"It's late, Sir Reginald." "Very late." "Reggie!" "Reggie!" "Reggie?" "Reggie, are you up?" " Rather." "I'm shaving." " Well, open this door!" "Can't." "I'm at a crucial point." " Oh, come on." "Open up!" "Reggie!" "There you are, I knew you'd make me do it" " I've cut myself!" "Go away!" "Lazybones!" " Alright..." "I'm bleeding like a pig!" "Do you think you're going to die?" " You forgot the bathroom door!" "Oh!" "Curse you." " If it makes you feel any better." "She's been down since half eight!" " Waiting for you to propose to her!" "You ought to be ashamed of yourself, tomorrow's her last day." " Is it?" "He is our brother, but he's mental!" "You can't deny it!" " Of course not, she's a most attractive girl." " And what does he do?" " Do?" "!" "Lies in bed!" "The usual post is on the table." " Why not the bin?" "You can't keep binning registered envelopes." " Why?" "You should propose to her this morning." " Hear, hear!" "Do be quiet, Hugh!" "It's your duty, Reggie!" " To whom?" "To us all." "Aren't you the head of the family?" " What can I offer her?" "Yourself, darling." " The title into the bargain." " Alright, get out!" "Hello." "That's Kitty now." "Waiting for you." "Oi!" " How long is that lazy brute going to be?" " Not long." "Where are you off to?" "We're going for lunch then my pub." " I'll tell him." "I thought you liked her?" " I do." " Well, then, that's perfect!" "Hurry up, she's taking you out to the Pig And Whistle." " Do your duty!" "# Here's a health to you, Father O'Flynn" "# Slainte and slainte and slainte aging" "# Kindliest creature and tenderest teacher" "# And pow'rfulest preacher in ould Donegal!" "#" "Well..." "Of course, it's not as nice as your Old Manor, but it is mine." "It's great!" " The new sign went up yesterday." "Don't you feel very important?" " I'll say I do." "Come on, lazybones." " Uh-huh." "If it isn't Miss Kitty!" " Hello, Bridget, everything alright?" " I'm single-handed..." "Why, where's Tom?" " Tom?" "He went to see his poor old mother." "He's forgetting there's no time since he buried her." "Must be a football match." " Oh, he'll be back." "Tom's always just in time." "Enter, Sir Reginald." "We are proud to welcome so distinguished a visitor." "Can I have one on the house?" " Certainly." "What'll you have?" " What've you got?" "I mean to drink." " Yes, yes." "Have you got any beer?" "Funny sort of pub if we hadn't!" "You look marvellous doing that!" " Like I've been doing it all my life." " Yes." "Our family's always liked barmaids." " Really?" " Mmm." "Proved very expensive." "Now look what you've done!" " Did I do that?" " I've never spilled it before!" "Must wipe it up before Tom gets back." "Have I ever told you how lovely you are?" " Once in the garden and once at dinner with your mouth full!" "Well, it's true." " Is that all?" "Try and remember how I said it." " Oh, it was quite good." " Oh, I know." "Consider it repeated." "I want to say something else..." "Still about you." "Listen..." "Is there something in the beer?" "You'll have fun playing with this new toy, won't you?" " I suppose so." "What time do you open officially?" " Six o'clock." "Oh, it's that now." "I'll give you a hand." "Pint." " Pint." "Evening, miss." " Good evening, Tom." "It's rather fun!" " I envy you, especially the beer." "He's a fine gentleman." " Sir Reginald Ford!" " Is he a baronet?" " If you hadn't wasted all those years in America..." "Would you call looking after Miss Kitty "wasted"?" "When I was in..." " You'd have seen his pictures!" "He's played cricket for the county!" " I wonder why he didn't propose?" " I thought he was." " I felt certain sure." "I thought we were in a hurry." " It's OK for you, Lottie, you were born here, but, to me, this view of Old Manor is too lovely to hurry over." "It's so quiet, so peaceful." "Morning, madam." " Good morning." "Hi, Kitty." " Hello, Marjorie." " What time is it?" " Quarter to eleven." "Reggie." " What?" " Sorry, old man, I forgot this." "What?" " I picked a winner yesterday at 25-1 so I