Don't Bother to Knock Page #3

- Either way. Doesn't really matter.

- Something wrong?

- No, nothing.

Mind if I sit down?

- That's a pretty negligee.

- I got it in Paris.

- Staying long?

- Where?

- New York.

- No. I'll only be here a few days.

- I'm going to South America.

- Well, now, that's funny. So am I.

You came over to flirt, didn't you?

Well, I guess that

was the general idea.

As long as you're not

grouchy about it.

Oh, I'm never grouchy.

- Ruth? Your name?

- No, it's Nell.

First initial is R.

That's my sister's suitcase.

She's out.

How are you going?

- To South America.

- Oh. By sea.

Are you really going? How?

By turtle. I own a big turtle,

I'm gonna ride on his back.

Some day I will.

I'll go and drink a lot of coffee.

I'm going to talk to all the parrots.

Maybe we'll go together, Billy.

What?

I ran out of girls like you

when I was 14.

And the name is Jed, not Billy.

What's his name? And where's my hat?

They belong to my sister's husband.

He's out of town.

I'm staying here with her.

All right, I'm sorry.

Sometimes I'm cynical.

I just focus on the simple facts.

- I like you.

- Thanks.

- I'll probably dream about you.

- Don't be rash.

What do you do in life?

Your occupation.

Are you a salesman or a businessman?

You couldn't be a businessman.

You're too young.

- I fly a fat cat to Chicago.

- No, I'm serious.

So am I. A fat cat

is a 60-passenger airplane.

- You're a pilot.

- That's right.

Anything strange about that?

Yes, that's strange.

- Did you fly a bomber during the war?

- Who didn't?

You came home and lost step.

You didn't have plans.

I thought of becoming a financier, but...

You didn't have a profession.

You said, "Why not keep on flying?"

Yeah, something like that.

"There's money in cargo

to the islands."

- You crashed in the water!

- I've cracked up sometimes.

In the ocean in '46

on the way to Hawaii.

- But you weren't killed, only lost!

- Wait. It was in Lake Michigan...

- You were rescued! You came back!

- Why get so excited about it?

- I'm Bunny. Who are you?

- This is getting real clubby.

- You go back now. Go back.

- Who are you?

The electrician. I came to fix a fuse.

The light's been on all the time.

I can see under the door.

- She yours?

- No, she doesn't belong to me.

This isn't your room. Go to sleep!

- I won't!

- Take it easy, kid.

You're a gang.

You came to steal Mother's things.

Stop that!

She's not supposed to be in here.

- That's my mother's dress!

- What?

Little girls aren't

to be up at this hour.

You can't make me.

You're only supposed to be minding me.

- Well, roll me over! So that's it.

- Please!

Ignore them and they stop.

- You're working here?

- It's just for tonight.

Sure, you're an heiress. Tomorrow

you'll ride through your estate.

- She made you say that.

- No...

...but I better leave before twins

pop out of the closet.

It's only a little after 9.

They won't be home till late.

You're a gal with a lot of variations.

- If you go, none of it can be true.

- None of what?

I don't know

what you're talking about.

None of anything.

I haven't had earrings on

for three years.

All through school,

I never had a dress to wear.

If I liked a boy,

my folks would whip me.

When I went away from them,

I didn't cry.

A month ago, I came here

on a bus from Oregon.

At night we'd pass those big trucks

with lights all over them...

...like Christmas trees.

And then I was here.

I'd walk down the street,

look in the beautiful stores.

Eddie calls it "window-wishing."

Then I got this job tonight,

and this was hanging up.

And the earrings.

I couldn't help it.

I was gonna put them back.

I've never been in a hotel before.

Here, take this.

I'm sorry I made fun of you.

Things will be better. They even up,

bad breaks, good breaks.

- Eddie says that too.

- Eddie?

My uncle. I live with him.

He runs the elevator here.

Nervous little guy?

- Yeah. He's nice sometimes.

- Sometimes?

Other times he's like my folks.

He makes me remember them.

He doesn't have any respect

what people really want.

I know what I mean.

You mean he hasn't got

an understanding heart.

Yes, that's it exactly.

He's not the way you are at all.

Female race is always

cheesing up my life.

- Girls love you.

- I'm king of the wild horses.

Honest, I like you.

- Listen. You ought to quiet her.

- She'll stop.

- She won't.

- What are you doing?

A drink of water. They say kids

always like a drink of water.

Bunny? Come on in, Bunny.

Come on, don't be scared.

It's all right, I won't hurt you.

Come on.

Thattagirl.

That's it.

That's swell.

- You scared me too.

- You're not the electrician?

No, I was joking.

I'm a friend of Nell's.

Would you like a drink of water?

Would you want me

to read you another story?

If you're frightened, that's silly.

Maybe she'd like some music.

How's that?

See? You don't have to cry

if you don't want to.

Oh, no.

I'm hot and sticky.

Come here. We'll let some air

blow on you.

You'll be cool so you can sleep.

- I'm not sleepy.

- Yes, you are.

I wanna see the people.

Look, there's a man. What's he doing?

Reading a paper.

Down there, there's a man and a woman.

- You won't cry anymore, will you?

- What are they doing?

I don't know.

- There's a man up there too.

- Don't be an old snoop.

Noisiest place I've ever known!

- I wasn't gonna fall.

- Sure, I know.

- I'm sorry I scared you again.

- You didn't.

Are you ready to go to bed yet?

Yes, ma'am.

- You better tuck her in.

- All right. You won't go yet?

Go ahead, tuck her in.

If anything dreadful's going on,

it's our duty to do something.

Don't be a peeping pansy.

Leave them alone.

You should call the house detective.

He couldn't detect

a monk in a convent.

Heaven only knows what's going on

across the way.

There's always a drink

or a laugh in the Round-up Room.

Lyn Lesley, our popular singer, is with us every night until 10.

Then we present the Rounders

and their easy-listening music.

Why not come down and join us?

Right now...

It's wicked to come between people.

- Do you have a doll at home?

- Yes. Josephine.

What if it cried and pestered

and spied on you?

You'd wanna get rid of it,

wouldn't you?

You'd have to!

You turn over and go to sleep.

Don't utter one sound.

And we'll all live happily ever after,

you and Josephine and me.

- Is that a bargain?

- Yes, ma'am.

- To the power of the press.

- Shorter and funnier editorials.

All I know is what I read

in the papers!

Ladies and gentlemen,

enjoy yourselves while you can.

The speechmaking's going

to begin in 10 minutes.

- You have no reason to leave.

- I want to.

- She'll be quiet.

- I have to be someplace by 10.

- I'll go with you.

- That won't work.

Let's dance.

Take me down to that bar.

You're supposed to be here

with that kid.

- Stay. She won't bother you.

- I can't figure you out.

You're silk on one side,

sandpaper on the other.

- I'll be any way you want me to be.

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