Hard Boiled

TURN 2×2

& Maj. André: Ah! Franklin calls it an armonica. It mechanically recreates the tones made by rubbing a wet finger around the rim of a wine glass.
    General Clinton: So he mechanized a parlor trick.
    Maj. André: Perhaps, but this parlor is testament to the man’s genius and industry. Take his lightning rod. Placed on a roof, it guides the energy from a bolt harmlessly to the ground. And these eyeglasses. The lenses are split, offering corrections for both close and distant viewing.
    General Clinton: You can have the house, John. I had no idea you admired the man so ardently.
    Maj. André: What I admire is how he imposes no bounds on either his curiosity or his invention.
    General Clinton: And now he wants to invent an alliance with France, which could turn this little rebellion into a genuine war...

& Townsend: Is, uh... is there something wrong with the eggs I’ve boiled for you?
    Abraham: No, I just... I like my eggs warm.

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& Maj. Hewlett: ...And so in the meantime, I thought
that I might make you a proposal.
    Anna: A proposal?
    Maj. Hewlett: I of course don’t mean in the formal sense of the word. I, um... thought that if perhaps you might be open to establishing a friendship. Entirely platonic, of course.
    Anna: «Play-tonic»?
    Maj. Hewlett: Yes, owing to the ideals of Plato that is attributed to his feelings with the prophetess Diotima. Feelings, he felt, unencumbered by the base Eros, was a surer way to the contemplation of the divine.

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