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you go abroad without telling you.

I'll take the blame for that.

But I don't think you should feel

this way about me

because I love Julie.

I don't know what Maida has said to

you about my life with her.

I imagine she said a great deal.

But the fact remains

that I'm in love with another woman,

who's not my wife.

All I ask is that you see my side of

it and try to understand me.

As you say,

I have my own life to live.

PHONE RINGS:

It would help a great deal if I knew

that you believed in me.

Yes.

Thank you.

After all,

that's water over the dam.

It's still hard for me to realise

that you can't understand

what she means to me.

That you can't see that my whole

happiness depends upon this.

Where's Alec?

I said, where is he?

I wish you hadn't felt it necessary

to do this, Miss Eden.

Somehow I'd expected

better taste of you.

I want to talk to Alec.

This is Christmas Eve.

Alec understands that

he should spend it with his wife.

Why can't you? Are you going to give

him a divorce or aren't you?

I should think by this time it would

be quite obvious

what my intentions are.

Julie.

Alec, dear,

she's been lying to you all along.

I know.

You didn't really think

I'd let you go, did you?

I'm leaving for Reno tomorrow.

The moment you file suit

for divorce against me,

I shall file a

counter-suit against you.

I don't know or care what you'll

base your suit on,

but I shall base mine on infidelity.

And it won't be any vague other

women.

It'll be one woman in particular,

by name.

You understand, I think.

I'm warning you, Miss Eden.

Alec isn't the only one I'll sue.

I'll sue you also,

for alienation of affections.

You have a little girl, haven't you?

How old is she, six, seven?

Well, you might as well begin to

teach her now how to behave on

a witness stand,

because she'll be there.

You must be out of your mind.

Oh, Alec.

Please, God, thank you for the day

that's done and watch over me

for the night that's coming.

Make me safe and keep me from harm.

God bless Aunt Laura and Alec,

most of all - Mother.

Shall I say anything about

Christmas?

I don't think so, darling.

Amen.

I'm not sleepy. You will be.

Good night, darling.

Mother. Yes, dear?

Who's the man Aunt Laura

is bringing to see me?

I don't know, darling,

I have never met him myself.

Well...

I hope he's as nice as Alec.

There's a perfectly good dinner

going to waste out there.

I'm afraid I can't do

anything about it.

Here's your present, Julie.

I don't want to look at it.

Why not?

What's the sense of looking at

something you can never wear?

But, darling, she can't stop us.

Can't she?

Be honest, Alec, you know her.

You know there's nothing too cruel,

too vicious.

We never had a chance, Alec.

Not from the very beginning.

Look, dear, you're tired and upset.

Let's wait and see if maybe

tomorrow we can't...

We've been living on tomorrows for

the past six months.

Why don't we face it?

This is today,

this is all we're ever going to get.

If you want to go on fooling

yourself, go ahead, but I can't.

Not any more.

The magazine still wants

me to go to Paris.

Now there's

no reason why I shouldn't.

I'll take Ellen, I can put her

in school there.

Julie. Please go.

Go now while we still love

each other.

At least let's not give Maida

that satisfaction.

I love you, Julie.

Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!

CHURCH BELLS RING

PIANO PLAYS, LAUGHTER

No, operator,

I didn't ask for Bayside 92901,

I asked for Bayside 92-NINE-01.

Scotch, please, then bring

me a hot toddy.

Hello, is that you?

Well, this is Charley.

I just called you up NOT to wish you

a merry Christmas.

Did I not wish you

a merry Christmas? No, you didn't.

Well, I don't wish you

a merry Christmas.

I don't wish the same to you either.

My pal.

Have a drink on me.

No, you have one on me.

Let's both have one on each other.

All right. Barkeep,

two triple Scotches.

Yeah. Yeah.

Hello, this is Mr Walker.

Is my apartment still occupied?

All right, wake her up and tell her

I'm not coming home.

Wonder if she'll tell.

Who? Your wife.

Tell who? My wife. What? Where I am.

I hope my wife doesn't

know your wife.

My wife knows everybody who'll

tell her where I am.

I'd better go home and face her.

You coming home? No.

You don't care what happens

tomorrow? Tomorrow?

No more tomorrows.

No...?

Then I'm OK.

ALEC EXHALES:

Hot.

Ooh, stuffy. Turn off the heat and

open the window, huh?

KNOCK ON DOOR:

Here you are, sir. Oh.

Keep the change and give him half.

Oh, thank you, sir. Thank you, sir.

Thank you very much.

Merry Christmas.

HE EXHALES:

HE SIGHS:

CHOIR:
# Joy to the world,

the Lord is come... #

Drunk and no luggage.

Might be another suicide.

Why didn't you report this earlier?

Well, sir, I thought he might just

be asleep. A lot of them are today.

With all that racket? Fine chance.

The door between the rooms is

locked.

Come on, put your shoulder here.

# And make the nations prove

# The glories... #

HE SHIVERS:

Get some heat on in here. Yes, sir.

MUSIC STOPS:

Hey, wake up.

Just as I thought - out cold.

Tell Doc Hastings to come up

here quick. Yes.

Tell Doc Hastings to come up

to 1524, on the run.

Gee, he sure pinned one on,

didn't he? Everybody did last night.

Not a dime,

somebody must have cleaned him out.

I want you to witness this, Joe.

See if there's anything in his coat.

Right.

Well, well, well.

Another happy hangover, huh?

He's still out, Doc, and I don't

like the way he's breathing.

Mm-hmm? Yeah.

Mm-hmm.

Say, you'd better get in touch with

somebody who knows him.

This guy's sick.

Where's he from? New York City is

all we know. Here's something.

Christmas card he didn't mail.

See if there's a party named Eden at

5 West 10th Street.

If there is,

tell her to get here in a hurry.

Well, it's about time. I thought

I'd try the whisky treatment.

Well, nobody can say you didn't give

it a fair test. How do you feel?

I don't know, I...

What is this place? A hotel,

and you certainly do pick them too.

How did I get here? I guess you just

floated in. Here, take this.

Why? Because I want you to. What's

it for? What you've got, the flu.

Ohh. Got the flu, huh?

Flu? Well... Don't worry about it,

you'll be all right.

Hey, I didn't have these on when

I came in here, did I?

I hope not. What time is it?

Four o'clock.

Four o'clock what?

Four o'clock Christmas Day.

Oh, sure.

Merry Christmas, darling.

Merry Christmas, darling.

I think maybe

this is going to be

the best Christmas

I've ever had.

Probably be one you

won't forget anyway.

Don't go.

Oh, I thought maybe you were

leaving.

Julie? Yes?

You make a swell nurse.

Thank you.

Mmm.

Alec, if you don't let

me take care of you,

I'll have to send you to

the hospital.

I don't want to go to hospital.

I know, but...

I don't have to go, do I?

You'll be all right tomorrow.

Julie. Yes, darling?

Let's not think about tomorrow.

We won't. Go to sleep.

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