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of Tanner Shoe stores.

Oh, yes, sir.

Yes, I've been in them

quite a bit.

This is the young man

I was telling you about.

The one that helped me

with the truck driver.

Oh, yes, you did say

something about that.

Well, this is indeed

a pleasure...

...to meet someone

whose interests...

...are practically

the same as mine.

Oh, yes, yes, that's right.

Ooh. I gotta get

a bromo switch... A little...

- A peculiar boy.

- Yes.

So, uh, you're

in the leather business, huh?

Oh, yes, yes, yes.

You see, Mr. Tanner...

...very few people realize

what leather really is...

...and what it means to mankind.

It's leather

in the time of war...

...furnishes our horses

with harness...

...to pull the cannons,

to conquer our enemies.

Where would Napoleon

have been...

...without leather

to make a saddle?

Heh. Why, he would've been

riding bareback.

And then think of shoes.

Could we walk through

snow and slush barefoot?

- No!

- No!

Could we walk

through the desert barefoot?

- No!

- No! A thousand times no!

Why, shoes are the greatest

things in the world.

Heh, we should thank heaven

for shoes, Mr. Tanner.

Quite so, quite so.

Say, you seem

to have made a study of it.

Oh, well, heh, I am studying

one thing or another...

...most of the time, heh.

Where do you make

your headquarters?

Hmm? Oh, uh,

oh, practically anywhere.

Oh, quite a globe trotter.

We're leaving ourselves

by the end of the week.

I don't suppose,

by any chance...

...that you'll be going back

to America on the same boat?

Uh, well, yes, and no.

You see, the fact is...

I thought I heard a bell.

So did I.

Oh, well, you hear

a lot of funny things...

...down here in the tropics.

Mosquitoes and dragons

and bananas and...

Oh, pardon me.

Uh, yes? Yes.

Yes, ye... No! No.

Yes, now,

as I was about to say...

No, no, I don't want to hear

anything further about it.

No...

Well, uh, now, uh...

...there is, uh...

yes, uh, there's just a chance.

That's a way out.

But $50,000 is tough.

Good-bye.

Those interruptions are, uh,

very annoying, aren't they?

I'm terribly sorry.

Uh, what was it I was, um...

Oh, Mr. Harold, I realize

what it means to be busy.

Oh, yeah.

What? It's a lie!

Hello, hello, hello.

I... Oh, look.

There's a big shoot-and-boo man

in there you must meet.

Good, I'm glad to hear it.

Well, how's everything

with you now?

Oh, no, no, I, uh...

- Oh, don't be blashful.

- I'll be right back.

Now, now, please, now, wait.

He seems like

a very bright young fellow.

He must be, to be

in the position he is today.

No, no, no, no, no.

I don't think

I'll go over there.

Well, I'll bring him over here.

Oh, Mr. Endicott...

Mr. Endicott.

I want you to meet Mister...

Mister... S'gone!

Somebody stole my pal!

Somebody stole my pal.

My pal.

- Why, here he is now.

- Eh?

I beg your pardon, sir.

- Here's Charlie.

- Huh?

- Charlie?

- Yes, sir.

Charlie who?

Why, the Charlie

you were asking for.

Oh.

Oh, well,

that's not the Charlie I mean.

The Charlie I mean,

he walks like this.

Say, what sort of a game

are you playing on me here?

Madam, your instep

is much too beautiful...

...to be spoiled

by a short vamp shoe.

Do you really think so?

Think so? Why, Madam, if it

were not for the disloyalty...

...to my firm, I assure you

I would not allow it...

...to be covered by a shoe.

That foot belongs to the statue

of a Greek goddess.

Really? Well, I'll wear these,

and you can send me three pair.

Oh, certainly. Three?

- Four.

- I'll wrap up five pair.

Oh, all right.

And here is the address.

Are you sure

they'll be delivered today?

Madam, the shoes

will be home ahead of you.

Thank you.

Good work. Keep it up.

That's what I mean.

That's personality.

There, that's just

what I'm looking for.

A low cut model with a strap.

Why, that shoe has no strap,

Mrs. Tanner.

Hmm?

Well, that was

most absurd of me.

While you're selecting

your shoes...

I'm going over here

to look for some stockings.

Very well.

Good morning, Monsieur... Uh,

Madam.

Good morning.

- Uh, be seated, please.

- Thank you.

Are you looking for something

in the way of shoes?

Yes, I'm interested

in that Queen's model...

...you have in the window.

I'll take three or four pair

if you have them in my size.

Well...

Now, that's too bad.

Well, what's too bad,

young man?

Why, Madam, your instep

is much too beautiful...

...to be spoiled

by a short vamp shoe.

Thank you.

Why, that foot

would do justice...

...to the statue

of a Greek goddess.

- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

Pardon me just a moment.

These are the stockings

I was telling you about.

Why, they're really an excellent

quality, aren't they?

Would you like me

to order some for you?

Order me three pair,

will you?

All right.

This, uh...

This is, uh...

...one of our latest models

in sportswear.

- Pretty.

- Yes. I hope you like it.

Ouch!

What are you doing?

I beg your pardon. My mistake.

Madame, your instep

is much too beautiful...

...to be spoiled

by a short vamp shoe.

- You said that before.

- I repeat it!

Well, it does look rather nice.

On your feet,

any shoe would look lovely.

Even a horseshoe.

I beg your pardon.

I mean that if anyone

deliberately set out to...

...they couldn't spoil

the beauty and symmetry...

...of a foot like that.

Well, now, that is charming

of you to say that.

Oh, not at all.

It's the truth,

and the truth never hurts.

I'll think I'll have

four pair of those.

Yes, surely.

Oh, never mind the check.

I'll explain to my husband.

I am Mrs. Tanner.

- Mrs. Tanner?

- Yes.

Mrs. John Quincy Tanner?

The same.

Oh, well,

now does that feel comfortable?

Young man, you are insolent.

- Beg your pardon.

- Well, you should.

I am very sorry.

- I didn't mean it.

- No.

I was just a little fussed,

Madam.

- Yes.

- And, you see...

...it's a great honor

to be waiting on Mrs. John...

Quincy...

Tanner.

Well, of course, if you're going

to put it like that.

Now, if you'd stand up,

please, and try those.

Yes, certainly.

I always like to try...

Oh!

Oh, my goodness.

- Unhand me!

- I'm sorry!

Oh!

Well, it's a good thing

that you're so light...

...or you might have hurt yourself.

Well, I have been dieting

recently.

Yes, you can really tell that.

I tried rowing for a while.

Well, dieting

is a very nice habit.

- Yes, it is.

- Personally, I prefer fish.

Huh? Oh.

Now then, uh, these are a model

that we're very proud of.

Well, sir, I never had such

a comfortable shoe on my foot.

- Really?

- How do you like these, Madam?

- How much are they?

- Just $15.

$15? Ridiculous!

- Put the old ones back on.

- Yes, Ma'am.

Why, they're gone!

Gone? What do you mean, gone?

I had them on when I came in.

Yes, Ma'am.

Why, there they are!

Lady, you've got on my shoes.

Take them off immediately.

Why, what...

Young man,

you're to blame for this.

You take those horrible shoes

off my feet.

Horrible shoes?

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