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and of how patient
you have been in teaching him.
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Do you remember the young lady
who fainted in our office?
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Fainted?
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Yes.
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She is the daughter of a lady whom,
when she herself was young...
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I loved very dearly.
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You will smile, perhaps,
to hear an old man talk about such things.
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I have no such inclination.
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In fact, I'm eager to know
if she returned your affection.
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She made another choice.
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A man named Bray.
:24:42
Inconsiderate of all obligations,
except to those of his own leisure...
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he squandered his fortune, and then hers.
:24:50
Finally, after 20 years of bitter unhappiness,
she came to me...
:24:55
sadly changed. She was dying.
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And she asked us
to help her daughter, Madeline...
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should she ever seek our assistance.
:25:05
But Madeline has sought
these past two years...
:25:08
to earn her money on her own.
:25:10
However, the demands for service
her father places upon her...
:25:14
make steady, not to mention lucrative,
employment an impossibility.
:25:19
She came to us,
that day you caught her from fainting...
:25:22
and made the appeal,
asking only that her father never know.
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So we came up with this scheme...
:25:29
of which we are not unreasonably proud.
:25:32
- It is a very good scheme.
- It's very good, indeed.
:25:36
Madeline is an artist...
:25:39
and we thought
that someone could make a feint...
:25:42
of commissioning her paintings
for a high price.
:25:45
This allows her to stay at home,
where he needs her...
:25:48
And allows our involvement to be disguised.
He knows us.
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We were hoping you would be the agent.