Saratoga Trunk Page #8

I'll speak to him.

Nobody ever speaks

to mr. Soule

unless mr. Soule

speaks to them first.

Good morning, mr. Soule,

so pleasant to see you!

My husband

spoke of you.

I am mrs.

Du chenfrais.

I do not know

the name.

You'll recall him as

le comte du chenfrais.

Please

don't stand up.

Perhaps it

was this colonel...

white hat maroon i

heard speak of you.

I don't know him, either.

The texan-the one who's

says he's going to ruin you?

Good day, mr. Soule.

Such a lovely chat.

Now i'm walking to

this delightful empire spring.

Walking! But everybody

rides to take the waters.

But i am here

for my health.

What a woman!

She makes

her entrance here

on the arm of our

most eligible bachelor.

She disappears for two

days while we wonder.

When she reappears, her first

act is to be seen talking

to the almighty

mr. Soule.

But she walks

to the springs.

What will people

say? It's heresy.

Don't be any sillier

than you are, dear beanie.

It's sheer genius...

if she can get

away with it.

Another cup,

angelique.

I can feel it

doing me good.

Good morning,

mrs. Du chenfrais.

Good morning.

Good morning.

You've been ill?

You didn't come down...

not ill. Weary.

I can

understand that.

But you look-

you seem to be

fully recovered,

that is, if appearances are anything.

Thank you.

You must have driven

down very early.

I didn't drive.

I walked.

Walked? Then you must

allow me to drive you back.

No, no.

I'm walking back.

I intend to walk down and

back every morning early-

that's one of

the european cures.

Splendid idea. You must

allow me to walk with you.

If you care to.

Good day.

May i stroll

with you?

Of course.

There's that

fascinating mr. Maroon.

You presented him,

remember?

And he will ask to

drive me back, too.

You're all so kind.

He's the reason i've been

so weary until now.

All that first night,

he kept me awake.

If he's been

annoying you-

no, not him, exactly.

It was talk, talk,

talk in the next room.

Railroads, railroads-

i thought i should go mad.

I'm thinking of moving to a

cottage apartment this morning,

for quiet.

They weren't talking

railroads, were they?

What could they say

about railroads

that would keep

a charming woman awake?

I don't know. Such things

are too much for me.

Oh, albany

and trunk lines.

Tell me, what is

the saratoga trunk?

I thought it was

something for clothes.

Trunks and railroads kept whirling

around in my head. Maddening, it was.

Have i said something?

You look troubled.

Good morning,

mrs. Du chenfrais.

Colonel maroon.

If you're going back

to the hotel-

what is this i hear about

you talking railroads so loud

that this lady has to move

out of her rooms?

You've been circulating

this morning.

On my way out of the hotel

just now, i met mr. Soule.

He wanted to know what this

was about my threatening to-

soule? Are you

hooked up with him?

I hope i haven't said

anything i shouldn't.

Just to know you've had my name

on your lips gives me pleasure.

You shouldn't be angry

with colonel maroon.

He's on your side.

I distinctly heard his

voice say that he thought

you were more clever

than any of them.

By that time,

they were shouting.

When i was talking to mr. Soule

this morning on the piazza,

i thought his voice sounded like

the one who was disputing mr. Maroon.

Mr. Maroon was telling him

he had some kind of a plan

that was going to win

this railroad war.

He was going to offer it

to you and ruin mr. Soule...

or was it the other way

around?

Oh, oh, dear me...

i hope you aren't

angry with me.

Oh, dear mr. Van steed,

oh, dear colonel maroon,

i detest

strong-minded women

who interfere

in men's affairs.

I understand, ma'am.

Colonel, possibly you could

run my railroad better than l-

now, gentlemen, this is no

place to discuss business.

Have you forgotten you've asked

me to have breakfast with you?

Well, that's

hardly possible.

I'm having breakfast

over at the track

with the grooms

and the jockeys.

Oh, what

a delightful surprise!

Ladies can't eat

in stables.

Well, this one can.

Miss clio! You're

not going without me,

miss clio!

Let him come.

I do want

to thank you

for the lovely

pink roses you sent.

I am glad

you liked them...

and don't forget,

mrs. Du chenfrais-

you're dining with me

tonight.

Delighted.

Cheri,

you're not angry.

Take your hand off my arm! What

do you think i'm driving? Cattle?

How can you talk to me like that?

No one has ever talked to me-

it's time they did, then.

Clint, i have such a clever

idea. I'm only trying to help you.

I'll try to explain this

slow and easy

without losing my temper.

Really, you should be proud of me.

I'm only thinking of your future.

Interrupt again, and i'll

smash in your pretty nose.

I've got some plans

of my own.

Oh, clint, have you?

What are they?

And i don't need you

to come busting in.

Let's see... i'm only a woman.

I don't have a right to think.

I've got every respect

for womankind,

but in texas, it's the men

who wear the pants.

I was up here

wearing mine.

Now you come along, starting

trouble, acting downright loco.

What have i done?

I only just arrived.

And then what? Screeching

out of hotel windows,

peaches and champagne

in the middle of the day,

pulling

the sleeping beauty act,

sashaying out telling the

doggonedest mess of lies.

You planning

to keep this up?

Yes. I've thought of the

most wonderful things.

It's going to be better

and better all the time.

I don't give a hang

what you do

as long as you keep your

nose out of my affairs.

I can be nagged by women, i can be

fooled by women, i can be coaxed by women,

but no woman's

going to run me.

You just pin back those

pretty ears of yours

and take heed

of what i'm saying.

Cheri, i think that even

when i marry someone else,

i'll always

love you best.

Heaven help the man that

takes up with you for life.

I wouldn't be in his shoes,

not for a million.

I'm hoping he'll have

much more than a million.

If you mean

little bartholomew,

his mama brushes girls

like you aside like flies.

His mama isn't here,

cheri.

When she hears what you're

doing to her baby boy,

she will be,

soon enough.

And he'll pay heed

to her, too.

He was brought up

prim and proper.

He was brought up

by a woman

who was stronger and more

possessive than he-his mother.

I'll be stronger and

more possessive than she.

And cleverer.

You'll see, cheri.

Women are the most unmoral

people there are.

Cheri,

darling, darling.

Attention!

Aah!

Jumping catfish!

You see what you do to me?

I don't know whether

i'm going or coming.

You intend to stay over in this

country long, mrs. Du chenfrais?

That depends, mr. Van steed,

upon so many, many things.

On what, for instance?

Things you'd consider

quite sordid, i'm afraid.

Sordid?

Everything is so

expensive over here.

It takes so many francs to

make one american dollar.

You should never have to

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