Magnificent Obsession Page #7

And then, when I finally

do get to sleep,

I know that, when I wake up in the

morning, there won't be any dawn.

Joyce...

Joyce, forgive me.

I didn't mean to

parade my emotions.

Maybe I do need a pill.

Would you mind getting

me some warm milk?

Of course not.

Just sit down here.

I'll only be gone a moment.

I'll just go down to the hotel

kitchen and warm some milk.

- Are you all right?

- Yes, dear, I'm all right.

Joyce?

No.

It's Rob.

Rob?

Oh, I can't believe it.

- It's been so long.

- Much too long.

When you didn't come to the plane,

and you hardly wrote all these months...

Oh, I'm so glad you're here!

You must have known how

much I need you now.

Darling.

Robbie, my trip has been wasted.

- I found out today my case is hopeless.

- Don't talk about it.

I came to tell you you're gonna

have the time of your life with me.

I'll take you all the places you've been too

busy to visit, show you how to have fun.

- But I'll be such trouble.

- Listen, Helen.

You used to let me read you the funnies.

Let me be your eyes again.

Now get dressed. Something

to bowl everybody ever.

I'm not only gonna show you the town,

I'm gonna show the town you.

Oh, Robbie.

Joyce?

Joyce?

Yes, Helen?

Look who's here. Robbie Robinson.

It's like Old Home Week.

This is a surprise.

- Hello.

- Hello.

We're gonna get dressed up to the teeth.

I'm going to initiate that new net dress.

Joyce, will you please

come and help me?

Oh!

Oh, I'm all right.

I won't be very long.

- I'll be back in just a moment, Helen.

- All right, Joyce.

Bob Merrick, I...

I want to apologise.

You? For what?

That girl you just saw is quite a

change from the girl this afternoon.

They told her she's

never going to see.

I know. I just came

from the institute.

They've been keeping

in touch with me.

Anybody that can do what you've

done for her is OK with me.

I never believed names

were too important anyway.

- Joyce!

- Coming!

It's wonderful being with you.

I don't want it to end, ever.

Let's not think of it.

Tonight is our night.

Yes, tonight is our night.

Oh, and the fragrance

in the air... What is it?

- Lilacs?

- Mm-hm.

And there's a moon...

as there should be.

Oh, and just ahead there's

lights of a little old town.

Just as there should be.

Excuse me a second, darling.

- Ich nehme diesen hier.

- Danke.

I thought you might like these.

- Lilacs?

- Mm-hm. For luck.

And more lilacs.

What's going on?

Let's find out.

Wenn ich das erklren darf?

- Das ist ein lokales Volksfest.

- It's a local festival.

- Man verbrennt die Hexe.

- They're burning a witch.

- Damit wir eine gute Ernte haben.

- For a good harvest.

- Mit Musik und Feuerwerk.

- With music and fireworks.

There she is, darling. Way up on top of

a pile of branches about 20 feet high.

Poor old gal's stuffed with straw,

just like our scarecrows back home.

And on the ground just below her, boys

and girls in peasant dress are dancing.

Now they're setting fire to her.

There she goes.

Fireworks bursting

all over the place.

- Now everybody's starting to dance.

- I'd like to dance too.

You would?

I always dance with my

eyes closed anyway.

- I won't tell you what time it is.

- I don't want it to stop.

I don't want to lose this place,

or the music, or the night.

You don't have to lose it.

I'd forgotten how happy I could be.

You've helped me know that the world

isn't such a bad place after all.

- You don't hate it any more?

- Not any more.

Could you... forgive anything now?

I think so.

Yes.

Even... Bob Merrick?

Why...

Yes, Bob.

Of course.

How long have you known?

I don't really remember when I first had

the feeling that... Does it really matter?

I love you, and I

want to marry you.

Darling, if we only could.

But I couldn't have you pitied

because of me. I love you too much.

- Helen, I need you more than anything.

- Bob... Tomorrow.

Let me tell you tomorrow.

All right.

Starting tomorrow,

we'll never be apart.

Tomorrow.

Well... it's really

good night this time.

Oh, I wish it weren't.

There's a brand-new

day in a few hours.

Even better.

Nothing could be better, darling.

I love you.

Oh, Bob.

Oh. The key.

The key.

Helen!

- Did you have a good time?

- A wonderful time.

How pretty.

- Good night.

- Good night.

- I'll see you in the morning.

- Yes.

- Good night.

- Good night, Nancy.

I'll take the flowers, Helen.

Oh, they're so pretty.

It was too wonderful, Nancy.

He wants to do so much for me.

Helen, what's the matter?

He wants to marry me, Nancy.

I love him. I can't let him do it.

- Well, if you love him and he loves you...

- I don't know. I don't know.

I don't know anything any more.

- Nancy, please don't leave me.

- Of course I won't.

You've got to help me.

Helen?

Nancy?

Where is everybody?

Hello?

Oh, yes, please. Have him come up.

Helen, Rob...

Hello? Get me the desk, please.

Come in.

I see.

Good morning. Couldn't order

a better day if we tried.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

Is Helen dressed? I hope

you're not allergic to lilacs.

Bob... What happened

to you two last night?

- Did you tell her who you were?

- Yes. But she knew anyway. Joyce...

I, uh... I asked her to marry me.

Oh, Bob.

- She's gone.

- She's?

- Where?

- I don't know.

Away with Nancy,

early this morning.

Oh, here. She left

this note for you.

"Dear Bob. Goodbye."

"I'm sure this is

best for both of us."

"You have your study and work now,

and I could only be a burden."

"If you love me,

don't try to find me."

"Just know you made me happier than

I dreamed I could ever be again. Helen."

I phoned downstairs. Nobody

knows where she went.

- We've got to go after her.

- But, Bob...

We'll talk about it on the way.

We've got to find her.

Miss Phillips, Mr Merrick, we are

doing everything to trace them...

as are the police all over Europe.

But from Milano... nothing to report.

Paris... no findings. Rome... nothing.

You'd think in five weeks we'd

be able to find some trace.

I am truly sorry, sir.

But, you know,

even in your country,

if someone really wants to

disappear, it is not too difficult.

- However, we shall not give up.

- Thank you, Captain. Goodbye.

I know what a sense of loss and

disappointment you both have,

but look at these telegrams.

Our Inter-Europa Agency has

tried everything, I assure you.

Da ist ein Telegramm fr mich?

Dankeschn.

We have exhausted

all possibilities.

Inter-Europa.

Oui, madame. Lundi,

cinq... Exactement.

Pas de quoi, madame.

But we will be in touch

with our New York people.

And I will keep on the lookout here

for the two of them booking

passage to America.

Here are your tickets.

Bon voyage. Have a nice trip.

It was a pleasure serving you.

Darling, you're home.

Oh, am I glad to see you!

- Welcome home, Bob.

- Hello, Tom. Good to see you.

- Nothing? No trace?

- None.

She must come back to the States.

Sooner or later they'll get in touch.

- Strange how things work out, isn't it?

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