Night After Night Page #4

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Oh, look. | Here she comes.

Get up, get up!

I feel like I'm hanging onto | the ropes. Go and meet her.

Remember the introduction, | just as we rehearsed it,

and then bring her | - Hello.

Oh, hello.

Gee, you look great. | You're right on time.

You look | very sweet.

I want you to meet an old friend | of mine. Miss Jellyman, Miss Healy.

I'm so pleased. How do you | do? Are you dining with us?

Yes. | Oh, how lovely.

Oh, oh!

Oh, I'm so sorry. It really | doesn't matter. It's only water.

It won't spot. Oh!

A toast.

To our house, Mr. Anton.

It is a lovely place.

Andrew Carnegie had a room | similar to this.

I mean that | the decorations were-

He was a remarkable man, | don't you think?

Oh, yes. He was | very charitable.

Yes, and he had great visin, Miss | Healy. That's what the nations need today.

Quite so.

What is your opinion of the | Lausanne conference, Mr. Anton?

Oh, uh, you're referring to | the conference in Switzerland?

Uh, quite so.

Do you thing that it's just | a lot of talk,

or that the nations | may finally get together?

Well, uh, nations | are like people.

Do people get together, | Miss Jellyman?

Charmingly put.

Don't you think so?

Oh, yes. That was, very. | Have you a match?

We're going in with you, | Maudie. My father's very strict.

He don't let me | see boys after 9: 00.

Aw, cut the kidding, Maud.

Why don't you guys be good and | go home to your wives? Who is it?

The fairy princess, you mug! Maudie!

Say, don't let those guys in. | They'll wreck the joint.

Hey, gorilla!

Come here.

Hello, Maudie. Where's Joe? | I gotta see that little rat.

He's pretty busy right now | - Aw, don't give me that. You gave it to me twice.

Yeah, but | - No sale, no sale! I'm gonna see him tonight.

Wait here. I'll see if he's | here. I'll be right up after you.

Hello, honey, how's business? Fine.

Been insulted lately? Goodness, | what beautiful diamonds.

Goodness had nothin' | to do with it, dearie.

No. No, thank you. | No more.

No, indeed. I couldn't | take another drop.

Pardon me, Mr. Anton.

Oh, uh, excuse me. | Certainly.

Tell Mr.Jones I can't | see him tonight. Yes, sir.

Joey!Joey! Well, well. Come | here and kiss me, you dog!

Let's take a look at you.

You're lookin' great. | Who's your tailor now?

Not bad, huh?

Who's the dames? This is Miss Jellyman.

How do you do? | Pleased to meet ya.

And, uh, Miss Healy. You're not bad to | meet, either. You're still pickin' 'em.

What's your name? Maudie Triplett, | one of the blue bloods from Kentucky.

If you don't like the color, | we'll change it. Sit down, dearie.

Oh, waiter, waiter. | Yes, madame.

A chair, you mug. The | service here is terrific.

- Have you had your dinner? | - Yes, and a lovely one.

But I could go for some | of that stuff in the bottle.

Well, how about a cordial? | Oh, not for me, honey.

I always take care of this-a | and that-a. How about it, baby?

Mr. Anton, what is your opinion | of the Russian five-year plan?

Do you think it will work?

Oh, uh, that depends, | Miss Jellyman.

That all depends on how | the Bolsheviki conference-

Bolsheviki! Why,Joe, don't | tell me you've gone Bolsheviki?

That reminds me. Remember the night | we were all at the Eaton House...

when a flock of them gangsters came | in and tried to take me from you?

You should have seen this kid | fight for me that night.

This is a delicious wine.

I suggest | that we should try some.

You've got a customer!

Honey, remember our last bout with | champagne? Why, we got so plastered...

why, they threw us out | in the gutter...

and it took five waiters to do it and | it took five cops to land us in jail.

Oh,Joe, it's just life to see | you. Come here. Crawl to me, baby!

Are you a member of the | Red Cross, Miss Healy?

Oh, yes, I am.

As I was saying, | life is very sad.

This is the first happy time | I've had since I was 27.

You've been buried, | dearie. You're right.

I do nothing | but teach, teach!

I hate Miss Prinny's school | and Miss Prinny!

Come on, we'll all | hate her, how about it?

Hello.

I guess it's about time to see | the house. All right, let's.

Where are you going? We'll be back.

Do you want a cab? | I don't want to go home.

He said I didn't have to. Yeah, | we're gonna make a night of it.

You go ahead. | We gotta talk it over.

Maudie and I have a great | deal in common. You said it.

Well, I'll see you later, Miss | Jellyman. It's been a great success.

It's been delightful, Miss | Triplett. All right, honey.

Anything you do | is okay with me.

Oh, she's a great gal. She's | all right. And isn't he lovely?

Ain't he, though? When I first | met him, he was a third-rate pug.

But I always said he | had the makings, Mabel.

Maudie, do you believe | in love at first sight?

I don't know, but it saves | an awful lot of time.

Your glass is empty. I | couldn't drink anymore.

Now listen, Mabel, if you're gonna be | Broadway, you got to learn to take it.

You may as well break in | the act right now.

This night will read great | in your diary.

You said it, baby. | Aw, hotcha!

Maudie, do you really think I | could get rid of my inhibitions?

Why, sure. I got an old trunk | you can put them in. Hotcha!

This was our music room.

Yeah?

There were | sliding doors there.

They used to lock me in | and make me practice.

The piano- | Let me see-

Yes, it was | over there.

Dad loved this room.

[ can just remember | mother singing to him.

Your father liked | nice things, didn't he?

And he knew. Excuse me, Mr. Anton.

What is it,Jerky? Frankie | Guard's downstairs.

Alone? | Yeah.

I'll be | right down.

Don't you think you'd better wait in | the dining room with Miss Jellyman?

Let me wander around | by myself.

All right. I'll | be back in two seconds.

Wait a minute,Joe. | What's the matter?

Don't sell the place. | Why not?

I know what you're aimin' at, | kid. You ain't gonna make it.

Stay on your own | side of the fence.

How do you know what | my side of the fence is?

What made you change your | mind? I don't like trouble.

You know, if you can avoid | - Come to the point.

Well, you're askin' 250 grand. I'll | give you 200. Don't say that ain't fair.

Sold! See you later. Wait a | minute,Joe. We've got papers to sign.

Can't tonight, see you tomorrow | night. Don't worry about it.

What's the matter | with you?

Nothin'.

I don't like you | interfering in my business.

All right, kid, I won't | say nothin' more about it.

Wait a minute, Leo.

What do you care which way I'm goin'? | You're goin' with me, ain't you?

I don't know about that. What | kind of guy do you thing I am?

I never turned a pal down | in my life, and you know it.

That's different. Why didn't | you say so in the first place?

How much did you get? Two hundred | grand. Twenty-five is yours.

Gee, | that's swell,Joe.

When I say I'm warnin' you, Miss Park | Avenue, that means I'm warnin' you.

But my dear girl, Mr. | Anton means nothing to me.

Hmph. Tell that | to Sweeney.

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