 Much too severe sorry sir one does one's best. Oh quite a bit. Just take away the ship thing with you more More vivacity is needed case. Yes, certainly dogs, but but not funerial Yeah The the death feminine touch dog You've taken the wind from my pet bin haven't you the very best yes well the best is none too good for the occasion Now just just seated the epauleties. Well, no really you're you're downright Victorian You must have cocktails dogs cocktails Not cocktail sir. Yes now don't tell me that it isn't British you're deplorably behind the time I Drink of myself and what's more I can mix them Mix is the word They tell me they even put ice in them in America. Yes. Well, I don't think we'll go quite that far World's to a darling. I don't fancy freezing my dainty shape while you ask Papa permission to come out and play Mind ups Not a word that we haven't seen him for a fortnight Welcome to the family Nasty night out a what a father take a then mutton broth Hello dogs. I'll see all makes and twinge is this weather. Thank you, sir Just for an evening with your agent may have found there's nothing I like better meanwhile. What price of cocktail? Yes, dogs were shocked at that dogs Where's the old training? Take mr. Russell's coat and hat You're surprised aren't you that I know about cocktail You know, I'd learned from a barman at the Savoy Used to live in Chicago. Allow me, sir. Thanks dogs, but don't bother. I've got to be popping off directly You're not stopping for dinner then I'm terribly sorry father, but when I promised you to come I overlooked another engagement. Well, it's a quite all right of course Only I'd hoped Well, it can't be helped Janet I mean to say one does have other engagements of course. I know it seems fairly awful Let's have lunch and together tomorrow We'll have a good old-fashioned reunion and you can scold me in a good old-fashioned way Meanwhile as you suggest what price the merry old cocktail gentlemen, I Give you Sir Gerald Courtney my father and a jolly good sportsman Thank you. Hey, you do know something about cocktails Was that chap from Chicago? Did you say when the survivors? One of the survivors, you know, that's our fruity Joe Is your engagement tonight with that say this calling for tomorrow? Like a good fellow Won't you now? I wish we could talk things out together my boy tomorrow at luncheon We'll both make after-dinner speeches tomorrow then one o'clock Pronto and I'll be toddling along sir if you don't mind The night father good night my boy mind the fog Right you are was more like a tick in the hair Look before that he's little boy come out to play with bed little girl Chuck at birth in to the pigeon pie old chum and don't spare the carburetor My dear girl, we were worried about you and think about it this fog Why on earth didn't you take a taxi? Yes? Well officers, what is it come come? What's all this about you see sir? We thought she was a We thought my Lord that she that is we thought I mean We thought that you got lost in the fog. Didn't we Albert? Oh, yes lost in the fog That's what we thought my knees lost in the little mist Not this young lady. However, my dear you should have taken the taxi you telephone Would have sent the car for you hurry now get off of this wet coat Dobbs has kept dinner waiting and you know dogs good old dog. Yeah, yes, quite so good old off Thanks so much wouldn't have troubled you for world Good night officers. You've been commendably vigilant. Good night. Thank you, sir He's nice the Joe Courtney's niece and that's thinking there was nothing but a Though that Albert stole it mate at a rest a moment Rather if you don't mind Just until Albert and his pal clear off sit down here. I knew my purse leak But rain is the only thing that ever leaked into it. Try one of these Probably give me the guard after these gasp as I'm used to Oh blimey a short life and a merry one. Yes, no use trying to thank you It was wonderfully sporting of you to take a chance on me a stranger off the street Oh, I say that's rather an ugly way of putting it off the streets Why did you do it? Well, you you look lonely and a bit frightened when it just happens that I am too You lonely and scared. Yeah That's about as true as that I'm your niece Robin. It wasn't it that thought about the niece and good old dog The doubt is a fact. Oh quite a fact. Ah Dubs himself. I simply can't believe it word of honor Is the dinner served up? Yes, sir. Hmm. Oh But you but you're not going have you forgotten that we waited dinner for you I'll but miss friend will be gone by now. Oh, but I I mean it really I want you to stay In a way, you know, you rather owe it to me Will you why not why not indeed You hear what the young lady says dog. Why not sir? Quite and you might just give us a hand here Let me help you with that coat Nice Thank you, uncle You've been