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I've ever known.

I've met other men but I...

I do hope you'll forgive me,

Miss Martin, if I...

If it weren't so terribly important,

I wouldn't dare.

Tell me...

Are you in love with my son?

Yes.

This may seem a little silly to you.

Very often it seems silly to me.

But ours is an old fashioned family.

And I'm an old fashioned woman and...

Well.

Robert wouldn't think of marrying

without my consent.

He has it now.

You mean he wants to marry me?

With all his heart...and mine.

Just one last thing.

I want to be completely honest with you.

There are...

There are certain traits in Robert

that you may not

They're nothing really evil, believe me.

He just sometimes forgets

his sense of responsibility, that's all.

And that's why I'm so glad that

you're the kind of person you are.

Between us

we will make him strong.

I can't believe he's really so very...

He isn't at all. It's just...

I won't stay out of this room

another second.

You want to know I drank four glasses

of water in the kitchen.

That's enough water for anybody.

We had a very nice talk

Abigail and I

Your mother's been warning me

against you.

Oh, that. I can tell you much worse

things about me than she can.

You see, I know more about the subject.

What I do want to know is,

is there any hope for me?

I think if I were you, I'd throw

myself on the mercy of the court.

What's the verdict, your honor?

That wasn't such an ordeal, was it?

An ordeal? Why...

I had the most pleasant afternoon

I've ever known.

I have an idea Mother will say

about the same thing.

I wish you'd do me a favor.

There's something very important

I think I ought to do.

Right now. A place I ought to go to.

I'd like you to go with me.

It's a cafe.

Not a very shabby place really.

Just a cafe but...

Somehow I'd like to go there

for the last time with you.

To say good bye to everything

it stands for.

Will you go with me?

To say good bye?

With pleasure.

It's kind of a hangout for gamblers.

Bookmakers and such.

Bookmakers?

You don't know what a bookmaker is?

This is one for Ripley.

A bookmaker is a fellow who

takes your bets on the races.

When I think of the things

they didn't tell me in Vermont.

Do we go?

Yes.

Your horse was disqualified.

This is really getting me down.

I've already got 14 losers.

Well, now you've seen the worst.

This is the den of iniquity I used to

spend such a lot of time in.

But why do they have to make it

so uncomfortable for themselves?

Why does it have to be so full of smoke?

-It's a law.

Don't ask me why but it's a law.

I suppose I'll learn.

You don't have to for my sake.

I'm through with it.

You do believe me, don't you?

I do.

Because I really am.

Look, there's Teddy Jordan.

Teddy Jordan, one of the fellows

I was telling you about.

Oh, the bookmaker.

The fellow who takes your bets on the...

I've seen him lose as much as twenty

thousand in one afternoon.

I've seen him lose as much as

thirty thousand in one afternoon

at the fairgrounds.

I guess I do get a little too excited

over something that I

doesn't mean anything to me anymore.

Just the same, you ought to

take a look at this Jordan.

He's quite an important character.

Which one is he? The little fellow

sitting down?

Oh no, that's a jockey that got

ruled off years ago.

The other one, the big fellow.

Oh, I see.

So that's what a bookmaker looks like.

That's what that bookmaker looks like.

Well, well, well, if it isn't

Mr. Manette.

Mr. Robert Manette himself in person.

How are you, Robert?

Hello, Simon.

Everything all right? No complaints?

Everything satisfactory?

We aim to please.

-Everything's all right, thanks.

You haven't been honoring us

with your presence lately.

But now that you've found

your way back, all is forgiven.

To err is human, to forgive divine.

Isn't that right, Miss uh...

Miss Martin. Mr. Fenimore.

How do you do, Miss Martin.

They tell me our friends, the gambaleers

are arranging on of those sucker traps

at the race track tomorrow.

You know anything about it?

-No, no.

If a fellow was sure, he could clean up.

But that's the trouble with those

dirty crooks. You never know

when they're on the level

with their crookedness.

Isn't that right, Miss Martin?

I don't know what you're talking about.

Maybe Robert can explain it to you.

I don't think I know anybody who can

explain things more clearly

to a beautiful woman than Robert.

Would you excuse us please, Simon?

You mean you want me to leave?

Is that it?

That's it.

I have to get back to the paper anyway.

Lot of good stories to write.

Fire of mysterious origin,

bad boy meets good girl

damage estimated at ten thousand dollars

You'd be surprised what an

interesting life a reporter leads.

Why don't you run along?

I'll walk if you don't mind.

I got to hand it to you, Robert.

You certainly know how to pick them.

You're getting way out of line, Simon.

I didn't mean anything.

See you later. Good bye Miss Martin.

I'm sorry I...

He isn't really

a friend of yours, is he?

No, he's just one of those fellows I've

been getting myself mixed up with.

That's why I've made up my mind.

You do believe me, don't you,

that I'm through with all this?

I do.

I'll never forget how excited

she was that day.

She was

She was radiant.

The first six months we were married

were so sweet

and gentle and happy.

We kept completely to ourselves.

Robert, his mother and me.

We didn't need anybody else.

For the longest while

I'd forget to smile

then I met you

Now that my blue days have passed

Now that I've found you at last

I'll be loving you always

With a love that's true always.

When the things you've planned

need a helping hand

I will understand

always.

Days may not be fair

always

That's when I'll be there

always

Not for just an hour

Not for just a day

Not for just a year

But always.

Poor thing. She thought all her worries

about Robert were over.

And then, actually, overnight

everything changed.

Just two days after I'd seen her

burn the trousers

I saw her go up the stairs to her room.

Robert had been arrested

and was held without bail.

Charged with murder.

She knew then that there was

nothing to do but

fight back with all available means.

To start with, there was the money.

Nobody must ever be able to find it.

The following day, Mrs. Manette

came home very late.

She'd gone to see a lawyer to make

arrangements for Robert's defense.

And in her absence

two detectives came to the house

with a search warrant.

Mother.

There's some men here who

have been searching the house.

Mother, I...

What is the meaning of this?

Sorry, lady, but we've got a warrant;

a search warrant.

What are you searching for?

Different things.

We don't like to do this any more than

you like it, Mrs. Manette.

We've got our orders.

Why don't you look

in those portieres, Jim.

Women sometimes like to

hide things there.

OK.

Nothing there.

Nothing here. Come on, Joe.

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