Born Yesterday Page #3
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- 10:
00 all right?I'll say.
- 11:
00?- Okay.
- I can drop by here, if that's okay.
- Sure. It's right on your way.
We can discuss the entire operation
and get a head start.
Wanna wash your hands
or anything, honey?
I hope you're free Friday night.
Doing a little dinner.
- A few people I want Harry to meet.
- And who want to meet him, I'm sure.
I want to thank you, Mr. Brock,
for everything.
Call me Harry,
will ya, Congressman?
I haven't written you about it, Harry,
because... Well, you understand.
You know what I'm interested in.
Scrap iron. I wanna buy it and sell it.
I don't wanna get stuck
by falling prices.
- I have a copy of the preliminary...
- Give it to me fast.
I didn't come down here
to do paperwork.
The way I work,
it's every man for himself.
before he gets you.
Exactly.
What I got in mind is
an operatin' combo all over the world.
There's enough in it for everybody.
Up till now, I'm doing just fine.
Everybody understands everybody.
- I wanna get movin'.
- In legislation of this kind...
That, to me, is just a lot of hot air.
I ain't talkin' about peanuts.
This jam the committee's
gotten itself into.
Give them enough rope.
I've said so...
The trouble with these
professional do-gooders is...
They never seem to know when to stop.
I've said that...
There's a way to get this thing done.
It's up to you and Jim to find out how.
Yes, the Hedges/Keller Amendment,
for example...
guarantees government support of scrap
iron price levels, foreign or domestic.
- We're trying to get it through quickly.
- See that you do.
That's why I'm here...
to see that I get what I paid for.
How do things look?
- Generally?
- Yes, generally.
I said to Sam only last week,
this country wilt soon have to decide...
if the people
are going to run the government...
or the government run the people.
- That's good, sound thinking, Norval.
- Thank you.
- Worthy of Holmes.
- Great man, Holmes.
My personal god.
Who?
- A wonderful man.
He gonna be here Friday night?
- I don't think so.
- Too bad.
- Well, we mustn't keep you.
- No, we mustn't.
- Good night, Mrs. Brock.
- Good night.
- Good night, Norval.
- Good night, Jim.
- See you at 11:
00.- That's right.
- Good night, Anna. It's been so nice.
- Good night. And thank you.
For what? Wait till I'm here a while.
I'll give you somethin' to thank me for.
Good night, all.
- Drips.
- What?
- They're drips.
- Who are you to say?
- I'm myself, that's who.
- Well, nobody asked you. Shut up.
Pardon me for living.
- Get lost.
- Not yet.
Get lost, I told ya.
- She's gonna be in the way, that dame.
- What are you gonna do about it?
I feel like givin' her the brush.
- Pretty complicated.
- Yeah, I know.
She owns more of you than you do
on paper.
all the way down the line. Dumb broad.
You may be right.
Listen, Harry.
- Send her home.
- No.
Why not?
I'm nuts about her.
- Can't have your cake and eat it.
- What?
- Just a saying.
- That don't make any sense.
All right.
- What's cakes got to do with it?
- Nothing, Harry.
- Must be a way we can smarten her up.
- I suppose so.
Some school we could send her to?
- I doubt that.
- Then what?
We might be able to find someone
who could smooth the rough edges off.
- How?
- I'd like you to think about something.
- What?
- About marrying her right away.
- Why get married all of the sudden?
If you ever got dragged into court, a
wife can't testify against her husband.
Anyway, you've been engaged seven years.
Why have you waited this long?
I didn't want to be rushed.
This way, I give her something,
I'm swell.
We get married,
she's got it comin'... she thinks.
- Billie's not like that.
- A broad's a broad.
- You'll be sorry.
- All right, I'll let you know.
But if I do or don't,
we stilt gotta do somethin' about her.
Every time she opened her kisser tonight
somethin' wrong come out.
- Couldn't you talk to her?
- It'd take more than a talk.
- Then what?
- It's not easy to make a person over.
- Maybe impossible.
- Wait a minute.
That interview guy. What's his name?
- Paul Verrall.
- He knows the angles.
- He's very classy.
- He could do it, but he won't.
- Why not?
- Well, he's not...
- I'll pay him whatever he wants.
- I don't think so.
- I'll bet you. What's his number?
- Harry, I'm not sure...
I like it. What's his number?
Come on, come on, come on.
- You ate already, huh?
- Yeah.
- You want some pie?
- No, thanks.
- How about a drink?
- No, thanks.
Okay, pal,
I wanna ask you somethin'.
Sure.
- How much you make a week?
- What am t, an accountant?
I love this guy.
- What's your name again?
- Verrall.
- I mean your regular name.
- Paul.
Look, Paul, I got a friend, a good kid.
Maybe you seen her around. Billie?
- Oh, yes.
- She's a good kid, but a tittle stupid.
It's not her fault, mind you.
I got her out of the chorus.
For the chorus she was smart enough,
but she might he unhappy in this town.
Never been around such people.
You know?
- No, I don't.
- A guy like you could help her out.
- Me too.
- How?
Show her the ropes.
- What do you say?
- No, I don't think I could handle it.
It'd mean an awful lot to me.
I'll give you $200 a week.
- All right, I'll do it.
- I love this guy.
- When do I start?
- Right now.
- Fine.
- Come with me. I'll introduce ya.
You can take it from there.
Come down here a minute.
Come on in.
She's a nice kid.
You're gonna like her.
- I'm gettin' dressed.
- It's all right.
He's a friend of the family.
Come on, I'm tellin' ya!
- Honey, this is Paul Verrall.
- Yes, I know.
- He wants to talk to you.
- What about?
You'll find out.
Jim and I got some work to work on.
I'm gonna have to leave you two.
Well, your friend Mr. Brock
has an idea.
He'd like us to spend
a little time together.
You and me, that is.
- You don't say.
- Yes.
Well, what are you,
some kind of gigolo?
- Not exactly.
- So what's the idea?
Well, it's nothing special.
He'd just like me
to put you wise to a few things...
show you the ropes,
answer any questions.
- I got no questions.
- I'll give you some.
Thanks.
It might be fun for you.
There's a lot to see down here.
I'd be glad to show you around.
- You know the Supreme Court?
- Yes.
- I'd like to take that in.
- Fine.
- We're on, then?
- How do you mean?
The arrangement.
I don't mind.
Got nothin' much to do.
Good.
What's he paying you?
- Two hundred a week.
- Sucker. You could've got more.
- He's got plenty.
- I'd have done it for free.
- I would.
- Why?
This isn't work.
I like it.
He thinks I'm too stupid, huh?
He's right.
I'm stupid, and I like it.
- You do?
- Sure.
I'm happy.
I got everything I want.
Two mink coats.
Everything.
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