Madame Butterfly Page #2

You have no idea.

Perhaps I return to Tea House

for order assistance.

Oh, no, no, no.

You see, I'd rather not be left alone

when I have an attack like this..

Oh...

What then is to be done?

Generally, the best thing to do

is walk it off.

You don't mind If I use you

to lean on?

Oh...

I very happy to be such service.

- How do they call you?

- Cho-Cho-San is my name.

Cho-Cho-San? That's cute.

What does it mean?

How you call in America?

Flying Butter.

Flying butter?

This.

Oh, you mean Butterfly.

Yes, yes, Butterfly.

That what I say.

What your name, please?

Mr. B.F. Pinkerton.

Mr. B.F. Pinkerton.

Oh, that very high sounding name.

This...

You Commander honorable

United States Fleet?

Commander? Oh, much more important

than that.

I'm the whole works.

Oh.

With a little help from the President,

I practically run the U.S.

I'm a lieutenant.

Oh.

Mister Lieutenant...

B.F. Pinkerton...

the whole works.

Here, wait a minute...

you mustn't do that.

But...

What's wrong, please?

Well, it's not an American custom.

What is American custom, please?

Understand.

That very interesting custom.

You're sweet.

Hey, Pinky, are you in there?

Oh, hello, stranger.

Come on in and join us.

Thank you, no.

I'm here on business.

Yeah, monkey business, I betcha.

The American humor

is of remarkable construction.

Wait a minute, I'll explain it to you.

Come with me,

I'll need your support.

Look, here's an easy one.

Olafsson and Greta had been married

about five years, see?

No, wait, you don't know the answer yet.

They had been married five years,

so one night...

Greta said to Olafsson

She said, 'Olie... '

Where is she? Is this the way

to treat a man of dignity, of culture

A most devastating accident,

excellency.

A splinter maliciously embedded itself

in her dainty hand and...

The handsome officer who took her

into the garden

has probably removed it by now.

So! I might have known.

But I did not know she was

in the garden, excellency.

- I shall go for her at once.

- I shall never enter these doors again.

I fine you a hundred yen!.

You let him sue you, baby,

I know the judge.

Come.

Cho-Cho-San!

I forgot!

Butterfly!

Shameless one!

Your first night here

and you run to meet strange man

without consulting me.

I couldn't help it.

He was taken very ill.

You make me lose much money.

I will send you back to your mother.

Your venerable grandfather

will die of shame.

Hey, what's all the shouting for?

This miserable had a chance

to make a fine marriage

and she spoiled it with you.

Doesn't take much to spoil

a marriage around here, does it?

Yamadori, my best,

my wealthiest client.

What a commission I would have made

on her marriage.

And now it is lost.

Go.

What's the matter, Pinky?

Wait in here.

Out!

You're unnecessary.

If Madame Goro's patience

is a great as your stupidity

maybe she will teach you

the etiquette of geisha

Look here, Goro. I'd like to engage her

for myself for the evening.

That not possible.

She no ordinary geisha.

No man permitted alone with her

unless he has intention to marry.

I'll say, she's a honey.

If it weren't that I'd disappoint a lot

of other girls, I'd marry her myself.

What do you mean, marry?

Well, you know... er...

Marry!

What's the matter?

Don't you savvy?

No.

Acquaint this guy

with the facts of life, will you?

To marry, that very usual arrangement.

Not with me it isn't.

No, you don't catch on.

Marriage doesn't mean the same thing

to these people that it does to us.

What makes it so different?

All you have to do while here

is to sign a marriage contract

with the girl's parents

and that's that.

Yes. Contract most necessary.

Yeah? What about when we up anchor?

Well, you just leave, that's all.

And when you do

the girl is considered divorced.

That's pretty tough on the girl,

isn't it?

No, not at all.

A marriage broker like Goro here

gets her a new husband before

the old one is halfway down the front steps.

My list of wives always popular.

Especially beautiful,

high-class girls like Cho-Cho-San.

How soon can you get

a contract ready?

Very soon. But of course the family

must also consent.

Well, talk them into it, Goro.

Tell them I'm okay.

Yeah, he's a good old banana.

He comes from a grand bunch.

I make all arrangements.

I also get house for you.

But it will cost you much money to buy

geisha contract I now have with her.

And I must pay considerable sum

to her exalted family.

All right. That's not important.

Well, Cho-Cho-San?

You've got yourself a husband after all.

Thank you.

I try hard to make very fine wife...

Mister Lieutenant...

B.F...

Pinkerton,

the whole works.

Well, what is this?

Those are just a few

of your new relatives.

Look at her.

Isn't she lovely?

Hey, hey, hold your honorable horses.

You can't even talk to her

until after the san-san kudo.

- San-san kudo?

- That's the marriage ceremony.

That's equivalent to saying 'I do".

Only over in this place they say it

with three cups of sake under their belts

instead of a skuttle of champagne.

Here's luck.

Well, down the hatch.

Are they going to stay

here all night.?

Yes, I think so.

They all very pleased to be here.

Hm.

Will you excuse me a minute?

Well, well, after all these years

you haven't changed a bit.

Come over here, Barton.

Listen, do me a favor, will you?

Get these honorable relatives

out of here.

Get them out of here? They belong here.

What will I tell them?

I don't care, tell them anything

only get them out of here.

I feel about as private

as a monkey in the zoo.

Leave it to me, monkey.

Well, good night, and thanks awfully.

Kannon, goddess of peace and mercy...

pray have some effect on my

so beautiful and so peculiar husband.

Oh...

The merciful goddess,

she make you come back.

Well, she didn't have much

of a job on her hands.

You don't know how hard you are

to stay away from, Cho-Cho-San.

I so glad. I say you were angry

with me and go away.

You are a strange little person.

If only I make speech

in my own language

I could tell you exactly

what in my heart.

Now, now, Cho-Cho-San,

please don't.

Everything's all right.

I thank you so much...

Mister Lieutenant

B.F. Pinkerton.

Your husband.

My husband.

Listen, how about giving

your husband a hug?

Hug?

Don't they ever hug in Japan?

Look.

When a wife sees her husband

after a long absence

what's the first thing she does?

- This.

- Oh, no, no, no, darling.

You must never do that

to me again.

This is a hug.

Hug.

Did you like it?

It's most pleasant.

And the next thing is a kiss.

Oh, I know that.

No, no.

I don't mean that.

You funny little darling.

Don't you know what a kiss is?

Kiss?

Before kiss, I love you.

Now I know I will love you

for always.

Naughty Miss Massachusetts.

Bad Mister Connecticut.

Even if you very special present

from Mr. B.F. Pinkerton,

you know very well no one allowed

sit in that chair,

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