Riptide Page #5

You might have been killed,

I suppose you know that.

Would you really care ?

Really ?

Of course.

What do you think I'm made of ?

Rainbows.

Well, I wish there were

something I could do for you.

There is.

What ?

Would you...

Would I what ?

I can hear a lot of violins playing.

And it's all very fine and very wonderful.

And your eyes are full of stars.

Tommie, what was it

you were gonna ask me ?

Kiss me.

Will you go to sleep and be quiet ?

Yeah.

Thank you very much.

Excuse me, sir, please.

Take the big stuff round the back.

Just a moment before you go in.

Yes, dear ?

Are you terribly angry ? You haven't kissed me yet.

Yes, I have.

Oh, but such a silly little kiss.

I have so much to tell you, dear.

I'd rather not talk about it now, Mary.

I'd rather not discuss it now.

All right, dear.

Anyway, it's wonderful to have you back, darling.

Wait a minute, do I hear a little mouse somewhere ?

Yes, I do hear a little mouse somewhere.

My angel.

We've gained three pounds.

Have you ?

Oh, no, not me.

It.

Such a very pink rose.

I'm so sorry, but these fellows

really do want to make the morning papers.

All right, my sweet, you run along.

What is that ?

How can you have a horse without a tail ?

You sillybilly.

You know, you've stayed up

much too late as a matter of fact...

... as a special treat tonight on account of daddy.

She just loved to see her daddy again, milady.

I know. I was just a little bit j-e-a-l-o-u-s.

You're too smart, too smart for a little girl.

Is that all you want ?

Yes, thank you very much, sir. Good day, sir.

Good day.

Remember me to Mr. Warmington, will you.

Yes, sir. He's had a bit of a cold but he's much better now.

That's good. Bye

Hello, how are you ?

Good afternoon, Lord Rexford.

I think the others are after general news,

but I'd like to ask you something more personal.

I see, yes, what ?

We've held up a story from America

about the possibility of a divorce.

Oh really, have you ?

Haven't you anything to say to me at this time ?

No, most certainly not.

Nothing at all ?

No.

Thanks.

David !

Shut the door.

What's the matter ?

Any of the other fellows talked

about Mary and the Cannes business ?

No, why ?

What a filthy thing to come home to.

I thought you'd decided to wait.

You've covered up your

feelings beautifully until now.

I've been watching you and I've been watching Mary

and she hasn't taken her eyes off you.

It's all so unfair.

How could she put me in such a position.

May I suggest...

What ?

... that you hold your horses.

Why don't you see these other people

and get your bath and change your clothes

and then talk it all over with Mary after dinner ?

You know she won't lie to you.

You know if anything were wrong,

really wrong, you wouldn't have

a smiling Mary to meet you.

Knowing Mary.

All right, David, I'll try.

Shall I send them in ?

Yes, I suppose so.

Oh, thank you.

Coffee, dear ?

No, I don't think so.

I've nerves.

I think I have nerves too.

No coffee, Bolly.

Let me know when Fenwick gets back, will you ?

Yes, milord.

Darling, you're not going to run away ?

I think I ought to.

Cross ?

No.

Just a little ?

No.

Darling, I'm so sorry.

I've been terribly worried.

How could you get mixed up

with a fellow like Tommie Trent ?

Darling Tommie Trent.

He's a fool. I just happened

to know him in New York.

You did ?

That's one of the things

the American papers omitted.

I knew him very slightly.

He's always been very amusing and...

I know.

He's quite mad and...

Yes. That the papers did infer.

Darling, it's been horrid for you.

Those awful things in the papers...

I knew they'd exaggerated.

They never let down.

They kept building up in headlines.

One would have thought

another war had been declared.

You poor dear.

Then, just when I thought it was all over,

out came the Sunday Supplement

with special features...

"Mr. Tommie Trent and some

of the women he's supposed to..."

Darling, please.

Your picture was there

with a question mark over it.

And next there was a perfectly horrible one

of me with caption underneath it saying...

"Burning". Me, burning !

Darling, I'm so ashamed.

And I'm so sorry.

I'm sorry too. I...

I didn't mean to blow up.

I made myself promise myself I wouldn't.

I don't mind. You should blow up.

I want you to blow up.

Darling, you never thought for a

moment that I was one of...

Tommie Trent's adventures, did you ?

I didn't permit myself to think.

Look at me, you couldn't.

There must have been something.

What made him think

he could come to your room ?

Two or three bottles of champagne, I suppose.

Nothing else ?

If there had been anything else,

I'd have been the one to jump from the balcony.

Why don't you tell me the truth ?

The truth.

I went to a party with Aunt Hetty.

A party given by a woman called Pourtals.

Countess Pourtals, to be precise.

It was all a little hectic.

We didn't even get there till 2 in the morning.

Fun.

It was fun, Philip.

Well, go on, darling.

Don't say darling like that, darling.

Well ?

There was a big full moon...

I didn't put it there...

... and a soft warm wind full of mimosa,

and trouble and we were talking.

You and the Mr. Trent.

Yes, He's terribly funny.

We were talking a lot of bosh and

nonsense about birds and people.

Sounds interesting.

Well, and he kissed me.

Yes ?

It all seemed very silly and trivial

until I got back to the hotel... safe...

... a little frightened. The next thing I knew he'd fallen off a balcony.

I naturally went to the hospital to see how he was.

And now I've told you the truth, judge.

The whole truth and

nothing but the truth, so help me...

I suppose it is amusing.

It makes me a little ill.

Well.

You might have had gone for a divorce.

Exactly what I was thinking.

Philip. Slap me in the face, shout,

knock me down, but don't keep this up.

I was wrong, I know it.

But I'm intact, if that means anything to you.

You make it sound quite remarkable.

Darling...

Don't be so...

Philip, haven't you ever...

Ever what ?

Nothing.

Have never what ?

Felt temptation.

So you were tempted then ?

For an instant yes, I was.

Tommie Trent didn't tempt me, the moment did.

I wasn't myself if you like,

that's possible isn't it ?

It was a bad moment. It opened my eyes

to something inside of me that frightened me.

Darling, don't go away and leave me again.

I belong to you.

I'm not so sure of myself anymore,

and I'm so sure of you.

Take care of me darling, I love you.

I love you too, that's the trouble.

If you mean that, nothing

can ever happen again.

Forgive me.

I have forgiven you.

No.

No, you haven't.

If I could only feel inside of me that you have.

How can you expect me to believe

that all this ended with a kiss ?

Why not ?

I'm reminded vividly of New York.

What about New York ?

It didn't end that way once before.

I think I see what you mean.

And you will still say that after 5 years,

these five years in this house

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