disappointed haven't you all right. Oh not a bit of it. You fit perfectly really I Don't mean me fish and chips is more my style But I mean the lady you were expecting to dinner, but I wasn't expecting a lady No, really As a matter of fact I was expecting a man a young man that I'm rather fond of Awesome You know to do your governor good to get out himself for a binge now You don't know my father. He's a man of the trouble if he forgets how it was when he was alive He still thinks I'm a schoolboy He'll let me have it tomorrow at lunch We're having lunch in with me at my flat I Will tell me what I can do How could you be when you have me But don't forget you help me. He's got money Nikolai, but is he don't man's got money Lot of good it will do you if I will be looking for your share won't you and I will get it Always have haven't you always my dear? I have been talking Telling me story of my life. You might say yes, excuse me, sir. I That is he just tell him phone. Oh, yes. Yes. I speak to him. He didn't wait, sir he He gave me a message. He said that he couldn't have luncheon with you tomorrow. I See Thank you doubts disappointed again. Yeah. Oh By the boy But when you were telling me about it dinner. Oh, I hate to see him do it It's not the drink alone or women few wild ultra indicated for a young man But this woman well, you know, he could become a really great architect. There's a touch of genius in his drawings Why do you know even when he was a little chappy? You are fond of him aren't you? We've been the best of comrades always and now there seems to be a barrier between us. We can't even talk things out There are two times when no one can advise a man The first is when he's drinking too much The other is when he loves the wrong woman. Does that bar even a father? especially a father You know, you make me feel very inexperienced As if you do a lot more about life and things than I know I do a great deal more About life and men and women Particularly men. Hmm. You might advise me Mike I expect I'm hopelessly of another generation. Maybe I'm too old you Oh Well, I'm still young enough to fall at her at that Well, well here I am going on about my troubles and usually it's the other way around isn't it I? Mean usually it's the young lady who tells the story of her life I'm not sure I've never had any such experience Yes, you know you see this is my first night at at that sort of thing It does sound like the usual story doesn't it? That though I've been broke And I decided it was either that or or the bridge Oh, I never could feel sorry enough for myself to have a go at the bridge You know that's interesting very and Just tonight you decided to put yourself Let us say on the market. I'm afraid I have Very not by long-awaited good because I want to make a bid for your your services After all I did put myself on the Let us say market Then then you'd be willing to I say I I didn't mean that I really I I mean It's not me you see it at least not exactly. I Look here What would you do for 1,000 pounds? 1,000 pounds 5,000 dollars Do you mean it? But what I do I just try me interesting very this is our best number. Oh awfully, I mean say Yes, they're quite The young lady is waiting for Jerry. Oh, thanks so much. I mean say thanks so much. I beg your pardon I really do this way Oh, I'm so sorry. I had no idea that oh come in Jerry I didn't think they made bashful men anymore, but And you haven't said a word about this Well, it's it's it's fairly breathtaking. There's stunning. I I mean to say stunning and Do you think it might catch our young man's eye? Look here my dear Let's give this thing up. I've been thinking it over and Sorry old man a bargain to bargain, but If you know, I don't want to put you in such a position Now don't you fret about me Jerry? I'm having the time of my life and I want that thousand pounds Oh, look here. I'll give you a thousand pounds and we'll forget all about our little plot I've got to earn that money I promise to get your son away from that woman and I'm going to do it and I must tell you that there Are you pleased to Gerald with the negligee and the oh, yes, sir. I will take these and These and these and this too if you don't mind no by all means if you will have it They're rather expensive aren't they? Well, that's rather in their favor isn't it? Oh Shall I have these sent to your apartment madam and madam's address? Oh Yes, the address is seven comes to Bray Street and might I just see the manager Thank you fancy madam not knowing her own address It's not so strange my major don't it took places afternoon. Is it the one we wanted? Oh, right. I still feel You know, I can't understand the younger generation nine o'clock and the blighter can't even crawl I Look here pretty Really a birthday tonight my flat darling. I love it Not too tight Just a little tight, maybe