bought you a present." "First time you ever did." "What is it?" " Special license." "Hello, Lottie!" " Hello!" "Morning, Mrs Pope." " Hello, Barton." " Hope you had a nice journey." " Thank you." "How are you, my dear?" "Well, here we are again." "Hello, Kim." "We got our wire, Lottie, what's the idea?" " Why the dash home?" "Pop got the sack?" "Where is he?" " Getting the luggage, give him a hand." " Right you are..." "Pop's had to come back on business." "How's the old homestead?" "Much the same." "Rather bankruptcy, mortgagy, and tottery!" "I prefer it to foreign places." " Where's lazybones?" " In the bath!" "The lamb!" "A rather reluctant lamb!" " What's on?" "We have the latest thing in heiresses in the study and Reggie won't propose!" "Pops, what's that?" "I thought you were here on business?" "I was just dropping Lottie off." " You're not going yet?" " I've got an appointment at the foreign office." "I've two men with me!" " Two most forbidding looking men." "They gave me a fright." "Thought they'd come to arrest him!" " Hildebrand!" "Just in town to look after..." "I best say no more." "One can't be too careful!" "Well, well, well!" "Mr Kemp... and Mr Richards!" "Hello, Mr McCarthy, what are you doing here?" " Yes!" "Now we've broken the ice!" "You know Mr Hildebrand Pope is here!" " Do I?" "Of course he does!" "Look at him!" " Obviously I know!" "What do I know?" "You leave Mr Pope alone!" "Why not leave the country?" " I like the beer." "Don't try and be funny with me!" "Good day!" "Think over what I've told you!" "Good day, Mr Kemp..." "Oh, and Mr Richards." "As you're staying for lunch, you can talk to Reggie!" " What's he been up to?" "It's what he HASN'T been up to!" "It's this McCarthy girl." " What girl?" "She's an heiress!" "You must realise..." "I don't realise anything... yet." " The channel was rough." " There should be a channel tunnel!" "That brandy?" "Want some?" " Decidedly!" "So early?" " Jealous?" " Decidedly!" "Well, here's to that channel tunnel!" "Ah, that's better!" "Now, about this girl..." "Get it?" "Michael, what are you doing in England?" " Kit, you're looking grand!" "Don't stall!" " No fooling, I'm waiting for a tram car." "An honest US tourist doing Europe?" " All expenses paid by someone else!" "I bet it's shady!" "Do you want to end up as a politician?" "No, this is a great game and no politics." "One of your secret service stunts?" " I'm in oil now." " So you came in by the window by force of habit?" "I didn't say I wasn't getting information." "Oil's a racket too!" "They pay for information." " I hate you doing it!" "Why not give it up?" "It pays well and it's lots of fun, and it keeps me from thinking of you and from going into a decline." "Sorry, I never change my mind." " There's no harm in trying." " No, I love having you try!" "I'll keep it up, then." "Hello." "What's this about oil fields?" " Little girls should be seen and not heard!" "State secrets, you know!" "Why take these risks?" "You don't need the money." "So YOU say!" " You've always had as much as me." " Not the point." "I came here to tell you something, but it's hard to say." " How much?" "No!" "I stopped at your place this morning..." " Nothing's happened to Bridget?" " No, she told me you were here and..." "There was a letter for you." " So you opened it?" " It wasn't closed tightly." "It's from the lawyers." "You better take a good look at it!" "He'll be down in a minute." " What shall I do?" "Bring Reggie to his senses." "She's worth plenty!" " He won't look at her?" "!" "Oh, yes!" "Sometimes encouragingly!" "But he doesn't follow up the look?" " No, and she's going back to her pub tomorrow." " To her...?" "Pub!" " She's been struck by our quaintness." "Rather than a Tudor cottage..." " With central heating." " She bought a pub." "I see." "Where is she?" " Mooning about in the study alone." "Reggie's in his bath." "They ought to be closer together." " Yes, sister, but after the service!" "Anyhow, I promised Reggie we'd be out of the way." " We must clear