Between Two Worlds Page #3

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IT'S LUCKY.

O.K.

I'M SUPERSTITIOUS.

LAUGH, JOE, LAUGH.

ALL I KNOW IS:

I'M A GUY

THAT WAS TORPEDOED

THREE TIMES-

THREE TIMES, AND HERE

I AM TO TELL THE TALE.

YES, SIR, THIS HOHOKUS

IS GOING TO TAKE ME

RIGHT BACK TO A CERTAIN

LITTLE PIER IN NEW YORK,

TO A CERTAIN LITTLE WIFE

NAMED CONNIE:

WITH A CERTAIN LITTLE

SOMETHING IN HER ARMS.

WELL, FOR CRYING

OUT LOUD,

TALK. SAY SOMETHING.

YOU CAN TALK,

CAN'T YOU?

WHAT IS IT?

DON'T YOU...

DON'T YOU KNOW?

DON'T I KNOW WHAT?

DON'T YOU

REMEMBER ANYTHING?

WHAT ARE YOU:

TALKING ABOUT?

THE RAID.

YEAH, YEAH,

THE RAID. SO WHAT?

WE GOT HERE ON TIME,

DIDN'T WE?

SPIT IT OUT.

I DON'T KNOW

HOW TO TELL YOU.

EXCUSE ME.

WON'T YOU ALL GO DOWN

TO DINNER NOW?

HEY, STEWARD?

YES, SIR?

ANSWER ME YES OR NO.

IS EVERYTHING O.K.?

WHAT, SIR?

WHY, CERTAINLY.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

NOTHING. NOTHING.

COME HERE. I WANT TO

SEE YOU ABOUT SOMETHING.

THAT COUPLE-

THEY'RE KIND OF NERVOUS.

COZY THEM ALONG.

MAKE THEM FEEL GOOD,

YOU KNOW, CHEERY.

I UNDERSTAND, SIR.

RELY ON ME.

O.K.

SO LONG, KIDS.

RELAX NOW.

JUST RELAX.

JUST LEAVE EVERYTHING

TO HOHOKUS,

AND IT'LL BE ALL RIGHT.

JUST RELAX.

I'M AFRAID YOU'VE

DISTURBED HIM, HENRY.

YOU SEE,

HE DOESN'T KNOW.

THE REST OF THEM,

THEY DON'T KNOW EITHER.

WHO ARE YOU?

THE STEWARD.

HOW DO YOU MEAN:

"STEWARD"?

WHY, I'M HERE TO TAKE

CARE OF THEM AND YOU.

IT'S MY JOB.

WHY DON' THE OTHERS KNOW?

WHY DON'T THEY UNDERSTAND?

WE DID.

WELL, IT WAS DIFFEREN WITH YOU, WASN'T IT?

AFTER ALL,

YOU WERE FULLY AWARE

OF WHA YOU WERE DOING.

YES, IT'S TRUE...

BUT THE SAILOR,

THE OTHERS,

THEY THINK THEY'RE ALIVE

ON AN OCEAN VOYAGE.

WHY DON'T YOU

TELL THEM?

AND SHOCK THEM? THROW THEM INTO PANIC?

NO. THEY HAVE TO FIND OUT FOR THEMSELVES

IN THEIR OWN TIME,

IN THEIR OWN WAY.

THAT'S WHY

WE TAKE PAINS-

THEIR LUGGAGE,

EVERYTHING IN ORDER.

WE TRY TO:

REASSURE THEM,

GIVE THEM NO SIGN.

BUT THAT'S NOT RIGHT,

NOT FAIR.

IT WILL BE KINDER

TO TELL THEM NOW.

I CAN'T.

I MUSTN'T.

THEN I WILL.

YOU WON'T, HENRY.

WHAT RIGHT HAVE YOU

TO STOP ME?

NONE. NONE AT ALL.

BUT YOU WON'T,

HENRY.

WON'T YOU JOIN

THEM ALL AT DINNER?

NO! NO!

I WISH YOU WOULD,

HENRY.

YOU WILL SEE HOW THINGS

ARE MANAGED HERE.

YOU MIGH EVEN HELP ME.

HELP YOU?

