Because of You Page #7

They phoned me the telegram.

Kim is sure going to be surprised.

You're going to be surprised at her too.

Like a different child.

Yes .. she seems so.

Kind of a blow to my ego.

Does she talk about me?

Well ..

Not so much lately.

She and that Miss Marvel

are like Siamese twins.

I must say I thought the woman was

all wrong at first, catering to Kim.

But maybe that's what she needed.

Not that you don't cater to her, but ..

From a woman it seems

to make a difference.

Step on it, will you George.

Kim.

Kim!

Daddy .. Daddy!

Daddy!

Kim, where are you?

Daddy, you're home, you're home!

I didn't know you were coming.

Neither did I until a few days ago.

Now let me look at you.

Oh great, great. Come on.

Well, who is this?

I have lots of playmates now.

Their mothers don't

mind at all if they come.

Why, that's wonderful. There you go.

Don't you think I look good?

Out of this world, angel. George,

will you bring those things up.

I must meet Miss Marvel and tell her so.

She went shopping with aunt Susan.

Wait until you see what

I've brought you.

Seems you bought up the whole of Paris.

Here we are, that's for you.

Got something here for everybody.

George .. that's for you.

Thanks.

And this is for cook. And these

two are for the downstairs too.

Thank you, I'll tell them.

That's for you, Trudy.

Judy.

I'm sorry. I've even got

one for Miss Marvel.

Oh, isn't it beautiful?

You like it, huh?

- Thank you, Daddy. Thanks.

Kim!

- There is Marvy now.

Let's surprise her and hide.

Come on, Daddy.

- Hiding is a silly game.

No it isn't.

We play it all the time. Marvy likes it.

Well, if you're going you've got to take

all these things with you. Pick them up.

Kim.

Judy.

Now I wonder where those children are?

I bet they're under the bed.

No.

I know, they're in the dresser.

They're not in that drawer.

And not in that drawer.

In the drawer?

Maybe they're in the closet.

Oh no. That would be too easy.

But we can look.

Look, I'm here. My Daddy.

Daddy, this is Marvy.

What's the matter?

Aren't you going to say hello to Marvy?

He brought you a present.

Thank you.

Don't you like Marvy?

I love her.

Kim, go outside and play.

Go on, Judy. You too.

Kim doesn't know who she is.

She knows her only as "Marvy".

What were you thinking of?

You know what Kim means to me.

Nobody is trying to take her

away from you, Steve.

She is. She already has.

She's not going to get away with it.

Why?

Why did you ever permit it?

It had something to do with pity.

I felt sorry for her, and for Kim.

- And for me?

I feel sorry for you, too.

You don't face realities.

It is over. Done.

Nothing will bring us together again. Do

not say that's not what you had in mind.

Sometimes Steve, I think you and I should

have been one person instead of two.

Your physical strength and

brains and my softness.

As one person we'd have been great.

But split up, we're both ineffectual.

Where are you going?

I have to tell her something.

What did you tell her

when she came here?

That it was to be a temporary

arrangement until you came home.

And that she was not let Kim

know that she's her mother.

Somehow, even Philip understood it.

Their one chance to know each other.

Well they've had it. I'm home.

There is no need to tell her.

Just send on her things.

Kim.

Is Daddy still mad?

- No, dear. Of course not.

Everything is going to be fine now.

But why did he act so funny?

Well ..

You know, some people just

don't like to be surprised.

Or maybe he thought I was

quite different than what I am.

Maybe he thought I was

big and jolly and fat.

You're perfect. He's silly.

Anyway, he's gotten over it.

That's good.

I got to go and play now. See you later.

Kim.

You know, you haven't kissed me all day.

But you love frankfurters.

Not any more.

Let's play the moron game

some more, shall we?

I know one. Why did the moron take the

cream and sugar with him to the movies?

Because he was going to see a cereal.

Dr Travers, I'm Steve Kimberly.

- Good evening.

I appreciate you coming. With Kim's

own doctor away we're concerned.

I don't think there is

any need for concern.

[ Record player:
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"Once upon a time there

was a Princess who was.."

"The prettiest creature in the world."

"And because she was so beautiful."

"She was called Angel Face."

"She always wore a crown of flowers."

"And her dresses were embroidered

with diamonds and pearls."

Kim.

Kim, here is the nice

doctor I told you about.

Hello.

How do you do.

Better shut that off now, dear.

I don't mind hearing the rest of it.

Suppose I check with

you when I come down?

Anything I wanted to know,

Kim can tell me.

That's a lovely child you have.

Very friendly if one takes the pains.

Thank you. Would you

like some coffee, doctor?

Please.

Thank you.

I found nothing wrong with

your daughter physically.

A little thin. But loss of weight

usually goes with loss of emotion.

Of course. Of emotion.

Loss of love.

Whatever you want to call it.

Thank you.

Oh, I'm interrupting. Please go

right ahead with your dinner.

No, I've already finished, thank you.

Well, I have no cure for your

daughter's present illness.

Not in this bag anyway.

She has no mother, she tells me.

She wants one, very much.

This Miss ..

Marvel.

Seems to the closest to a mother

that she's recently known.

Therefore it is the

second great loss to her.

Twice losing a person that

she's felt most secure with.

Well, this is no

reflection on your love.

A feminine love is

important to all of us.

Man as well as child.

Did ..

Did Kim say I sent Miss Marvel away?

No.

Kim is angry ..

But not with you.

But with fate for depriving her

of so much, so often, so young.

That deprives all of us.

How can you prevent it?

If a doll is lost, a child cries for it.

Are you sure that another

doll can be loved?

I don't ..

Kim doesn't want another one.

We've had three nurses

since Miss Marvel left.

They won't stay a day.

For as long as you go on discarding

each new nurse that comes along ..

Why shouldn't she?

But if you show Kim that you're ..

Strong enough to reach for love again.

I'm sure she will, too.

Well, I've got to go.

Goodbye, Mr Kimberly.

I would like to see her

and talk to her again.

I'll call in a day or two.

All that is of course, if the

doll is irretrievably lost.

She is.

Goodbye.

- Goodbye, doctor.

Sorry, I don't feel like a nightclub.

You sure you don't mind?

I prefer this.

I ..

I can't speak very well in

competition with trombones.

There is a lot I want to tell you.

I'm afraid you find me cold

and unresponsive at times.

Well, you've ..

Had a lot on your mind.

But it's time I got it off.

If you'll just be patient with me.

You see, when I went off to Europe.

I thought I was getting on pretty well.

I'd forgot my one failure at marriage.

And recently, it was

all stirred up again.

Miss Marvel?

I know, Steve.

What I didn't guess,

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