His Kind of Woman Page #3

He knows you, doesn't he?

Well, he thought so.

I don't know, maybe he does.

Wherever I am, I sing at the drop of a hat.

- Even if you have to supply the hat.

- Exactly.

Will that dance offer still be good

in an hour?

- You could try me.

- All right.

- I'm sorry.

- You're sorry?

I should look where I'm going.

Say, you're new around here, aren't you?

I'm Mark Cardigan.

- Dan Milner.

- Oh, how are you?

Say, Milner, do you like to hunt?

I'm looking for just one man

to come down here who likes to hunt.

- Yeah, I like to hunt.

- You do? Let me tell you something.

I've hunted them in the Sierras

and the best lands of Wyoming and Idaho.

I've chased them over Canada and Alaska,

and I thought they were big.

But down here? Down here they've got

the daddies of them all.

Deer?

A 12-point buck drove me crazy for a week.

Yesterday, I nailed him.

How about the two of us taking a whack

at his brother tomorrow?

- You got a grudge against the family?

- Mark.

Mark.

I got a little Winchester.

If it feels right to you, I'd like you to use it.

- The kind of shooting you get down here...

- You're being paged.

Yeah.

I'll talk to you later.

Don't you get away from me.

- Hello, Mark.

- Hello, my darling.

Not here.

Later, when we're alone.

Mark, why didn't you write to me?

I have money.

I wouldn't have blackmailed you.

Come on, darling. Does anything else

matter, now that you're here?

Tell me all about yourself. You know, this is

the most wonderful place in the world.

You should see the buck

I killed yesterday.

You'll see the pictures as soon as

Morro gets them in his album.

He's making a scrapbook

of everything I kill.

Yes, he mentioned it.

He also said that given the time

and ammunition...

...you might very likely rid the world

of all animal life.

I'm like the plague down here.

I know you were trying to needle me

just now, but you can't do it.

Of all the women in the world...

...you're the only one who ever

loved me for my real self.

Look at that.

What does that remind you of?

- The ocean.

- Don't you remember Miami...

...and the first time we ever met,

and I told you...?

All right, all right.

It was St. Moritz, and you skied badly...

...but that night you sang

to the accompaniment of a zither.

That's better.

I've forgotten a lot of things,

but you'll never be one of them.

Come on, let's open a bottle

and celebrate your coming.

Senor Cardigan is the greatest

of all cinema actors.

Only today he favored me

with his autograph...

...inscribed upon

an American 10-dollar bill.

Yeah, it was a gift.

Naturally, now I can't spend it.

- That's tough.

- Yes.

What are you gonna do

with that bottle?

Oh, excuse me.

I have to put it on ice.

I'm warning you,

he will make us trouble.

I know the type. He will move first

and think about it afterward.

I don't think so. Within 24 hours...

You stick to your chess.

I'll take care of him.

Mr. Morro, please.

- Yes?

- Hello, Morro? This is Milner.

Look, I may go social. Who has the cabin

next to mine, toward the lodge?

I believe a Mr. Thompson

is your neighbor, sir.

You wouldn't know a thing

about Thompson...

...or his friend Krafft, would you?

Mr. Thompson is, I believe,

a public-relations man.

Mr. Krafft is a writer.

Beyond that, I know nothing.

Is everything all right, senor?

I'll let you know.

What's Krafft's cabin number?

- Mr. Krafft is in cabin one.

- Thank you.

What is it you want?

I'd like to have a little chat

with you and your friend Thompson.

You have either an honestly mistaken idea

about me or you are a crazy man.

I don't know you, and I can't help you.

What about Thompson?

Do you know him?

- No.

- Now, I think we can do business.

Look, I don't like this

any better than you do.

Now, tell me, what happens and when?

I don't know why you are here.

I don't know why I'm here.

One must wait. One needs patience

when dealing with certain kinds of men.

- I recommend it to you strongly.

- I'm all out of patience. You're gonna...

Okay, so you've got the difference.

I wonder if you're prepared to use it.

- I see no reason why I should.

- That's where you're wrong.

I want information, and I'm beginning

not to care how I get it.

Why don't you cool off.

- That could be a mistake.

- I don't think so.

You're welcome

to all the information I've got.

My job is to keep you and Krafft here.

That's all I know.

Within 24 hours,

somebody will be coming in.

They'll tell you why you're here.

The more I hear, the less I like.

In fact, the less I believe.

Oh, well, you can believe this.

Ten thousand dollars.

If you don't mind, my friend Mr. Krafft

and I were about to play some chess.

I'm gonna ask you one more question

you won't answer.

Why was I tabbed for this?

Maybe because you never

got in bad trouble the wrong way.

You mean with the federal police?

I doubt if they'd give you $50,000

for a misdemeanor.

Look, Milner, I'm ignorant.

Happy to be that way.

Just how ignorant are you?

That Brent girl, for instance.

Is she in this?

This is no time to get

mixed up with a woman, Milner.

Especially someone else's woman.

XFO calling Tropic. XFO calling Tropic.

Come in, please.

This is Tropic. This is Tropic.

Go ahead.

Nick, what's keeping you? Go ahead.

We're in a bad storm.

You'll get it in a few hours.

What's wrong, Thompson? Go ahead.

Milner's getting jumpy.

He may try to leave. Go ahead.

Don't let him. Keep him there.

You know how. Go ahead.

Right. Better contact me in code

from now on. XFO over and out.

Hi.

Will you open this for me?

Thanks.

I hear your friend Cardigan caught a fish.

I devoted half the morning

to watching him do it.

He and Morro are photographing it now.

You don't like fish?

On a plate with fancy sauce

and white wine.

- Somebody's gotta kill them for you.

- Not Mark. His fish are stuffed, not eaten.

Here, watch this. I used to be

the best back my college ever had.

Well, look at that.

This is something your husband can't do.

I'm a little out of practice.

I used to be able to do 20 of those...

...for a pretty little thing like you.

Love comes to Wall Street.

Don't be so cynical. Here.

Put some oil on my back, will you?

Go on.

That's nice. You've got good hands.

You like it nice, don't you?

I always had everything nice.

My grandfather had more money than he

could count, but you'd like him in spite of it.

I could like him for it.

He gave me a million dollars

just so he could say...

...every guy I met was after my money.

And were they?

He'd have loved you for that snide crack.

Are you going to the movie tonight?

It's Mark's latest.

Why not?

That was real nice.

- You should've been a masseur instead.

- Instead of what?

Instead of whatever it is you do

when you're not at Morro's Lodge.

Oh, I make a little bet on the horses

now and then, but I play cards mostly.

I have an old-maid aunt who

does the same thing.

Well, for what it's worth,

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