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- You're discharged.

- But, Mr...

Get your things and go.

- But I...

- Get out.

That's quite all right, don't you worry.

I'll find you another instructress.

You stay right there.

So this is the way you treat

your customers?

I certainly don't treat them to sandwiches.

Get out of here.

Miss Anderson,

what is the meaning of this?

What's gotten

into everybody this morning?

My sandwich got into him.

You're fired.

Okay, swivel puss.

It might interest you to know

that I've also discharged Miss Carrol.

You've discharged Penny? Why?

Why, for no reason at all. Please see her.

But she said

she couldn't teach you anything.

She was trying to flatter me.

She's the most wonderful

little teacher I've ever heard of.

Miss Carrol, I want to show Mr. Gordon

how much you just taught me.

No, never mind.

Thank you. That's very sweet of you.

I'm anxious for Mr. Gordon to see this.

It's an interesting experiment.

How did you say that last step went?

Shall we try it right through?

Won't you sit down, Mr. Gordon?

Wait!

Sheer heaven, my dears, sheer heaven!

- Is she still fired?

- Fired?

You took me too seriously, both of you.

Just you wait there for one moment.

Hey, he got her job back for her.

Wasn't that swell?

What one man can do, another man can.

All right, Al. Thank you.

Now listen, I've just made

an appointment for you for a tryout...

with Mr. Simpson,

the owner of the Silver Sandal.

The Silver Sandal!

That's wonderful, isn't it?

It certainly is.

Penny, you wear your white lam gown.

That's how I see you. You in white,

and Mr. Garnett here in dinner clothes.

- Dinner clothes?

- Yes, certainly.

You'll do it? You'll be there?

Now do you think I could disappoint you?

I'll be there.

You are still fired!

Pop, you can pay the cab.

- Have you got change for $10?

- I have.

Thanks.

Here you are, buddy. You keep that.

Now I don't want you to worry

about losing your job.

I'll take care of you.

Yes, but I'll take care of my own $10.

Wouldn't you like to double it?

Sure, I love to gamble

if I'm sure I'm going to win.

- The trouble is, you lose sometimes.

- No. We always win.

Why didn't you say that in the first place?

That's fine then.

I'll telephone you when I'm ready.

- All right.

- Where do you live?

- Right here.

- Since when?

Since from now on.

How am I going to get a dinner jacket

for tonight?

Don't worry about that.

Look, I borrowed this from Mabel.

You're marvelous.

- How do you do?

- How do you do?

I want to get suite for myself

and Mr. Cardetti, please.

- Something at about...

- Just about...

Yes, that's about enough.

Doctor, would you mind rushing down

to the docks...

to see if our trunks

have passed through the customs yet?

Just a moment.

You may need my verification.

- What size chest?

- Chest?

You mean that little chest.

The one in the hold?

Yeah.

- That chest is 36 inches.

- 36.

How long do you intend to stay with us?

That'll be entirely up to you.

Did you get a dinner jacket?

No, I went broke trying to win enough

to buy you one.

- What am I going to do?

- Now don't worry.

I got you the swellest looking outfit

you ever saw in your life.

Where is it?

It looks like a perfect 36.

I want you to meet my old friend, Eric...

What's your name again?

My name is Eric Lacanistram.

I met Eric in the gambling house.

He lost all his money, too.

I lost all my money, too.

- Eric just loves to gamble.

- Really?

It's in the Lacanistrams' blood.

Yeah, he'll play you for his necktie

or his shirt or anything he's got on.

Well, I'll toss you for the whole outfit.

No, I'm off pitch and toss.

The Lacanistrams' game is piquet.

Has been for years and years and years...

before the conquest

and then after the conquest...

for years and years and years.

In fact, we've been playing piquet

for years...

and years...

- But I don't know piquet.

- Don't worry, I do.

Yes, Al. All right, goodbye.

If we're not at the Silver Sandal

in 10 minutes, the tryout's off.

But 20 minutes ago,

Lucky said he'd be here in five minutes.

He's said that for the past hour.

I'm gonna go get him.

I wish you would. I feel like a fool.

But you are.

Twenty-four, twenty-five,

twenty-six and twenty-seven.

And that's piquet, Mr. Garnett.

Pop, you certainly did show me

how to play piquet.

You're doing fine.

Fine? This fellow will have my skin

in a minute.

Come in.

Penny!

Listen, Penny. Look, Penny.

Listen, let me explain.

The clothes that I had before...

When you're talking to a lady,

you should take your hat off.

Your petticoat's showing.

Keep up the good work, boys.

The public is with you.

Mabel, will you get down from there

and stop being ridiculous?

Maybe you're the one

that's being ridiculous.

For a whole week you've been sulking

at him for something that wasn't his fault.

I suppose it was my fault.

It's your fault that you're missing

the tryout that Lucky arranged tonight.

He's only doing it for you.

You're not so smart,

letting your stubbornness...

interfere with the very thing you want.

I like being stubborn

where he's concerned.

It must be love.

How could I fall in love

with a common gambler?

When a man takes a little quarter...

and builds it into a bankroll

that would choke a horse...

and makes my little $10

grow into hundreds...

I'd call him an uncommon gambler.

Come in, comrade.

You, outside.

My card.

You're a big success.

She's willing to arbitrate.

I told you it would work.

Mabel, will you tell that fellow to get out

of the hall and stop annoying me?

No, you sit down.

You just hold your ground.

Yes?

Hello.

- Penny.

- You'd better get out of here.

All right, I will.

However, before I go, I want to tell you

that maybe I was wrong the other night.

But I didn't know it at the time.

- So now you know.

- Yes, I do.

Goodbye.

Wait a minute.

Maybe, in a way, I might have been wrong.

No, this one is on me.

Listen, Lucky Garnett,

there's no use arguing.

- I'm not.

- Yes, you are.

All right, goodbye.

Lucky, wait a minute.

This concludes the Ricardo Romero

Romantic Melody Hour.

You know, I don't like that fellow.

- He's very nice.

- That?

You have no reason to dislike him.

You don't even know him.

It's true, but when I dislike someone

for no reason...

I always find it more enjoyable.

As a matter of fact,

he's asked me to marry him several times.

Of course you laughed.

Or does he make you lose

your sense of humor?

- Ricardo.

- Hello.

I want you to meet Mr. Garnett.

He's going to dance with me tonight.

How do you do? I played that last number

especially for you.

Thank you.

Now I know him and I still don't like him.

Beautiful, isn't it?

- What is?

- The music.

What music?

- The music they're playing.

- Yes.

What made you think of it?

- Think of what?

- The music.

I don't know.

My mind was wandering, I guess.

You as scared as I am?

Don't be nervous. It's only a dance.

It's nothing to worry about.

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