WHY DO YOU ASK ME

TO HELP YOU?

I DIDN'T.

I JUST THOUGH YOU MIGHT WANT TO.

TELL ME...

WILL YOU TELL ME

ONE THING NOW?

IF I CAN.

WHERE-WHERE ARE WE

SAILING FOR?

WHERE ARE YOU:

SAILING FOR?

TO HEAVEN:

AND TO HELL.

DOES THA SEEM STRANGE?

YOU'LL SOON UNDERSTAND, MY DEAR.

IN A WAY, THEY ARE REALLY

BOTH THE SAME PLACE.

HEY, WHAT ARE YOU

DOING HERE, HIDING OUT?

JUST SITTING.

WHY DON'T YOU GO

DOWNSTAIRS AND EAT?

WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF?

BUT I LIKE IT HERE

AT NIGHT.

EVERYONE LIKES A BI OF NATURE NOW AND THEN.

MESELF, I'VE ALWAYS

LIVED IN THE CITY,

BUT WHA I REALLY WANTED

WAS A COTTAGE BY THE SEA WITH A GARDEN-

A REGULAR GARDEN WITH

GERANIUMS AND ROSES.

YEAH.

TELL ME...

YOU'VE BEEN SITTING HERE

FOR SOME TIME,

HAVEN'T YOU?

I HAVE.

DID YOU SEE ANY OTHER

PASSENGERS AROUND HERE?

NO.

ANY OF THE, UH,

SHIP'S CREW,

OFFICERS, ANYBODY?

MY, YOU'RE VERY INQUISITIVE, AREN'T YOU?

HAVE YOU SEEN THEM?

WHY, NO, BUT WHY

SHOULD THAT DISTURB YOU?

WE SHOULDN'T BE ONES

TO FUSS AND FRE:

OVER LITTLE THINGS,

SHOULD WE?

NOW, I KNOW

THE VERY THING:

THAT WILL SET EVERYTHING

RIGHT FOR YOU AGAIN.

YOU DO? WHAT?

A GOOD HOT MEAL.

ISN' THAT THE TRUTH?

LADY, YOU GOT ME DOWN

TO A TEE.

YOU KNOW WHA I'M GOING TO DO?

I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU

TAKE ME DOWN TO DINNER.

NOW, I INSIST.

YOU'RE SENSITIVE,

YOU'RE SHY,

EASILY OFFENDED.

NOW CONFESS.

ISN'T IT SO?

MY GOODNESS, LADY.

YOU HIT I RIGHT ON THE HEAD.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I GE TO FEELING SO SENSITIVE,

I COULD BUST OUT CRYING.

ONLY OF COURSE,

FUNDAMENTALLY,

I'M A JOLLY SWEET CUSS

BY DISPOSITION.

ALL RIGHT, LADY,

COME ON.

I'LL LET YOU MAKE ME

TAKE YOU DOWN TO DINNER.

PLEASE, HENRY,

STAY WITH ME ALONE.

YOU SAID I JUST A WHILE AGO.

A WORLD:

ALL TO OURSELVES.

YOU SAID IT.

YES, I KNOW, BUT WHA CAN THEY DO TO US HERE?

HOW CAN:

THEY HARM US?

THEY CAN STILL:

SEPARATE US.

I LOVE YOU, DARLING.

YOU MUSTN'T BE

AFRAID.

I'M NOT AFRAID...

NOT WHEN I'M WITH YOU.

THAT'S MY GIRL.

MY ANN.

LOVE IN BLOOM.

HOW OLD ARE YOU?

EIGHT? NINE?

GOOD EVENING.

DON'T YOU EAT?

DON'T YOU HAVE TO

BOTHER WITH IT?

IS IT TOO SORDID?

IS IT TRUE WHAT THEY SAY,

HONEY?

IS IT TRUE?

THE WAY IT FEELS,

I MEAN.

IS IT ALL:

IT'S CRACKED UP TO BE?

DOES IT PAY?

I IMAGINE:

I WOULDN'T KNOW.

I...I DON'T-

NEVER MIND.

LET'S LET IT GO.

I'M JUST A SUCKER

FOR THE REAL THING

WHEN I SEE IT.

