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to take a shower,

you got 45 minutes

to get over to Kreuger's.

Marty, the strangest thing happened.

I got up in the wrong room this morning.

You got a good night's sleep?

I don't know how I got

there. I can't figure it out.

You'll feel better after

you take your shower.

Now pick up a hotel robe.

It's in the closet.

The washroom is down the

hall. Now come on, hurry.

I don't want to miss my breakfast.

- What are you doing here?

- Where's Marty?

Who is Marty?

Listen, if this keeps up you'll

get us kicked out of Switzerland.

Young man, you are in the ladies shower room.

I don't... Ladies shower room?

Holy... Ladies...

If you're not out of here

in exactly 3 seconds...

Oh, I'm terribly sorry, this is

a dreadful mistake, really...

I could explain all this but

it would take too much time.

You see, I've got to be at

Dr. Clinic's Kreuger.

I mean, Dr Kreuger's clinic.

Like I told you before,

Marty has this nose trouble...

- You see one of his nostril...

- I know, deviated septum.

- Oh, do you suffer over that too?

- Just get out!

Yes. I hate to bathe

and run like this but...

Like I told you I...

- If you don't mind, my slippers...

Slippers?

Oh, slippers!

I'm sorry.

I could explain this,

but you'd never believe it.

Where is it?

The third door on the right, but lock

the door, they'll walk right in on you.

- Don't you understand? I'm Gromek.

- Hmm?

- Gromek. G -R -O- M -E- K.

- Oh, that spells Gromek, all right.

Maybe this will help.

- I'm a friend of Brodnik.

- Hmm?

Brodnik, B - R - O - D - N - I- K.

No, that doesn't help,

but you sure can spell.

Philips ask to mention the

name, Maurice Papinek?

Oh, Papinek! Oh sure.

Are you a friend of Papinek?

- I am to contact you.

- You are?

Oh, of course, about the glue.

Well tell him it turned out just fine.

Turned out fine?

Yeah, I broke the head

of my dummy last night,

and he fixed it.

He did a beautiful job.

Oh, I see.

- I'm sorry to have troubled you.

- Oh, it's no trouble at all.

Oh, and by the way when you

see Papinek, give him my regards,

and tell him Gromek.

Gromek ever so much.

Gromek ever so much.

Gromek ever so much?

Good morning.

- I have a report from Paris.

- Well?

Morgan seems to be on the

verge of some sort of breakdown,

and he came here

for treatment.

Last night he broke his

dummy, and have it repaired

at the shop of a man

named... Papinek.

Papinek! Papinek... that name.

Well, of course...

Maurice Papinek the Perini ring.

Oh, how foolish of me.

Brodnik must have

brought the plans to Papinek,

and there's where they

stuck them into the dummy.

The red-headed fool is

nothing but a mailbox.

They just took the

dummy from the hotel.

Now let me know the

moment they get back.

We got to get hold of that

dummy at the first opportunity.

Very well.

Well, that's pretty much

the story, Dr Kreuger.

It's happen the same

way now, five times.

- I see.

- I meet a girl, fall in love with her.

When I begin to think of marriage,

Clarence suddenly comes

alive and breaks it up.

You're quite sure you wouldn't

like to see me work with him?

No, that won't be necessary.

And I have a practical suggestion.

A psycho-analyst who

practices in London,

and entirely familiar with my

technique, is here on consultation.

Now since you must

perform in England in 10 days,

I'd like this doctor

to observe this session,

and continue to

treat you in London.

- Oh, that's fine, doc. Sure.

- Please have Dr Nordstrom come in.

I'm sure this will help us

achieve a short treatment,

and a rapid recovery.

Come in!

Well, hello!

Good morning.

Well, this is quite a surprise,

I didn't expect to see you here.

- You two know each other?

- No, not really.

We slept in the

same room last night.

I mean... we took a shower together

Actually, we've

never been introduced.

This may take a little

longer than I thought.

We are...

- I'm sorry.

Our path crossed quite

accidentally, Dr Kreuger.

Yes.

- It was a normal mistake.

- Oh, quite normal, you see.

This radiator was going...

and my friend who has this

deviated septum.

Oh, she has the same trouble.

Well, he gave me the

sleeping pill because he couldn't...

- Prepare the injection.

- Yes doctor.

- Prepare the injection?

- Yes.

Give me your coat,

please, and lie down.

This was quite a normal mistake, I don't

think we need any injection for this.

- What kind of sort of an injection...?

- Lie down and roll up your shirt.

- What kind of an injection is this?

- A simple painless injection Mr Morgan.

You will have a deep

sleep and talk freely.

I talk pretty freely, anyway.

I guess you've found that out by now.

Your sleeve, please.

Dr Nordstrom, I'd like to

explain about this morning.

I'm really not in the habit of

taking showers with strange women.

- Or even those I know very well.

- Please!

But I want to assure you, doctor, that

if I had to take a shower with someone,

there's no one in the world I would

rather... You'd better give me that shot.

Deep breath.

Gosh, I just can't get

over you being a doctor.

I mean, you're so...

pretty for a doctor.

- No offense, Dr Kreuger.

- Relax Mr Morgan.

Gosh, I don't think of a

doctor as having such

beautiful blue eyes,

such lovely hair,

this pretty lips...

You know, if I wouldn't...

You're beautiful...

You're asleep now. We're going

back, far back into the past.

Years are falling away.

And you're now a little boy.

Yes, I'm a little boy.

I'm a very little boy.

I'm a little boy.

I'm five years old and everybody

says I am cute and smart and bright.

But actually I'm the

most unhappiest, loneliest,

most miserablest little

boy in the whole world.

Tell me, Jerry, why

are you so unhappy?

Because my mummy and

daddy are always fighting

and yelling and

screaming at each other,

- and throwing things and everything.

- And why do they do that?

They have to.

They are married.

- You think that all married people fight?

- Yes, I do and I don't like it.

I don't like it one bit. I hate it,

that's what I do. I just hate it.

Then I'm going to run away from home.

I'm going to go to China and Africa,

and I'm going to hunt tigers and lions

and I'm going to climb mountains.

- Why don't you?

- I'm not allowed to cross the street.

Tell me, Jerry, what do your

mummy and daddy do for a living?

Well the have Vaudeville act,

but they're always yelling and

fighting and screaming at each other.

Why do they fight?

Because mummy says that daddy is always

looking at Zelda, the fire eater and then,

- of course there's his drinking.

- I mean, just how bad is that?

I don't know, but mummy says that if

you can buy it, burn it or bottle it,

if he could sip it, swallow it

or gurgle it or gargle it

if you could squeeze it out of the

bottle or squeeze it out of a damp rag

or just put it in a glass

and swish it around

he'll drink it.

But, Jerry, isn't there anything about

your life, that's pleasant or happy?

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