Strangers in Love Page #2

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football and your tennis.

And all the rest of the things your

sound body gave you the chance to do.

I used to dream that while I sat

indoors with this weak heart of mine.

Hating you.

Yes. Hating you!

And I had a right to hate you.

Why should you have health and

strength and freedom while I ..

Arthur.

I'm sorry, Arthur.

One.

Two.

Three.

I'm going to attend

to everything, Arthur.

I want you to go to your room and stay

there until I give you further orders.

You are a sick man.

Thank you. Thank you, doctor.

Bronson.

Please.

Heart attack.

Poor fellow.

Why Buddy should have to die

and that brother of his live ..

Now don't get started on that subject.

- Started?

Well, why do you work for him, if ..

- Because I want to find out the truth.

He cheated you.

Nobody has cheated me out of anything.

I've got the swellest job in the

world just being your Dad.

You old darling.

Now listen honey, this is getting

to be an obsession with you.

If Arthur did double-cross me with this

fellow Barkwell, whoever he is.

Why does he hire you?

- To cover up.

Smart crooks always work that way.

But someday he'll slip up.

When he does ..

I'm going to have a talk with this guy

Drake and you're not going to stop me.

That will do, Bronson.

- But sir, he ..

What do you want?

He told me ..

He told me you looked alike, but ..

What are you talking about?

I was a friend of your brother's.

Oh .. that's alright, Bronson.

Yes, sir.

Well?

I want to know how Buddy died.

A heart attack.

- Say, listen you.

I've been in too many tight spots

with that boy to swallow that yarn.

There wasn't anything

the matter with his heart.

No? Then what killed him?

That's what I'm here to find out.

- Just a moment, mister ..?

"Keeney" is the name.

"Keeney". Be reasonable about this.

You say there was nothing

wrong with my brother's heart.

That's what I said and I know

what I'm talking about.

How can you be sure of such a thing?

He's led a wild and dissolute life ..

- That will be all of that.

Start talking dirt about my pal

and I'll tear your ears off.

Oh, now Mr Meany.

"Keeney" is the name.

Buddy was my pal and he was

white all the way through.

I know he didn't like you

and you didn't like him.

But he was a swell guy.

A swell guy.

You heard me.

They don't make 'em better.

I ..

I don't know what you're driving at.

- You will.

He came over here to put on you for a

piece of change, and I waited for him.

I waited most of the night and

then I went back to the room.

The next thing, I read in

the paper he's dead.

Died of a heart attack.

Well I know it's a lie. You're going

to tell me the truth or I'm going ..

You'll what?

Then the square yellow thing.

That butter.

Puts it on bread.

Bread is something that you eat.

Say.

Why you bleary-eyed old cloud-buster.

Going around as a friend of mine and you

can't recognise me when you see me.

Well, Buddy ..

- Shush.

Well .. what's the gag?

I'll tell you in a minute. First, give

me a cigarette. I'm dying for a smoke.

Sure.

Here.

You mean, the other guy

kicked off and you ..?

Yeah, that's right.

It's a dangerous game, pal.

You're telling me.

Listen, Stan.

I'm going to stick and I'm not

going to get caught, either.

We'll see to that.

"We" is .. we?

That's right.

Ah, don't be a sap.

Grab yourself a chunk of change and blow.

- Not a chance.

Half of Everyman you see here

should be mine by rights.

Are they the kind of rights

they put you in jail for?

How can they put me in jail? I'm dead.

Yeah .. you're dead.

But you're walking around yet.

And anything that walks,

they can lock up.

Yeah, and if I run every cent will go

to those bottle-nosed Egyptologists.

Gee, that's a shame.

The things that belong

to my family will ..

This was my home Stan,

and it's still my home.

Is that the way you feel about it?

Exactly.

I'm with you kid, but I'm scared.

I've been through the worst of it.

The family doctor, the servants,

you yourself, you sap.

It's a cinch.

Hello?

Yes, this is ..

Arthur Drake speaking.

What's that?

You know what's that.

When do we get that check?

You know what for.

Oh yes, surely.

Who is this talking?

This is Clark speaking.

Oh, Mr Clark?

You are going to what?

He hung up.

Who?

Mister Clark.

Who is Mister Clark?

The guy I was talking to.

Oh, him?

He wants a check.

What for?

- I don't know what for.

For how much or where to send it.

He said if he doesn't get it in tomorrow

morning's mail I'll know what to expect.

Oh yeah?

Well, what do you expect?

I expect I'm going to get into a jam.

Yeah. I've been through the worst of it.

The doctor, the family servants.

Oh, it's a cinch.

Say listen, Buddy.

It's getting hotter round here, kid.

And you're sitting in the middle.

You'd better jump while

the jumping is good.

Maybe you're right.

- You're telling me.

Why you poor sap, even it

they don't find you out ..

What are you going to do with that?

You can't even sign your brother's name.

Oh .. you could, but ..

It keeps one confined so ..

Yeah, I hadn't thought of it.

Well that leaves us right

back where we started.

Nobody ever had a house this big ..

Without some loose change

hanging around somewhere.

A few bucks and we'll be

back in that man-sized war.

Come on. Stop standing

there talking to yourself.

There is nothing there. I've looked.

Yeah?

Morning, Parsons.

- Morning, Miss Merrow.

How is Mr Drake this morning?

- He ..

He was alright Miss Merrow, but I ..

- But what? - I'm worried.

Why? What's happened?

Nothing has happened,

Miss Merrow, but ..

Ever since his brother's death, he's ..

- I suppose the shock and all ..

Perhaps that's it, but ..

He hasn't seemed like himself.

Well .. that's an improvement.

Here it is.

How much?

Imagine looking all over the place

for this and here it is, right in ..

In plain view.

Always glad to be of assistance to a man

who is a friend of my poor brother.

"I don't know who the dame is."

"Beat it and wait at the hotel."

"Until I get in touch."

There you are, sir.

Five hundred dollars.

I hope that will help you out.

I hope it will.

When you .. get fixed up I want

you to come back and see me.

I am anxious to hear more

about my poor brother.

Oh yeah. Sure. I'll come back.

I'd like to have you

as my guest for a time.

And .. by the way, if things don't

go well with you let me know.

I might put you in the

way of getting something.

Yeah, you might put me in

the way of getting plenty.

Yes, well goodbye.

- Yeah, goodbye.

Good luck.

Good morning.

Good morning.

He ..

The man you just saw here.

That same man.

Was a friend of my brother's.

I wish you'd introduced me.

- Oh.

Stupid of me.

Well I suppose the shock and all.

- I'm very sorry.

Oh yes .. thank you.

I read about it in the papers

while I was in Berkshires.

Oh yes, yes. The Berkshires.

Nice up there, isn't it?

It rained most of the time.

Oh.

Did it?

- Yes.

That's the trouble with the

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