another drink and you'll go to sleep. I know you I won't take another drink Solomon really a birthday. How can I darling? I've got to go with the party. Oh Give me a slip but can't you go on home? See then come back. I'll wait, but Nikolai he'll be suspicious Nikolai who cares for Nikolai will you birthday? I'll be back in sight an hour, but remember now no more drinks. Haha. No more drinks Sorry, thank you pardon. What's the matter? No, it's stupid thing. I'm afraid I've lost my teeth. It's nothing absolutely nothing Lady in distress never feel to a Courtney and they I'm afraid you can't you see? Oh, no such word as can Just leave it on me good old rocker jib Jib rocker Anyway, good old rock Millie So personal favor Millie charming ladies lost her key All right, all right everything will be as bright as raining off from now Here we are Thank You Millie. Thank You Millie, and thank you too so much. That's all right Just trust me an hour of peril regular old rock a jib rock a jib Anyway, I tried that once before I'd like to ask you in but oh Would you step into my palace as a spider to the fly? Nice little spider though huge spy Sorry some of the time other engagement one does have other engagements Engage it with a lady too. Oh, but maybe I could give you a drink drink Me no don't drink gave my solemn promise Word of honor, but then perhaps a cup of coffee. Oh, I can't sleep a week when I drink coffee at night Say who wants coffee anyway? How about a dash of whiskey nature's own remedy the very thing? Strange I didn't think of that myself. This can't be a respectable place Oh No, man Much too cozy to be respectable clever little spider But I must be toddling along Engagement beautiful lady Just what I needed what you really need old man is a tuck in and a little bye-bye And naughty little spider. Yeah, I gotta be getting along Come on just a little rest old man Now I know it isn't respectable Beds are respectable. Oh, man Especially this bed isn't respectable wicked little spider Come on just a little rest Go bye-bye. Go bye. Was I fairly awful? The important thing is how are you this morning? Fairly awful. You'll feel better after some tea and a bit of breakfast Don't you think a mild brandy and soda to be more to the point? I seem to remember nothing except They'd leave a lost key and something about the rock of Gibralt. Don't you remember anything else? You don't mean to tell me That is maybe it's not quite courteous, but oh dear Not even calling me a cute naughty little spider. Did I do that baby talk? and What else? Look here. I mean did I that is did we oh you mean that did you that is did we anyway Isn't it the girl that's supposed to ask that oh? Where am I? You're in my flat. I found you wondering about in the hallway and thought you'd be safer here with me. Was I? Was you for? was I safer Better get into these hadn't you but I mean didn't we That is oh, how did I get out of these and into these? Don't blush. It's all right. I won't study to be a trained nurse Okay, you're an awfully good sort. I'm afraid I miss judge. I'm sorry I Haven't I just remembered I had an engagement with a lady. Uh-huh a very important lady Well, she seemed important last night awfully and she won't apologizing to this morning Don't overdo the apologies after all you didn't do anything but break an engagement then uh, then I didn't that is we I Oh, I Simply can't understand why you've done such a thing for me a perfect stranger Well, I didn't do it for you precisely and you're not a perfect stranger Far from perfect. I should say Well, then we've met before somewhere neutral friends It's too much of a riddle in my present feeble condition. You'll feel better after this house and a bit of breakfast But look here. I'd like to that is but I'd like to talk with you The tub first up on your own flat then back here for breakfast. I told you Jack You can't do that. Can't for it. Well, I'd say I'd love it It can't put me through pull up your sock sister and let's hear that tinkle ring them or ring them again Oh, never mind then see there is another woman, but I hook them. They stay hooked But you haven't seen him. So you tell me for more than a month if anything drove Russell off. It's your jealousy It's spoiled everything. It's business business. Of course Monkey business. I don't know with him my precious. But remember you still have me. How can I forget it? If you do it will be just deplorable the woman who tries to make the fool out of me Do you know what I would do? Not darling How could I love anyone but mine Nikki? Don't tell me you've lost your key I'll always bless the one you did lose I hope you always will What heavens 11 o'clock you've got to run along remember you're a hard-working man Don't you imagine one can overdo this early rising run along now like a good little boy. See you again tomorrow Good