From the Terrace Page #12

the country for us.

You've sat at your desk...

until 3:
00 and 4:00

in the morning for us.

And time and again...

you have executed

difficult assignments...

with more boldness and courage...

than we had any right to expect.

Not only that...

And this

is especially important...

You have made us proud

of your performance...

in the private walks

of your life as well.

I think you know

what I mean now.

There you have

conducted yourself...

with a wisdom,

maturity, good taste...

and a fine sense of responsibility...

to your business position.

And in a few moments...

I think you'll see

why it was worth it.

It's now time to be specific.

As long we were all going

to be assembled here today...

I thought this would be

the proper occasion...

to tell you

before you read about it...

in the Wall StreetJournal...

that you have just become

the first man...

on the sunny side of 40...

ever to be made a full partner...

of MacHardie and Company.

Congratulations, Alfred.

Congratulations, Alfred.

Congratulations.

Congratulations.

Congratulations, Mrs. Eaton.

Congratulations.

Congratulations.

Now, then...

well...

Mr. MacHardie...

gentlemen, I...

I am deeply honored.

I'm flattered by...

your generous bestowal

of a partnership...

'cause this is a day...

that I have been working toward...

with every fiber of my being...

for like all well-brought-up

American males...

I have always been aware

of the fact...

that nothing

is more important in life...

than the attaining of wealth...

and high position.

And I can honestly say...

that I never allowed

anything to sway me...

from my goal of achieving it.

When business called,

I never let personal responsibilities...

stand in the way.

If anything ever threatened

to interfere...

with the affairs

of MacHardie and Company...

I always knew...

that there would only be one choice...

and I invariably made it...

because I have

truly learned, gentlemen...

as Mr. MacHardie

so gracefully put it...

that it does take

wisdom, maturity...

good taste...

and a fine sense of responsibility...

to one's business position...

if one is to get ahead

in this world.

Some men think in very

small terms, gentlemen.

If they find themselves

married to a woman...

who has been unfaithful to them...

they dissolve the marriage...

just as if they owed

no responsibility...

to the business firm

for which they worked.

And if they find

genuine happiness...

with another woman...

they embrace it...

as if they had

no consideration...

of their business colleagues.

These men do not become

successful, gentlemen.

They do not

become full partners...

at MacHardie and Company.

They become abject failures.

They take their place...

alongside the millions

of mediocrities...

who value a houseful of kids...

a host of friends...

photograph albums filled

with trivial memories...

above all the truly

important considerations...

of this world.

With all due modesty,

gentlemen...

I feel that I have earned...

the position

you have given me today.

No one here deserves it

more truly than I.

One second...

I'm not through yet.

My first act as a partner...

will be to deliver my report...

on the Nassau Aeronautical situation.

And after you've read it...

I'm quite sure that

my friend Mr. Duffy there...

will want to issue another

report on another subject...

namely, the newest partner

of MacHardie and Company...

the newest and possibly

the shortest-lived.

And, now, gentlemen,

if you will excuse me...

I have other, less important

business to attend to.

Sorry.

What...

What is the meaning of this?

What's the matter with him?

Alfred.

I know you've come to congratulate me.

Thank you.

You're making a fool of yourself.

That was terribly considerate

of you last night...

when you were telling me...

about the "beautiful relationship

we could have..."

but you never mentioned

the partnership...

[Telephone Rings]

Because maybe

I would've thought...

the partnership had something

to do with your new-found...

if somewhat unwholesome...

interest in our marriage.

Alfred. Alfred,

I want to talk to you.

Any further communication

between you and me...

will be through legal channels.

Alfred.

Go to her.

It won't do you any good.

If she's foolish enough

to still have me...

nothing will stop me

from spending my life with her.

I'll never give you a divorce.

Wait till you see

the photographs...

Creighton Duffy will release

for public consumption.

What photographs?

You won't be able

to show your face in this city...

if you don't give me a divorce.

How do you like them apples?

Alfred!

Alfred!

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