The Object of Beauty Page #2

It could be a quick sale?

Of course. I'm sure we could

get you the top price.

It'd really very sporting of you

to keep it in a hotel suite.

It would be a shame to keep it locked away.

I'm sure you're well covered.

- Yes, we're covered.

Goodbye.

- Goodbye.

I've got a very naughty idea.

You heard what that nice

man said about hotels?

Well, why don't we take it and claim on it?

That way you can have your money

and I get to keep my Henry Moore.

A touch risky, I'd say.

- How?

It's so small, it could fit in a shoebox.

Anybody could've taken it.

It could've just disappeared.

I know Joan would keep it

for me if I ask her.

Well, it is against the law.

Of course, prison is one way of

cutting down on our hotel bills.

You just better make sure our

insurance is up to date...

...because I might just make it

disappear at any time.

Maybe.

All our suites come in a different

style. She must really like this one.

It must be very difficult for her.

No, not really.

Jenny's survivor.

Been in the home...

from the time she was six.

The poor little child,

her parents dead.

She doesn't make friends easily.

Shy, I suppose.

I hope she can fit in here.

- Oh, she's a good girl.

All right?

- Yes, so far.

What is spaghetti made of?

Spaghetti ingredients. I don't know.

Flour and water?

Flour and water?

How much does that cost?

Flour and water don't cost much.

Not much. A dollar for, say, a hundred

strands or a thousand strands?

A dollar for a couple

hundred strands probably.

How many strands, would you say,

are on this plate?

Fifty strands? Eighty?

Fifty, eighty. That's about right

to me, give or take.

Yes, when I say fifty to eighty,

or take is built in.

Now, what else is here?

Olives, tomatoes?

And what else?

Caper look-alike?

What would that cost?

- Not much.

So, not much for the flour and the

water and the chopped up vegetables.

Why is it what I'm paying for this

dinner is more than the national debt...

...of a third world country?

I don't know.

Is the wine expensive?

You know what I mean.

Couldn't you cook this?

We don't have a kitchen, Jake.

If we had a kitchen I could cook it.

We'll get a kitchen some day.

Anyway, since when do you care?

You've always said when it comes to

food, shoes and sex, price is no object.

Good shoes are important.

There's Larry.

- Where?

Coming up this way.

Hello, Tina. How are you?

- Fine. You?

Couldn't be better, except I wish

I were home in Westport.

Where are you staying?

Jonathan and Melissa asked me.

For a few days, I thought why not

skip the Savoy this time?

Their new house is beautiful.

Marble bathrooms from Italy...

Jonathan and Melissa. How are they?

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