night then June these have been great days for me. They've been great for me, too. Really June. Good night, dear boy Did I know? Now really Jerry who else would think of calling me at such a time? I've said it is rather late, but I do so want to see you Look here suppose I bring the car around Well, I could I could wait down the street Little Arab might do you good. What? Besides, I've got something to tell you Feeling better. I Knew a driver. Do you good? I was tired, but I'm not now No, I feel Rob guilty dragging you out like this You need I wanted to come What did you have to tell me? Lots of things You're too sleepy now to listen No, no, I'm not really father This is a surprise Sit down with you or better still, let's have tea to get an office out of my mind You don't have to tea seriously Just because I'm not drinking is no reason why you shouldn't have a spot of the best with it. Tell you the truth my boy I haven't engaged. Oh can't be helped. Can it one does have other engagements of course No, but but really oh some wench I presume now now now my boy save this coding for luncheon tomorrow What are our fathers coming to anyway? Well, you see I was just tumbling by and I thought I'd pop in and By the way cotton says you're doing Well rather well Modest old carbon look here if he gives me the proper chance. I'll put this musty old firm on its feet Good boy my job's about done and I think I deserve a pat on the head It's only a month and the other woman's out of it. The boy is hard at work. Oh, it's all beyond sex I've got my boy back and I owe you you owe me Exactly one thousand pounds. You learned it to every penny It wasn't really such a hard job Russell's a decent boy and After all a few wild oats are indicated You know the amazing thing to me is that he hasn't fallen in love with you I've been careful of that Russell and I just good pal as if I were a sister or another chap Suppose he were in love with you. It couldn't be you see There's another man and that shot you shouldn't be yeah, I never imagined that or perhaps you should be Because the other man is is You oh my dear my dear. I've been waiting and wanting to tell you what and I've been wanting to hear it But not now. No, don't It's no gold Jerry. I Hate to remind you, but I'm only a woman that came to you from the street No, my dear, you're not really that sort you see you'd never be able to trust me You'd always wonder about the past All men do no don't say things like that. I Tell you I wouldn't care. I trust you in spite of anything That happened. It's too good to be true Much too good to be true. Oh have faith my dear have faith I have Perhaps It might be But I must go away first if only for a little while and when I come back if I come back I won't let you go. Oh, but I must go and think things out away from you In the meantime My job's not quite done. We always agreed. We should tell Russell the truth And now's the time women's be fair with the boy, you know, I almost wish we oh don't you bother I'll tell him but You'll take it with a smile You see we're pals These quiet little teas have been the sweetest things in my life You've been a great pal June. We are pals aren't we best the best and nothing but Look here You're not going serious on me. Are you? Sometimes it's hard even for pals to talk about things after the lectures I've listened to Fire away old chum swing the blooming axe Remember that first morning when you found yourself in my bed spare my blushes And I told you weren't precisely a stranger perfect stranger was the exact and somewhat vicious phrase You see I knew about you all about you. You did say you trained for nursing I'm sorry, please go on I Knew about you because I was hired hired to find out to get you away from that other girl. You're joking But June who would Your father Good old governor now wouldn't he though just you're not angry Angry angry because the two dearest people in the world saved me from making the fool of myself I knew you'd take it this way. I told him you were what other way is there? How could I be anything but grateful when it brought me you you dear dear June and I'll play the little joke off on father Rare old father when I tell him about us You know already don't you do no no? Oh, that's all. Oh, no, you didn't know you know how I love you How I want saying don't but I have said it. Oh You mean you don't care for me that way I mean June is there is there someone else forget it then June I'm sorry awfully, sorry Just forget what I've said We're still pals June It's not Not him not my father Not lose it for more dogs Never remove the rare old lekkers drinking Russell Drinking I Scared me call it drinking said girls Let us say at preparation Laying a foundation for some real drinking surely you don't grudge me a mile spot at whiskey You share everything else with your only