Real burn-out.On the ragged edge" - and he reacted with: "I""m too old for this s--t" (a phrase repeated many times in the film).BackgroundBeau Geste(1939) is director/producer William Wellman""s superb, high adventure tale set in the desert - a classic melodramatic, rousing film of the late 30s from Paramount Studios.He doesn""t sleep.He barely eats.He""s not been himself.Not at all.It""s this place.Ahem.I think a sickness lies on it.They proceeded down a series of steps to view the massive hoard of treasure inside the mountain, where Thorin was walking and madly mumbling to himself: "Gold.I like to see him jump." After passing the phone to her boyfriend and being crudely ordered to vacate the room, Debby pauses to vainly admire her reflection in the mirror [the first of many instances in the film]." The two latecomers arrive after the meeting is already underway, annoying the members and disrupting the proceedings as they gingerly (but noisily) wind heir way through the seated audience to find their seats downfront.