Strangers May Kiss Page #6

Synopsis: Lisbeth is a modern woman who thinks that marriage is old fashioned. She has two men in her life; Steve, who wants to marry her and Alan, who wants her to travel with him. Despite all the warnings by her friends and family, Lisbeth goes to Mexico with Alan where she is happy until she finds out that he has a wife in Paris and that he is leaving for his next job without her. Devastated, she spends a few years in Europe being the life of the party. While her reputation is well known, her life of gaiety has not made her happy.
 
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1931
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A nuisance.

Oh, you're wrong.

No, I'm not. If you had

Wanted to do something for me,

You could have begun

A long time ago.

Did you ever think

That a two-fisted drinker

Wasn't the answer

To my maiden's prayer?

Ha ha! Come on!

It's all a grand hoax.

And we're buddies,

Honey,

Free

As wildcats. Ha!

Oh!

Oh! Ha ha!

Oh, here you are.

I'm used to

Having people

Knock on my door

And wait until

I say "come in."

You are, of course,

Quite absurd.

Oh. You have had

Some message?

I'm leaving

For paris...

At once.

What happened?

Some man, eh?

Women like you

Are always the same.

There's always

Some one man.

Mostly a gigolo

Or someone equally

Distinguished.

My villa is many miles

From san sebastian.

It will be difficult

To leave

Till I am ready

To let you.

I didn't really

Think you'd care

Whether I stayed

Or not.

Oh, but you are

Greatly mistaken.

I do care,

A very great deal.

Oh, really?

The great,

Fascinating de bazan?

I followed you

For months,

Always jealous

Of the other men.

You know this.

A girl really

Can't be too careful.

How is she to know?

Kiss me.

Shall we...

Wait until

The others go?

It shall be

As you say.

I'm wild for you.

But I'm also

A gentleman.

That's a marvelous

Combination.

Shall we, um...

Join the others?

As my lady

Commands.

You're grand.

Visit me

In south america?

Good.

You come

South america?

Oh, sure.

Oh, good.

That is very near

Boston.

Yeah, just up the road

A little bit.

Mmm! Hot stuff. Hmm.

Hello, steve.

Mmm. Look out

For pepper.

Can you get

Rid of her?

I'll try,

Delicately.

Mmm... Shoo!

Scat!

Vamoose.

How did you get up

From san sebastian?

Rented a car.

Is it about?

Sure.

I want to get away,

And he won't let me go.

Why, the...

You're kidding.

Just time to catch

The mail plane to paris.

I'm with you.

Where's your stuff?

If I stop to pack,

I won't make it.

You know where

The front gate is?

Mm-hmm.

5 minutes.

Right.

What happened?

Changed my mind.

Was it something

I said?

Oh.

What kind of a world

Is it now?

Steve, darling,

I'm so happy,

I can't talk.

I was about to say something

New, deep, and startling.

It's the same old

World it always was,

And it

Always will be.

And life's

Like that.

Ain't it just?

Ah!

Well, I've

Delivered. I depart.

Wait. I'll get you

A drink.

Oh, clarice!

Clarice!

Oui, madame.

I'm home!

That's right. Don't keep it a secret.

Bonjour, madame.

Bonjour.

Whiskey et soda. Deux.

Tres bien, madame.

Why don't I get

A girl

That I can keep

All to myself? Why?

Why don't you?

Somebody

That will make you

As happy as I am

At this minute.

Ah, you just don't

Give a whatsis.

Voila, madame.

Clarice, appellez

L'hotel crillon

Et demandez monsieur

Alan harlow au telephone.

Tres bien, madame.

I'll have

A drink.

Well, here's to a better man than I am.

I suppose

He must be

A better man

Than I am.

Ha ha! He just happens

To be the man I love.

Happy days

And nights forever.

Thanks.

Hello.

Alan, my darling.

Yes?

It's lisbeth

In person.

Well?

I just got in.

When are you

Coming over?

I'm not coming.