the decks!" "I suppose there's no doubt about her fortune." "Absolutely none!" "Hundreds of thousands!" "Broke?" " Uh-huh!" "Should've let ME handle your money." "Now, I've a new prayer." " What's that?" "That I catch up with one of those guys before I die!" " I hope so." "That's the spirit!" " I suspected it." "Shares have been acting strangely." "Too bad I wasn't back sooner." " It might be worse." " Not very much worse." "I'm sick of loafing anyway, and I've still got the pub." " Not a bad dump, and the beer's good." "Any room for me?" "No?" "Well, I'm still trying." "Some day you might say yes." "So long, Kittens." " So long." " Same window?" " They're all good." "Michael!" "Am I ever going to see you again?" " That's up to you." "Don't you care?" "I may be away for years!" " That's too bad!" "Kit, do you know this guy Pope?" " He's due today." " Guess he's already arrived." "Diplomat." "Married into the family." "Know him?" " I know his name." "The government's interested in oil rumours and he may know something." "See if there are any more bowler hats hanging around the shrubbery." " OK." "All clear!" "What are you doing?" "Leave those!" "Those aren't yours!" " Run along, I'm working!" "Oh..." "Hello, Reggie!" "They're swell guns alright." "This is my cousin, Michael McCarthy." "Sir Reginald Ford." " How are you?" "I just dropped in to see Kitty." "Good." " Stay to lunch." " Michael has to go." " Oh, sorry." " So am I." "Well, Kit, I'll be seeing you." "Come and sit down." "I..." "I want to talk to you." "You know, I've got something on my mind..." " That's rather unusual." "Hmm?" "Eh, yes, yes." "I suppose it is for so early in the day." "I believe you're right, I think I could talk better after lunch." "Good Lord, what's that?" " What's what?" " That!" "Looks like a bowler hat." " I believe you're right." "Hey!" "Excuse me, sir, but are you the owner of this house?" " Yes." " Good." "My name is Kemp." "Foreign Office." "We're watching Mr Pope." "What's he done?" " Nothing." "There's a strange man, though, lurking about you might like a few words with." "Seen anyone, sir?" "No, no, I haven't." "There's only your cousin!" " Oh, yes." "I haven't seen anyone else." " Sorry, but do you mind if I have a look round?" "Go ahead!" "And take a bottle of beer from the pantry." " Thank you, sir." "It is hot." " First right, second left." "I wonder if it was your cousin he was after." "Even if it was, one must protect one's relatives, mustn't one?" "One's what?" " Well, that's what he'll be if you marry me!" "Poetry!" "Could this be a proposal?" " It's notice of an impending proposal." "You'll spoil things!" " Someone's got to keep up with events." " I've told you before, keep out of the way!" "Is that any reason to jibber?" " It's as bad for me as for you!" "I don't quite know how to say it." " Well, how do you usually say it?" "Don't mix me up!" "What I mean is..." "Well, we like each other, don't we?" "Yes." " I think we get along, don't you?" " Yes, I think we'd get along very well if either of us had any money." "I didn't quite catch that!" " I said, "if either of us had any money."" "But..." "I haven't got a penny, Reggie!" "Do you want to withdraw your proposal?" " Of course not, but we thought..." " I know what you thought." "Your family ARE fairly obvious!" " You mean to say, you haven't got...?" "That's the greatest news I've heard!" "I didn't feel justified before, but now..." " I can't hear anything!" "Will you marry me, Kitty?" "Well..." "Reggie, I don't know, I haven't had time to think." " If people stop to think, they'll never get married." "I'm not going to give you a chance!" "Come and have lunch in London." "I'd love to!" "I'll go and get changed!" "I'll order the car." " No, we'll take mine." "You drive." " Right." "Hey!" "What about my question?" "What question?" " Have you no feelings?" " We'll talk it over at lunch." "I can't stand the suspense!" "Mr Pope, I've been looking for you!" " Oh?" "Why?" "Seen any suspicious characters?" " Only you and