LORAINE
I don't care how much you've got, or how little. It's you, you big, big man, you, my hero, that I care for. You'll grace a palace like a prince, and I've known a few princes, too.
VANDERLIP
And queens, too, didn't you say?
LORAINE
Yes, and queens, too. And they will be proud and glad to know you. They don't have men like you over there—real men. You'll create a sensation.
VANDERLIP
(Anxiously.)
But this living in palaces—sort of softening and fattening, ain't it? I don't like fat.
(Looks her over critically.)