A Stolen Life Page #6

A REMBRANDT FROM A RENOIR.

KATIE, DON'T TELL ME

YOU'RE SMOKING THESE DAYS?

PAT, WHY COULDN'T YOU

GO TO CHILE?

I HAD A PERFECTLY DREADFUL COLD.

SOMETHING LIKE THE FLU.

WHAT A SHAME. BILL WAS SO

EXCITED ABOUT YOUR GOING.

BILL'S SO NAIVE ABOU A LOT OF THINGS.

BUT THAT'S BILL.

NAIVETE'S A BIT TRYING

TO LIVE WITH ALL THE TIME.

KATIE, DON'T YOU

WANT TO GO UPSTAIRS?

YOU HAVEN'T SAID A WORD

ABOUT MY DUNGAREES.

I'M GETTING TO BE

A BIG OUTDOORS GIRL NOW,

LEARNING TO SAIL AND ALL

THAT SORT OF NONSENSE.

THAT I WANT TO SEE.

HA! I'LL PROVE I TO YOU.

INCIDENTALLY, WHY DON'T YOU TAKE

OFF YOUR HAT AND STAY A WHILE?

I THOUGHT WE'D SAIL OU TOWARDS DRAGONHEAD-

YOUR OLD STAMPING GROUND.

ANYTHING YOU SAY.

YOU'RE THE SKIPPER.

I'LL RAISE THE JIB.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL START ON THE MAINSAIL.

I'M COMING ABOUT,

KATIE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF

YOUR NEW SKIPPER?

SHE'S ALL RIGHT.

PAT, HOW'D YOU HAPPEN

TO TAKE UP SAILING?

YOU NEVER USED TO

CARE ABOUT IT.

I'D HAVE DIED OF

BOREDOM OTHERWISE.

GOT A BEAU, KATIE?

WHATEVER POSSESSED YOU

TO COME HERE, PAT?

OH, I WANTED TO SEE

THE GANG AGAIN.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE'VE GOT A LUNCHEON

DATE ON TOM FRAZIER'S YACHT TOMORROW.

IT'S A PRETTY STIFF

BREEZE, PAT.

CAN YOU MANAGE ALL RIGHT?

OH, SURE. IT'S EXCITING!

YOU'LL GET PLENTY

OF EXCITEMENT.

LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING INTO

SOME HEAVY WEATHER.

WONDERFUL. I'LL GIVE I A RUN FOR ITS MONEY!

LOOK OUT, KATIE,

I'M GOING TO JIBE.

ALL RIGHT!

IT'S GETTING

REALLY NASTY, PAT!

WE SHOULD GO BACK.

NOT ON YOUR LIFE.

HAUL IN YOUR MAINSAIL!

I'VE ALWAYS WANTED

TO SAIL IN A STORM.

YOU'RE CRAZY!

SO I'M CRAZY.

ALL WE NEEDED:

WAS SOME FOG.

TACK YOUR SHEET!

YOU WERE RIGHT!

WE SHOULD HAVE GONE BACK.

TOO LATE NOW! ALL WE CAN DO IS HOPE

TO GET IN THE LEE OF THE LIGHTHOUSE!

WATCH YOUR HEAD!

HERE COMES A BIG ONE!

I SHOULD HAVE:

INSISTED WE GO BACK!

I'LL HANDLE THE SHEETS!

KATIE! WE'RE HEADED

FOR THE REEFS!

WELL, TURN US BACK LEEWARD!

HANG ON!

LOOK OUT, KATIE!

THE REEFS, PAT!

THE REEFS WILL RIP OU THE BOTTOM OF THE BOAT!

PAT! PAT!

PAT! PAT!

PAT! PAT!

WHEN DID YOU SAY YOU FIRS NOTICED WHAT WAS HAPPENING?

WELL, I WAS

LISTENING TO THE RADIO.

THERE WAS A:

TERRIBLE HIGH WIND,

AND I THOUGHT I HEARD

SOMEBODY HOLLERING.

THEN YOU WENT TO THE WINDOW.

Shh! You're

raising your voices too much.

