Trouble in Paradise

Waiter: Yes, Baron. What should we start with, Baron? Hmm? Gaston: Oh yes. That's not so easy. Beginnings are always difficult. Waiter: Yes, Baron. Gaston: If Casanova suddenly turned out to be Romeo having supper with Juliet, who might become Cleopatra, how would you start? Waiter: I would start with cocktails.

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Lily: [about her appearance in his room] By tomorrow, it'll be Grand Canal gossip! Gaston: Don't stop. Keep right on complaining. It's beautiful. Lily: You know, when I first saw you, I thought you were an American. Gaston: Thank you. Lily: Someone from another world - so entirely different. Oh! One gets so tired of one's own class - princes and counts and dukes and kings! Everybody talking shop. Always trying to sell jewelry. Then I heard your name and found out you were just one of us. Gaston: Disappointed? Lily: No, proud. Very proud.

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Filiba: He said, 'Good evening. I'm the doctor.' I said, 'Doctor?' He said, 'Yes, the doctor. I've come to see about your tonsils.... Hotel Manager: The representative of police would like to know if there is anything wrong with your tonsils, Monsieur Filiba? Filiba: No...That's what I tried to tell him. Well, one word led to another. He was really a very charming fellow. We talked for about ten minutes... Hotel Manager: What did you talk about, Monsieur Filiba? Filiba: About tonsils. Hotel Manager: Tonsille! The Chorus of Police: Tonsille! Filiba: So then I said to myself, all right, if he wants to look at them, let him look at them. There's no harm in that. Then he said, 'Say 'AH!' And so I said, 'Ah!' And that's all I remember. When I woke up, I still had my tonsils, but my pocketbook was gone.

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Gaston: That's hotel life. In one room, a man loses his wallet, and in another room, a man loses his head. Lily: Please! When I came here, it was for a little adventure, a little game which you play tonight and forget tomorrow. Something's changed me; and it isn't the champagne. Oh, the whole thing's so new to me. I have a confession to make to you. Baron, you are a crook. You robbed the gentleman in 253, 5, 7, and 9. May I have the salt? Gaston: [as he passes the salt] Please. Lily: Thank you. Gaston: The pepper too? Lily: No thank you. Gaston: You're very welcome. Countess, believe me, before you left this room I would have told you everything. And let me say this with love in my heart. Countess, you are a thief. The wallet of the gentleman in 253, 5, 7, and 9 is in your possession. I knew it very well when you took it out of my pocket. In fact, you tickled me. But your embrace was so sweet.

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Lily: I like you, Baron. Gaston: I'm crazy about you. By the way, your pin. [He returns her brooch pin - after appraising it.] Lily: [after suddenly noticing she's missing it] Thank you, Baron. Gaston: Not at all. There's one very good stone in it. Lily: What time is it? [She allows him to search for his pocket watch before looking startled. She hands it to him from her purse - after resetting it.] It was five minutes slow but I regulated it for you. [He pockets the watch with a smile.] Gaston: I hope you don't mind if I keep your garter. [She checks her leg, under the table, and then Gaston holds the garter up high and kisses it to prove his expertise.] Lily: Darling! [excitedly, she rises and kisses him, flinging herself into his arms] Oh now, darling. Tell me, tell me all about yourself. Who are you? Gaston: You remember the man who walked into the Bank of Constantinople, and walked out with the Bank of Constantinople? Lily: Monescu. Gaston: Gaston Monescu. Lily: Gaston! Gaston: I l

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Gaston: A lady as charming as you would and should get love letters. Mme. Colet: Monsieur LaValle. Gaston: But one suggestion. Not the Major. I don't mind his grammatical mistakes. I will overlook his bad punctuation. But the letter has no mystery. No bouquet. And one lipstick.

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