Les Girls Page #6

-l did.

You should have seen his face. he turned

the most extraordinary shade of green.

-The color yours is now.

-You're crazy.

-What's he going to think?

-Well, we're lovers.

-Will you stop saying that.

-Sybil.

-l thought over what you just said--

-l know what she said...

believe me,

there's not a word of truth in it.

Not one word.

l don't doubt what she told me,

l merely questioned the wisdom of it.

Sybil, l do understand why

you want things to go on as they are.

l know the fun you're having.

Let's not jump to conclusions.

There's been no fun.

My dear fellow, l think l know Sybil

well enough to know what she enjoys.

-Let's take it easy.

-Barry--

No, we've got to straighten this out now.

Sybil and l,

we might have fooled around a little bit...

you know how it is on the road,

but we're not lovers.

Just what did you say?

Well, l hate to call anybody a liar.

When she says--

Mr. Nichols, you're speaking of the woman

l'd intended to make my wife.

l'm terribly sorry--

You've got this all wrong.

[Train whistle blowing]

[ln Spanish] Perhaps you'd like some wine?

Yes.

Thanks. Do you speak English?

English, no.

[ln Spanish] -To your health.

-To your health.

This is very good. My wife makes it.

No, thank you. This is what l need.

-Could l talk to you please, Barry?

-No.

Please come on out in the corridor.

l must talk to you.

You can talk in here,

he can't understand English.

The eye is looking much better.

lt couldn't feel worse.

[ln Spanish] Do you want some wine, miss?

No, thank you. l'm sorry it all happened.

lt wasn't my fault

that the act was cancelled.

We went through all that before.

-With your permission.

-But you're angry.

l can't stand it when you don't talk to me.

-Leave me alone, will you? Thanks.

-Miss?

-Why can't we straighten this out?

-l'm not interested.

l didn't know it was

so important to have a show of your own.

lt isn't. With your permission.

l'll make up with Gerald.

But please stop sulking.

lt's the story of my life.

Even when l was a kid, if l brought

a sick puppy home, it bit me.

Thanks.

l just don't understand

why you're so angry.

Look, l tried to help you.

l even quit drinking myself

and look at the appreciation l get.

Thank you.

l know how sweet you've been, Barry.

This is what makes me feel really awful.

You know...

This is the last time

l'm gonna be a boy scout.

When Angele told me

that you were drinking...

because you were in love with me

l thought l'd try to help you.

l've done my good deed.

Angele told you that l was drinking--

l broke the most important rule in my life

for you. l got myself complicated.

Oh, yes, you did.

l've been so terribly selfish.

l wish l could pin a medal on you.

''To Barry Nichols for the sacrifices

beyond the call of duty.''

l don't want no medal.

My eye is killing me.

ANGELE:
We were back in Paris...

but things had changed.

The night we opened

sybil was in very high spirits.

[Sybil whooping]

[Singing Ladies-in-Waiting by Cole Porter]

[Audience laughing]

Oh, a little dizzy spell.

They keep the theaters so warm.

-Was it ghastly?

-Well, it was different.

-Sit down over here.

-l was naughty, wasn't l?

-Maybe a cool damp cloth'll help.

-Will you two get out for a second?

l wanna talk to Sybil.

he wants to remind me

to avoid oysters and he's quite right.

Please don't scold me.

l'm not gonna scold you.

l think you better go home.

Maybe somebody there can help you.

No, you can help me, darling. Only you.

You were so sweet to me once.

-So very sweet.

-Sybil.

You mustn't worry about me.

l'm gonna be perfectly all right, honey.

Please don't scold me.

l have to bring someone in

tomorrow morning to replace you.

l'm sorry.

[Sniffing]

Sybil!

What l feared had happened.

Poor Sybil had lost Barry

and had decided...

life was not worth living.

l fainted and when l recovered

she wasn't there.

She had been taken to the hospital.

And l never saw her again.

The act broke up and...

l married the only man that l ever loved...

Pierre Ducros.

We had a good life until this...

terrible book was published.

That is the truth.

That concludes my re-examination.

Sir Percy, Mr. Outward...

since both litigants under oath

have told conflicting stories...

only one of which can be true...

the other obviously perjury...

l must consider sending the evidence

to the public prosecutor.

Court is adjourned until tomorrow.

-Mrs. Ducros!

-hold it. Thank you.

Thank you very much.

hold it there, please.

Together. Over here, please.

-Smile, now.

-Another one, please.

Just one more, over here.

Thank you very much.

One more now.

-Big smile, please.

-One over here.

-hold it.

-Thank you very much.

-how do you like London?

-Thanks. very nice.

-Do you like the climate?

-very much.

-lt takes some getting used to.

-Thank you.

But she invented everything.

Everything?

This scar l got from your lover

isn't invention.

Oh, Gerald, look,

must l explain that all over again?

l told a stupid lie. lt was pointless of me.

Oh, give me a drink, will you?

Would you like it in a perfume bottle?

No, l don't want a drink.

You couldn't be taken in

by that absurd story.

You know l've always had trouble

with my throat.

Sybil, l don't mind paying any sum...

for the libel damages but l wouldn't give

a brass farthing for our marriage.

''Judge warns truth or jail.''

Paper. Paper, sir?

Barry?

What is your full name?

Barry Nichols.

Mr. Nichols, as a witness of the court,

kindly tell the jury...

if you are familiar

with Lady Wren's book, Les Girls.

Oh, yes. l read it on the plane trip

from California. l got in last night.

lt's quite a book.

-You are employed in California?

-California, Washington, Oregon.

l own a chain of orange-juice stands.

Then you have retired from theatricals.

No, l have a television show...

sponsored by Barry Nichols lncorporated.

Mr. Nichols, have you any knowledge

of the evidence given in court...

by Angele Ducros?

There was hardly anything else in

the morning papers. l didn't skip a word.

Now, comparing her story...

to the one related in...

Chapter Seven of Les Girls...

which, to the best of your knowledge...

is accurate and true?

Well, that's kind of hard to say,

Judge, My Lord.

hard in what way, Mr. Nichols?

Can you clarify that?

Well, there were bound to be

misunderstandings.

You see, certain things happened...

that neither of the girls

knew anything about.

Do you recall these certain things?

As though it were yesterday.

As both girls said, it was Paris

and it was spring and l had this act...

called Barry Nichols and Les Girls...

but even in a great cosmopolitan city

like Paris, l was a lonely man.

Oh, around me were some of the most

beautiful girls in the world, but...

l was no longer interested.

BARRY:
Are you decent?

SYBlL:
Yes, come in.

lt's a great audience tonight.

-They loved the act.

-Why not? lt's a lovable act.

-You girls going out tonight?

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