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John Cedar: I have good news for you, sir. Mr. Semple left a large fortune when he died. He left it all to you, Mr. Deeds. Deducting the taxes, it amounts to something in the neighborhood of $20,000,000.
Mrs. Meredith - Housekeeper: How about lunch? Are the gentlemen going to stay or not?
Longfellow Deeds: Of course they're going to stay. She's got some fresh orange layered cake, you know, with the thick stuff on the top. Sure, they don't want to go to the hotel.
[starts playing the tuba]
John Cedar: Perhaps you didn't hear what I said, Mr. Deeds. The whole Semple fortune goes to you: $20,000,000.
Longfellow Deeds: Oh, yes, I heard you, all right. $20,000,000. That's quite a lot, isn't it.
Cornelius Cobb: It'll do in a pinch.
Longfellow Deeds: Yes, in deed. I wonder why he left me all that money. I don't need it.
[returns to playing the tuba]
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Cornelius Cobb: Look.
John Cedar: What?
Cornelius Cobb: That tuba player. Well, now I've seen everything.
Fay Holderness
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