 Today we find Mr. and Mrs. Lockhart in Paris, about to visit the bag-only office. Mr. and Mrs. Lockhart are taking a tour through Europe. That is, Mrs. Lockhart is taking Mr. Lockhart. Mr. Lockhart, as you probably know, represents the average type of businessman. Comfortable, blunt, knows his own mind, enjoys his business, and would much rather have gone fishing. Mrs. Lockhart is the pleasant type. A thorough housekeeper, belongs to the literary club and the woman's club of her town, and still retains the spirit of romance. Today, we find them in the bag-only office in Paris, and Mrs. Lockhart has equipped herself with a three-month course in French. Here's the taxi, dear. Well, where are we going now? Now just leave it to me, dear. Well, can't I just ask you where we're going? Certainly, dear. Well, I don't like being dragged around like this and not being told where you're taking me. Now, I'll tell you in a minute. Um, a taxi? Oh, bag-only. Oui, madame? Um... What did you say to him? I said the wagon leave. And what may I ask is the wagon leave? Now, that's the ticket office where we're going to see about our trip. Couldn't you have told him in English? Now, certainly not. It seems to me you don't have to speak French over here to be understood. Oh, yes, you do. Well, all the signs are in English. I know, dear, but when you speak French, you might as well use it. And all the stores have people who speak English? I know, dear, but that's for the people who don't speak French. Well, it seems to me they'd rather speak to you in English than have you speak to them in French. Oh, don't be absurd, dear. Of course they wouldn't. Well, I suppose they don't understand you. They do understand me. Speaking French is perfectly simple. Well, it doesn't sound simple. Now, that's because you haven't studied French. Taxi driver understood me when I said wagon leave, didn't he? Yes, he seemed to. Very well, then. Well, now, how would you say wagon leave in English? Well, uh, well, it's the same thing, wagon leave. Oh, well, that explains that. But I'll bet you you could get along just as well speaking English. Well, here we are, dear. This is the wagon leave office. Why, it's spelt wagon lits. I know it's spelt lits, but over here they pronounce it leave. Oh, I begin to understand. You never pronounce it the way it's spelt. Now, let's find a nice-looking clerk. There's a nice-looking fellow over there. Oh, let's find a fat one. They're always more obliging. It's so much more interesting getting your own transportation than having it done for you. It will be more interesting if they sell us a ticket to the wrong place. And it brings you in touch with the native life, with the bourgeois, as they say. Do they? And beside, it helps me improve my French. Well, I didn't know it needed improving. And when you speak French, it's just nothing short of ridiculous not to use it. That French teacher back home would sure enjoy this. I mean, it's like your arm. If you don't use it, it's stagnate. Well, same way with your French. If you don't practice it, it's just lying dormant. Ill-dorm, you know. Well, I didn't know that. Now, there's a nice clerk right there. Come on, Will. But, dear, now listen, I... See, who play, monsieur? Oui, madame. Eh, who, eh, who ate a wagon leave? Yes, madame. Where do you wish to go? Oh, don't trouble to speak English. I speak French myself. Pardon, madame. But, dear, he said he speaks English. Now, don't interrupt. Eh, un moment. Now, eh, Will, when he gives me the fare, you put them down in a little book. And afterwards, we can reckon it all up. Euh, combien ait le prix ait le prix? Pardon, madame? Combien ait le prix ait le prix? Ah, ait le prix. Quelle classe, madame? Euh, pardon? Quelle classe. Oh, oh, yes, of course. What class do we want to travel, Will? Why, I, uh... Of course, back home, we travel first class. But over here, second, it's just as good. Euh, second classe, s'il vous plaît? Second classe, à Biret, c'est 287 francs, madame. Pardon? Second classe, à Biret, c'est 287 francs. Oh, oh, je vois. Why don't you ask him in English, dear? Please leave this to me. Euh, vous ne vous écris, ça, pour moi. May we, madame? We may as well have it in his own figures. Then they can change their mind. Yes, and we'll know what it is. Voilà, madame. Merci. Oh, 287 francs. Well, see the funny way they make a seven, Will. They put it down and then they cross it out. And now we'll ask him for a timetable. Nain to know, monsieur. Virez-vous une horaire, madame? Why, yes, we, merci. Why, he knows what you want before you ask him. C'est quatre francs, madame. Pardon? L'horaire n'est pas gratuite, madame. Le prix pour une horaire est quatre francs. Well, I never fall thanks for timetable, Will. Why, back home? I'll give you all you want for nothing. We won't take it. No, non merci. Genre le prompta. Comme vous voulez, madame. Oh, let's go, dear. We'll just ask him what time the train leaves. Oh, what's the use? Now, quel heure partait the train pour Virez? Il y a beaucoup de trains à Virez, à huit heures, à midi, à 17 heures et à 23 heures. Pardon? Je dis, il y a beaucoup de trains à Virez, à huit heures, à midi, à 17 heures et à 23 heures. Well, of course, that was sounded like 23. It certainly did, and there's no such time. Oh, yes, there is, of course. 12 in the morning, 18 at 6 p.m., and 23 is the 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 p.m., United States time. Oh, let's go to the hotel, dear. Now, I think we should leave in the morning and get to Barrett for lunch. Maintainable Monsieur, Noudes-y-arais, depart Paris le matin, et arrêté Barrett pour des genères. Je regrette infiniment, madame. Mais je n'y comprend pas ça. Noudes-y-arais, depart Paris le matin, et arrêté Barrett pour des genères. Ah, pour des genères. Mais c'est impossible, madame, parce que d'ici à Virez, c'est un trajet de 9 heures. Oh, 9 heures? 9 heures, madame. Oh, merci beaucoup. There you are, Will. You see how easy it is? The fare is 287 francs, and the train goes at 9 in the morning. Oh, madame, vous n'avez pas compris. You are mistaken. Vous êtes en heureux. Oh, je suis, je suis. Pardon, madame, if you excuse, I will speak in English. I have said there is no train leaving at 9 o'clock. But I distinctly heard you say 9. Yes, madame, I have said 9. Well now, look here, I don't intend to be made a fool of in front of my husband. Let's go, dear. But, madame, I have said 9 hours. Don't explain. I know you say 9 hours in French when you really mean in Good United States 9 o'clock. No, madame, I have said it takes 9 hours to go from here to be arrived. Well now, look here, I think you're just trying to make me appear, so I don't understand you. Let's go, dear. And if you don't mind me saying so, I don't like your accent anyway. It's entirely different to anything I've been accustomed to. So, madame, I'm not forcing you yet. I said there are a lot of trains from here to be arrived at 8 o'clock, at noon, at 7 o'clock and at 23 o'clock. There is no train at 9 o'clock. From here to be arrived at 3 o'clock at 9 o'clock. That's all, that's all, that's all. Well, well, I've never heard anything like that. Let's go, dear. All right. We'll just go over to the American Express where you don't have to struggle to make yourself understood, and where they'll give you a timetable for nothing. Bonjour, monsieur. Gorte, madame. Come along, Will. Why didn't you talk to that fellow in English? Why? Because I wanted to speak French. Well, so far as I can see, little French is a dangerous thing. Well, I came to France to speak French and I'm going to speak it. Well, that's all right, dear, as long as you stick to words, you know, like demi-tasse and over of war. Now, don't you be sarcastic, Will. Well, I've made up my mind about one thing. Now, what's that? And just because you're in France, don't think you have to speak French because all these people here speak English. Nevertheless, I shall continue to speak French. Oh. Will you call me a taxi, please? No. Now, there's a good French word, taxi. Hey, taxi? Well, where shall we go now? We're going to the couturier. To the whare? To the couturier, the dressmakers. Not me. I'm going back to the hotel. I waited in that couture place there for you three hours yesterday. Oh, very well, but I have to have a fitting. Well, you take the taxi and get your fitting and I'm going to get a paper and then I'll walk back to the hotel and I'll meet you there for dinner. All right. Goodbye. Goodbye, dear. Here, boy. Got a New York Times? Yes, sir. How much is it? Two francs, please. There you are. Just what I said. A little French is a dangerous thing. A little French is a dangerous thing. And so we shall have to leave the Lockhearts until next week when we join them as they visit the historical places of Paris.