Richards." "I'm worried about your gun case!" " What about it?" "Where is it?" " In perfect safety in the hall." "In the hall?" "!" "Highly rash!" "There you are!" "Safe, as I told you!" "Reggie, have you settled it?" " Yes..." "No!" "I mean, I don't know what I DO mean." "Have you been turned down?" " Lord, no!" " If she accepts you, what's wrong?" "I don't see how I'll make it as a married man!" " What do you mean?" "How am I to support a wife and children?" " Aren't you doing your Christmas shopping in advance?" "Leave that to... the mother!" "Miss McCarthy hasn't got a bean." "She's lost it all." " Lost it?" "What?" "!" "Were you two...?" " All the time, old boy!" "It's true, and it serves you right!" "Whoever heard of an heiress without money?" " You." "Now." "Have you, eh, popped the question?" " Yes, he has!" "And I meant it!" " Has she accepted?" "She didn't say yes!" " But she didn't say no!" "Who told you Miss McCarthy lost all her money?" " She did." "She did." " When?" "After he proposed to her!" " What are you getting at?" "You'll see!" "Did she explain how she lost her fortune here between breakfast and lunch?" "No!" " No!" "I thought as much!" "Hmm!" " What do you mean by "hmm"?" "I don't see anything to "hmm" about." "Were you violent in your lovemaking?" "Violent?" " He was pathetic!" "You just flung a proposal at her?" "Enough to make any girl suspicious!" "And she invented this story about losing her money!" " Why should she do that?" "To test him!" " You make me sick!" "Hildebrand, you're right!" "How clever of you to see through it!" " Not at all, my dear." "I wonder if you're right for once in your life?" " Had to happen some time!" "Just a quick deduction!" "Oh, Barton, have Miss McCarthy's car brought round." " Yes, Sir Reginald." "Where are you going?" " I'm taking Kitty to lunch in London." " Where?" "Somewhere very expensive!" "Any cash?" "Well, I, eh..." "I, eh, haven't got very much!" " Good, then you won't miss it!" "Here she is!" " The license!" "Have you got it?" " I left it in the bathroom." "Back later!" "Ready?" " Yes." " Oh, you don't know my sister and her husband, do you?" "Miss McCarthy, Mr and Mrs Pope." " How do you do?" " How do you do?" "You're coming to the pub today!" " I don't..." " Of course we will!" "Thank you, Barton." "Let's go!" "I say, Reggie?" " Mmm?" " Are you sure Pops is right?" " Even money, either way." "Aren't you going to make sure?" " I'll marry her first and find out later." "Thank you, m'lad." "Are you doing anything for the next few minutes?" " No." "Come and be a witness." " Being married?" " Yes." " It isn't worth it!" "YOU'RE not being married!" " No, but I have been." "I've tried it." "I know!" "I implore you, reconsider your decision!" "Think of all you're going to lose!" "Your money!" "Your liberty!" "Your soul!" "What is a woman?" "A temptation!" "She should..." " Won't keep you very long!" "You've done it now!" "Of course, I hope you'll be happy, but you won't!" "Thank you." " Have a cigar!" " Thank you, I don't mind if I do." "Of course, there's always divorce." "That's your one hope - divorce!" "It's not difficult!" "I got one!" "She's a pretty girl." "Lucky devil!" "# All the young children are wild for to play with you" "# You've such a way with you... #" "Glory be, Mr McCarthy, is it yourself?" "Only just!" "Anybody else around?" "Only me." "I never heard you." " I hope no-one else did!" "Oh..." "I have a telegram for you." "Did you send an answer?" "Get along with you!" " You opened it anyway!" "I did not!" "What's it mean?" "I don't understand." "It's in code, Bridget, for the benefit of people like you." "Bridget, are you my friend?" " I hope so, Mr McCarthy." "Remember this" " I'm not here!" "See?" " I do not!" "All right!" "NOW do you see?" " I do!" "I never set eyes on you!" "Swell!" "Stick to that, Bridget, and we'll get along fine." "Mr McCarthy!" " Well?" "Did you see Sir Reginald Ford?" "Yes." "Why?" " I think he loves Miss Kitty." "You do?" "Keep your thoughts to yourself!" "I