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- Cigarette?

- No, thank you.

Alphonse.

I have a very nice table for you, Mr. Tracey.

- Would you like to dance?

- Love to.

Nice orchestra.

- Would you like to dance?

- No, Tommy.

Let's just sit for awhile.

I've danced more in the last few weeks

than I have in the last eight years.

My ex-husband doesn't dance.

I think I've changed my mind.

Let's try it.

- Mambo!

- Mambo?

Mambo!

Mambo!

- Good morning, Mr. Tracey.

- Good morning.

- Good morning, Mr. Tracey.

- Good morning. Good morning.

Good morning, Mr. Tracey.

- Good morning, Mr. Tracey.

- Good morning. Good morning.

Pardon me. Good morning.

- Good morning, Miss Comstock.

- Good morning, Mr. Tracey.

Miss Comstock, would you please bring me

all the Serena Corporation books...

...and the Nina Tracey personal tax folder,

right away?

- Today, Mr. Tracey?

- Certainly today.

What's the matter with today?

But you got an extension from them

because of Mrs. Tracey's absence in Reno.

You needn't file for another month.

Yes, well, yours is not to reason why,

Miss Comstock.

Yours is but to finish eating your breakfast

and bring me the folder.

- Here you are, Mr. Tracey.

- Thank you, Miss Comstock.

Miss Comstock, any papers you bring me

are a meal in themselves.

Would you get me Mrs. Tracey

up in the country, please?

Yes, Mr. Tracey.

Hello.

Hello, is Mrs. Tracey...

Is Miss Chapman in?

I'm sorry, but she hasn't come down yet.

Well, would you tell her,

her attorney called?

Is there any message?

Yes, ask her to call me,

and ask her if she remembers what day it is.

I'll do that.

- Good morning.

- Good morning, Miss Chapman.

I know we're having the agency boys in

at 11:
00.

- Are there any other troubles?

- There was something here. Now, let's see.

- Yes, your attorney called.

- My attorney?

Yes, Mr. Tracey.

He was just being cute.

He wants you to call him.

And he left a message.

He said to ask you

if you remembered what day it is.

What day it is?

April 15th.

April 15th.

What's so special about April 15th?

I don't know.

Robert's birthday is in September,

my birthday's in August.

Anniversary was in May.

Maybe you'd better call him.

- Yes?

- I have Miss Chapman on the phone.

Put her on, please.

- Hello?

- Hello.

I got your message, and I give up.

- What day is it?

- Income tax day.

Income tax day?

I thought they gave us

another month's extension.

No, no, no, no.

I think it would be much wiser.

...to get at it right away.

Now I could drive up there this evening

and we could go over the whole thing.

That is,

if you're not going to be busy or anything...

...or daning or something.

Well, I do have a date.

As a matter of fact, I have two dates...

...but I ould get out of them.

Well, I wouldn't want to inconvenience you.

No, no. Taxes are important.

That's very true.

How about 8:
30?

8:
30 is fine.

Good. Good. I'll see you then.

And I'll have all the canceled checks.

- Goodbye.

- Bye.

What day was it?

Income tax day.

- Good evening.

- Good evening.

- Won't you come in?

- Thank you.

It was very nice of you

to drive all the way up here.

Well, you're a valued client.

It was a pleasure.

You're very kind.

You look lovely.

Thank you. So do you.

Thank you.

I've never seen you dress like that before.

A waistcoat and everything.

The stripes go all the way around, you see.

It was made in Italy.

Charlie Nelson's tailor imports them for me.

Well, maybe we'd better

get down to business.

The papers are upstairs.

I'll show you the way.

I know the way.

Yes. I forgot.

After you.

Thank you.

Watch out for the carpet. It's loose.

Thank you.

I've got the canceled checks all laid out.

This is new.

Yes, it is. It's round.

It's the roundest thing I ever saw.

Yes.

Bergdorf Goodman, Lord and Taylor,

Jean Louis, Bonwit Teller...

You seem to have had

substantial clothing bills.

Yes. One goes out so frequently now

...and one hadn't bought any clothes in years

because no one took.

...one anywhere,

except to the movies once in a while.

I see.

Is there a check for the bed

anywhere in here?

No, no, I didn't pay for that.

It was a present from Edith.

- From Edith?

- Yes.

It's too bad you didn't pay for it.

It would have been deductible.

- Deductible?

- Office furniture.

$39.40 to the Arthur Murray Dance Studios.

That's an odd thing

for someone at your time of life.

My time of life?

These checks indicate a new

and rather frightening tendency.

- Towards instability.

- My time of life?

As your attorney,

I suggest that you just take it a little easy.

- And settle down.

- Now, wait a minute.

- Wait a minute.

- Take it a little easy.

I mean, one hates to see

a middle-aged woman making a...

- Middle-aged woman?

... spectacle out of herself.

What about certain middle-aged gentlemen

who lose their heads.

...and go running around after girls

young enough to be their daughters...

who grow a mustache?

Let's leave my must...

What's the matter with my mustache?

Nothing, nothing...

...except it happens

to make you look perfectly ridiculous.

- Take my advice, shave it off.

- Take my advice, get rid of this idiotic bed.

If you knew what you looked like

in that silly vest and that mustache.

You look like a gigolo.

You don't even look like a gigolo.

You look like Groucho Marx.

Maybe I should get somebody else

to look over your checks.

- What?

- Maybe I should get somebody else.

...to come look over your checks.

I don't think you've changed one bit.

No. I haven't changed a bit.

Neither have you.

- I'll get somebody else, I guess.

- You go right ahead and do that.

- I'd be very glad to.

- You go ahead.

Because I never want to see you again

as long as I live.

- Never!

- Very good!

Very good!

Look out for the stairs.

Edith.

I just caught a glimpse

of the most fascinating-looking man.

...in the most adorable little sports car

I've ever seen.

- That was Robert.

- What was he doing here?

He just came to go over the income tax.

This came this morning.

I couldn't wait to bring it to you.

Something to keep your feet warm in bed.

Open it. Open it.

What is it?

It works on AC and DC. It's round.

It's beautiful.

Darling. What's the matter?

I'm miserable.

Darling, I'm going to be very frank with you.

You cannot live alone like this.

It's not normal. It's not healthy.

You've got to find yourself

an attractive man.

Oh, no.

This is a very common problem...

...and I know exactly what Dr. Van Kessel

would tell you.

"Find yourself an attractive man. "

How about Rick Vidal?

He's certainly attractive.

But I'm not in love with him.

Not in love with...

Nina, you have got to stop thinking

like a high-school girl.

Love, whatever that really is,

is something that occurs rarely, if ever.

Meanwhile, life must go on.

I think, maybe, I'm still in love with Robert.

Nonsense. That's just a neurotic refusal

to face the facts.

I'm sure Dr. Van Kessel would agree.

What you must do is coolly and carefully.

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