Night Train Page #3

Hey!

Hey, no one's going

to hear you! No one!

Hey, you know what? Come on!

Don't waste your breath!

Don't waste your energy!

No one can hear you!

We're going

to freeze to death out here!

We're not going

to freeze to death out here!

I'll be coming right back!

What are you doing?

Hey, I'm coming back to get you!

I'm coming back! Stay here!

Are you crazy?

God!

Miles!

Miles!

God!

Oh, my God! It's so cold out here!

What are you doing here?

I stole these...

...and I was heading back to the

baggage car to save the two of you.

Give me the keys.

Hey, the moment you get warm,

get back to your seat. You, too.

Hey, I'm gonna go take this

into the kitchen.

Hey, no. I'll take that.

I got it.

Go back to your seat.

Oh, God.

All right, pal.

Go back to sleep, baby.

I just wanted you to know

you'll be moving into the nice wing

of the hospital soon.

Yeah, we're gonna

get you your own room there,

the best doctors.

So don't worry what those

goddamn HMO people said.

What?

I don't know.

I'm okay, a little tired.

Why do you ask?

Hey, sweetie, don't worry, really.

Why would anything

be wrong with me?

You're imagining things.

I guess you think I'm a lunatic

for what I did back there.

Aw...

Who hasn't sliced and diced

a corpse from time to time?

Miles would have reported him

to the cops if I hadn't done it.

Look, you don't need to morally

justify yourself to me, okay?

I'm in sales, remember?

Although I can say

I've never cut off a man's head

for a commission before.

It's not like I've ever done

anything like that before.

I'm not a bad person or anything.

I'm not a bad person.

I know. It's okay.

It's all right.

Hey, it's all right.

Hey, you know what?

You did try to save me, right?

I mean, if you were truly a rotten soul,

you wouldn't even

have made the effort.

Tell me you've got

a hammer in there.

Yeah.

- Smash the mother.

- Yeah.

All right, step back.

Hit it harder!

I'm hitting it pretty damn hard.

Sh*t. This wood is so damn solid!

Come on!

- It's not even scratched.

- Give me that!

I got it.

I got it.

Oh, Merry Christmas!

Gaww!

Hey, we're pulling into the station.

Come on.

We'll have to open this later, okay?

That's my stop. My parents are

waiting for me at the station.

All right. Well, give us your address,

and we'll send your share in the mail.

Hey, hey, hey!

No. No one's taking it.

All right?

If the box is staying, I'm staying.

What about Mommy and Daddy

waiting at the station?

It's my problem.

As far as you're concerned,

I got off this train like my ticket says.

What are you doing?

I'm keeping both of you out of view.

So I'm locking up this car.

You're locking me in here with her?

Now, what's the point of that?

My sanity.

What are you gonna tell

your parents?

Nothing.

Aren't they gonna wonder

where their daughter is?

I just don't care.

And I'm not gonna go back

to med school.

Where does life take you from here?

Somewhere far away.

Yeah, I heard that.

Thought you quit 10 years ago.

That's why you got to stop

when you're young, kid.

Miles, the baggage car was open.

I mean, was wide open, you know?

Yeah. Forget about it.

Here's your keys.

You want me to check the hoses?

Oh, they're gonna put this train

out to pasture next year.

May as well just let it rot in peace.

You okay, Miles?

Yeah.

Let's get out of here.

I wanna see my wife

by Christmas morning.

Hey, you know where I'm headed?

Marquesas Islands

in the South Pacific.

It's where Paul Gauguin

spent the last years of his life.

- You know, the French painter?

- I've heard of him.

Yeah, well, he left his wife and kids,

the life he knew.

Totally rejected civilization.

Sounds perfect.

Yeah.

You're more than welcome

to come with me, if you'd like.

Have you started drinking again?

No. Nope.

No, I haven't had a drop.

Here, see?

Look at that.

- And you know what?

- What?

I don't even want any.

- For the first time since I was 15.

- Congratulations.

I really do need a promotion.

You know how it is,

taking care of a family, and...

- Oh, you got to get another job, kid.

- Huh?

You can't take care of a wife

and baby working on a train.

Go back to school.

Learn about computers, airplanes,

something with a future.

What do you mean?

You're not gonna recommend me?

The train is a dead end.

It's a relic, okay?

But I wanna be a conductor

just like you.

You don't want to be

anything like me.

- I want to be!

- Are you f***ing deaf?

You're not gonna be like me!

You're not gonna

work on a train! Never!

So, what do you say?

It's all coming together.

I'm free of the booze.

You're off your folks.

What do you say to a warm climate

and a new beginning?

Thanks, but...

...I spent enough of my life

following somebody else's dreams.

Do you know what I mean?

I'm frightfully sorry.

I haven't got a ticket.

The ticket office

appears to be closed.

- You can pay it later.

- No, no, my good man.

I shall pay immediately.

Tell me, is the bar on board

still open by any chance?

All night for the holidays.

Some dark Jamaican rum

would be just the ticket.

Perhaps you'd be kind enough

to send it down to the rear car?

Please, keep the change.

Merry Christmas.

Rear car is closed.

Oh, dear.

I was supposed

to meet a friend there.

Short fellow. Mr. Cairo.

Got on at the last stop.

Couldn't miss him.

You don't know where he's sitting,

by any chance?

No.

You mean, you don't know

which car he moved to?

I mean, I haven't seen anyone

on this train by that description.

Oh.

And no one has left a message

or asked for me?

- My name is Mr. Gutman.

- No.

Well, I shall just

have to find him myself.

Never mind.

Come on, Miles.

Where the hell are you?

...so he was staying here...

Miles! This gentleman

is looking for a friend.

A short guy.

What happened to that man

who got on at Fall Brook?

All nervous, taking pills?

Oh, him?

- He's who you're looking for?

- So, he did get on this train?

Yes. No. I mean...

He got on board,

but he got off again.

He got off again?

He did? No.

When? I didn't see that.

He said he couldn't

pay for his ticket,

so he left before we

pulled out of the station.

Why didn't you tell me this before?

Oh, I didn't make the connection.

We go through so many

passengers around the holidays.

Well, do we? Since when?

It was my mistake.

I apologize.

Dammit.

Can't you call your friend

and find out where he is?

I shall never see him again.

He betrayed me.

He couldn't help it.

Don't you have

his phone number or...

Frankie, finish packing everything

in the kitchen.

Okay.

Anything else, sir?

I'm here if you need anything.

Oh, Miles,

a very Merry Christmas to you!

Ah, Merry Christmas to you.

Oh, Poochie's really

looking forward to his breakfast,

and I'm going to have

an apricot brandy instead of tea.

Why, I think it's perfectly acceptable

to raise a toast to Jesus

on his birthday, don't you agree?

Oh, how lovely!

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