will." "They're coming for tea." " I'm so glad!" "I thought you would be." "Miss Kitty asked all his relations." " Interesting!" "Did she say how many?" "About half a dozen." " Tell no-one I'm here but Miss Kitty!" " I will that." "Oh, and, eh, Bridget..." "If any more telegrams come for me, just let me have them as they are, will you?" "# Here's a health to you, Father O'Flynn" "# Slainte and slainte and slainte aging" "# Checking the crazy ones, coaxing' onaisy ones, Lifting lazy ones on with a stick. #" "Sure, this is yourself, Miss Kitty?" "It doesn't feel like me!" "Here, take these." " Oh, lovely flowers." " Bridget, I'm married!" " Married?" "!" "Yes, to him." " Praise the saints!" "I mustn't call you miss now, ma'am, as you're a ma'am now, miss, eh, m'lady." "Shall I get drinks?" " No, get some tea and cakes." "Indeed I will - I'll be after them cakes already." "Michael's here." " Where?" " Up in his room." "Tell him to keep out of the way." " I will that!" "Do you think they'll all come?" " Pope'll drop them on his way to the foreign office." "Nervous?" " I am, rather." "Pity you'll have to get that repainted so soon." " You know, I think I'll wake up in a minute." "I'll still be here." "That's a husband's privilege." "I must have been a bit..." " Probably were, but that's my luck." "Imagine being married to a man who's only once tried to kiss you." "Well, I may be a slow starter, but..." "Kitty, why'd you marry me?" " I don't know." "Why did you?" " I don't know." "There they are!" "I must get fixed, I'm a mess!" "Where's the mirror?" "Oh, I'm a sight!" " You're not!" "I am!" "I must go to my room!" "Give me a hand with my coat!" "How does it work?" " Undo it!" "Oh, I see." "Thank you, darling." "Just a minute!" "Reggie, have you pulled it off?" "Wedding bells and all?" " We cut out the bell!" "One of those off-license places?" " Yes." "But you are married?" " Well, yes." "Congratulations!" "To think, you're married to her!" "I'm not used to it myself!" " Think of her bank balance!" "I'd forgotten!" " You will joke!" "Marjorie!" "Don't let her think..." " Do you take us for fools?" "Not a word!" "Good!" " Where's Kitty?" " She'll be down in a moment." "Look at this lovely..!" " Yes, let's look around, shall we?" "Hey!" "What are you doing here?" " On the job." "He spoke with you, then?" " Just arrived." " Why does he keep hanging about?" " Some family rumpus." "I'll be glad when he's safe in the office!" " What's up?" " Why, he's here, of course." " McCarthy?" "Be careful!" "I don't like that man - wherever that case is, he pops up!" "It's like he knew they were coming." "Look out, he's slippery, and tough!" "Don't fret!" " I wasjust warning you!" " That case is perfectly safe with me!" "Like candy from a baby!" "Yes, it's a nice place." "Kitty's got great plans for it." " There she is!" "Congratulations, Kitty!" " Thank you!" "Reggie's just told us the news." " Congratulations!" "Jolly glad, Kitty!" " I thought you'd be startled." "No, we find Reggie's news stimulating and..." " Intriguing!" " Intriguing!" "What's he wrapping up in that?" " He just means we're pleased!" "I wondered if you would be." "I'd like to talk to you." "...Eh, Reggie..." "Is the garden still there?" " I'll see." " Just for ten minutes." " Whatever you say." "Forgive me working while I talk!" "I'm sure you figured on the kind of girl Reggie would marry." " Why do you say that?" " It's only natural." "Perhaps you're wondering why I married him?" " It did cross our minds." "I'll tell you." "I believe in Reggie, but he's been left to drift away his life - no-one's given him any pep!" "Pep?" "Yes, and that's all wrong!" "I'm glad we're married" " I love him, and I'll help him make something of his life." "Oh, excuse me." "Opening time." "Pint." " Pint." "Pint?" "Good Lord!" "Can you do that again?" "Two more, miss!" " Thank you, sir!" "Good health!" "I can't afford to neglect business." "Very amusing, but you can't risk gossip by being seen at work!" "What's wrong with work?" "Nothing, but