Carrie Page #6

- Sit with me a moment.

I got mud on my trousers.

I washed it off.

- I want to tell you something.

- It's drying.

Sit down a minute.

I'm going to have a child.

In about six months.

Carrie.

Don't worry, darling,

I feel wonderful. Really, I do.

My darling.

Is something burning, George?

Carrie.

Carrie. What have I done?

- It's all right, I can patch it.

- Patch?

How can I wear a patch?

What have I done?

Two dishwashers.

- You. Got your quarter?

- Yes, sir.

No credit. You gotta have a quarter.

If you haven't, get out.

You.

That's all.

Young man?

Could I buy that from you?

- For how much?

- Would a 10-cent profit interest you?

I been waiting in there all morning.

These things are hard to get.

Yes, I know, but I need

a day's work very badly.

I have a wife, with a child coming.

It's a sad story.

We'll keep it strictly commercial.

Would you take 50 cents for it?

Yeah, I'll take 50.

I'm Mrs Hurstwood. This is Mr O'Brien.

- How do you...?

- Is Mr Hurstwood here?

No, he isn't.

- When do you expect him?

- Why, I expect him any minute.

I'll wait.

- Good afternoon.

- Hello, Mr...

- Mr O'Brien.

- Mr Hurstwood, I trust you're well.

Yes.

- Have you met...?

- Yes.

I think we had better get right

to the business.

Yes.

You see, Mr Hurstwood, your son

is thinking of getting married.

Is he? Do I know the girl?

Get on with it, Mr O'Brien.

Yes.

My client has had a handsome offer

for her house.

It is her desire to sell and take up

residence in a modern apartment hotel.

Your signature would

permit her to do so.

- I have the papers all made out.

- Thank you.

Eleven thousand dollars.

That would be $5,500 each.

Well...

...my client had not contemplated

any division.

Your client wants to sell a house

which is our joint property.

To do so, she must have my signature.

That's the law.

To get my signature, she must

give me half of what we own.

If he doesn't sign that paper now,

Mr O'Brien,

I'll send him to jail

on a charge of bigamy.

Bigamy?

I thought you were going

to be prettier.

You...

You got your divorce.

He told me you got your divorce

a year ago.

- I will never divorce him.

- You've got to. You've got to.

Make her, George. Make her.

Mrs Hurstwood,

I understand your feelings.

But in a practical sense,

you can't make him sign.

You want that money,

and jail won't get it for you.

Well?

I think a settlement.

A portion of it, a small portion.

I'd offer him $2,500.

All right.

I'll make a bargain with you, Julia.

You always liked a bargain.

How much will you take,

Mr Hurstwood?

Give me an immediate divorce

and I'll do anything you want.

We'll institute proceedings at once.

Sign right there, Mr Hurstwood.

Carrie?

Carrie?

She's sleeping.

The doctor gave her something.

- What's the matter with her?

- She'll be all right.

Is she hurt?

You know, she lost the baby.

Let her alone for a while.

I'll be across the hall if you want me.

George?

How do you feel?

I was in the kitchen and I...

I know. I know.

It's best.

Believe me, dearest, it's for the best.

They take a great deal of care.

I know.

We don't want to bring a child into this.

You're glad, aren't you?

No, Carrie.

We'll have a baby when we can.

When it's all right.

When?

When we're rich?

When you own a great big restaurant?

When you're 80?

Carrie, don't.

Don't be angry.

I'm going to stop this slide,

you'll see.

It won't go on like this. It can't.

At my age, when you're out of work,

people think

there's something wrong with you.

That just makes it

a little harder, that's all.

When I get the chance,

I'll be better than ever.

You believe that, don't you?

I can't advise you, George.

But I know one thing.

I'm still young.

And I'm going to live. Somehow.

- Oh, look.

- All right. Mediums.

Mediums only. I said mediums.

Now, you walk right across the stage.

Heads up.

You stop in the centre

so Mr Goodman can get a look at...

No grandmothers.

We need dancers here. Let's see.

Go ahead. You flash a smile

out front and form a line.

Now you. Any experience?

Yes, I've been

in several plays in Chicago.

- What did you play?

- Camille.

- What's your name?

- Carrie...

...Madenda.

- All right, Camille.

- This fills it, Mr Goodman.

I'll keep a couple of pretty ones around.

Some of these might be flat-footed.

The rehearsal call is nine

tomorrow morning. Be on time.

You gotta be on time for

the next four weeks. Can you do that?

- Yes.

- Good.

The show opens Monday, November 4th.

Good luck and thank you all.

- Thank you.

- That means we have it?

May I walk you home, Miss Madenda?

George. Did you see the show?

I saw a lighted stage

and one person on it.

You didn't tell me

you had a speaking part.

If you can call it that. Two lines.

You did it very well.

And you looked beautiful.

The best part about it is I got a raise.

It's $18 a week now.

You can support me in luxury.

I just had a little luck, George.

That's the only difference

between us.

You ought to push your luck

and play it for all it's worth.

You ought to have good clothes

and a nice place to live.

You can make your way up

into that other world, Carrie.

The one I left.

- You mean alone?

- You're never alone up there.

It's down here where it's lonesome.

- Morning, George.

- Good morning.

Listen to this, Carrie.

"Among the passengers arriving

on the newly equipped S.S. Coronia

"are Mr and Mrs George Hurstwood Jr.

"Mrs Hurstwood was Ellen Palmerston,

daughter of Edgar Palmerston,

"founder of the Palmerston

Plough Company

"and chairman

of the Chicago Board of Trade.

"The young couple will live at Lakeview,

on the Palmerston estate."

That's my son.

We were very close once.

He's a fine boy.

Would you like to go and see him?

Well...

...I don't know.

What do you think?

I've got your other shirt washed.

I could iron it for you.

It's a long time since he saw me.

I guess we're both changed.

You look fine, George.

It might be that you and I

could even go back to Chicago.

- Leave me out of it for a while.

- Why?

Well, he must have heard

terrible things about me.

I won't leave you out of anything.

He's a man in love himself now.

He'll understand everything I've done.

This is a chance to get help. Take it.

No matter what else happens,

George, take it.

We'll see.

If things work out all right,

you can send for me later.

You'll be with me.

George.

Kiss me, George.

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

Good luck.

Ellen! George!

Oh, Ellen, darling.

- You look wonderful.

- Glad to see you.

Is there anything you can tell me

that's a little bit more colourful?

Our Sunday readers

like personal touches.

We've got the dull stuff. Two seasons

in New York, one year on the road.

Your favourite food, fights

with the director, romantic interests?

I can't think of any.

Miss Madenda, there's a gentleman

to see you from Chicago.

Curtain in five minutes.

Is it you?

It is.

- Charlie's the name.

- Charm's the game.

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