Just Around the Corner Page #5

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[Clears Throat]

- You tell her, and I'll attend to some other details.

- Mm-hmm.

- Hello, Miss Lola.

- Oh, hello, Penny.

If you're waiting for anybody,

I won't stay.

Oh, no.

I'm not waiting for anybody.

In the moonlight and in that pretty dress,

I thought maybe--

No. I'm supposed to be helping

mother entertain Mr. Waters.

- But he's in there, andand you're out here.

- Not for long, I'm afraid.

All right. Tell me what you've

been doing with yourself.

I've been very busy

taking care of my daddy.

By the way, how is he?

When he's with me, he'she's fine,

but I don't think he's so cheerful inside.

Well, maybe you just imagine that.

Or do you think he has something on his mind?

- I think he's worried.

- Probably because he hasn't any buildings to build.

- I think he's worried about you.

- Oh, Penny, you're just guessing.

- What makes you think so?

- Because he's always asking me

questions about you.

- Just like you're asking me questions about him.

- Oh, Penny!

Goodness, you must

feel better.

Excuse me.

I've got to find Milton.

- [ Knocks]

- Come in.

- What's wrong up here?

- You're wanted on the terrace.

There's a short circuit.

- What's a short circuit?

- I haven't the faintest idea.

[Laughing]

- Good evening.

- Jeff.

Now, what are you doing here?

- You oughta know. You sent for me.

- I sent for you?

- Well, that's pretty thin.

- Sure, it is. It'd be better if I'd made it up myself.

- I wouldn't have come near

if someone hadn't called me.

- Well, before I'd call you, I'd--

I didn't call you, Jeff,

but I'm awfully glad you're here.

- Then there's nothing wrong?

- Nothing that a little common sense won't heal.

- [Laughing]

- Excruciating, Mr. Waters. Excruciating!

Milton, where's Lola?

- Why, she's--

- Lola. Lola.

Lola. Lola.

Yes, Mother?

Oh, she's out in the night air again,

and it isn't good for her.

But then what kind of air can you get at night

but night air? [Laughs]

[Both Laughing]

- [Mrs. Ramsby] Oh, Lola.

- Oh, yes, Mother.

- Mother, you know Mr. Hale.

- Whatever is he dressed like that for?

He he just came from

a masquerade.

Oh. Oh, I love masquerades. I went once

as a New England boiled dinner.

- Mother, Penny's Mr. Hale's little daughter.

- Oh. Oh.

Oh, ho-ho. Oh, it's too amazing.

She's such a busy little thing, isn't she?

When she cut off Milton's curls, I was

so upset that the doctor had to give me--

Uh, um, uh,

what was it, Lola?

- Shots, Mother.

- Oh, yes. Of course. Shots.

And don't they shoot you

in the oddest places. [Laughs]

- Well, out of sight, out of mind,

don't you say, Mr. Gale?

- "Hale," Mother.

Oh. Heh. Oh, yes, of course. Mr. Hale.

Just like "Hail Columbia." [Laughs]

- Shall we all have something to drink?

Oh, yes, of course.

- Oh, yes.

Lola, you ring for it.

Oh, no, my dear. No.

No. You stay here and talk to Mr. Waters

and Mr. "Pale." I'll do it myself.

- Shall we?

- Yes, indeed. [Chuckles]

- You know, I, uh--

- Don't go, Mr. Waters. Stay and play with us.

- [Penny] Yes, Mr. Waters.

We have a new game for you.

- [Protesting]

- Now listen. I-- Now please.

- Come on.

- This is absolutely absurd.

- Oh, now, just come on.

- Sit.

Have you ever played blindman's bluff?

You'll love it. It's a wonderful game.

- Oh, blindman's bluff.

- Now come on.

- Can you see?

- Can I see? Well, of course I can't see.

- No peeking now.

- Now the object of the game is to find Lola.

We'll start you off.

Oh. To find Lola.

Well, it isn't so silly after all, if l--

Now when we say "hot,"

it means you're close.

And when we say "cold," you're far away.

Come on. Put your hands behind your back.

- Round you go. Come on. Whoo!

- Oh! [Chuckling] Oh, stop! [Laughing]

- There you are.

- Oh, am I dizzy.

- [Penny] All right. Come on, Mr. Waters.

- Am l--

Oh. [Chuckles]

All right.

- Aw, you're cold. You're cold. You're freezing.

- You're cold.

- Am I really?

- Cold. You're gettin' warmer.

[Kids] Warmer. Warmer.

You're hot! You're hot! You're hot!

- You're getting colder, colder.

- Oh, you're freezing. You're freezing.

Cold. Cold.

- Aw, you're colder. You're colder.

- Warmer? Oh, you're cold.

- Cold.

- You're freezing.

- Warm! Hot! Hot!

- You're getting hot.

- You're hot!

- You're burning. You're burning.

- Aw, you're cold.

- Oh, you're cold.

[ Kids Laughing]

[Waters Sputtering]

[Coughing, Sputtering]

- Here, old man. Give me your arm. Here. Let me--

- Oh. Oh, thank you.

- [Waters Shivers, Coughs]

- Oh! Well, how did you get in that--Oh!

[Henshaw] Hey, now,

what's going on here? What's all this racket?

- I'll catch pneumonia.

- I never saw--

I know it. I know I'll catch--

Well, you see--

I'll catch pneumonia. I know I will.

I'll catch pneumoYou see, the

the children, they wanted me to play, but--

but of course, l--I couldn't do tha--

- It was your--your daughter!

- I'm sorry, old man. I apologize. I--

And it was your--your son.

You see, th-th-they--

- Oh, just look at my clothes.

- Come on. We'll get some nice dry clothes.

- You must have some dry clothes!

- Ah, yes.

- [Chattering]

- You here again? Get out!

- Jeff!

- Daughter, you stay here.

I forbid you to have anything more to do

with that rat. Those are orders!

- [Stamps Foot]

- The idea of--

Now see here. You've outshouted this family

for years, but you're not going to outshout me.

- I love that man, and I'm going to marry him.

- Over my dead body you'll marry.

- I'm going to marry him

if it's over everybody's dead body.

- You won't marry him!

If you'd only listen to him about that

East Gate project, instead of being

a stupid old--

- old--old--

- Old, uh, what, my dear?

Oh, I'm sorry, Uncle Sam.

Really I am. But I'm not giving in.

- I'm going to marry Jeff Hale.

- Well, you win.

Uh, you wouldn't be my niece

if you didn't have a will of your own.

Uncle Sam,

you don't mean it?

You're going to, uh,

live in the basement, I suppose?

We won't have to live in the basement

if you'll listen to Jeff. He has so much to offer.

All he needs is to have someone

cooperate instead of fighting him.

If you'll just

do something for him.

- Well, maybe I can do something for him.

- Uncle Sam, you're a peach!

[Sputters]

Some change in tone,

my dear.

Yeah. Hello.

Henshaw speaking.

A little matter you can

attend to for me, Black.

Yeah.

The pipeline we propose to lay in Dutch Borneo

will run from here to here.

What is the terrain like,

Mr. Black?

Well, there's a range of mountains here,

and then swamp and jungle.

- Tough going?

- Very tough.

That's why we need a good man

to superintend the job.

- How did you happen to pick me?

- You were highly recommended

by a friend of mine.

- Uh, cigarette?

- Thank you, no.

After all, the man who carried on

with the East Gate project against the

odds that you did--

- It's too bad you couldn't go through with it.

- I will someday.

Mmm. I'm sure of it.

In the meantime, here's a job that needs

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