you're Lady Ford!" "If Lady Ford doesn't work, Sir Reginald will have to get busy!" " Why, Reggie?" "Don't worry, this'll do him good!" "I'm glad I've lost all my money!" "Lost all your money?" "Every dollar!" "I believe it's true!" "I don't understand." " Didn't Reggie say?" "We didn't believe him!" "Why?" " Pops, you have made a fool of yourself!" "He thought you were testing Reggie!" " In case he was after your money." "And, eh... was he?" "My dear Kitty, I can safely assure you that... for my part..." "Well, I think you'd all better go, don't you?" " Seems a sound idea!" "I don't know whether..." "Is there anything we can do?" "You've done quite enough, thank you." "Don't forget your hat!" "Thank you." "Would you mind asking Reggie to come in, please?" " Alright, and eh..." "Oh, well." "Bridget!" " What is it?" "Not so loud!" " Why?" "What have they been telling you?" " They meant to tell me nothing, but the truth leaked out." "Only I can tell you that!" " Did you believe I'd lost my money?" " No idea." "If I was poor, you wouldn't have married me!" " I couldn't help myself!" " I want the truth!" " That is true!" "Why not admit you're saving face?" " I fell in love with you from the start, but I had nothing but debts." "You've done it!" " I'm not sorry!" " What are you going to do?" " I don't know, we'll get along somehow." "You've got to face it now." "How will we live?" " Something will turn up." "It always does." " No, not always." "You've got to look for it." "You can't wait for it to turn up." " What do you mean?" " Work!" "Work?" "Oh, work!" " Anything against it?" "No, of course not." "I've just always thought I'd look after Old Manor and..." " Maybe once, but not now." "Have my things sent over!" " Kitty...." " I'll forget what happened today." "Look here, I love you!" " You've got an awful nerve!" "All right." "Can I use your telephone?" "Certainly." " Thanks." "Give me the station!" "What's the idea?" " What do you want round here?" " Just having a look round." "Do you want a drink now or not?" " Not at the present." "Well then, out with you!" "Go on, out you go!" "Miss Kitty." "Miss Kitty!" " Yes." " Mr Michael's outside." "He wants to see you." " Tell him..." "It's very important, Miss Kitty." "Listen, Kit." "Now, look, we've known each other all our lives, haven't we?" "I've got no more to lend." " It isn't that." "I'm in a spot." "Would you like to see me in the dock?" " Let's talk about it some other time." "I tell you, Kit, this is serious." "I'll be in prison if you don't help!" "Do you mean that?" " 'Course I do!" "They're watching for me outside!" "Take these to London for me." "I haven't the time." "I see." "Oh, well, I suppose I'll just have to give myself up." "What are those papers?" "Something they mustn't find on me." "Be a sport!" "Don't you remember when we were kids?" "I'll be alright if you do!" " Alright, I will!" " You'll do it?" "!" "You're a darling, you always were!" "Take these to the Charing Cross Hotel." "I'll let you know later what to do with them!" " What are these?" "Just some papers, don't mean anything, but I want them in here and you take them to the hotel." "I'll phone you there." "Now, come on, darling!" "There you are, miss." " Thank you." " Don't mention it." "Did you throw that?" " Who, me?" "I wouldn't do a thing like that to you." "Send this telegram for me, will you?" "That's MY telegram!" " Didn't you ask ME to send it?" " What's the big idea?" "Just trying to make myself useful for once." " Give me that!" " I'll just count the words!" "McCarthy." "Charing Cross Hotel, London..." "I wondered where she'd gone!" " Another detective, eh?" "Meet me, boat train to Folkeston tomorrow with golf clubs." "Now, why golf clubs?" "Three guesses!" "You're a nice fellow, aren't you?" " I haven't had any complaints." "You know what I mean." "Making Kitty do your dirty work." " Were you in here?" " All the time!" "Oh, I see." "You're not sore because I kissed my cousin, are you?" "Thank you." "We'll deliver that telegram in