One Touch of Venus Page #5

- No!

- Hurry! Hurry!

No, no. I want to please you.

You can please me, just get out!

Here. Here, do you like this one?

Oh, I love it! It's beautiful!

It's gorgeous! Come on.

Now, get in there and get dressed

and don't come out until I call you.

Eddie, are you sure

you're gonna like this one?

Oh, I'm crazy about it!

I'm nuts about it!

You look awfully nice, Gloria.

Thanks, Joe.

You look... neat.

Yep. Real neat.

Look, Joe, do you want to...

Or do you want to talk to me?

Make up your mind.

Is that Eddie?

Eddie? Oh!

Yeah, that's Eddie.

- Eddie Hatch, you mean?

- In there with that girl?

Girl?

There's no girl in there.

Eddie's in there alone.

Eddie's working.

Yep.

Just working away.

I'll bet!

Where did she go?

Oh, hello, Gloria.

Where do who go?

Never mind her.

Where did you go?

Oh, you look wonderful today, honey.

I like your hair that way.

It's too late for compliments.

You're going to wear your hair shorter

if you don't explain

what happened to you last night.

Last night?

Oh! Last night.

Oh, you mean when I left the house

while you were out getting the soup?

What kind of soup did you get, honey?

Noodle and spinach.

I didn't want your guest

to be disappointed.

Oh, now, Gloria--

If I ever run into her,

she'll wish she had eaten plenty

of spinach!

Eddie Hatch, if you think for one minute

you're gonna make a fool of me--

Gloria, Gloria, now--

Now don't get upset.

- It's not good for you.

- Good for me?

I suppose you think

it's good to be stood up

by a two-timing,

double-crossing chiseler!

Why, for two cents, I'd hit you--

Oh, no, no!

- Gloria, that's breakable!

- Oh, so is your head!

Gloria! Gloria, please!

Everything in here is charged to me!

Let go! Let go!

I never want to see you again,

Eddie Hatch!

Why, you-- you can go

wherever you please!

Oh, Gloria!

Now wait a minute!

I didn't mean anything by--

Do whatever you want!

Oh, I hate you!

Hey, Eddie!

Eddie, give me the vase.

I think she's mad.

Hey, you're just the guy I'm looking for.

Good morning, Mr. Kerrigan.

- The strangest thing just--

- Yeah, I've got a warrant for your arrest.

Mr. Big!

I'm through with him!

Cheer up, Gloria.

You and Eddie will be making up again.

What do you wanna bet?

No more dates with him!

There are plenty of other fish in the sea!

Gloria!

Gloria, your shoe.

You know, Gloria,

if you ever need anything,

you can always count on me.

Thanks, Joe.

Well, I'll be seeing you.

When?

We'll see.

See ya.

See ya.

Say, maybe he's in the basement.

We'll give this floor the once-over.

Come on.

Well, he ain't in here. Come on.

Peek-a-boo, Hatch.

Cover the employees' entrance.

Pardon me.

We haven't met.

That is, you haven't met me,

but my name is Whitfield Savory II.

The same name as this establishment.

I am this establishment.

Did you sleep well?

Yes, beautifully, thank you.

Yes, beautifully.

And-- And the clothes?

Oh, divine.

A mere trifle.

Take the whole store.

You can even set fire to it

if it amuses you.

You are generous, Mr. Savory.

Call me Whitfield.

My car is waiting.

Shall we go?

We?

I've arranged everything.

Lunch at the Mum and Quiet Club.

Then to Montauk Point

for a candlelight dinner

at the Sand and Surf Yacht Club.

Then a moonlit ride to the Adirondacks

and breakfast at the Crop and Spur Club.

I'm sorry, but I don't think

Eddie would approve.

Eddie? What Eddie?

Eddie Hatch, of course.

Hatch?

Yes, last night, he brought me here,

and then this morning, he surprised me

with all these beautiful clothes.

Hatch. That clerk.

That $40-a-week window dresser?

Eddie!

Eddie, where have you been?

He's been trying to duck me.

I got some questions to ask you.

Look, Mr. Savory, please don't blame her.

- It's all my fault.

- Have you got the warrant?

Add these charges:

breaking into Savory's,

turning this floor into a YWCA,

and stealing clothes.

Well, look, if you'll just let her go,

I'll pay for everything.

Out of your $40 a week?

- 43.75.

- 43.75.

- Come on!

- Oh, one moment.

Whitfield, does this document

give you the right to put Eddie in jail?

It does indeed, my dear.

May I see it, please?

Don't worry about me.

Oh, it's very interesting.

What the...

I thought you were a big boy now.

Darling, come on.

Wait, wait.

I'll turn him into an owl.

But I didn't do this.

I don't even understand it.

I don't know who--

What are you doing?

Arrest that man!

Come on, get going!

Oh, no, no.

Don't, don't, don't.

Stop it, please. Stop it.

Don't stand there like a dummy.

- What's the matter with you?

- I don't know.

I just had a funny feeling, boss,

like I was gonna lay an egg.

We gotta get out of here fast.

Come on.

Wait a minute.

What am I running away for?

I haven't done anything.

I'm not a criminal.

Of course you're not.

But that-- that detective

thinks I stole the statue

and Mr. Savory accuses me

of stealing your clothes.

Gloria's mad at me

and Joe thinks I'm out of my head.

I'm gonna go to jail and lose my job

all just because--

- You kissed a statue.

- Yeah.

It was that champagne.

That's what made me do it.

Well, I'm gonna go back to them now

and tell them the whole truth.

You did, and they didn't believe you.

Oh, yeah.

Well, you could be my witness.

That's it! You could be my witness

and explain it all to them,

the paper dolls and everything.

Then Mr. Savory will believe me,

and he won't think I'm a criminal.

Perhaps I could persuade Mr. Savory.

Oh, no. One of the girls in the store

told me all about him.

Did he ask you for a date?

Now look, Your Majesty,

you are the goddess of love.

You belong up on a pedestal where people

can see you and admire you--

Lots of people, thousands of people.

You really want me to go back.

Will you?

I didn't think it was time.

There couldn't be a better time.

Gee, it sure is swell of you, Miss Venus.

I really appreciate it, too.

Now my life will be

just like it was before--

Sensible, orderly, and practical.

And I'll make up with Gloria.

Yep, just like it was before.

Well...

Will you be happy...

that is, where you're going?

We worry a lot about you mortals.

Well, what's it like, hmm?

Have you got big cities like this?

Places to go?

Movies and parks and things?

Gee. It's a shame you didn't

get to see everything.

I could at least have taken you

to the park.

I've caused you enough trouble already.

Trouble? What do you mean trouble?

Why, I guess we could go

to the park if we wanted to.

You don't really want to take me.

Of course I do.

I know my own mind.

Right now I want to take you to the park.

But I ask you, Molly,

even giving myself the worst of it,

what does this confounded

window trimmer got that I haven't got?

Well, to mention just one thing,

the girl you want.

What can he do for her?

I can offer her anything she wants,

anything that money can buy.

You did but it wasn't enough.

It just doesn't make sense.

Try to reason about love,

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