Groucho
(To Trentino)
So -- you've come to ask for clemency! I'll give the enemy
no quarter -- not a dime....
Mrs. Teasdale
But Your Excellency -- the Ambassador is here on a friendly
visit.... He came to ask you to patch up the breach.
Groucho
Let him patch up his own breeches....
Trentino
(To Groucho -- ignoring Groucho's remark)
I'm sorry we lost our tempers... I'm willing to forget if
you are.
Groucho
Forget?
(Like an injured woman)
You ask me to forget... Why, my ancestors would rise from
their graves... and I'd only have to bury them again.... A
Firefly never forgets....
Trentino
I am willing to apologize... I'm willing to do anything to
prevent this war.
Groucho
Nothing doing!! I've taken a lease on the battlefield. I'd
lose my deposit, besides, I've already ordered the ammuni-
tion....
Vera
(Putting her arms around Groucho)
Oh, Your Excellency, isn't there something I can do?
Groucho
Yes, but I'll talk to you about that when we're alone....
Mrs. Teasdale
(Coming to Groucho)
Oh, won't you reconsider...
Groucho
(Relenting)
Well, maybe I am a little headstrong... But, you know, it's
awfully hard to forget what he called me.
(Indicating Trentino)
Trentino
What I called you... Why, what did I call you?
Groucho
I don't remember.
Trentino
(With a little chuckle)
Oh -- you mean... worm?
Groucho
(Smiling coyly)
No, that wasn't it....
Trentino
Was it -- swine?
Groucho
(Same attitude as above)
No...it was a seven letter word.
Trentino
(Thinking, then with a broad smile)
Oh yes! -- UPSTART!
Groucho
That's it...
(Takes gloves from Trentino's breast pocket and
socks him across the face...and puts them in his
own breast pocket. Trentino becomes apoplectic.)