person." "Nice day, eh?" "Well, Mr McCarthy, you're coming with us!" " Am I?" "Why?" "For stealing government property." "And what's the Charing Cross Hotel got to do with golf?" "You let him get away with your documents?" " These two men failed in their duty." "Maybe so." "I must use your phone." " Go ahead." "Mind your..." "Give me Whitehall 02222." "That young man has caused a lot of trouble." "Took the papers from under me nose." " How do you know?" "That's his speciality and this telegram explains how!" "Hello, hello..." "Oh!" "Is that Mr Brown?" "Kemp speaking." "And this is Mr Hildebrand Pope!" "There's a girl in a black car going to the Charing Cross Hotel." "Pick her up." "And her golf bag." "Name, sir?" "Yes, McCarthy." "Yes, sir, I'll be along." "We'll both be along!" "Come on, McCarthy!" "I hope you choose your friends more carefully in future!" " Oh... pffft!" "Where are we going?" " Just come with us!" " Without my toothbrush?" " Go with him, Richards." "Thanks." " We'll be in the car." "Can't do anything..." "Hello." " Hello, Michael." "I've just stopped off at a filling station..." "It's not Michael, it's me!" " Who?" "The police know about the golf bag." "Don't go to the Charing Cross Hotel." "Are you there?" "Do what I say!" "Come back here." "Get rid of those clubs, and, whatever anybody says, you know anything!" "Repeat that back." "That's right." "Darling, sorry I was so stupid." "I'm working" " I've earned half a crown." "I love you, do you hear?" "I love you!" "Gosh, the landlord!" "How's the pub?" "Fine." " And the landlady?" " Mind your own business." "Sorry I spoke." "Now, Brenda." " Tired of work yet?" "No." "I'm just starting." "There's going to be a lot done here." " What?" "This place has got to be made to pay." " My dear, you can't make an historic old house pay!" "Can't I?" "Brenda!" "Outlook unsettled." "Storms locally." "Let's hope there'll be bright intervals." "A lot's going to happen in the next few months." "No!" "Three gentlemen to see you, Sir Reginald." " Inspector Triumph?" "Difficult to say." "One is an American gentleman, I should think." "The other two are remarkably like detectives." "Really?" "Names?" " I'm really very sorry, Reggie, but I forgot to ask." "Lord Brockley, I promoted you to the door a week ago and you still forget to ask for names!" "I'm sorry." " Don't apologise." "You're worse than the bishop." "You look the part, but you haven't got it there." "Wait!" " Remember your contract." " I do, and my break for elevenses is due!" "Who relieves Brockley?" " The Duke of Wessex." " Find him, Hugh." "He's late." "Have you done your room?" " No." "I'll tell him to do Lord Brockley's room as well as his own before midday inspection!" " Right." " Thank you!" "Kemp!" " Mr Kemp!" "Morning, Mr Kemp." " Morning, sir." "In your pocket you've some orders from Colonel Maitland." " Have I?" " Yes." "They say to bring Michael McCarthy here and carry out my orders." " Within reason." "Quite!" " Well?" " He's outside." "I want to see him alone." " That's not in my orders." " Perhaps not, but I'll guarantee results if you do." "And don't forget, when I get those papers, no conviction!" " IF you get those papers!" "That'll do, thank you, ladies." "Chair for Mr McCarthy, please." "McCarthy, I'm leaving you here, but Richards and I will be outside!" " I won't run away!" " I'll see you don't!" "What is all this?" "Has the place gone nuts?" "On the contrary." " That old guy... the image of Lord Brockley!" "He is." " But I backed his horse in the Derby..." "I suppose he did too, huh?" "No, he's paying to be here." "If you go outside, you'll find a Duke weeding the garden and two armament manufacturers cleaning drains." "You got any more of them?" " Yes, lots." "They're doing a "work cure" instead of a "rest cure", and paying for it." "And racketeers are supposed to come from America!" "What an idea!" " Isn't it?" "Yes, a girl made me think of it!" "Look, I don't like you!" " That goes double!" "And we both like someone else, eh?" " We'll keep