Letty Lynton Page #5

at breakfast time.

You will be more clear.

Emile, you must listen to me.

I want to get married.

I've never loved anyone before

in all my life.

You or anybody else.

I want you to give me my letters back.

Let me have my chance,

won't you, please?

If you care the least little bit for me,

you will.

Emile, I'm begging.

Begging for my life with all my heart.

I know I don't deserve the chance,

but...

I'll make it if only

you'd be a little kind.

A man you have known for three weeks?

You're making a laughing stock of me.

When I awake, you are gone.

Next time you leave me

it will be when I have said so.

Nothing can ever bring us again together,

Emile,

you and me, nothing under heaven.

We are together, aren't we?

And I doubt that you will scream

or alarm the neighbors.

Emile, I'm warning you...

My dear child...

I will have to see to it that life

doesn't confuse you like this again.

Yes?

The waiter, sir. For the service.

Later, please.

I'm not finished.

Well, this is fine.

Once again, four walls, my Letty and me.

That's the way it should be... You'll never

put your hands on me again as long as I live.

If I have to kill myself,

you'll never do that.

Oh, you will be true to Mr. Darrow, eh?

Yes, I'll be true to him.

No matter what you do.

That's all I'm asking for, just a chance

to prove it for the rest of my life.

Where there isn't a rotten, filthy second

I ever spent with you

that I couldn't cut my heart out for.

You dirty swine.

How could I ever...

How could you what?

I don't know, but certain men

you have had in your life...

Get up here.

No one has ever made a fool of me.

Or ever will.

Oh, you look as though you were

interested in me once again.

You see, you have exactly the same

feeling for me as I have for you.

So you would kill yourself.

Because I take you in my arms, hm?

Well?

We shall leave on the first boat south.

And I promise we shall have no more

trouble ever again.

Yes, we'll take the first boat south,

no more trouble.

My boat's in the harbor at Montevideo.

We shall sail in the moonlight...

Yes, sail in the moonlight...

Music from the shore just for you and me...

Yes, just for you and me.

We shall dance, my Letty.

Yes, we'll dance.

Do you remember the last night

down there?

The tango? How glorious.

We will dance again.

Yes, yes, we'll dance.

We'll dance.

Now life has some meaning.

Now it has some flare.

Oh, Emile, please.

Please leave me just a minute

to get myself together.

I don't know quite what I'm doing.

I'm not going to fight you,

honestly I'm not, Emile.

Won't you please let me be alone

for just a minute?

Please.

Why is it so dark?

Why is it so dark?

Santa Maria.

What's the matter?

Oh, you...

You wished me to have it...

Yes, I did it.

I meant it for myself.

Do you hear me? I meant it for myself.

I'm glad I did it.

You dirty, filthy, greedy mongrel.

I'm glad I did it.

If I hang for it, I'm glad I did it.

Pardon me, sir.

May I remove the service?

To your health, sir.

I thought I heard someone.

I'm sorry, dear.

I tried to come in as quietly as I could

so I wouldn't wake you.

You're not going to the Adirondacks

tonight.

No, tomorrow.

Early?

Yes, quite.

Will you call me so that I can meet

your fianc?

Yes. Yes, dear.

It might have been the natural and polite

thing to do

if you had brought him in this evening.

Several natural things might have happened

this evening, mother,

if you'd ever cared anything about me.

It's too late for that now.

Good night, dear.

Hello, Jerry, my boy, welcome home.

Jerry! I thought you'd never get here.

You won't have to worry

about your wandering boy any longer.

Dad, I've learned a few foreign tricks

so you get a great big kiss.

Of course, this is Letty.

There never was the chance

of it being anybody else.

Can you forgive us, my dear,

for overlooking you for a minute?

But, you see, he's all we have

and he's been gone so long.

Of course.

And you've gathered by this time

that this is Dad.

And she may also have gathered

that this is snow.

Bring the poor girl in.

You're very welcome, my dear.

I tell you, old son, I've missed you.

Well, it's great to be home.

Hello, am I glad to see you.

Nice to have you back.

What about all those lies you used to tell

me about lions, and tigers and panthers?

Why don't you tell them about the panther

that came in the upstairs window?

You children must be freezing.

Come along to the fireplace

and have something hot.

Jerry, I'm very cross with you.

Ever since he was born I've been looking

forward to anouncing his engagement.

And here it was this morning all mixed up

with my oatmeal.

Did you read any of the cables

he sent about you?

Read them?

Why, she told me what to say.

I did not.

It looks to me, son,

you've done mighty well for yourself.

You don't know the half of it.

And a very good thing, too.

And, if I may say so,

you've done all right, too.

Don't worry, Ive boosted myself plenty.

Yes, siree.

One of the best jobs I've done.

You've done?

Hm, it's nice and hot.

Bring it along upstairs, dear.

It's bound to be a lot of man talk.

And, anyway,

I want to get you all to myself.

Fine girl, lad.

She's great.

We Darrows always had

great luck with women.

You like her? Fine.

Has a chin. Good head.

Doesn't gabble.

Well-made.

Congratulations, old man.

Thanks.

Oh, how nice and cosy. Yes.

It is a cosy room. Look here, dear.

These radiograms, all arranged in order.

Number 1:
Met a girl today named Letty.

Second:
Met a girl yesterday named Letty.

He's so silly.

As they go along we found out

all about you.

I put this here, dear, so that you'd see

I was willing to hand him over to you.

You mean share him with me.

I hope you like us, Letty.

So we can always be together.

The four of us.

You know...

You're the sweetest thing

I've ever known.

We're the silly ones.

I want to see Miss Lynton.

Letty Lynton. Will you come in.

What name shall I say?

She don't know me.

I'll tell Miss Lynton.

Come here, dear. I want to show you

a cheerful prospect for tomorrow.

That pond is Darrow Lake.

It's almost like they'd break my neck.

Come in.

A man to see Miss Lynton.

Who is he?

He wouldn't state his business, Miss.

How mysterious.

He seems to be a detective, Miss.

My maid must have smuggled something in.

I'll go right down and see about it.

Can't be anything serious.

Of course not.

I'm terribly sorry.

Oh, it'll be all right.

I'm sorry, gentlemen, but I can't talk.

Except to Miss Lynton.

Oh, darling, you seem to be under arrest

or something.

What's all the excitement?

Has Miranda been smuggling?

Are you Miss Lynton?

Yes.

The District Attorney wants

to see you, Miss.

District Attorney?

A man named Renaul was killed.

It was in the paper this morning.

Killed? You mean murdered?

Now, just a few questions, Miss Lynton.

But, you'll have to come with me now.

You don't know anything about this.

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