Laura

00:28:27,664 --> 00:28:29,624 - I approve of that hat. - You do? 464 00:28:30,459 --> 00:28:31,834 Mm-hmm. And the girl in it too. 465 00:28:32,503 --> 00:28:34,087 Thank you. 466 00:28:37,633 --> 00:28:39,467 I knew there was something on my mind. 467 00:28:39,593 --> 00:28:42,887 What is it? Oh, yes. Will you dine with me tomorrow night? 468 00:28:43,138 --> 00:28:45,556 - Maybe. - No, that isn't what's worrying me. 469 00:28:45,641 --> 00:28:47,619 - It's the next night. - But, Shelby, I can't be... 470 00:28:47,643 --> 00:28:51,229 Good. What about three weeks from tonight and all the nights in between? 471 00:28:51,313 --> 00:28:52,957 Don't you think I have any other engagements? 472 00:28:52,981 --> 00:28:56,234 What about two months from now and the month after that? 473 00:28:56,318 --> 00:28:59,529 - What about next year? - That's all settled. What about breakfast? 474 00:29:00,489 --> 00:29:02,323 What about dancing? 475 00:29:02,407 --> 00:29:04,325 What about lunch? Beautiful lunches 476 00:29:04,451 --> 00:29:07,245 - day after day after day after day? - What about work? 477 00:29:07,329 --> 00:29:10,456 Beautiful work, day after day after day? 478 00:29:10,541 --> 00:29:12,250 Why, Miss Hunt, the way you talk. 479 00:29:12,459 --> 00:29:14,377 You'd think I was in love with you. 480 00:29:20,259 --> 00:29:22,510 Yes, Laura, I heard everything he said. 481 00:29:26,014 --> 00:29:27,557 I went to call for you. 482 00:29:29,393 --> 00:29:30,852 I'm sorry, Waldo. 483 00:29:31,645 --> 00:29:33,521 And that reminds me. 484 00:29:35,983 --> 00:29:38,693 Old Mother Hubbard has something in the cupboard. 485 00:29:41,113 --> 00:29:43,114 The results of my private investigation 486 00:29:43,198 --> 00:29:45,700 of that sterling character, Mr. Shelby Carpenter. 487 00:29:47,744 --> 00:29:50,246 By stooping so low, you only degrade yourself, Waldo. 488 00:29:51,999 --> 00:29:55,585 Did you know that he almost went to jail for passing rubber checks, 489 00:29:55,669 --> 00:29:58,129 that he was suspected of stealing his hostess's jewels 490 00:29:58,213 --> 00:30:00,131 when he was a house guest in Virginia? 491 00:30:00,257 --> 00:30:02,925 Naturally they'd suspect him, because he isn't rich. 492 00:30:03,927 --> 00:30:06,137 Those are only insinuations, 493 00:30:06,221 --> 00:30:08,389 the cheapest kind. 494 00:30:08,473 --> 00:30:11,100 These aren't only insinuations, my dear. 495 00:30:11,226 --> 00:30:13,227 There you are. Read them. 496 00:30:15,105 --> 00:30:17,148 What of it? 497 00:30:17,232 --> 00:30:21,277 I know his faults. A man can change, can't he? 498 00:30:21,361 --> 00:30:24,405 People are always ready to hold out a hand to slap you down, 499 00:30:24,489 --> 00:30:26,407 but never to pick you up. 500 00:30:26,867 --> 00:30:28,576 All right, I'm helping Shelby. 501 00:30:28,660 --> 00:30:30,745 His past is his own affair. 502 00:30:30,871 --> 00:30:33,664 I only care about the present. 503 00:30:33,999 --> 00:30:37,126 Speaking of the changed Mr. Carpenter in the present tense, 504 00:30:38,587 --> 00:30:41,380 he's now running around with a model from your own office. 505 00:30:41,465 --> 00:30:43,716 Her name is Diane Redfern. 506 00:30:45,886 --> 00:30:49,222 I'm closer to despising you than I thought I ever would be. 507 00:30:55,938 --> 00:30:59,148 I'm sorry. I should have told you before. 508 00:30:59,733 --> 00:31:02,318 Shelby and I are going to be married next week. 509 00:31:06,573 --> 00:31:09,784 I believe you presented him with a cigarette case on his last birthday. 510 00:31:14,206 --> 00:31:15,665 Rather valuable, isn't it? 511 00:31:15,749 --> 00:31:17,291 Where did you get it? 512 00:31:17,501 --> 00:31:20,419 From the pawnshop where Diane Redfern took it after he gave it to her. 513 00:31:21,046 --> 00:31:24,465 I don't believe it. He probably needed money and was too proud to borrow. 514 00:31:24,549 --> 00:31:26,092 Carpenter proud? 515 00:31:27,719 --> 00:31:30,304 Perhaps that's why the pawn ticket was in her name. 516 00:31:30,472 --> 00:31:32,312 Before this goes any further, why, I'll just... 517 00:31:34,601 --> 00:31:36,060 He isn't home. 518 00:31:44,236 --> 00:31:46,153 He's dining at Ann Treadwell's. 519 00:31:46,321 --> 00:31:48,447 He can't be. He asked me to dinner. 520 00:31:48,657 --> 00:31:52,243 He would have canceled his appointment with her if you had accepted. 521 00:31:52,327 --> 00:31:54,120 He treats her rather badly these days. 522 00:31:56,999 --> 00:31:59,125 I'm afraid she'll say he isn't there. 523 00:32:08,635 --> 00:32:10,636 Waldo, 524 00:32:11,847 --> 00:32:13,472 why are you doing this? 525 00:32:19,062 --> 00:32:20,896 For you, Laura. 526 00:32:22,941 --> 00:32:24,525 Shall we pay them a visit? 527 00:32