You should have been

Prepared for that.

For what?

We mix

A lot of things,

But we take

Our women straight.

I see.

I hadn't thought

About that.

You don't mind,

Do you, steve?

I'd like to be alone,

Just for

A little while.

Sure.

If you want me,

I'll be

At harry's bar.

After midnight,

Zelly's.

Come in, come in.

Come in.

I had to see you,

Alan.

Why?

Did you want me

To tell you

What I found out

As soon as I set foot

In paris?

No.

I don't know.

To brush so near

Happiness...

And not get it.

Yes. It's too bad.

But there's

So much-

The rest

Of our lives.

If I thought that there

Was anything to talk about,

I'd have come

To see you.

There's one thing

That's important, alan,

That you ought to

Consider.

I didn't think

That I was ever

Going to see you

Again.

Don't you see,

I heard nothing?

I wrote you twice

From china.

Both letters came back.

Oh...

Then that was just

Bad luck, wasn't it?

Luck had nothing

To do with it.

Nobody knew

Where you were.

But I hardly

Knew myself.

I haven't much respect

For that.

But I didn't think

That I was ever

Going to see you again.

Don't you understand?

No, I don't.

If I'd come back and found

That you'd forgotten me

Or that you'd fallen in love

With someone else,

I'd have tried to win you

All over again.

But this cheap,

Contemptible, promiscuous...

Oh, wait a minute,

Alan.

You laid down

No roads for me

When you left me

In mexico.

You didn't care

A rap what I did

Until you found out

You loved me.

All right.

Put a label on it.

It's just plain,

Primitive, brute jealousy.

If you loved me

As you said you did,

No other man

In the whole world

Could ever put

A hand on you.

Oh, it isn't just

Selling me out.

It makes a joke

Of the word "love."

It's dragging some

Intangible flag in the dust.

I once held out

My very heart to you,

But you liked

Your freedom best.

You wanted it

For yourself,

So you let me

Have mine, too.

And now, because

You don't like

What I've done

With it,

You'd kick me

Right back in the gutter

Where you think I belong.

Oh, you're great, you

Men-proud, arrogant creatures.

Men don't marry the rotten

World they know all about.

Women like you

Won't do.

I won't spend

The rest of my life

Looking at shadows

On the wall.

Shadows on the wall.

I see.

Well, I'm going to

Tell you something now

That I couldn't

Tell you before.

But I can tell you now

Because I'm never

Going to see you again.

There were no shadows

On the wall when we met.

I had saved myself

For the man I loved.

But what's that got to do

With the past two years?

Why, everything!

If you hadn't liked your

Selfish liberty so well,

You might have found out

That you loved me sooner.

You wouldn't have sent me

Whirling into empty spaces

When I'd gambled everything

I valued and lost.

Rot! Just

The rotten alibi

Of indecent women

And nothing else.

You'll have

Plenty of time

To change your mind

About that.

I was only trying

To tell you

How much

I loved you.

You set me free.

You didn't know

Or care

How empty and silly

Freedom is.

You'll find out now,

Though,

Because you love me.

You couldn't be so brutal if you didn't.

I'm going

This time, alan.

You'll find out

What a curse

Freedom can be

When you're in love.

It's your own medicine,

Alan.

Make the best of it.

Ah! Prince. Princess.

Please come in.

The best table

In the house

For his royal highness.

Oh... Duchess.

Ok. Come on in,

Buddy.

I've been waiting

For you.

No, no, no,

No, no!

Oh, come on.

Come on, huh?

No!

I've been

To see alan,

And I feel

Much better.

Yeah,

I can see that.

Here.

You going to

Get married?

No.

Yes, you are.

I mean me.

I've been

Thinking things over,

And I've been staying

Very, very sober

So that I could think.

You want to

Marry me, steve?

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Katherine Ursula Towle (March 26, 1900 – September 1957) better known by her pen name Ursula Parrott, was an American writer of romantic fiction stories and novels. more…

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