ALL RIGHT, MA'AM.

I LOOKED OUT, AND

THERE WAS THE BOAT,

HEADED FOR:

THE ROCKS,

MAINSAIL:

ALL TORN TO SHREDS.

Don't talk too loud.

She needs all the sleep

she can get.

NO RIGHT TO BE OU ON A DAY LIKE THAT.

THEY MUST HAVE BEEN HAVING

TROUBLE WITH THE SAIL

LONG BEFORE:

IT HAPPENED.

I PUT IN A CALL:

TO THE COAST GUARD.

DID YOU SEE WHICH ONE OF THEM

WAS HANDLING THE BOAT?

HOW COULD I? I COULDN' TELL THEM APART ANYWAYS.

TALK LOW.

YES, MA'AM.

WHEN YOU GOT TO THEM, WERE YOU ABLE

TO SEE THE BODY OF THE OTHER ONE,

OR WAS IT UNDER THE BOAT?

NO, NEVER DID SEE THE

BODY. AIN'T SEEN IT YET.

OH, NO!

THERE, THERE, NOW.

EVERYTHING'S ALL RIGHT.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU SHOULD

KEEP VERY WARM AND QUIET.

I TRIED TO PULL:

HER BACK.

MRS. EMERSON,

WE KNOW ALL ABOUT THAT.

MRS. EMERSON?

WHAT?

I'M AN INVESTIGATOR.

I'VE JUST BEEN GETTING A STATEMEN ABOUT THE WRECK FROM MR. FOLGER.

HE WAS THE ONLY WITNESS. YOU'RE

VERY FORTUNATE, MRS. EMERSON.

IT WAS A BAD ACCIDENT.

NOW, YOUR SISTER CAME UP HERE TO

VISIT YOU YESTERDAY, DIDN'T SHE?

AND YOU TOOK HER SAILING?

SHE'S ALL CONFUSED. I

THINK YOU OUGHT TO LEAVE HER BE.

YEAH, MAYBE SO.

MRS. EMERSON,

TRY AND THINK OF MR. BILL.

THINK OF HIS FEELINGS

IF IT HAD BEEN YOU.

YOU KNOW BILL BEST, EBEN.

YOU TALK TO HER.

RIGHT.

JUST WANT TO TALK TO YOU

A LITTLE, MRS. EMERSON.

EVER SINCE IT HAPPENED,

YOU BEEN LYING HERE,

CRYING FOR BILL:

OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

YOU KEEP SAYING,

"I TRIED TO SAVE HER."

BILL AIN'T GOING TO BLAME YOU, MRS. EMERSON.

YOU GOT TO GET THAT THROUGH YOUR HEAD.

YOU GOT TO LOOK AT I THIS WAY.

IF THE GOOD LORD HAD WANTED

TO TAKE YOU INSTEAD OF HER,

WHY, HE'D HAVE DONE IT.

I WAS REAL FOND OF

YOUR SISTER.

GUESS I DIDN' SHOW IT MUCH, BUT I WAS.

BUT BILL ALWAYS LOVED YOU,

NEVER HER.

MAYBE THAT'S WHY

YOU WERE SPARED.

THERE AIN'T NO ARGUING

THE WILL OF THE LORD.

SO YOU GET WELL:

AND STRONG NOW, MRS. EMERSON,

AND BE A GOOD WIFE TO BILL.

SHE'D HAVE WANTED IT THAT WAY. I

KNOWED HER WELL ENOUGH TO SAY THAT.

EBEN, MR. LINDLEY'S

OUT HERE.

ALL RIGHT.

I'M GOING TO LEAVE YOU NOW,

BUT YOU JUST KIND OF BE THINKING

OVER WHAT I JUST TOLD YOU.

YOU CAN TALK TO HER NOW.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

I WON'T TALK TO YOU VERY LONG,

DEAR. I DON'T WANT TO TIRE YOU.

CAN YOU UNDERSTAND ME, PAT?

BILL IS COMING HOME.

I'VE BEEN WAITING ALL AFTERNOON

FOR AN ANSWER TO MY WIRE,

AND IT JUST GOT HERE.

