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I- I'm just being lazy.

Will I see you at dorothy's

Tonight?

No. I'm not going.

And, uh,

I suppose you can't.

Well, I'm going to try.

How were the fights

Last night?

Alan told me they were

More than exciting.

I'd rather have had

Scarlet fever than gone.

Not me.

I wouldn't have missed it

For anything.

Oh, my, my.

You must have enjoyed it.

Elizabeth...

You didn't mind my going alone

With alan, did you?

Mimi, of course

I didn't mind.

Elizabeth...

Try to understand

What I'm going to say.

The other night, I said a lot

Of things about friendship.

I meant them then.

But now, well...

Now they're not true

Anymore...

At least not for me.

What I'm trying to say is...

...I'm still in love

With alan.

Well, I -

I guess that's all.

This just came

By special messenger, mr. Wythe.

It was marked personal.

So, you didn't open it,

Eh?

No, mr. Wythe.

That's right.

Hi, dear.

Hello, sweetheart.

How are you?

Oh, I am

Much, much better.

Grand.

Aren't you going

To take my temperature?

Temperature?

Yes.

Perfectly normal.

I cure them

In one sitting.

Ah, I see.

A swellheaded doctor, eh?

Huh?

Darling,

Don't sit over there.

Run and get dressed.

We're going to be late.

Yeah? For what?

Now, you know we're going

To dorothy's for dinner tonight.

Oh, say.

You know,

I forgot all about that.

Mm-hmm.

Is there anything

On your mind, alan?

You seem

A little preoccupied.

No, nothing but business,

I guess.

What's that?

Is father driving you again?

Yeah.

Say, what's the idea?

Well, I'm sure

I don't know.

Do you know that I didn't get

Out of there till nearly 4:30?

No.

Well, of all things.

And then what did you do?

Well, I was so all-in,

I just had to go over

To the club and recuperate.

You certainly did.

You know, there's reason

In all things.

Uh,

Mimi telephoned today.

Oh, did she?

Mm-hmm.

What did she have to say?

Oh, she said she -

She certainly enjoyed

Those fights last night.

Good.

What's the matter?

Well, I'm not going,

Dear.

No?

Mnh-mnh. No.

I - I really don't feel

Up to it.

Well, you don't think

You don't feel any -

Oh, no, no, no.

I'm perfectly all right,

Except I think it's rather

Silly to risk it. Oh.

Do you want to go alone?

No, I don't think so.

Well, then,

I'll tell you what you do.

There isn't any dinner here,

So why don't you run down

To the club and dine there?

Why not?

All right.

You do that.

I'll dine, then chat

With the boys for a while,

And then come on home.

Uh-huh.

Made-to-order.

No.

It's the order of my maid.

Oh!

Goodbye.

Hello, gus.

Evening.

I would like, uh,

One of anything.

Yes, sir.

It's not the mr. Alan wythe?

I'm afraid I don't, uh -

No, you don't know me.

But I know you.

I'm jimmy kilmartin.

Oh, yes.

Mimi swift

Has told me about you.

You're on her paper -

The, uh, cartoonist.

Staff artist to you.

Have it your own way.

How about a drink?

What are you having?

Anything.

I'll take the same.

Make that two, gus.

Yes, sir.

Seen mimi lately?

I had lunch

With her today.

Oh. How is she?

Don't you know?

No. I haven't seen her

Since last night.

I don't like you.

No?

What have you got against me? A lot.

Oh.

Yeah.

That's not all.

More, eh?

Yeah, there's mimi.

Why don't you lay off?

I just told you I haven't seen

Her since last night.

Yeah, but you're going to.

Well, what's that to you,

Anyway?

A short life,

But a gay one.

A short life to you.

What's that to you?

Not a thing.

I just think

She's too good for you.

Oh, you do, eh?

How about a round on me?

Thanks.

Another round, gus.

Yes, sir.

Why don't you lay off

Mimi?

You said that before.

It's worth repeating.

You know, I don't like you much, either.

No?

No.

To our meeting.

And may it end quickly.

Well, drink up.

It's my turn.

No thanks.

Oh.

You can't take it.

It's not the drinks.

It's the company.

I see what you mean.

Why don't you lay off

Mimi?

Why don't I punch you

Right in the nose?

Well, why don't you?

I think I will.

Gentlemen, gentlemen,

Please, not in here.

It'll only take a minute,

Gus.

Quit stalling.

Sorry, gus.

Thanks for the drink,

Old man.

Are you all right,

Mr. Kilmartin?

Sure, I'm all right.

I always get hit.

Oh.

That man's here again.

Carry him in.

And where shall I put him?

Oh, just dump him

Anywhere.

Hey.

Now, wait a minute.

You can't treat him

Like that.

He's marked fragile.

He needs

A lot of care and kindness.

In fact,

What he really needs

Is more of the same kind

Of medicine

You gave him last night.

There's plenty left over.

That's what I mean, mimi.

You're fun.

You're swell.

Say, why can't things

Be like this all the time?

Can't they?

Alan...

What is it, mimi?

Is this the way

You want it to be always?

Of course it is.

Of course,

Elizabeth's to know.

Did she tell you

I telephoned?

Uh, well...

She -

She just said you did.

I didn't say anything

About you caring for me.

I put it all

The other way.

But now -

No.

Not now, mimi.

I know that -

Well, I know we've got

A lot of talking to do,

But don't let's do it now.

Alan...

I want another night

Like last night.

I want to laugh

And have fun.

Say, there's a peach of a fight

In brooklyn,

And we can just make it

If you'll hurry.

Come on, get your hat on.

Will you?

All right.

Attagirl.

Say, I'll bet you

That's kilmartin.

I had a little argument with him

Over at gus'.

You did?

I did.

That's elizabeth.

Huh?

How do you know?

I just know.

And I'm glad.

May I come in?

Of course.

How long have you lived here,

Mimi?

About three months.

Oh, I like it.

Well, between three old friends,

May I have a drink?

Yes.

What will you have?

All I've got is scotch.

Well, what a minute, mimi.

Uh, let's talk first,

And then we'll drink

To whatever it is.

How's that?

All right.

This isn't exactly

As I expected it.

You both look so -

So self-assured.

I don't get you, elizabeth.

Well, all I mean, alan,

Is that, uh, I'm confused

By the way you look.

I've never seen you look

Quite like that before.

I don't think

We'll have to talk much.

I don't think

We'll have to talk any.

I think you're in love

With her, alan,

And all you want

Is a divorce.

Well, you must be

A magician, mimi.

I'll tell you

Why I'm so surprised.

On our honeymoon,

I knew, oh, right away

That alan didn't love me.

Women can hide the way

They feel, but men can't.

So, I was very unhappy

For a time.

I could only think

That he was still in love

With you, mimi...

...that he'd only married me

Because I was a rich girl.

Naturally, having rated him

As something much higher

Than a fortune hunter, I...

I found myself married to a man

Who had lost his size...

...and who was

Just ordinary.

Isn't very pretty, is it?

And then...

Then I began to realize

Something else,

And it was strange.

He was trying to be in love

With me.

So hard.

The effort was desperate.

And I knew that alan had

Never been in love

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