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Uh, not Miss Watson?

- Well, she runs it, but he's her boss.

- Let's not bother with him.

Don't get me Mike Cutler.

Now, there's one thing

I want you to promise me.

Don't let the girls in Research

know what you're doing.

How's that?

I don't want them to know anything

about this big thing that's coming up.

It's vital that it be kept a secret.

Of course, it's almost impossible

to keep anything a secret around here.

So please, no matter what happens,

don't answer any questions.

What are they gonna think

of me hanging around there?

They'll think I'm a Peeping Tom.

I don't care what they think.

They're very smart, but this is

one thing I don't want them to know.

All right, all right.

They won't hear about it from me.

You know something?

This office is bigger than

the whole research department.

Well, it's supposed to be.

If the office of the president isn't

big enough to impress the sponsors,

then there's nothing for the girls

down in Research to research.

I have another office just like it

on the 31 st floor.

- You want it?

- No, no. No, thanks.

You don't care whether

you impress people or not, do you?

Wait until you get my bill.

You'll be impressed.

It's on the desk, Peg.

Thanks. Ooh, nice.

- Is it for an occasion?

- No... I don't know yet.

It's for the dance that Mike is maybe

going to ask me to on the 12th.

When, as and if Mike Cutler asks you,

do yourself a favor and be busy.

That's why he always waits till the last

minute... he knows you're always there.

- You mean I'm too available?

- Available?

You're like an old coat

that's hanging in his closet.

Every time he reaches in,

there you are.

- Don't be there once.

- He'd just buy himself a new coat.

He's been wearing this one

for seven years.

- What makes you think he won't anyway?

- Well, if he did, it...

That would be awful, wouldn't it?

Yes, it is. I know.

You go along thinking tomorrow

something wonderful's gonna happen.

You're not gonna be

alone anymore.

And then one day

you realize it's all over.

You're out of circulation.

It all happened, and you didn't

even know when it happened.

Well, when that day comes,

we'll move in together

and keep cats.

I don't like cats.

I like men, and so do you.

Excuse me.

Reference.

Miss Watson.

Bunny? Alice. Mr. Cutler's

on his way down to see you.

He is? Thanks, Alice.

Thanks a lot.

He's on his way down.

Where's my lipstick?

Darn!

Where'd it get to?

Peg. Peg,

where's your lipstick?

I'll get it.

No, no, wait a minute.

Here's mine.

Mike's on his way to see me.

Here's your dough. Get out.

See me payday.

- Did you hear anything I said?

- Yes, darling, I heard every word.

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