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What's the matter?

She's gloriously lit.

And when mimi gets lit,

She glows.

You mean she might

Pull a scene?

No, I don't think she will

At all.

I'm just saying it's been

A beautiful wedding.

Let it ride. It's all

Right. Nobody will see them.

They're going down a ladder. Well, fine.

Ladders are right

In that lad's life.

He goes down one with a girl

And up another with her old man.

What are

You mumbling about?

Say, that's no way

To pack a bag.

All right, you do it.

Oh, easy on my stuff

There, fellas.

I'll go grab elizabeth.

Elizabeth!

Don't come in!

What are you doing?

Dressing.

Oh.

Hurry up, will you?

How's she doing, girls?

Well, if you'd come in a moment

Ago, it would have been just did.

Elizabeth...

What is it now?

It is now

Just 20 minutes to 6:00.

Say, I'll have to come in

And help you.

Alan, if you come in here

This minute -

All right,

I'll give you 10 seconds.

1... 2... 3... 4... 5...

Count slow.

6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

Hello, sweetheart.

Hello.

Ah, are we going to do this

All the time?

Oh, wouldn't that be

Just too bad?

Wouldn't it?

Will you go now, darling,

Please?

All right, I'll go,

But very reluctantly.

Oh, alan...

Uh-huh.

Uh, did you hear

About mimi?

A little, yes.

Oh, I'm so sorry.

Is someone looking after her?

She's all right.

It's a funny thing.

I...

I thought I'd be gloating

Over her today, but...

I'm not doing

Any gloating...

Not with those eyes

Looking at me.

She'll get over it,

Darling.

Well, I'm glad

She's doing the getting.

And now that goes

For you, too.

You get out of here.

We've got to hurry.

Talk to me through the door. All right.

But don't you say

Anything delightful

Unless you lock this door.

Hello, mimi.

Been looking for you.

Have you?

I'm sorry about that crack

I made downstairs.

I was trying to be smart.

It wasn't so hot.

Oh, that's all right.

No, no, it wasn't.

The losing lover

Must be a lovely loser.

Well, you're lovely enough,

Mimi.

Sure.

That's why you married me.

Where are you going

On your honeymoon?

We don't know yet.

Good place.

Say, it is at that,

Isn't it, huh?

Boat someplace, I guess.

Uh-huh.

Big boat?

Oh, I guess so.

You know how we'd have gone

On our honeymoon, alan?

No. How?

Rowboat.

A rowboat?

Say, that would have been fun,

Wouldn't it, huh?

Yeah.

Wouldn't it?

But, you know, you'd have

Had to do the rowing.

Yeah.

Only we wouldn't

Even had any oars.

No oars?

Oh, gee.

No oars.

We'd just sit on the sea.

Uh-huh.

And then a yacht would come

Along and run into us.

And the yacht would sink,

And then they'd try

To get on our boat,

And we'd just leave them.

How would we leave them

Without any oars?

Oh. We had an engine

All the time.

No?

Say, I - I

Must be a little -

Listen, mimi, don't you

Think you better blow?

Yeah.

Hmm.

I get you.

Congratulations.

Thanks, mimi.

And I do hope

You'll be very happy.

I know you do, dear.

And you will.

She's worth marrying.

That job her father's gonna

Give you is worth a million.

The wine is a funny fellow,

Isn't he?

Imagine you saying

A thing like that.

Oh.

Oh, I'm not a nice girl,

Alan.

I tried every trick in the bag

To be the bride.

But I'm this nice.

I'm perfectly willing

To warn you -

When you come back...

I wouldn't have anything to do

With a girl like me

If I were you.

I'd keep the seven seas

Between us

And wish there were eight.

Oh.

Oh!

Oh.

It's you, mimi.

It's all right.

It's just me wishing you

Goodbye and good luck.

Thank you, mimi.

That's sweet of you.

Gee, you're pretty.

So am I.

How about some coffee?

No, coffee

Always makes me sleepy.

Give it to jack.

Three columns, rush.

What is it?

I don't know.

Hello?

Oh, hello, meg.

Jimmy,

Mimi isn't home yet.

Where do you think

She could be?

Well, it's getting late.

Won't you try and find her,

Jimmy?

I'm getting worried.

Sure, I'll try, meg.

I'll try.

But if I do find her,

What do I say?

Yeah, but, look, I'm nobody

To tell people to go home.

I don't know

When to go home myself.

Yeah, but she's gonna be

In a tough mood.

She won't want to listen

To any of this big-brother stuff

Or any lectures.

And I'm not so hot, anyway,

When it comes to that.

And you don't think

For a minute, do you -

It'll be all right, meg.

It'll be all right.

Sure, meg.

Don't worry.

Hello!

Hello.

Soused?

No.

Not so bad at that.

You're a good barfly, mimi.

I can take it.

Pretty good.

What you drinking?

Alone.

Do you mind?

No. I'll just have a quick one

And blow.

How's the scotch

Holding out, gus?

Well,

They're still making it.

Make it high.

Okay.

Congratulations.

Huh?

You had

A pretty close call.

Had me worried

For a minute.

Worried about what?

Did you think I was going

To cave? Now, don't be dumb.

I'm congratulating you

Because you almost won that guy

And didn't.

What are you talking about?

And what a fancy marriage

That would have been.

You don't like alan,

Is that it?

Well,

Why didn't you say so?

I have nothing against the lad,

But he has no dough.

What would you have lived on,

I ask you?

Your mother.

I have answered you.

Would you like to know

Something?

When alan comes back,

I'll be waiting for him.

Ah, now you're talking,

Lassie.

And, listen, he doesn't need

Any guardian, that lad.

He'll get a nice piece of change

From her all for himself.

You leave it to him.

Sure.

What could be sweeter?

It's made-to-order.

I don't like you.

I don't know why

Mother does.

Don't you think

I have any charm?

No, I don't.

But mother always had a fancy

For no-account people.

Look at father.

Now, don't tell me

Your old man isn't charming.

Yes, he is, but he's no-account

Just the same.

He married mother,

Lost all her money for her,

And then walked out on her.

And your great love alan?

Isn't he a little bit no-account

From that viewpoint, too?

Jimmy, will you let up on me?

I'm almost crazy.

Look, I know you're having

A tough time, mimi.

I was at the wedding.

I saw you from a front seat.

And I heard

What you said, too.

"anything I ever hope for

Never comes true. "

If I had been alan wythe

At that moment,

I'm afraid I would

Have picked you up

And walked away with you.

But mr. Wythe

Won't forget that.

No, you left

Your calling card, lassie.

You brought the curtain down,

And you got that guy

Thinking plenty.

Still, love lost today.

So, I know you're suffering,

Mimi.

I know it's no good

To say I don't think

Love's worth suffering for.

Not the kind of love I've seen

Isn't.

All I've seen is the kind

That's all around us.

For my dough,

The real thing

Grows too high on a tree

For us to reach it -

On the highest branch.

And I've seen a lot of jumping

Up and down underneath the tree,

But very few that really knew

What they were jumping for.

However, there's always

The grape that can be reached.

And while I believe

Wine is for the victors

And not for drowning sorrows,

As is so popularly thought,

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