son Gentlemen, I give you said Gerald Courtney my father And when I say I give him gentlemen, I mean I give him you can have them I Don't want what's got into you my boy Unusual what product of son disowning proud father. Oh, you're talking nonsense. Oh Quit your lies You've been bleeding that you and I couldn't talk things out. Well, we're going to talk now only I'm going to do the talking She's told me told me if you're sneaking under hand On my boy. She's told me told me how you sent it to me to make me love her to make me want her more than I've ever wanted anything you Love her or I'm sorry. I didn't know yes, you're sorry. You didn't know Russell I only met me don't whine talk up like a man. Don't really love me. Please please believe me leave you Why should I believe you you're a liar? Listen to me. You've got to listen you listen I'm sick of lies and sick of liars sick of everything reform me a You reform me You and that one you hypocrite sending it to me my own father's son. He didn't say that ugly word, isn't it? But it fits her the woman you picked up on the streets. Nothing but a common go ahead hit me You've done everything else to me or anyone else, but my own son. I'd well. I haven't the same compulsion my father Tell me Jerry He's been here. I'll bring him back to you. I'll he wanted my own son. No, no, he didn't He didn't mean to he's only a boy and he was hurt like a boy He wanted to hurt someone else try to understand You wouldn't mind of a child in the nursery struck you That's what it was I've lost My son. No, no It can't be I won't let it happen It has happened and I'm to blame. It's all my fault. Oh I might have known it would be like this. I Think I did know in my heart But I wouldn't let you say I Love you Jerry and I wanted to help you great help. I've been I I do love you I'll always love you And I love you too much to hurt you you hurt me Do you think I could go on and have you remember that because of me you lost him? It's the boy Isn't it Jerry You want him it's not too late I'll find him and send him back to you. That's what you hired me for wasn't it? To save your boy for a thousand pounds You just watch me earn that money darling Am I surprised or rather you sound familiar though just a bit tight aren't you I Thought you'd given up whiskey and me What's that a party? I'm just ripe for a binge where? You're flat Don't know about that. You know the last time you asked me to meet you there. You didn't show up All right, darling. You're flat 11 o'clock. Bye Yes, I will bye Russell Russell darling Surely you're not napping. Here's for a thing Shut your mouth Where is he? Oh my angel. Don't be so excited. Oh, don't don't calm and sweet and try to entertain me with some of your Delightful life don't make a lot. Don't we shall sit here together you and I and Wait for him Get away take your dirty hands off. All right. That's not all right. I won't touch you They'll try and earn your dirty wages, huh? No, you don't you won't trick me into your place again You're lying sneaking You won't huh you listen to me. All right, you filthy gutta-whelp. I won't you here Bar me out will you show you don't try to put on airs with me your little trash Pretending your particular who comes in here is you'll hear the kind of talk. You deserve your smirking rotten cheek Oh Laughing at me ain't you you're both laughing me you and that sweet sated father of mine. Go ahead and laugh I'm not nothing Russell. We never know you're a liar Why shouldn't you laugh me thinking all the time you're everything sweet and clean and decent afraid almost a touch up Go ahead laugh. It's a joke me thinking poetic thoughts about you about you a woman for hire a woman with a place Mark on or not much of a place at that a main g. She had it that anybody's cat anybody's woman You're right Russell. That's all I am. You're even worse. Oh right again, but I've learned my lesson I'm going away with him naturally alone. It's not that way between your father and me Don't you see I care too much for you to stand between you're going with him That's where you're going. Well, I'll show you and I'll show him too So you think I'm going to your old gently what a priceless pair of fat head you and your papa are Me in love with sir Gerald blink and caught me him pretending he was better than the rest The only difference was that he tried to get with pounds. What others try to get with shillings Little junies the one that got this time I got this flat and clothes and money all for a sweet smile and a thank you sir Nothing but a nothing but what did you expect Lily's at the Bloomin Valley? I did your old man in the eye and he never even blinked the dotty old boy didn't even get so much as a kid You're lying. You're his he can have you. Oh, thank you to be slinging your hook Make I'm drunk don't you maybe I am I'm not drunk