Bringing Up Baby Page #2

- Check your hat?

No, I better... Maybe you'd...

I'm sorry.

Look at that. I dropped my hat.

I'd better hang on to it.

- Now, watch very carefully.

- I'm watching.

I take an olive, I throw it in that glass,

but there it is.

- Now I throw it in that one.

- Wait. Now, without the... Go on.

Watch.

I know what happens. That's wonderful.

You take three, don't you?

Only you cheated.

You can see me take three.

You throw it in the glass.

Take another one, throw it.

- Good!

- And then you do this.

I'm so sorry. Oh, hello.

You're sitting on your hat.

- I know it.

- That's silly. Get up. I'm awfully sorry.

I couldn't be more apologetic, really.

Well, I might have known you were here.

I had a feeling just as I hit the floor.

That was your hat.

Look at it. Look.

Yes, it's too bad, isn't it?

Joe here was showing me a trick,

and the olive got away.

First you drop an olive,

then I sit on my hat. It all fits perfectly.

You can't do that trick

without dropping some of the olives.

It takes practice.

What, to sit on my hat?

No, to drop an olive.

Now, if you're going to be angry with me,

what can I do?

Go away.

No. I was here first.

- Then I'll go away.

- What, you...

Won't you just take the olive dish?

No, it's all right.

I'll sit here. You don't mind, do you?

- Not at all.

- This is rather difficult.

- I guess it is.

- Goodness.

Your face is familiar.

Haven't we met somewhere?

Not to my knowledge.

You're wrong. My name's Susan Vance.

I'm Dr. Fritz Lehman.

That's all right. You can sit down.

I don't mind at all.

- You may have heard me lecture.

- What do you lecture about?

I usually talk about nervous disorders.

I am a psychiatrist.

Oh, crazy people.

We dislike the use of that word.

All people who behave strangely

are not insane.

Is that so?

Would you mind if I asked your

professional opinion about something?

Not at all.

What would you say about a man

who follows a girl around...

and then when she talks to him,

he fights with her?

Fights with her?

Is the young man your fianc?

No. I don't know,

I never even saw him before today.

No, he just follows me around

and fights with me.

The love impulse in man very frequently

reveals itself in terms of conflict.

The love impulse?

Without my knowing anything about it...

my rough guess would be

that he has a fixation on you. A fixation...

Wait a minute, I can't remember

more than that. A fixation?

"The love impulse in man frequently

reveals itself in terms of conflict."

- That's right.

- I'm eternally grateful to you.

You're absolutely wonderful.

Thank you very much.

Do you know why you're following me?

You're a fixation.

I'm not following you.

I haven't moved from this spot.

Please, you're following me.

Don't be absurd.

Who's always behind whom?

My dear young lady,

I haven't been behind anything...

but what they call the eight ball.

I haven't been all day.

- You're angry, aren't you?

- Yes, I am.

The love impulse in man frequently

reveals itself in terms of conflict.

- Excuse me. The what impulse?

- Love impulse.

The trouble with you is that you have a...

Look, all I'm trying to do...

is find the gentleman whom,

thanks to you...

I abandoned on the golf course today.

That's all. Now please go...

Say, this isn't...

Where do you suppose I...

- Hold this a minute. I'll be right back.

- Yes.

Missed.

- I'm sorry I was so long.

- It's quite all right.

I had a very entertaining conversation

with a young lady who does tricks...

with olives when she gets it right.

Fritz, where's my purse?

I thought you had it with you.

No, I left it right here on the table.

- My diamond pin was in it.

- Your diamond pin?

You just lost a diamond pin.

We're going to find it, all right?

- Don't worry about it.

- Excuse me.

Why, there it is. Thank you very much.

It's very kind of you.

- Thank you.

- Why, no.

This is my purse. My diamond pin is in it.

- Will you please...

- No, I'm afraid...

- Give me that.

- Will you please hand it over?

- Do something about it.

- Keep out of it, darling.

- I did the trick.

- You did? Good.

It is madness for you

to say it's not my wife's.

You've made a slight blunder.

This belongs...

There is the young lady.

Isn't this your purse?

- No, this is my purse.

- There you are. Hand it over.

Just a minute.

Didn't you give me this purse to hold?

Yes, that's right, I did.

I gave him the purse to hold.

There's been a mistake. I lost my purse.

I must've picked up your wife's purse

by mistake.

I wanted him to stay here,

so I gave him this purse...

while I went to find mine.

I was coming back.

- Now, that's all perfectly clear, isn't it?

- No, it isn't.

- She's going to give me an explanation.

- No!

My dear sir, it never will be clear

as long as she's explaining it.

- Now please let me go.

- Just a minute.

He's innocent.

Now you have your wife's purse,

I have my purse...

and Louie will explain it all to you

and everything will be all right.

Please listen.

You can't think I did that intentionally.

If I could think,

I'd have run when I saw you.

If you'd only let me explain.

I just gave you my purse to...

You've torn your coat.

Now, I didn't do it on purpose.

That's not right. It's not my fault.

I did it, but I didn't mean to do it.

I just caught hold of your coat.

Will you do something for me?

A needle?

No, it's simpler than that.

Let's play a game.

What?

Watch. I'll put my hand over my eyes,

and then you go away. See?

Then I'll count to 10,

and when I take my hand down...

you will be gone. One...

I like that. I was only trying to be nice.

Thank you.

Just a minute!

You can't talk to me that way

then crawl out of it.

- When I'm mad, I'm mad.

- Something horrible has happened.

Don't tell me about it.

Just get out of it as best you can.

Please stop following me around,

fixation or no fixation. I've had enough.

- Stop talking, so I can tell you...

- Will you stop crowding me?

- I'm just trying to tell you, you've torn...

- No, I didn't.

- If you'd waited for my explanation...

- Not my coat...

...your coat would still be very all right.

- What is the matter with you?

- You see, I...

Do you realize you're making

a fool out of yourself?

You can't tell me I tore your coat.

There's such a thing as being fair.

Will you please stop doing that

with your hat?

Just stand there, will you?

What in the world is going on?

- No! Please don't move!

- I've had enough of this.

Listen to me. Let's get out of here.

Just start walking.

So now you want to walk.

Well, I'm quite sure

that I don't want to walk with you.

I hope you realize that you've made

a perfect spectacle of yourself.

Have you finished?

- Yes.

- Thank you.

Don't just stand there. Do something.

Oh, my goodness. Get behind me.

- I am behind you.

- Get closer.

I can't get any closer. Are you ready?

Be calm. Left foot first.

- Go straight out the door.

- I have to meet someone here. There he is.

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