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at the Astor House, and this is it.

And a less ft place for God-fearing people

to meet I can't imagine.

Come ahead.

And, uh, what can I do for you,

my good man?

Are you the tavern keeper?

This is not a tavern,

and I am not a keeper, my good man.

I am not your good man!

We were to meet

a Mr. Nicholas Van Ryn.

- Perhaps you can tell...

- Mr. Nicholas Van Ryn? But of course!

- (Bell Rings)

- You must be Mr. And Miss Wells.

A thousand pardons. How stupid of me

not to have known at once.

If you will do me the honor

to come with me, please.

Mr. Van Ryn regrets

that he is not here to greet you...

but he has directed that you're

to have everything you wish.

Everything.

- What's all this?

- Dinner, sir.

- I didn't order any.

- Mr. Van Ryn ordered dinner

served at this time, sir.

- Mr. Van Ryn is not here.

- Yes, sir.

Oh, it's beautiful!

The food looks as if it had been painted.

Wouldn't surprise me a bit.

That's the strangest fruit.

It's cold when I eat it

and warm when I swallow it.

Let me taste that.

I thought so. It's got spirits in it.

just a little bit. It's so good.

Even a little bit of evil

cannot be good, Miranda.

Don't be too impatient with me. You won't

have to hear me preach to you much longer.

It's not that I'm impatient, Pa, really.

- But after Mr. Van Ryn went to all this trouble...

- It's no trouble to be wasteful.

And there's something peculiar about a man

who orders supper when he's someplace else.

How did he know what I wanted to eat?

But there's everything here

you could possibly want.

Everything

is what no man should ever want.

Yes, Pa.

We won't be alone much longer, Miranda.

I want you to read with me.

"I will sing...

- "Of mercy and judgment."

- "of mercy and judgment.

(Reading Together)

"Unto thee, O Lord, will I sing.

- I will walk with"...

- (Knocking)

"I will walk within my house

with a perfect heart."

- (Knocking)

- "I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes."

(Reading Together)

"I hate the work of them that turn aside. "

"It sh... It shall not cleave to me.

A froward heart shall depart from me."

(Reading Together)

"I will not know a wicked person. "

- More coffee, Cousin Miranda?

- No, thank you.

- You, sir?

- No, thanks.

(Waltz)

The music is very nice.

I understand they've opened

the dining terrace for public dancing.

It would be fun to watch.

I don't know what made me think you'd

be a much older man, Mr. Van Ryn.

You've mentioned my age

several times now, sir.

Does it affect your confdence in me?

Alexander the Great, when he was younger

than l, had conquered most of the world.

Maybe if he'd been older,

he'd have conquered all of it...

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