enough to let you trick me again Not as drunk as I'm gonna get Do you know what I'm gonna do tonight No, of course, I do like father like son You're gonna meet that prize package birthing wall up in your flat Don't like that. Do you why not a girl's gotta live me a drink? Give you a drink milk's more your style while you're not man enough. Oh, I ain't Still reforming me aren't you give me that drink? No, I won't be here Don't try your dirty tricks on me Well, really a lot the ball won't get the blime It's the rich won't get the ball Hello, Mr. Courtney What's that? I said, it's a ripping morning set. Oh, yes Ripping happens sometime during the night. She came to his flat and he done the ring All we got to do is find the lad that won't be hard. We'll have him by night You say you saw him coming out of his flat Yes, sir. He was coming down the steps and he looked like he'd been drinking That's him right enough tell headquarters to arrest Russell Courtney Serious arresting the son of the general Courtney, but serious to doing a young lady in it's a clear case The officers will surrender their prisoner in five minutes. Now. You better tell us Russell my boy We can hardly expect further lenience from the police. They've been more than fair and bringing you here Now won't you tell us your father and your lawyer where you were? And telling where I was is the only way to clear myself No matter who else it hurts. It's your only chance If I told the truth the real truth It would be too hard to believe Tell me my boy cancer I'll understand. I'm afraid father. You'd be the last to understand the entire truth Well, I don't mean to be unkind. Oh My boy, tell me it's our last Chance I've treated you shabbily enough already Haven't I father Sorry Pardon, sir James, but this young lady asking to see you says it's very important a young lady. Oh, well, sir That is this sir. Tell her to return in the morning. Oh nonsense. I say dismiss her Oh my dear, it's good of you to come. I've been looking for you when I Jerry Wait until you've heard what I have to say you haven't told them have you I Was certain you wouldn't trying to save my reputation It's past saving my dear boy Do you know where Russell was last night? Rather he was in a lady's apartment all night. How do you know I happen to be the lady? You mean it can't be true not you and let me tell him but of course it's true It was to be expected Wasn't it sorry I Was afraid you take it this way, but I'm not sorry I'm glad Glad to know the truth The wedding's off a sir Gerald can't quite stick it now. Can you? Remember when I told you you'd never be able to trust no you said yourself that you and he were together What of it was the faith you swore you'd have in spite of anything that's happened Well, something's happened. Hasn't it and worse than anything else that's happened with me Me being what I am it was to be expected wasn't it I? Loved you don't you see it's what makes it so Inconvenient as the word Jealous of your own son. Let me tell him. Oh, I've heard enough You'll hear just a bit more for Gerald and you'll listen. Oh, yes, you will Russell knew how you'd take it. That's why I wouldn't tell where he was This righteous code that gentlemen have Marry you Don't fret sir Gerald. I'm not having any I'm just a woman that came to you from the street out of the fog a woman for hire Someone you could buy and dead by but not someone so help me you can marry You've done this for me. I've done it for me and a thousand pounds You haven't forgotten the thousand quid. Have you you hired me to save your boy me a stray she alley cat and blimey. I've saved him I'll take the check if you please Begging part in such a hymns, but it wasn't mr. Courtney who did it at all they've nipped a chap a sort of foreigner that is Scotland yard just reports that they've caught a man named Nicola Rabinoff caught him in Miss Waller's flat and he's confessor Confessed that he killed Miss Waller Tell the Scotland yard men. I'll see them in a few moments Well, you're twice lucky young man. This of course clears you absolutely who bared my dear this couldn't have come a bit sooner It would have saved this ugly explanation the gentleman's coat again Covering up the unpleasant thing. I'd have told him anyway. I'm convinced you would Thanks so much. I'm sorry Really sorry. I Believe you are But still sorry for the wrong person Goodbye to Gerald Goodbye Jerry old man. There's just one other thing to Gerald Russell was in my apartment last night All night But I wasn't with him as You were so Gerald That doesn't change things in the least with you and me as for this You know, I have a sort of code too. I'll probably be sorry for this in the morning However Right now June Don't you think you've caused her trouble enough father She loves you go after her wherever she goes my boy. I'll follow