A handsome young woman is speaking to him. She’s pleading, she’s on her knees.
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IF YOU TAKE THAT IT MEANS I
CAN’T GET MARRIED. WE WERE
GOING TO START HOUSEKEEPING
ON MY FIRST PREFERENCE STOCK.
She’s broken down. He’s laughing, the brute! He’s roaring with laughter. So’s his fellow desperado.
Who’s this? What a funny fat man! Oh, it’s going to end happily after all. He’s a policeman, I suppose, but his hat looks a bit queer. Oh, an American hat—I see. He’s very angry with the brigands—the sheriffs, I mean. He’s speaking.
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THIS OUTFIT’S WORTH AT PAR
£37,073,492.
Flick:
“THIS WOULD MAKE MY APPRAISEMENT
OF ALL THE STOCK, THE VALUE
OF WHICH IS HERE IN ISSUE, NOT
LESS THAN $48,000,000.”
Oh, it’s too bad! They’re laughing at him, too.