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Heaven Can Wait Page #5
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- 1943
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- Yes, sir.
- Flogdell, is that -
- That's Mr. Strable.
And that spreading chestnut tree
under which Grandfather is standing?
That's Mrs. Strable.
And, uh, where's the lucky girl?
Standing beside your Aunt Minetta
with her back to us.
She's just turning round.
Charming young lady,
if I may say so.
Flogdell, I don't think
I can stand this party.
- Get my hat and coat.
- But, sir.
My hat and coat.
- Henry! There you are. Many happy returns.
- Thank you.
And now it's about time for you
to come and meet the Strables.
- Where are you going?
- Out.
I beg you to stay and behave
like a Van Cleve just once.
The Strables know it's your birthday, and they
want to congratulate you. Oh, Martha. Martha.
- Yes, Albert?
- Dearest, I want you to meet Henry Van Cleve.
This is the cousin whose birthday
we're celebrating today.
Many happy returns, Mr. Van Cleve.
- Cousin Henry.
- Cousin Henry.
- Well, here she is, Henry.
Now I've done my duty bringing some
new blood into the family. It'll be your turn next.
- That's most unlikely.
- Oh, nonsense.
All you need to do
is to meet the right girl.
That's difficult, Albert.
I'm afraid I'll never have your luck.
Yes. No question about it. I'm lucky.
Well, shall we go in?
Father Strable. Father Strable.
Don't be afraid.
I should have told him.
It would have been the thing to do.
I promise.
Thank you.
Yes, we had a secret.
The most innocent secret I ever had.
in Wannamaker's Department Store.
Hello, Mother? I'm at the hairdresser's.
Yes. Oh, yes.
Just a moment,
and I'll ask them how long it'll be.
Here was a girl lying to her mother.
Naturally, that girl interested me at once.
They say it'll take
about 15 more minutes.
I'll be home at the most
in half an hour.
Don't worry, Mother.
Good-bye.
Why was this angel lying to her mother?
I had to fiind out,
so I followed her.
But even if she hadn't lied to her mother,
I would have followed her anyway.
- May I help you, miss?
- Thank you.
I would like to see a -
Unfortunately not.
But it might make you feel a little easier...
if I tell you that I'm the one usually chosen
by the management to handle...
the more delicate situations.
As a matter of fact, they call me
"the bookworms' little mother. "
Well, it's, uh -
- Maybe I better come back some other time.
- Please, miss.
My employer is watching, and if he sees me
losing a customer, it might cost me my job.
Oh, I'm so sorry. Naturally, I wouldn't
like to deprive you of your livelihood.
Thank you again and again.
- Well, the title of the book is, uh -
- Yes?
I saw it in the corner
of the second window...
between To Have and to Hold
and When Knighthood Was in Flower.
Hmm.
There you are.
I imagine I should have called you madam.
No, it's still miss.
- But not for long, I presume.
- That's quite right.
- How much is the book?
- Oh.
We'll be only too glad to charge it if you would be
kind enough to give me your name and address.
Thank you, but I'd rather pay.
How much?
- Uh, it's very expensive.
- Oh, that's all right.
Now, this is against the interests
of Mr. Brentano...
but since I am, so to speak,
your literary confessor...
I must be honest with you.
Don't buy this book.
You don't need it.
I'll tell you something
much more appropriate for you.
Leave your nest
and fly away with me.
Well, I might buy that book too -
Well, we don't have it
but I'd love to discuss the idea with you,
and if you like it -
I'm afraid I haven't much time.
So, please, will you tell me?
How much is
How to Make Your Husband Happy?
Look at her. Dr. Blossom Franklin.
Now where could a woman like that
have found out how to make a husband happy?
You certainly don't want to
learn anything from her.
You're so charming, so young
and so beautiful.
I beg your pardon.
You shouldn't say such things.
You see, miss, when selling literature,
one gets poetic.
And you must forgive me
if I take poetic license once in a while.
I'd rather not discuss it any further,
and if you don't mind, I'd like to buy this book.
I do mind. Now, imagine
I'm the man you're going to marry.
I couldn't imagine any such thing.
Well, what's the matter with me?
You think I'm that terrible?
Please. I just came in here to buy a book.
That's all.
I understand. But for the sake of discussion,
let's say we are getting married.
Believe me. I don't want anybody
to tell you how to make me happy.
The greatest gift you could bring me
is to be just as you are - adorable.
- All I want is a book.
- Stubborn, eh?
- What?
If you don't change your attitude,
I shall have to complain to your employer.
I'm not employed here.
I'm not a book salesman.
I took one look at you
and followed you into the store.
If you'd walked into a restaurant,
If you'd walked into a burning building,
I would have become a fireman.
If you'd walked into an elevator, I would have stopped it between
two floors, and we'd have spent the rest of our lives there.
Please forgive me,
but you can't walk out of my life like that.
I think your behavior's outrageous.
It's mad.
- I must insist that you leave me at once.
- Never. Never.
Is this man annoying you, miss?
If he is, just say so. I'll take care of him.
Am I annoying you?
Tell the officer.
No. The gentlemen was just
saying good-bye.
- Well, good-bye.
- Good-bye.
This was our terrible secret.
I'm terribly sorry, Albert.
Dearest, you don't
seem to realize who's singing.
I know. Young Mrs. Cooper-Cooper.
If it were just a relative,
it wouldn't be half so embarrassing.
But Mr. Cooper-Cooper is one of
your most important clients. I haven't forgotten.
But what could I do?
I had to sneeze.
But you did it right in the middle of her aria -
and five times.
Because I had to sneeze five times.
Albert, suppose someday in the future
I had to sneeze -
Then you sneeze.
Naturally.
Don't you worry. After all,
I'm taking you for better or for worse.
Do you think
you may have to sneeze again?
- I don't know. I can't guarantee it.
- Well, then let's not take any chances.
Why don't you go in the library
and rest a while and see how things develop?
Make yourself comfortable.
Read a book.
I think I'd better go back for the encore.
Yes, dear.
- Cousin Henry.
- Yes, Cousin Martha?
You must never do anything
like that again.
Is that what you came back here
to tell me?
I think it's outrageous.
I hardly know you.
Why, even Albert,
my own fianc, never dared to -
- Kiss you?
- Of course he kissed me. Why not?
After all, we're engaged.
- But he never kissed me like that.
- Like what?
Oh, I hate you.
I hate you.
I don't even know why
I stay in the same room with you.
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