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Oh, no, really.

You mustn't. No, that...

That's terribly sweet of you

but I haven't got time,

and anyway, my goodness, this coat...

Well, if I can keep waiting

what's waiting for me,

I guess The Boys' Constant Reminder

can wait a few minutes also.

Companion. Boys' Constant

Companion. All right. Companion.

Yeah. You know, I was

going to buy a fur coat.

You can get them for $2 a week

and one percent on the balance.

One percent a month?

Yes. Isn't it wonderful

how they can do it

for so little?

So little? That's 25/ a year. Yeah.

No. One percent

a month is 12/ a year.

You, of course,

don't know who I am,

but I'm very good

at computing interest.

Well, I'm sure you are, but having

passed through high school myself,

I think I can safely say that

one percent a month is 12/...

Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute!

You owe $100,

you're paying off at the

rate of $2 a week or $8...

66 and two-thirds

cents a month.

You mean $8

a month.

There are four weeks

in a month, you know.

I beg your pardon,

madam!

There are four and

one-third weeks in a month,

otherwise we'd only have

48 weeks in a year!

You mean leap year? No,

no, I don't mean leap year!

If I meant leap year

I would have said leap year!

At the end of six months

you would have paid $52...

But you're still paying...

Twelve percent.

At the end of 49 weeks you will

have paid everything but $2,

so you're paying 600/.

You know, you don't have to get

mad just because you're so stupid.

Don't talk to me like...

You don't seem to understand...

What do you mean I...

...that 12 times one

can't possibly be 600...

All right! All...

Twelve times one is 12!

All... All... All...

I don't want to be rude,

but I mean I should think a small child

would be able to understand that...

All right! Let's forget

all about it!

Right.

Right.

This isn't mink, is it?

Huh?

Of course it isn't.

That's Levinsky.

You mean kolinsky?

Why, you shouldn't be

giving away a real kolinsky...

I'll tell you. We'll look

at it another way now.

A farmer borrows 100 cows,

you understand?

He borrows 100 cows.

Now, how much

did the farmer pay?

Twelve cows!

Well, don't you like

this one, either?

I do not! It looks like a salt shaker!

Well, we think

it's very recherch.

Well, that's

the trouble with it!

Oh, what's this?

Uh-uh-uh.

We... We prefer to

handle these ourselves.

Uh-uh-uh, yourself!

Brute!

Try this.

Oh, fur!

Why, that's genuine sable.

Let's try it

with the coat.

Now you're talking!

Oh!

Oh, I haven't any

money with me, but...

Well, of course...

Here's my card.

And send me the bill.

Yes.

Come on.

Oh, will you put my old hat in a bag, please?

A bag?

Yeah.

Why, my dear, we'll send it to you

in a Rolls Royce! And the address?

Mary Smith,

725 West 112th Street.

Come on. I've got to get to work! A bag?

Goodbye!

Goodbye. Goodbye!

Goodbye!

Goodbye!

Did you get that coat?

My dear, you don't realize.

That was the Bull of Broad Street. A what?

The Bull!

The Bull!

Oh!

The Bull!

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

And keep the moths

out of Levinsky!

I will. I don't know

how to thank you, Mr... Mr...

You didn't tell me

your name!

Oh, excuse me!

I'm so sorry!

Good morning,

Miss Swerf.

Oh, I know I'm late,

but I'll stay and make it up.

Pretty, isn't it?

Good morning.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Hello.

Ladies and gentlemen,

please!

No, no, no, no! Ball!

J.B. Ball himself, in person!

The Bull of Broad Street!

With a girl! In the sablest

sable coat they ever sabled!

Well, wherever there's smoke

there must be somebody smoking!

Mary Smith! Now, don't

breathe a word of it to a soul,

not even a soupon!

Toodlee-oo.

You expect us to believe, Miss Smith,

that a complete stranger,

having dropped

a valuable mink coat...

Oh, it isn't mink!

It's kolinsky.

Mink or kolinsky,

whatever that is.

It's mink!

It is not mink!

Well, I ought to know mink! My

mother had a little tibbet...

It is not mink!

It does not really matter!

The thing that does matter is that

you expect us to believe that...

Well, I know

it's terribly unusual

and I suppose

if anybody told me that...

It's most unusual!

So unusual, in fact, that...

This is a boys' magazine,

you know!

Well, what about it?

The Boys' Constant Companion regrets

that it will no longer require your...

Now... No, wait a minute! Wait

a minute! Now, I'll tell you.

You see, I didn't want you to

know that I was so extravagant,

and I suppose it was awfully

foolish of me to try to tell you...

I'm no good at

making up stories at all,

but you see, I bought the

coat out of my own savings.

Yes, and I thought that

you'd think that I...

That... Well...

So... Well,

that's why I was late.

Where did you buy it?

Uh, Zickel's.

And how much

did you pay for it?

Oh.

Well, I don't see why I

should have to tell you...

That coat cost

$400 if it cost a...

It did not!

It cost $162.79.

Now we're

getting somewhere!

Give me Zickel's

Fur Store, please.

Well... I... I...

Oh, I don't know really

if it cost exactly $162.79.

You see,

it's the first fur coat

I ever bought

and I was excited...

Did you sell

a kolinsky this morning

for... Well, anybody is

liable to make a mistake.

...$162.79? They had loads of prices there...

You did not?

Nothing under 500?

Thank you very much indeed.

I believe that's all,

Miss Smith!

As I said before,

the ethical requirements of

the Boys' Constant

Companion are...

Well, it did hit me

on the head!

Just be careful you don't

get hit by a diamond bracelet.

He didn't tell me his name!

He gave me a hat!

Now, you feeble-minded

old fool!

Quick! Here she comes.

Well, I'm glad to hear

you're feeling better, John.

Thank you, sir.

Good morning.

Good morning. Good morning. Good morning.

Get Mrs. Ball for me.

Good morning. Pardon me.

Mr. Ball just arrived. He wants

to talk to Mrs. Ball on the phone.

How's your wife this morning,

Graves? Very good, sir.

And how's that new baby coming

along? Good morning, Mr. Ball.

Good morning. Having a

little misery this morning...

Oh, that's too bad.

Here are these Consolidated

bonds you asked for.

What did you say

about Mrs. Ball?

I said Mrs. Ball has already left

the house. She's gone to Florida.

She says you don't need

fur coats in Florida.

She said all you need in Florida

is a bathing suit and an amiable...

All right, all right!

Anybody waiting for me?

Mr. Louis is waiting, Mr. Ball.

At 11:
30 you have a meeting with...

Mr. Who? Mr. Louis Louis.

You know, Hotel Louis.

At 11:
00 you have a meeting

with the Consolidated...

Oh, he is, is he?

Well, send him right in!

At 11:
00 you have a meeting

with the Consolidated National.

At 12:
00 the delegation

from Peru,

12:
30, lunch at the Bankers'

Club with Mr. Van Astorbilt.

Very important.

All right, all right!

Don't forget

to be back here at 2:30.

Mr. Louis!

Yes, yes, yes!

You may go in now.

No, no, no. Just a minute, just a minute!

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