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- He gives us class, but he's nice.

-[ Chuckles]

I know several girls who'd stop at

nothing short of murder to get him.

- They haven't a chance.

- Why not?

He's so much in love with Isabel,

he can't see straight.

- I see. And she's in love with Larry Darrell.

-[ Chuckles]

I suppose that does

complicate matters.

It does if you're

as high-principled as Gray is.

And Larry isn't here?

Oh, yes. He'sjust coming in now.

Way over there. Look.

Come on. Dinner.

[ Maugham Narrating ]

This is the young man of whom I write.

He is not famous.

It may be that when his life at last

comes to an end,

he will leave no more trace

of his sojourn on this earth

than a stone thrown into a river

leaves on the surface of the water.

Yet it may be that the way of life

he has chosen for himself,

may have an ever-growing influence

over his fellow men

so that long after

his death, perhaps,

it may be realized

that there lived in this age,

a very remarkable creature.

You're very late, Larry.

-[ Chuckling ] I'm sorry.

- Sophie, where's Mr. Maugham?

Evidently, Larry hasn't learned that

punctuality is the politeness of kings.

- Elliott. Mr. Maugham, this is Larry Darrell.

- How do you do?

When can we start dinner

and get this over with...

Mr. Maugham's a novelist.

- Oh?

-[ Chuckles] I may as well tell you

-that Larry's very stupid and uneducated.

- Hmm.

He knows nothing

about anything except flying.

But when he came back,

he looked so lovely in his uniform,

I camped on his doorstep

until he consented to marry me.

The competition was awful.

Don't believe

a word she says, Mr. Maugham.

Isabel's not a bad girl,

but she's a terrible liar.

Dinner.

- Oh, yes.

- I've seen you before.

Oh? When?

I happened to have a job of work to do,

and I went into the library.

I saw you when I went in there

early this morning.

When I came back

from lunch, you were still there.

- To tell you the truth, I forgot about lunch.

- I couldn't help admiring

-your power of concentration.

-It was that kind of a book.

My dear fellow, you're at the end

of the table with my sister.

- Hello, Gray.

- Hi, there.

Say, Dad tells me you turned down

that job in the office.

Oh, Larry.

Why have you done that?

I thought it over, and I figured

I'd be a disappointment to Gray's father.

- So, I decided I'd better refuse.

- Sorry, old man.

It would have been swell,

us working together.

[Waltz Playing]

Hi, brown eyes. Looks as if tall, dark

and legal is standing you up.

I'd like to catch him trying it.

- You're old friends?

- We grew up together.

I used to play shortstop

on his baseball team.

We used to think we could lick

any 10 kids our size.

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