" The dragon blew a heart-shaped smoke ring around the Donkey, indicating how it took a liking to him, and carried him by his tail to her chambers.Argyle joked as he prepared to drive the couple away, as they kissed in the limo""s backseat: "If his is their idea of Christmas, I""ve gotta be here for New Year""s," to he tune of Bing Crosby""s singing of: "Let It Snow.Paul and Marcia are sorrowful about the timing:Paul: I met you too late, yet something inside me won""t let me believe it.Unperturbed by the idea of retreating into a secluded world, Jack accepts the job and plans to take advantage of the undemanding work schedule to do some concentrated writing, and he predicts that his family will feel the same ("they""ll love it"):Ullman: When the place was built in 1907, there was very little interest in winter sports.The opening scene of the film is both a prologue and an epilogue, depicting Lieutenant T.E.Lawrence""s (Peter O""Toole) death in mid-May of 1935.After the credits, Lawrence races his motorcycle along an English country road.[The custom-made motorcycle was a ""George VII"" Brough Superior (Model SS100) with a 998cc overhead valve engine - Lawrence nicknamed itBoanergesor ""Son of Thunder"".