No Time for Love Page #8

Get her out of here.

No, I'm all right. Get back to your drill.

I got to get you out of here

and see that you're safe.

No, please.

All right, you guys. Hurry up...

...it's gaining on you. Get in there.

Mike, get ready to grab that track.

Here they come, boys.

We'll get the lowdown now.

Is everything all right? What happened?

Did it work or didn't it?

It didn't.

Well, we had a little tough luck.

Everyone accounted for?

Yeah.

Well, gentlemen, officially the

test must be classed as a failure.

If you have anything to

add to that, go ahead.

I guess not.

Except that the cave-ins can't

be controlled with one machine.

If we had six... Thanks for trying.

Thanks. Thank you, boys.

You fellas tried hard. I want

you to know I appreciate it.

I'll see you above when

this mob clears out of here.

Where's Kate?

What happened to you?

You look like a mud pie.

Ryan.

Why don't you get out of here?

I had to ask you if there's

anything in the world I can do.

...to make up for the trouble I caused.

No. Anything else?

I wish things had turned

out differently because.

I admire you so much, and

I believe in your ability.

I was pulling for you with all my heart.

Look, the farther you step out

of your stall to square things...

...the more it smells like charity.

You don't owe me anything. And

if you did, I wouldn't collect.

That's clear, isn't it?

What's he pouting about?

Oh, shut up. Yeah, shut up.

Oh, I see.

Clancy, we've got to help him.

I was trying to figure...

What do you mean "we"?

You and Roger and I. There's

something lost in there.

...that might mean all the difference

in the world to Ryan's chances.

Lady, anything that's lost in

there is going to stay lost.

I've got to get that camera.

Have you gone daffy?

You mean that the three of us

should traipse right back in there.

where it took 10 men to get you out?

But they were caught in the

mud. We can go along the wall.

Wait a minute. Apart from

being afraid of the dark...

I hate tunnels, even after they are finished.

Those officials weren't close enough.

...to see that his machine

was having any effect.

If we can get the camera,

and the film isn't ruined...

...the pictures will show that the machine.

was actually stopping the muck.

Why do you say it that way so I

feel like I ain't doing all I can?

You've answered your own

question. Let's get out of here.

Shut up.

It might be that the muck

has plugged those leaks.

...so that the pressure has built up again.

We could take a look.

Clancy, you're a darling.

But that ain't saying

we're going all the way in.

Blow your nose like this.

End of the line.

I wish I knew what it was like up there now.

If it's like I think it is,

I got no business down here.

Well, the air pressure

seems to be holding it back.

Come on, let's try it.

Should I roll up my trousers?

I'm all right.

Over there is where I lost the camera.

Here? Now, let's see, I...

I was standing facing the tunnel and...

When it broke, I...

I must have thrown it that way.

You didn't stand there, you were under there.

What am I supposed to do?

There's not even a piano.

Feel for the camera, Roger,

it's bound to be here.

All right, I've got a grip.

Whoa.

Muck! Roger!

There's the first reason why we

should have stood out in the tunnel.

Roger, what on earth were you doing?

I don't remember.

Roger! Look!

Come on.

This was taken right after

they applied the drill.

You remember my flash light

bulb going off at the time.

And this was taken a minute later.

Now you can see that the machine.

...has cut the flow of

muck to less than half.

If Ryan and the men hadn't

stopped to rescue me...

I'm certain they would have

completed the experiment successfully.

Look, you can see here.

...that the cave-in

which buried the machine.

...is developing at a different point.

You say this picture was

taken first and this second?

Yes.

How do we know they're not reversed?

Well, among other things, by the

relative amount of mud on the men.

How could they be cleaner on a later picture?

It's a fact, sir, that the dang thing.

was on the level doing its stuff.

Apparently it was. Too bad we

couldn't see more clearly at the time.

But now that you have proof,

don't you think it worthwhile.

...to finance Ryan in construction.

...of enough of these

machines to save the tunnel?

Well, that would take some discussion.

Of course, we thank you for

this very encouraging evidence.

Thank you. If you do give him another

chance, I must insist on one thing.

Yes?

Don't tell him why you're doing it...

...other than that you think

he deserves another try.

I mean, don't mention these pictures.

Is there any particular reason?

Well, I prefer that he didn't

feel indebted to me in any way.

Well, I'm willing to oblige you...

...but I must say I don't understand.

Very few men do understand,

each other, I mean.

Goodbye. Goodbye.

"Katherine Grant, prominent

magazine photographer...

"today announced her

engagement to Henry Fulton...

"publisher of Mirror Magazine.

"Date of the wedding is indefinite...

"but the engagement is

to be celebrated tonight.

"by a group of intimate

friends of the bride-to-be. "

Well, that's the most sensible news.

...this paper has printed in years.

So he finally did it.

Oh, why waste words on him?

He put me in my place, and it's

a darn good place, if you ask me.

Well, I agree, don't I?

Romantic marriage went

out with smelling salts.

Today it's a common-sense institution...

...and if you don't have intelligence

enough to better your position...

...then you deserve to fall

in love and starve to death.

Okay, okay.

Quit poking your chin out

at me, I'm on your side.

What do you want from me?

An argument, you dope.

Oh, Kate.

Oh, sorry.

Mr. James Ryan? Who wants to see him?

Roger Winant.

Come in here. Thank you.

Sit down.

According to the river bottom samples...

we won't have any more trouble

till we reach this point.

Start doubling your bracings

50 feet before you get to it.

Be sure that Clancy and his

special crew is standing by.

There's a Mr. Roger to see you.

Roger?

Oh, send him in.

And Miss... Maggis.

...is getting a little impatient.

Tell her I'll be out in a couple of minutes.

Okay.

You can go in, and, you, wait here.

Hello, Ryan.

Quite a busy place you've

got, if you don't mind mud.

Dust off a chair for yourself. Thanks.

Listen, big shot.

Darlene, this is Roger Winant.

He's a friend of Miss Grant's.

I'm very happy.

Listen, if you invite a lady for

dinner, you take her to dinner.

I've been sitting on that

hard bench so long, my...

How soon will you be ready?

I'll be out pretty soon...

...if Roger doesn't have

anything important on his mind.

I wouldn't have bothered you, except

that my carrier pigeon was sick.

Okay, panty waist. Wrap it up, will you?

Yes, ma'am.

What brought you out in fresh air?

Have you read this morning's paper?

Haven't had time.

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