- I don't want to know what she looks like. If she's bad looking, I've had enough bad news for today and if she's lovely, it'll just make it more difficult. So don't tell me.
- No, I won't.

— Alfred Kralik (James Stewart)

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- Oh, you don't say! He forgot to pick up a bottle of perfume at Chabot's? Isn't that too bad! Yes, I'll give a good scolding to the little rascal.

- Have a good time, Mrs. Matuschek. Goodnight.

- Mr. Matuschek! Don't do that, Mr. Matuschek!

- Go away! Go away!

- No, Mr. Matuschek!

- Leave me!

- Why don't you go in, Kralik? I really think you should go in and keep your date.

- Now, Pirovitch, just do me a favor and deliver my note.

- Alright.

- I don't want to know what she looks like. If she's bad looking, I've had enough bad news for today and if she's lovely, it'll just make it more difficult. So don't tell me.

- No, I won't.

- Now, what's the name of that book?

- Anna Karenina, by Tolstoy.

- Anna Karenina.

- And a red carnation as a bookmark.

- Red carnation. Let me see. Just a minute.

- Do you see anything?

- Not yet. Uh... Oh! There's a beautiful girl!

- Really?

- Very beautiful, but no book.

- No book.

- Wait a minute. I think I see it.

- Yeah?

- Right here under the window.

- Yes. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy.

- That's right.

- And a carnation.

- Uh-huh.

- I can't see her face. She's sitting behind a clothes rack.

- There's a cup of coffee on the table.

- Yeah?

- She's taking a piece of cake.

- Uh-huh.

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- No, I won't.

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