?
:22:29
I couldn't give afuck,Jones.
:22:30
Now, look, how do you
know Arsey Darcy?
:22:34
Apparently, I used
to run 'round naked...
:22:37
in his paddling pool.
:22:38
I betyou did,you dirty bitch.
:22:40
What aboutyou?
:22:42
Same. Yeah.
:22:45
No, no, I was best man
at his wedding.
:22:49
Um, knew himfrom Cambridge.
:22:50
He was a mate.
:22:51
And then what?
:22:54
And then, uh...nothing.
:22:57
You don't need to protect him.
He's nofriend of mine.
:22:59
Well, um,then...