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It's Linda.
I'm alone. Sharon's with Dick,
they're out parking.
He sent me in
to make sure everything's OK.
I didn't realise it was so late.
Did you break a bottle
of shaving lotion?
- I'm wearing too much?
- It's a touch strong.
Once we get out into the air,
you won't notice.
I better set this place up quickly.
It's fine.
We'll just have a quick drink and go.
A few carefully-placed objects
create the proper impression.
You can't leave books lying around
like you're reading them!
- It creates an image.
- You don't need an image.
Got just the thing,
my 100-yard-dash medal.
- You can't leave out a track medal.
- Why? I paid $20 for it.
I got a big decision to make.
Do I go with Oscar Peterson
or Bartok String Quartet No. 5?
Play Oscar Peterson and leave Bartok
out so everybody can see it.
That's a good idea.
I've never seen anybody go to
so much trouble to impress a date.
If you devoted so much time to Nancy,
I don't see why she left.
I used to write her poems, take
her to restaurants and order in French.
The waiter would bring
the wrong things.
If you just leaned across
and kissed her...
I tried. She used to say,
"Not here, everybody's staring."
Once, my sleeve caught fire...
See, you laughed. It's funny, right?
She took it
as a symbol of my clumsiness.
Tremendous poise.
I'm an absolute master.
Come on in.
Allan, this is Sharon.
I've got friends on this block,
right across the street.
Do you know the Gibsons?
They're a fantastic couple.
- He's an interior decorator.
- That's sort of a hobby of mine.
The key to it is to avoid looking
like you used a decorator.
I've got to make one quick call.
- Linda, are you wearing Jasmine?
- Me? No.
- What are we drinking?
- J&B on the rocks.
A Harveys Bristol Cream.
I'll have the usual.
- Bourbon and water.
- A bourbon man.
I got to cut down on my drinking.
I'm putting away a quart a day.
This is Mr Christie,
I'm no longer at 431 -5997.
I'll be at... What time did that come in?
Sharon did a movie.
- Underground.
- Stag film?
Underground, you know, arty, 16mm.
- Allan is interested in cinema.
- Really? What do you do?
I'm a writer. Nothing much.
Film Weekly.
Articles, essays, criticisms.
This film I did got very good reviews.
I got singled out.
Course, I was the only girl in it
with nine men.
What's it called? Maybe I saw it.
Gang Bang.
These films have the raunchiest titles.
Really, it wasn't sexy.
You were all out of bourbon
so I made it straight water.
It's so humid out,
I think it's going to rain.
Maybe that's why I have a headache.
I get terrible sinus attacks.
You should have them drained.
That's why it's silly to go the Pier.
Could you turn the music down
a little bit?
Of course.
Why go to an outdoor restaurant
in the rain?
- We used to go walking in the rain.
- I love the rain.
It washes memories
off the sidewalk of life.
Gee, Allan,
you really have the delicate touch.
He's a trifle tense,
he had some misfortune with his wife.
- His wife?
- His ex-wife. She's gone.
- She's dead.
- How awful.
She's not really dead.
Technically not dead,
but we're not dating.
- She left him.
- I'm sorry.

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