that out of this talk." "How do you like our prisons?" " They don't treat you badly." " No, it's the monotony that gets you in the end." "Especially if you're in for a long spell." " You can't prove anything." "The maps have gone, but you can't prove I took them." " Kitty?" "She'll keep her mouth shut and you know it!" " I suppose so." " So where do we go from there?" "Cigarette?" " No, no, have one of mine!" " Thanks." "Thanks." "Once upon a time, there was a big, bad crook who thought himself so smart he could get away with anything..." "What large eyes you have, Grandma!" "Go on!" "...until one day he found police in his bedroom." " How embarrassing!" " Yes." "And under the bed..." " Keep it clean!" "...they found a lot of bank notes." " Lucky, eh?" " No, they were forgeries." " His?" "No, but he couldn't prove anything, and he got ten years!" "On the other hand, if you give up those papers," "Temple will accompany you to Southampton, the President Harding sails today - what do you say?" "How do I know you're on the level?" " You've been taking chances all your life - why not take this one?" "OK." "I wouldn't ask her to come here if I were you!" " Why?" " I have my reasons for suspecting she wouldn't come." "Tell her to take the train to Sandals." "I'll send a car for her." " All the same to me." "You don't trust me!" " My dear fellow, of course I trust you!" "Driver!" "Driver, stop!" "Driver!" "Driver, stop!" "Let me out of here!" "Well, now you're out, where are you going?" " I'd like an explanation." "Don't you like it?" "I put it on for you." " Where's Michael?" " He's here." "I'm not going inside your house." " It's your last chance to see him, better make up your mind fast." ""If Peter Pan can take it why can't you?"" "Your cousin's in there, m'lady." "Hello, Kit!" "Scram!" " Huh?" "Oh!" "Michael, why have you brought me here of all places?" " I had to get my papers back." "Where's the bag?" " Outside the door." "Just a minute." " What's the matter?" "Are those papers yours?" " Is that all?" "Of course they are!" "They're gone!" "Aren't you going to say thank you?" " It's a miracle - you've kept your word." " You could've put that better." "I've kept my part of the bargain, Kemp, are you going to keep yours?" " Yes, as long as we've got these." "Your man's in the study, but I've got a private matter to settle with him first." " Very good." " Thanks." "Whose papers were they?" " This guy Pope." " They were his all along?" " His responsibility." "Were you trying to make me steal?" " Not stealing, being smart." " I call it dishonest!" "I'm through with you!" "I've got to figure this thing out!" "Don't be sore at me." "I'm sorry, I was worried." "This means a lot to me." "I can't help..." " Yes, you can." "This Reginald is soft on you, isn't he?" "Well..." " He is, and I don't blame him!" "He's found those papers somehow!" "If you go to work on him, you can get them back like that!" " He wouldn't be able to do anything!" " Yes, he would!" "He's making packets out of this place!" " What?" " He's turned it into a money maker since you were here." "A work cure for dissipated aristocracy." "Says a girl gave him the idea." " Reggie's not working!" "Sure he is." "Now, if you were to be nice to him..." "I'm going to be nice to him!" " You'll do it!" "Gosh, you're a grand kid!" "Tell you what, after you get them back, we'll get married." "How would that suit you?" "Wouldn't suit her at all, McCarthy." "See, she's already married to me." "Aren't you, darling?" " Yes, darling." "Why didn't you tell me?" "Letting me waste my energy!" "Did you take those papers?" " Guilty, m'lady." "Judgement suspended." "Where do I come in?" " You don't, you go out!" "Kemp's waiting in the hall." "OK, I can take it." "Well, everybody can't win." "I suppose I should give you my congratulations." "I bear no malice." "You're not still sore at me kissing my cousin, are you?" "Call the first one Michael, after me, Kit!" "He's getting away!" "You... you... you looked so funny when he hit you!"