Cluny Brown Page #11

- Are you expecting a letter?

- Always.

That's what's so wonderful

about general delivery.

Letters pour into it, millions of them.

Greetings from all over the world.

Ah, you know, I've passed it many times

and I've never thought of that.

You do make one see things.

And among all those millions of letters,

there might be one for...

For us, Cluny.

It might be very disappointing,

but it might be good news.

It might come from America.

Mr Belinski, you sound as though you like me.

Cluny, if I were rich,

I would build you the most beautiful mansion,

with the most exquisite

and complicated plumbing.

And right in the middle

of the most elegant housewarming party,

I would hand you a hammer and say,

"Ladies and gentlemen,

"Madame Cluny Belinski

is about to put the pipes in their place".

Madame Belinski.

That's as good as Mrs Belinski, isn't it?

Take off that silly cap.

Take off that apron.

You will never have to serve

three meals a day again.

On the other hand,

you might not have three meals a day.

- Sometimes maybe only one.

- And sometimes maybe only none.

I don't care, so long as we eat it together,

Mr Belinski.

Just for that,

we're going to have three meals a day,

with hors d'oeuvres and champagne,

and snacks between.

You know what you've done to me?

I was going to write a book,

Morality Versus Expediency.

With luck, I might have made

barely enough money for myself.

But now, do you know what I'm going to do?

I'm going to write a bestseller.

- A murder mystery.

- A murder mystery?

- What's it going to be about?

- A murder.

- A man gets murdered.

- Who's the man?

- A rich man.

- Oh, yes.

- There's no use murdering a poor man.

- How right you are.

You see how well we work together?

- Who killed him? Who did it?

- For 365 pages, I will not know myself.

But, when on page 366 it finally comes out,

will I be surprised,

and so will millions of others!

Cluny, this book will make

enough money for both of us.

But Mr Belinski,

what if there should be three of us?

Then I'll write a sequel.

But why limit ourselves? I'll write a serial.

Oh, Mr Belinski,

I don't think I'll have much time for plumbing!

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes