Daddy Long Legs Page #7

- Thank you.

I think you'll find this to your liking.

This wing is very quiet.

- How much is it?

- It's worth $200,000.

- Did you say something, Griggs?

- l-

- I was merely inquiring about the price, Jervis.

- Hmm.

Uh, have you something simpler?

Much larger, but simpler.

Yes, Mr. Pendleton.

I think we have the very thing.

Hmm.

Well.

$300,000.

I, uh- I think that's

kind of cute, don't you?

Very cute.

Oh. Very cute.

Well, that's it.

I'm glad you all agree.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a breakfast

appointment. Good-bye.

Uh, uh, you understand, of course,

this is subject to the lady's approval.

Naturally. But I think

you should know, Mr. Griggs...

it's been our experience

that a diamond of that quality...

never comes back.

Never.

Thank you.

- Coffee now, Jervis?

- Yes, please.

You know, last night was the most

wonderful night of my life.

- I'll drink to that.

- Yes.

And let's drink to today.

Look how beautiful it is.

I'm glad you like it. I ordered it especially for you.

I suppose if you're

a Pendleton you can make anything happen.

- Can't you, Jervis?

- Mmm. Not quite.

Some things are

in the lap of the gods.

You know, Jervis, yesterday

when I arrived from college...

and you looked so stern, and you thought

that I should not have come alone-

Well, I have

a confession to make.

I was really terribly afraid and unsure.

But it's been very wonderful.

You know, last time I came in that airport

was when I arrived from France.

Was that only three years ago?

Seems like forever.

Let's drink to France

for having sent you here.

To America

for letting me come.

Connect me

with 3203, please.

- Hello?

- I'd like to speak with Mr. Pendleton, please.

Oh. Just a minute.

Jervis, it's for you.

- Hello.

- Jervis, you are the most contemptible...

deceitful, dishonorable character

it has ever been my misfortune to know.

Who is this? Who?

Oh, uh- Oh. Well, yeah.

I think so, Alec.

Well, all right. I will.

Right away. Yeah.

Um, Julie, I'll be right back.

Uh, just a few minutes.

- Where are you going?

- Some friend of mine wants to see me.

You finish breakfast.

It won't be long. Just-

Hi.

Well, I'm waiting.

Say something.

All right.

Why aren't you in France?

I am here to report

to the secretary of state.

- Then why aren't you in Washington?

- I'll be there tonight.

Now that I've answered your questions,

suppose you answer mine.

- What are you doing in that next suite?

- Why, you evil-minded-

Jervis, the last time you accused me

of being evil-minded...

was when you wanted to bring that young

French girl to this country to "educate."

- Alec- - Never mind what the

newspapers would make of all this.

How you enlisted the services of the

United States government in your enterprise.

Never mind the part I played.

Let's leave all that out. Think of the girl.

She is here

on a student's visa.

Her behavior is subject

to constant scrutiny.

She could be expelled,

her passport picked up-

Now, wait a minute. Now, wait a minute.

Alec, it is nothing like that.

Jervis, I was on the terrace.

Now, I'm no eavesdropper...

but I'd have to be deaf

not to overhear the conversation...

- you and the young lady were having at the breakfast table.

- Like what?

"Jervis, last night was

the most wonderful night of my life."

Even the most generous

interpretation of that is horrifying.

And serving her cocktails

at this hour.

- Cocktails? Are you nuts?

- I distinctly heard the glasses clink.

It was orange juice.

Nobody clinks orange juice glasses.

I haven't been out of the country that long.

- Alec, you've got it all wrong. I'm in love with the girl.

- Is she in love with you?

I don't know. I was just about to ask her

when the darn phone rang, and it was you.

I'm glad I was in time. What could

the poor girl have said but "yes"?

- She could have said "no."

- Don't be ridiculous.

You've obviously

swept her off her feet.

You're older than she is.

That's always very attractive.

- You're rich, and that's even more attractive.

- Mm-hmm.

You've changed her life completely,

for which she must be very grateful.

She doesn't know anything about that.

She doesn't know that I'm her Daddy-

Daddy what?

Daddy Sugar?

Oh, shut up.

She only knows me as Jervis Pendleton,

the uncle of her roommate.

The uncle of her roommate.

Doesn't that at least give you pause?

Not particularly. I'm not the only man

she's met in America.

Uh, she's also interested

in a Harvard graduate.

Can he afford to bring her to New York

and entertain her in this style?

- Well-

- Of course not. He's probably out looking for a job.

He is not. He's working in Bolivia

in the tin mine. Now, if you'll excuse me-

It wouldn't by any chance happen

to be the Pendleton tin mine, would it?

Well, uh, he- he-

he needed a job, uh-

And, well, what's the matter

with helping young people? Uh-

It's an interesting hobby.

You seem to have embraced it vigorously.

Well, he applied for a job in Africa.

The project blew up, and-

and I just happened to have

an opening in Bolivia.

King David.

What are you

talking about?

David sent Uriah into battle

because he coveted Bathsheba.

Oh, no. Oh, no.

Oh, I've had just about enough.

Now, look here, Alec.

There's nothing underhanded

or deceitful about this.

l-lt is true

I sent that young man-

Well, he was going

out of the country anyway.

He needed a job,

and- and I sent him.

Oh, sure. Sure the girl

is much younger than I am.

l- I'm not denying that.

Sure I'm rich.

There's no question about that.

Certainly I did everything possible

to sweep her off her feet.

But doesn't every man

who's in lo-

Ah, you're absolutely right.

It's insane.

What was I thinking of?

I don't know.

- You got a cigarette here?

- Hmm.

She must be

very attractive, Jervis.

Very.

I'll, uh-

I'll- I'll bring that boy

back from Bolivia.

Alec, have you any idea how many hotels

there are in New York?

- Not the slightest.

- There are hundreds, thousands.

But, Jervis,

I always stop here.

3203, please.

Jervis, where are you?

What are you doing?

Uh, I'm downstairs

in the lobby.

Uh, listen. Something terribly important

has just come up...

and I'm afraid I won't be able to

get back there to see you.

No, no. No.

I'm- I'm all right.

It's just-just business.

You know, uh, State Department.

Um-Well, it's rather

hard to explain.

Uh, there are certain things about it

that I'm not at liberty to discuss.

- Can you understand that?

- Of course I understand. When shall I see you?

Well, uh-

They may-They may

want me to go abroad.

In which case, uh,

l- I won't see you for quite some time.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh, l- I see.

I see. Oh.

Well-

Oh, no. I'm-

I'm not upset. I'm...

just disappointed.

Uh, Julie, um,

I want you to see New York.

And, uh, I'll send the car and the chauffeur

or anything you want.

Thank you very much.

Did you say something?

Well...

bon voyage.

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