Design for Living (1933)

Nora Cecil: Tom's Secretary

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• Tom Chambers : My dearest Gilda and dearest George. This is the first letter I've ever dictated, so kindly overlook its correct spelling and perfect punctuation. An honest heart still beats beneath. Exclamation Point. Dash. Paragraph. Well, pals, you'll be interested to know that all London is agog with my wit and charm. Underline charm. Period. Lady Uptadike, weight 203 ringside, has smuggled me into her cage of trained social lions. Here, I am on exhibition nightly. Up to my neck in duchesses. Period. The play, by the way, is in it's second week of rehearsals, and looks hotsy-totsy.

  Tom's Secretary : I beg your pardon, sir: hotsy-totsy?

  Tom Chambers : Yes, hotsy-totsy.