High Society Page #7

Beautiful.

Okay, but you're never gonna understand.

That's nice. That's nice.

You can sing for me anytime, Tracy.

Take me upstairs, Mike.

Tracy!

Oh, hello, Georgie Porgie.

She sprained her ankle?

Not wounded, sir, but dead.

She dove in the pool. And when she

hit the water, the wine hit her.

You expect me to believe that, Connor?

I don't give a --

It's right up at the top of the stairs.

Second door to the right.

Fairies are at the bottom of my garden.

I know.

They're all ringing little bells.

Congratulations.

I wouldn't go jumping at conclusions.

This isn't all that meets the eye here.

Tracy, of all people.

Yes, Tracy, of all people.

But you don't believe.

The implications aren't exactly

what they seem.

I suppose you think it's innocent.

I'm sure the intention was innocent.

You don't know women

as well as I thought you did.

How could she do this to me?

In the morning, Tracy won't

remember a thing that happened tonight.

I think you ought to forget about it too.

Oh, you and your sophisticated ideas!

It all comes from having things

too easy all your life.

Oh, yes, it's terrible, isn't it?

If you fellas will listen to me --

You filthy --

I'm sorry, but she isn't your wife yet,

and she was mine, you know.

You okay, Connor?

I thought I'd better hit you before he did.

He's in much better shape.

You'll do.

Say, pal, just what did

happen here tonight?

Well, see, I...

Well, I guess we're really gonna

have a wedding after all.

For a while last night,

it seemed to be touch-and-go.

Shouldn't you be out front taking pictures

of the guests as they arrive?

Am I in your way?

I haven't noticed.

Look, Mike. If I ever am in your way,

don't honk.

Just run over me.

You're quite a girl, Liz.

That's the second time in the last

24 hours that a man has said that to me.

I guess I must be getting either booky,

hippy or toothy.

I'll get my Brownie and go to work.

Shut up, you fool!

Good morning, sir.

Don't scream at the top of your lungs.

I had champagne last night.

Sorry, sir.

Could I get you anything, sir?

You might give me a glass of that water.

And a new head, if you've got one.

What's going on here anyway?

I expected to find the police

and at least two hacked-up bodies.

The police, sir?

Has anything happened to Caroline?

Good morning, Willie.

Good morning.

Don't get up, dear.

Thank you. Thank you.

What is the matter with Caroline?

She's been telephoning all morning,

urging me to get here before the wedding.

She's been screaming that

it's a matter of life and death.

I don't know what's the matter with her.

She dashed in this morning,

screaming that Tracy can't marry George.

That she must marry that newspaperman.

You don't say! Why?

Yes, why?

What's Caroline's reason?

Hi, Willie. Sweetheart.

Can I have a little jam?

Yes, dear. I don't know.

Caroline must've had a nightmare

about something she thought she saw.

I'll have to keep her in her room

until after the wedding.

It must've been a bad dream.

It must've been a whizzer.

Uncle Willie, may I tell you something?

This morning

you look like a tree full of owls.

This is the sort of day that history

teaches us is better spent in bed.

Hello, everybody!

Isn't it a fine day, though?

Is everybody fine?

That's fine.

Oh, good morning, Uncle Willie.

Where is everybody?

Do you like my dress?

Oh, yes, it's quite beautiful, my dear.

It's awfully heavy.

I can't seem to get my eyes open.

Oh, Dexter! What are you doing here?

Caroline called me to come over.

She's been telephoning

everybody in the county.

Now, go home! Please do!

Oh, no, not until we get those eyes open.

And how do you feel otherwise?

Oh, I don't know

what's the matter with me. I --

I don't seem to remember last night at all.

I must've had too much sun yesterday.

Yes, the sun will do it every time.

You left the party

and came right home to bed.

I did? Thank you.

It's nice to have things accounted for.

Only, I wonder what this might be?

It appears to be

a gentleman's wristwatch.

But whose? I nearly stepped on it.

Getting out of bed?

Yes, why?

Oh, nothing.

There's another mystery.

I think I was robbed last night.

Oh, really?

Yes. My engagement ring and earrings

and bracelets are missing everywhere.

Somebody's houseguest

from New York, no doubt.

Nobody's here from New York.

I have a few little baubles here.

Where did you find them?

Don't tell me you don't remember.

Did I give them to you?

I just stumbled across them.

Sam, if you're gonna drink champagne,

you ought to take a swim.

Nothing like a swim, you know,

to open the eyes.

Now they're open.

What do you say we slip into the pantry

and have a little toddy for the body?

Medicinal.

If it gets dull around here, have Caroline

tell you about her dream. It's a dilly.

Morning.

You... You all right?

Me? Of course.

Why shouldn't I be?

You put away a gang of wine last night.

I had a simply wonderful evening.

I hope you enjoyed it too.

Oh, yes, I sure did. lndeed I did.

Especially the last part of it.

Why especially the last?

You're asking me?

Oh, you mean the swim?

We did swim and so forth, didn't we?

Yeah, we swam and so forth.

What can I say, darling?

Oh, not anything. Don't say anything.

And especially not darling.

You mean you're going through with it?

The wedding?

Why shouldn't I?

No regrets about last night?

Why should I have?

That's the stuff, Tracy.

You're wonderful!

No, Mike,

you don't know what I mean.

I'm asking you. Tell me the reason

why I shouldn't have.

No, don't. Just tell me what time it is.

I'd love to,

but I seem to have lost my watch.

You don't know how extremely sorry I am

to hear you say that.

Oh, there it is.

I ought to give you a reward.

Where'd you find it?

Let's just say I stumbled over it.

Hey, Mike.

How are you this bright

and festive morning?

That for me?

No, it's for Tracy. Would you like one?

I'd sell my grandmother for a drink.

Uncle Willie's in the pantry

doing weird and wonderful things

with various healing waters.

Can I ask for two?

Go till you run out of grandmothers.

I'll be drinking a long time.

Doctor's orders, Sam.

What is it?

Just the juice of a few fresh flowers.

It's called a stinger. Removes the sting.

Don't say that.

Why not?

Nothing can. Nothing ever will.

I've done the most terrible thing to you.

Oh, I doubt that. I doubt that very much.

I've always been so hard

on people who weren't perfect.

What am I going to do?

Well, why to me, darling?

I don't see

where I figure in this anymore.

Aren't you confusing me

with a fella named George Kittredge?

George! I've got to tell him!

He knows. He was here too.

Good grief, why didn't you sell tickets?

You better finish your drink.

What did George say last night?

Well, he was a little shaken,

but I guess he'll rally.

Oh, I'm such an unholy mess of a girl.

Oh, now, come on.

That's not even good conversation.

How'd you like my wedding present?

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