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00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:24,751 Don't mind me. Very pleased to see you again. 593 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:27,799 And that bears a curious resemblance to champagne. 594 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:28,996 It is. 595 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:31,157 It's very good champagne, too. What's the occasion? 596 00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:32,600 I told you on the phone. 597 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:35,280 It began as a little party for Mr. Kentley, 598 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:37,636 so he could look over those first editions. 599 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:39,856 Then it turned out Phillip and I were going to the country... 600 00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:41,951 Yes, you told me that, too, Brandon. 601 00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:43,156 - Did I? - Yeah. 602 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:46,472 Well, I thought I'd make it sort of a farewell for Phillip. 603 00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:47,560 Therefore, champagne? 604 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:48,680 Yes. 605 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:49,949 I see. 606 00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:51,793 Well, it's true. 607 00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:54,918 You always did stutter when you were excited. 608 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,913 Well, I guess I'm always excited when I give a party. 609 00:29:58,040 --> 00:29:59,633 - Really? - Mr. Cadell! 610 00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:01,359 Oh, Mrs. Wilson. 611 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:04,989 Well, what have we here? 612 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:06,958 I got that special pâté you like. 613 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:08,599 I don't like it anymore. 614 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:09,796 - Oh, no! - No, no, no, 615 00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:11,016 I'm just teasing. Just teasing. 616 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:12,872 Oh, you're awful. 617 00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:14,713 Thank you. Thank you. 618 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:16,712 You'd better get along with the carving. 619 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:18,917 The rest of the things'll be here in two shakes. 620 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:21,276 Oh, Mr. Brandon! I found it. 621 00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:24,114 I haven't the least notion what it was she lost. 622 00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:26,112 Wonderful Mrs. Wilson. 623 00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:29,356 I may marry her. 624 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:32,353 It looks heavenly. I hope David gets here soon. 625 00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:33,635 Yes, where is David? 626 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:34,955 I haven't the faintest idea. 627 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:37,515 But he's so late, Mr. Kentley's getting annoyed. 628 00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:39,239 And you? 629 00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:40,913 Me? I'm hungry. 630 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:43,037 Brandon, exactly what is this? 631 00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:44,759 A cassone I got in Italy. 632 00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:46,672 No, I mean why are we eating off it? 633 00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:50,037 Oh, I've turned the dining room into a library. 634 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:52,595 Trust you to find a new use for a chest. 635 00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:56,799 One was always turning up in the bedtime stories he told in prep school. 636 00:30:56,880 --> 00:31:01,671 <i>The Mistletoe Bough,</i> that was always your favorite tale, wasn't it? 637 00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:03,274 What was that one about? 638 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:04,920 I don't remember exactly how it started. 639 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:06,360 It was about a lovely young girl... 640 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:07,629 She was a bride-to-be. 641 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:10,719 And on her wedding day, she playfully hid herself in a chest. 642 00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:11,836 Yes, that's right. 643 00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:14,196 Unfortunately, it had a spring lock. 644 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:16,715 Fifty years later, they found her skeleton. 645 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:18,678 I don't think I'll get that playful. 646 00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:20,200 Would you all please help yourselves? 647 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:24,160 Talking of skeletons, have you seen that new thing at the Strand? 648 00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:25,390 Yes, I adored it. 649 00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:26,516 Did you? Good. 650 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:30,037 I didn't like the new girl much. Definitely Scorpio. 651 00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:31,270 No, I didn't like her either, 652 00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:33,033 but her clothes were fabulous. 653 00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:34,389 Simply divine! 654 00:31:34,480 --> 00:31:35,709 Absolute heaven! 655 00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:37,029 I must see it. 656 00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:39,589 Of course, the man I have a passion for is James Mason. 657 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:40,716 Is he good? 658 00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:41,800 Absolutely terrific! 659 00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:45,630 So attractively sinister! Taurus, the bull, you know? 660 00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:47,279 - Very obstinate. - Really? 661 00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:49,238 But I have a confession to make. 662 00:31:49,320