HE ARRIVES IN NEW YORK

BY PLANE... FRIDAY.

FRIDAY.

I WAS SURE WE WERE GOING TO

BE LATE, BUT I GUESS WE'RE NOT.

I MUST LOOK A SIGH AFTER THAT DRIVE.

WELL, FRANKLY, UNDER

THE CIRCUMSTANCES,

I DON'T THINK BILL EXPECTS YOU

TO LOOK LIKE A RAVING BEAUTY.

PAN AMERICAN:

AIRWAYS FLIGHT NUMBER 7

NOW ARRIVING AT GATE TWO.

IS THAT BILL'S PLANE?

YES. YES, IT IS.

FREDDIE?

FREDDIE, I... I FEEL RATHER

SEEDY. I THINK I'LL HAVE A DRINK.

YOURS IS A MARTINI,

ISN'T IT, PAT?

YES, FREDDIE.

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

THANK YOU.

ONE MARTINI, PLEASE.

ONE MARTINI.

WELL, THERE IT IS.

YOU STAY HERE:

AND HAVE YOUR DRINK.

I'LL GET BILL,

AND WE'LL BE BACK.

BILL!

HELLO, PAT.

YOU REALLY SHOULDN'T HAVE BOTHERED

TO COME DOWN HERE TO MEET ME.

OH, OF COURSE I'D MEE YOU. DON'T BE SILLY.

I'M TERRIBLY SORRY

ABOUT KATE.

I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND IF WE

STAY IN NEW YORK FOR A FEW DAYS

SO I CAN STRAIGHTEN OU SOME OF HER THINGS.

OH, THAT'LL FIT IN WITH MY PLANS.

I'VE GOT SOME WORK TO DO HERE.

DID YOU HAVE:

A PLEASANT TRIP?

GOOD AFTERNOON,

MRS. EMERSON.

GOOD AFTERNOON, ELISE.

HELLO, MRS. JOHNSON.

I'M SO SORRY, MY DEAR. THANK YOU.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO UPSTAIRS? WE

HAVE YOUR OLD ROOM ALL READY FOR YOU.

OH, NO. NO, THANK YOU. I THINK WE'LL

ALL STAY DOWN HERE AND HAVE A DRINK.

I KNOW I'D LIKE ONE.

HOW ABOUT YOU, FREDDIE?

WELL, NOT FOR ME, THANK YOU.

I HAVE A BUSINESS APPOINTMENT.

OH, BUT YOU SIMPLY

CAN'T LEAVE US.

WELL, I'LL DROP AROUND

TOMORROW, IF I MAY.

WELL, YOU'RE BEING

DREADFULLY UNSOCIAL.

GOOD-BYE, OLD MAN. CALL ME

IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN DO.

THANKS A LOT FOR

YOUR HELP, FREDDIE.

IT'S ALL RIGHT.

SEE YOU TOMORROW, FREDDIE.

OK, PAT.

SHALL WE GO IN THE LIBRARY?

CERTAINLY.

YOU KNOW, IT REALLY

HIT FREDDIE.

I'VE NEVER SEEN HIM

QUITE THIS WAY BEFORE.

I KNOW:

JUST HOW HE FEELS.

IT'S VERY STRANGE

FOR ME WITHOUT KATE.

WOULD YOU LIKE A SCOTCH?

YOU KNOW I DRINK

BOURBON, PAT.

OH, YES, OF COURSE.

YOU LOOK TIRED, BILL.

I WAS THINKING OF KATE.

YOU KNOW, I CAN'T BELIEVE

SHE'S GONE, SOMEHOW.

I DIDN'T KNOW SHE MEAN SO MUCH TO YOU.

WE WERE VERY GOOD FRIENDS.

DOESN'T MEAN THAT I WAS

IN LOVE WITH HER.

SHE KNEW THAT.

HOW DO YOU KNOW?

WELL, SHE... SHE TOLD ME,

JUST BEFORE THE WEDDING.

BILL, I'VE MISSED YOU

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