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Come on, nestor!

Nestor!

Come on, flynn!

8... 9... 10.

Just a few moments, please.

We're going to try and get the winner,

Kid nestor, to say a few words for you.

And here he is right

By the mike.

Here he is,

Ladies and gentlemen.

Hello, mother.

I ain't hurt none.

It was a great fight,

And the best man won.

Goodbye, mother.

Thanks a lot, kid.

That's beautiful.

Come on, mother.

Well, the best man won.

Good evening, radio audience.

And now dempsey's caf?.

During the evening,

I'm going to introduce you

To some well-known characters.

But wait a minute.

Here comes kid nestor.

Yes, folks.

He's going to speak to you.

Kid nestor.

2 to 1 he says it.

Oh, it couldn't happen.

There they are right there.

Okay, kid.

Hello, mother.

I ain't hurt none.

It was a great fight,

And the best man won.

Goodbye, mother.

Come on, kid nestor,

I have a table for you.

Thanks very much, mr. Nestor.

Let's give him a hand.

Right here.

Yes, this is it.

This is it.

Waiter.

Say.

Oh!

Well!

This is the chair.

This one here?

Mm-hmm.

I beg your pardon.

Yes, ma'am.

Would you do me a favor?

If I could.

Would you mind

Moving over?

I'm just as mystified

As you are, old man,

So it's all right.

You don't mind, right? No, no.

Watch your duck, now.

It's not a duck.

It's a capon, mister.

Oh, I beg your pardon.

It's all right.

Hello, gus.

You don't remember me,

But do I remember you!

Well, your face

Is familiar, miss.

Impossible.

Oh, I get it.

You were the young lady that

Was here with jimmy kilmartin.

Who?

The cartoonist on my paper.

The fellow mother was with

Tonight at dempsey's.

Oh, kilmartin.

The fight expert.

Yeah.

He lost his shirt on the fight,

And am I glad.

Why?

Don't you like him?

Oh, he thinks

He knows it all.

Mm, I get it.

What are you going to have

To drink?

I don't care.

Couple of anythings, gus.

I don't care, either.

Ha-hum.

A night in new york.

It's a tall town, isn't it?

It is when it hums.

Oh,

I'm beautifully tired.

It's like a drug.

Well, I'm gonna send you to bed

Pretty soon.

I'm not tired, really.

Oh, no.

I know you're not tired.

I'll smoke one cigarette

In your little house,

And then I'll blow...

With the smoke.

It's time

For fun and mating

And I'll be with you soon

All the best folks

Are parading

On a sunday afternoon

We'll rent

A horse and carriage

And I'll be proud of you

We'll talk about a marriage

On the busy avenue

And then we'll ride

To the countryside

I'll burst with pride

In your sunday gown,

You're the talk of the town

Oh, you can have

The twilight

And you can have the moon

Give me those happy moments

On a sunday afternoon

Shut up!

I want to sleep!

Uh-oh.

Can you imagine

Anybody going to sleep

At this time

Of the morning?

Good night,

My pretty one.

You're not coming in?

I'm going

To walk out on you.

And if it hasn't been the

Gayest time I've had, mimi,

Don't ever

Give it to me gayer.

I couldn't take it.

Take your hat off a minute,

Will you?

Go on, take it off

Just a minute.

You're lovely.

Good night.

Good night.

Jimmy!

Yeah.

How did you get in here?

The landlady let me in.

I told her

I was your brother.

Why?

Oh, I just came up

To talk about the fight.

What do you think?

Lovely fight, wasn't it?

Nice and bloody.

Or didn't you notice?

I didn't notice.

You didn't notice much

At dempsey's either, did you?

Except mr. Alan wythe.

Well, well, well.

"well, well, well" what?

You must be surprised.

About what?

To find me alone.

Of course not.

I'll see you tomorrow.

Oh, I see.

You just came around

And waited a few hours

To say good night.

That's sweet, jimmy.

Yeah.

You turned out to be pretty sweet

Yourself when it comes to that.

Oh, yeah, sure.

You were going to the ball to show

Them all how free you were of him.

You showed them tonight,

All right, sister.

I just love you

In the role of big brother.

It suits you perfectly.

Well, uh, good night.

Good night.

And thanks

For coming around.

Oh, sure. Okay.

Glad to give you a laugh

Anytime.

What's the difference?

Makes a lot of difference.

And I'm not kidding now,

Jimmy.

I'm glad

You came around.

Why?

When I came in,

I wasn't thinking at all

About why this evening

Was so lovely.

I -

What I'm trying to say is...

Your being here

Made me realize

That alan is much better

Than you had expected him to be.

I'm very grateful, jimmy.

Are you trying to tell me

You're slipping

On that same old banana peel?

Maybe I am.

Would you like

To tell your mother that?

I know

She'd love a little talk.

Yes.

Let's have lunch tomorrow.

And I think

I'll talk plenty.

Oh, I don't know

What I want.

And stop stalling, anyway,

You two.

Tell me the talk

I was promised.

Coming up.

You want a soapbox?

No.

I don't need any.

I'm not trying

To sell anything.

Come, come, come.

Let's have it.

Well, mother...

I'm in love.

That's the big idea.

And he's in love with me.

Talked it all over, huh?

We never said a word.

And elizabeth -

Where does she come in?

I don't know.

Have you any plans?

No.

We didn't talk.

I wish

There weren't any elizabeth.

What makes you think

He loves you?

Jimmy did.

No gags today, mimi.

Please.

All right, mother.

I just mean that alan

Didn't try to make love to me,

And I know

That he was happy.

What do you think

Will happen?

He will get a divorce

And marry me.

Listen to her, will you?

All right.

You talk, and I'll listen.

What do you think's going to

Happen? It ought to be good.

I've got no kick about what's

Really gonna happen, mimi,

But he isn't

Gonna marry you.

He isn't gonna get

A divorce.

That's not the way it's going

To be. But I'm not kicking.

My only quarrel with you is

You're just trying to kid yourself.

I'm not doing anything

Of the kind.

Oh, don't give me any more.

I can't stand it.

I'm not giving you anything.

I wouldn't give you anything.

Now, now, don't fight.

Oh, mother.

Jimmy's got such

A rotten outlook on things.

Now stop rewriting me.

It's just the baloney

I think's rotten.

I told you,

I've got no quarrel

With the way things

Are really gonna work out.

As far as I'm concerned,

That's all right.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah.

Well, it's not all right

With me.

But I don't know

What I can do about it.

Mother, it isn't going

To be like that,

In spite

Of what jimmy says.

I promised you I'd try to get

Interested in something else.

Well, it didn't work.

And now if alan loves me

As much as I love him -

And I think he does -

He can't keep on

With elizabeth.

But whatever happens...

Everything's going

To be aboveboard.

That's why I'm telling you

All this,

And I'm going

To tell elizabeth.

Well, that ought to make

For a beautiful friendship.

But, mimi -

It's no use, meg.

Elsie dinsmore's

Discovered life and love.

Hello?

Who's calling?

Just a minute.

Miss swift, madam.

Oh, thank you.

Hello, mimi.

Oh, yes, I'm better.

Thank you.

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