SHE'S UNHAPPY,

HENRY.

I LIKED HER.

DO YOU THINK SHE WOULD

DO YOU OR US ANY HARM?

I DON'T THINK SO.

DO YOU THINK:

THE OTHERS WOULD?

I DON'T KNOW.

OH, ANN, COME

TO DINNER WITH ME.

YOU'LL SEE THERE'S

NOTHING TO BE AFRAID OF.

A TOAST. A TOAST.

THIS FEELS LIKE:

A REGULAR OCCASION,

A BENEFIT.

I WISH I HAD BROUGH MY TUXEDO WITH ME.

I GOT ONE.

SOME CLASS.

THE WHOLE GRAND DINING SALOON

JUST TO OURSELVES.

A TOAST.

EVERYBODY LIFT UP

THEIR GLASSES.

EVERYBODY.

EVERYBODY! COME ON.

YOU CAN GET INTO THE SPIRIT,

CAN'T YOU?

O.K.

BUNCH OF SOURPUSSES.

THE MINUTE:

I OPEN UP MY MOUTH,

SOMEBODY GIVES ME

A DIRTY LOOK. O.K.

DIDN'T GO SO WELL,

DID IT?

BENJAMIN?

EXCUSE ME.

YES, MY DEAR?

I WAS SAYING WE JUST MISSED MR. LINGLEY

LAST AUTUMN AT LADY

THORNTON'S, DIDN'T WE?

OH, DEAR. MR. LINGLEY,

YOU MUST FORGIVE ME.

I COULDN'T HELP

OVERHEARING:

YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY

TO WASHINGTON.

SO ARE WE.

HOMES FOR BRITISH CHILDREN

OVERSEAS, YOU KNOW.

GREAT WORK. VITAL CAUSE.

MY HUSBAND IS CHAIRMAN

OF THE BOARD.

ALL THOSE DEAR CHILDREN

DEPENDING ON US SO.

SPEAK UP.

SAY SOMETHING.

HMM?

ENTER INTO:

THE CONVERSATION.

DON'T BE AFRAID.

DON'T WORRY

ABOUT ME, LADY.

YOU JUST STICK TO YOUR

GERANIUMS AND ROSES.

WHO'S

YOUR FRIEND?

PICKUP.

WHAT'S

SHE AFTER?

TAKES A FRIENDLY

INTEREST.

THINKS I'M SHY.

YOU CERTAINLY GO A LOVELY MOPE ON.

YOU LOOK KIND OF DREAMY

YOURSELF TONIGHT.

MY STYLE.

HEY, THAT DRESS.

MAXI, WHAT GOES ON

BEHIND THOSE:

GLITTERING EYES?

GO AWAY FROM ME,

DARLING.

TALK. TALK TO

YOUR FRIEND.

LEAVE ME ALONE.

BABY, WHAT KIND

OF MONKEY BUS-

WHO ARE THEY?

LOVE IN BLOOM.

I'VE SEEN THEM BEFORE,

BOTH OF THEM.

YEAH.

SURE.

THE STEAMSHIP OFFICE.

I'M GLAD YOU CAME,

HENRY.

I HAVE A TABLE:

FOR YOU HERE.

GO ON. READ IT.

READ IT.

"HEAR YE, HEAR YE.

"TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN,

"THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

TAKES GREAT JOY AND PRIDE

"IN ANNOUNCING

THAT THE MERGER:

"OF CONNIE MULLER

AND PETE MUSICK:

"HAS DECLARED

ITS FIRST DIVIDEND.

BETTY JO ANN.

WEIGHT 7 POUNDS, 3 OUNCES."

CUTE, HUH?

IT'S MY IDEA.

I TALK TOO MUCH,

DON'T I?

WHY DOES EVERYBODY HAVE TO KNOW

I GOT A WIFE AND KID?

INTIMATE:

PERSONAL DETAILS.

LISTEN,

MY WIFE JUST BIRTHED.

I GOT A KID,

AND I NEVER EVEN SAW IT.

I CAN'T SIT. I CAN'T EAT.

I CAN'T DRINK.

I PESTER THEM.

I MAKE THEM GIVE ME

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