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Как соблазнить девушку, если ты - застенчивый любитель тритонов? Берти уверен: нужны маргаритки, тяжелая поступь по лугам и... апельсиновый сок? Гасси Финку-Ноттлу предстоит нелегкая задача.
📜 English Script:
BERTIE: Right, now, I shall take Madeline to the garden and talk to her of hearts that yearn, intimating that there is one such actually on the premises. Then, after about a quarter of an hour or so, you'll turn up and take over. Because by that time, her emotions will be so churned up, it'll be like leaping on a moving bus.
GUSSIE: The last time I leapt on a moving bus, Bertie, I hurt myself rather badly.
BERTIE: Yes, it was more sort of an infrontable bus, wasn't it, Gussie?
GUSSIE: Yes, but, Bertie, what shall I say?
BERTIE: Oh, there are hundreds of things you can say. You can say how you've often thought that the stars are God's daisy chain.
GUSSIE: God's daisy chain? Do you mind if I take some notes?
BERTIE: A note away.
GUSSIE: God's daisy chain.
BERTIE: And then you can go on to say that twilight always makes you feel sad.
GUSSIE: Why?
BERTIE: Well, yes, well, that's precisely what she'll ask you, and then you'll have her. Your reply will be that it's because yours is such a lonely life. In fact, it might be a good idea to give her a description of a typical evening at home in Lincolnshire, intimating how you pace the meadows with a heavy tread.
GUSSIE: I generally sit indoors and listen to the wireless.
BERTIE: No, you don't, Gussie. You pace the meadows with a heavy tread, wishing there was someone there to love you. After that, it's easy. You just grab her by the hands, tell her you've got something to say to her, and then say it. Better have a couple of quick ones first.
GUSSIE: What, drinks, do you mean? But I don't drink.
BERTIE: You don't drink?
GUSSIE: No.
BERTIE: No, I didn't know that. Hmm, pity. It's generally acknowledged that a moderate skinful on these occasions is of the essence.
GUSSIE: Well, I suppose I could have some orange juice.
BERTIE: Well, yes, if you think it would help. Hmm. It might be a good idea to heave a bit of a sigh at this point.
GUSSIE: Heave a sigh.
BERTIE: Then grab her by the hand and give her the works.
GUSSIE: Grab hand, give works.
BERTIE: And that's all there is to it.
GUSSIE: Thank you, Bertie.
🤔 Интрига:
Зачем Гасси блокнот на свидании? И поможет ли апельсиновый сок заменить «дозу для храбрости»?
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