Next Time We Love Page #5

very concerned about lunch for each other.

You mind if I get

to the point right away?

Cicely, I happen to know

that you two aren't having

what you might call

an easy time.

No, Tommy, we're not.

All right. Now, I have, to use

the language of my profession,

a proposition to make.

Why, Mr. Abbott...

Wait a minute.

Now, you made a good start as an

actress. You had to leave the stage.

Now it's time for you

to go back to it.

I can't, Tommy.

I have Kit to look after.

Don't interrupt me in the

middle of a proposition.

Now, there are two things you

need. Someone to take care of Kit

and new clothes so that

you can interview managers.

I'd like to lend you money

for both. Say $300.

$300!

Yeah, about two weeks' salary

after you get started.

Oh, Tommy, I'm very grateful to

you. But you see, there's Chris...

I know. I know.

It would hurt Chris' pride.

And how could I accept it?

Because in things like this,

women are more sensible than men.

Cicely, I want to help you two

kids. I don't care how it's done.

What doctor

did you take Kit to?

It was a public clinic.

I don't see any signs of

a baby carriage around,

unless you've

parked it somewhere.

You carried him there, didn't you? Yes.

I'm sorry to be so brutal,

but you've got to make sense.

Listen, Tommy, I honestly don't

mind things for myself. It's Chris.

He works so hard all day long

and all night, too, almost.

And then he comes home

tired out.

Yet, somehow, he always

manages to run up the steps

just to show he's not.

My heart breaks for him.

Once again, and for as many

times as you like, how about it?

That's a very attractive

proposition, Tommy.

But I couldn't think of borrowing

from you without paying interest.

All right, 8%.

I thought 6% was the

usual rate. All right, 6%.

But listen, I'm going to see

Jennings tomorrow morning

and get an appointment

for you.

You take care of the new

clothes and beauty parlors.

Oh, Tommy, your efficiency

is very comforting.

Oh, it's mostly an act.

Not to be confused with the really

important things Chris can do.

That's sweet of you, Tommy.

You've got to go?

Yes. It's time for Kit's nap.

Well, let me carry him.

What'll you do with your cane?

Well, you carry it. Then we'll

both look as ridiculous as possible.

All right.

You look very silly. What do

you mean "look very silly"?

Let me do that, miss.

Thank you.

Don't scratch it.

No, ma'am, I won't.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Hannah, has Mr. Tyler

come in yet?

Yes, ma'am, he's come in. He come in

about an hour ago, but he went out again.

Where did he go? Him and

the baby went to the park.

Ain't you gonna take the

paper off that baby wagon?

And get it scratched before my

baby sees it? I should think not.

Hello.

Hello.

Is that your baby?

Yeah.

Where's his mother?

Why, she's out

doing errands.

What is she doing?

She's out doing errands.

Hasn't he got any nurse?

No.

Oh. It must not be

much of a baby.

The carriage awaits, my lords.

Well, Cicely, who gave you...

Here let me take the baby

while you take the paper off.

Hello!

Kit, look! See!

Look, isn't it lovely?

They had one with

four-wheel brakes,

but I think

he'll like this one.

Oh, this is elegant,

all right.

Here, get his legs

covered up. There.

Let's sit down. Hello.

Where did you... You got a

new hat. You got a new suit.

Where did I get the money?

Yeah.

Well, I just got

an advance on my salary.

Huh?

You see, last week Tommy took

me to see Michael Jennings,

and today he gave me

a six-months' contract.

Six-months' contract?

Well, that's better than you

had before, though, isn't it?

I mean, a six-months'

contract... Look, here it is.

$150 a week.

Yes.

It is fantastic,

isn't it?

Chris, darling,

don't you see what it means?

We can get a full-time nurse for Kit

and pay Madame Donato all the back rent.

It just about came in time,

didn't it?

When do you start?

Next week.

Next week, huh?

Oh, that's wonderful.

It's wonderful for you.

Chris, it's wonderful

for both of us.

You're doing what you wanted

to do. That's all that counts.

I'm going to get

a drink of water.

Darling, you remember that

circus job I told you about?

Yes.

I'm going to take it.

Chris, you can't do that.

Publicity man for a circus. Not

after all the things that you've done.

It'll pay the rent

and a nurse for Kit.

But you don't have to do

that now. You can wait.

Well, I've waited long enough. I'm

tired of feeling ashamed of myself.

Oh, Chris!

I've been a flop

as a husband and a father.

I'm just stuck on myself because I

used to be a foreign correspondent.

Darling, please don't take

the circus job now.

I've got to. I just can't

talk about it anymore.

I've got to do something!

Goodbye.

I'll see you tonight.

Mrs. Tyler,

Mr. Carteret can see you now.

Thank you.

Boy!

Is this Mrs. Tyler?

Yes.

Step right in.

Thank you.

How do you do?

Where's that bicarbonate?

Left drawer, left-hand side.

Left drawer,

left-hand side.

Left drawer.

Why didn't you say so?

Sit down, Mrs. Tyler.

Where's a spoon?

Left drawer...

Never mind.

Yes, Mrs. Tyler. Go on.

I came to talk to you

about my husband. Huh?

Hello. What?

No. No. Why?

Oh, no. No. Goodbye.

Yes, Mrs. Tyler, go on.

I don't think

you quite understand

what really happened in Rome.

Mr. Tyler didn't...

What the...

Yes, Mr. Carteret.

What's the idea of monkeying

that Murphy story?

I thought... I don't

care what you thought.

Now get a hold of Murphy and have

him do it over the way I said.

Yes, Mr. Carteret.

Mr. Carteret, are you trying to

impress me with how busy you are?

Or are you just

naturally rude?

Sorry, Mrs. Tyler, but I am busy

and besides, I've got a stomachache.

Do you know that the night your

husband left our office in Rome,

there was an attempted

assassination?

Now, suppose

it had been successful?

That would have been

dreadful, wouldn't it?

Or I might have died when my baby

was born and Chris still in Rome.

But neither of

those things happened.

And in the meantime, a good

newspaperman is eating his heart out,

and you're doing

without somebody you need.

When I send a man halfway across the

world to keep his eyes open for me,

I want a man

that I can trust.

Mr. Carteret, didn't you

ever make a mistake?

Didn't you just once do something

that wasn't quite in the line of duty?

And didn't anyone ever

give you a second chance?

We don't run newspapers

on second chances.

Mrs. Tyler, I realize this must have

made things difficult financially

for you and your husband.

Now, it's unfortunate.

Financially?

Oh, I don't think you quite

understand. That isn't why I'm here.

Well, I'd heard Tyler was

with the City News Bureau.

Naturally,

I thought that he...

Well, why did you come then?

Because I want Chris to be

doing the thing he's meant for.

That's a promise

I made to myself.

All the newspapermen's wives

I've known

wanted their husbands

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