Beat the Devil Page #5
Are you a typical American?
I think it's important
that I should know.
Why important?
There are two good reasons
for falling in love.
One is that the object
of your affections
A rare spirit,
such as Lord Byron.
The other is that
he's like everybody else,
only superior.
Harry, for instance,
is the very best of a type.
Well, if you must know,
I'm a typical rare spirit.
How long did you live here?
Oh, the longest I've ever
lived anywhere is two years.
But when you were a child,
didn't you ever have a mother
and father and a house
and a street and a town?
No. I, uh- I was an orphan
until I was 20,
and then a rich
and beautiful lady adopted me.
Heh. You know,
I've changed my mind
about your being
an evil doctor.
You're off to keep
a rendezvous some place
in Africa sacred
to the tribesmen.
You're going
to found a new empire
and make yourself master
of the riches of the world,
but you need
A- as the incarnation
of the queen of Sheba.
That's why you're making
a pass at me.
Am I?
Of course.
I don't generally go sightseeing
with strange men.
You don't believe that,
do you?
Oh, I believe anything you say.
- Do you?
- Mm-hm.
Well, you shouldn't, you know.
You really shouldn't.
Mr. Chelm.
Yes?
It is I, Mrs. Dannreuther.
Maria.
Oh, come on.
Tea for two and two for tea.
Now, that's most awfully kind.
You shouldn't
have troubled. Really.
Billy told me you had a chill.
Bit of one. On the liver.
Too tiresome.
- Milk, of course.
- Of course.
I feel I should like somehow
to do him a good turn
of some kind.
You do?
Well, naturally.
Oh, I see, naturally.
If you were able
to do something for him.
Help him along.
Give him the benefit
of your advice.
Delighted, of course.
For instance?
Oh, something with business.
He was very pleased
with that tip you gave him
on the way home last night
about the gold shares.
I've forgotten what I told him.
What was it?
I don't remember either.
I was listening to your voice.
I wasn't listening
to what you said.
You see,
if you were helping him,
it would be so much easier
for us to be together
a lot out there in Africa.
Well, has he any head
for business?
Why, he's simply brilliant.
I wouldn't have thought it.
But of course he is.
You don't suppose
I'd marry a ninny, do you?
If you imagine that Harry
is simply going
you're very much mistaken.
In point of fact-
In point of fact,
coffee is the least
of Harry's interests.
In point of fact,
the land he's acquiring
is extremely rich
in certain minerals.
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