Holiday Page #6

Don't tell anyone,

but I've got a run in my stocking.

Good heavens, we're ruined.

- Not a word of this to a soul.

- No, sir. The elevator...

Is to the rear and to the right.

I'm sorry.

- Perhaps we'd better use the elevator.

- To the rear and to the right.

I think we'd better go home.

Courage, dear, courage. Remember,

we promised Johnny that we'd come.

This reminds me a little

of the palace of the Emperor Caligula.

- You remember Caligula, don't you?

- Very well, indeed.

Whatever became of him?

- To the rear...

- And to the right.

Now where?

Seems to have been

some sort of a residence at one time.

It's the Gashouse Gang, darling.

The party's downstairs.

Thank you.

Sorry to intrude.

No.

Wait a minute.

- You're Susan Elliott?

- Yes.

My married name is Potter.

No, but you lectured once at our school.

I'm Linda Seton.

- You're not.

- Yes.

- Johnny said her name was Julia.

- Julia's my sister.

- You know Johnny?

- For years.

I'm so glad to see you. Come in.

- Who's that?

- That is my husband, Nick Potter.

You can come in, too. Close the door.

Who lives here?

I live here.

I live here, in a manner of speaking.

I see.

You wouldn't eat your oatmeal this morning,

so they won't let you go to the party?

I'm the mad sister, the family problem.

The one they don't speak about.

- Yes, so was I.

- You see what happened to her.

- What?

- She had to marry me.

A professor without a cent of money.

So you'd better be a good little girl

and eat your porridge.

- Sit down, will you?

- Thank you.

- My, it's good to be home again.

- Yes, we've had quite a long walk.

- This is a shame, it really is.

- Why?

I was going to give a party tonight.

I had it all planned.

I was going to...

Well, it was a good idea.

It might have been fun.

- Your sister, Julia.

- Is she anything like you?

Don't worry, she's not at all like me.

- Haven't you met her yet?

- No.

You must. Johnny'll be glad to see you.

- But you must. It'll spoil Johnny's party.

- Definitely no.

Definitely no.

My brother, Ned.

I thought

you might want a little cheering up.

Ned, how sweet of you, how really sweet.

I'm a sweet kid. Take this back

to the orchestra leader, please.

My brother, Ned, Mr. And Mrs. Potter.

Friends of Johnny's.

He used to live with us.

We've come to warn his future bride. He

never puts the cap back on the toothpaste.

Then we'll drink a toast to Johnny.

He needs it.

Needs it?

No, I'm wrong. He doesn't need it.

Johnny's doing all right.

- What's on your mind, Ned?

- Nothing's on my mind.

What do you mean,

"Johnny's doing all right?"

I mean he's doing all right.

He's having a whirl.

His hair's slicked down and Father's seeing

that he meets the important people.

My word,

are there important people downstairs?

Frightfully important.

That's why I wanted to give a party up here.

Miss Seton on New Year's Eve entertained

a group of very unimportant people.

To our hostess.

May I drink, too?

Believe it or not, I've just been learning

how much it costs to keep up a yacht.

- What's the matter?

- Father sent for me. It's about Linda.

Everybody has begun to talk

about her not being here.

- She's simply got to come down.

- Got to?

Go up to the playroom

and make her come down now.

- I'll ask her.

- Insist on it.

I'll do what a gentleman can do

under the circumstances.

- That's good. Was that good?

- No!

Yeah, marvellous.

- Unless I'm getting drunk.

- No.

It's the first champagne

I've had since I was 4.

Not really?

- Do you mind if I play with your toys?

- I think you'd better.

- Thank you.

- That's all right.

He's grand.

- Has Johnny any other friends like him?

- There aren't many people like Nick.

Or like Johnny either, for that matter.

- We've had wonderful times, we three.

- You'll have a lot more fun with Julia.

You must let Ned and me be guest members

of the Johnny, Julia, Nick and Susan Club.

Look what I've found.

Come on, let's do Romeo and Juliet.

"What light

through yonder window breaks?"

- We used to put on shows for the kids.

- Did you?

- This is a lovely one.

- Do one for us. Go ahead.

Come on, Neddie.

It's all complete, including the characters.

You remember any of the lines?

Linda.

Johnny, come in.

- I have a message for you.

- And I have a message for you.

I have the honour to inform you

that your presence is requested downstairs.

I have the honour to inform you

that your presence is requested right here.

- There's a meeting of the club.

- Your club.

No. Come on, the party needs you.

Now's the time

to come to the aid of the party.

But your father is really upset.

Why, you don't tell me.

What seems to be the matter?

Everybody has begun to notice you're not

there and it's embarrassing the family.

The... Johnny...

Linda, be a good sport now.

It will make your father awfully happy.

Would it make him any happier

if I crawled in on my hands and knees?

That's telling him.

Oh, my.

- That's not Johnny.

- No?

- Who is it?

- That's a very important person.

Hello, important person.

Don't be fresh.

- Treat important persons with respect.

- I won't.

- Hello, important person.

- Yeah? Take your place.

What is this?

It's the voice of experience.

Nick and Susan!

Sir, that lady is my wife.

Nick, thank goodness you came.

The face is familiar. But...

Do we know anyone who smells of violet?

- How's that, you dog.

- No. It can't be. It's Johnny Case.

You remember him.

John Case, the rail-splitter,

friend of the people.

Yes.

- Well, we're glad to have you back.

- Back?

You mean the marble pillars got me.

I'm ready. I'll go quietly.

Don't spare him, boys.

There.

- Now that you've got that off my mind.

- Never forget it.

There's something I want you to know.

- That deal I mentioned?

- The Seaboard thing?

- I think it'll go through.

- You don't mean it?

There's a very fair chance that I'll be able

to quit business next Saturday.

So that you can go on the holiday?

Sure, Johnny's Declaration

of Independence.

It's all according to what a Boston crowd

called Bay State Power does.

- Maybe they've done it already.

- They'll do it!

- Then let's drink to Bay State Power.

- No, let's drink to Julia.

- Have you met her yet?

- No.

If she's anything like her sister...

No, we'll drink to Johnny and Julia and

Bay State Power, love and happiness and...

Here you are.

For the love of Pete,

it's The Witch and Dopey.

I've never been up here before.

It's awfully quaint, isn't it?

We like it.

Linda, are you aware that there's

another party going on in this house?

You mean

that low-class dancehall downstairs?

Don't speak of it.

Excuse me, these are my friends. Professor

and Mrs. Potter, Mr. And Mrs. Cram.

How do you do?

You old fox, you.

Fox?

Sam Hobson's been telling me

about your little haul in Seaboard.

You might have let us in the family in on it.

- There's still time.

- Not the way that stock's acting.

We have an order to buy 60,000 shares...

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