The Dark Angel Page #6

We're going fishing.

You are?

Well,

Good night.

Good night,

Betty.

Good night.

Children!

This is the last time

I'm going to tell you.

Take off your caps and make up

Your minds to stay in the house.

It's going to rain

All day.

I'm sorry. Mother says we

Can't go to the river today.

What?

Oh, I'm afraid

I'd forgotten.

But we'll surely

Take you tomorrow.

All right.

What are you

Going to do today?

I don't know.

I thought grownup people always

Had something to do every day.

I thought so too.

Now I find

It isn't always true.

When I grow up, I'm

Going to be a white whale

And live in the river.

Don't listen to him.

The other day,

He wanted to be a horse.

Ha ha ha! Well, ginger doesn't seem

To like the human form, at any rate.

I'm going to be

A dressmaker

Or a singer

When I grow up.

Would you like me to sing?

Oh, no, no.

What did you want to be

When you were young?

A writer.

Then why didn't you?

I don't know.

I suppose for the same reason

Ginger won't be a white whale.

A writer?

That's nice.

I've got a pencil. Would you

Like to write something now?

No, no, indeed.

That was

A long time ago, betty.

Oh.

Maybe down by the river

You will write us something.

I told you this morning,

He can't even see the river.

You can't see anything,

Can you?

You're very snobbish

About your eyes, joe.

Maybe I'll be able to see

Some things about the river

That you can't see.

Like what?

You see?

Well, you can see

That it's a river,

Just a pretty

Country river,

But I can see

That it's big and wide,

And that its banks

Are tangled

With a strange kind

Of undergrowth,

A kind

You've never even seen.

And there are sounds

That you've

Never heard before.

Bright-colored wild birds

Are flying about.

Monkeys are jabbering

In the trees,

And there are large

Green crocodiles in the river.

You hear the crocodiles,

And you don't like

The sound they make

Because you've got to swim

Through them to rescue betty,

Who's been taken captive

By a cannibal.

Who, me?

You.

And dimly

Through the jungle,

Joe and ginger

Can hear your cries

Above the strange song

Of the birds

And above the shrill chatter

Of the monkeys.

Suddenly,

You and ginger

Jump into the river...

"jack and Peter

Were with her on the trip,

"and nothing else mattered

To Jennifer,

"for the boys,

Tired of fishing,

"were splashing about

In the sea,

"having left Jennifer on board

To watch the lines.

In their haste... "

"they had swum a little distance

Away from the side

When a puff of wind

Stirred the sails."

I smell plum cake,

Or am I mistaken?

Do you think we ought to

Eat the cake now?

I mean while I'm here,

So that I'd know

Whether it was right or not.

No. We must wait until

Hannah brings in the tea.

I wouldn't ask

For a piece of cake.

I wouldn't do that,

But if my brothers

Were here,

They wouldn't mind asking

One little bit.

But I wouldn't ask.

No, no. Not you.

"they had swum a little

Distance away from the side

When a puff of wind

Stirred the sails."

"the boat gave a quiver,

And Jennifer jumped to her feet.

"suddenly, she realized

To her horror

"that the boat was moving.

"in terror,

She rushed to the side

And shouted, 'Peter!'"

Will Jennifer get mad

And slap Peter?

That's what I'd do.

No, no. She likes him.

Doesn't he like her?

Yes, he likes her

Very much.

But he won't know how much

Until a long time later.

Will that be

In the book, too?

No. No, that won't be

In the book.

On what platform does the

Dover express arrive, please?

Number five, Miss.

Thank you.

Kitty!

Gerald.

Gerald, I'm so glad.

I'm so glad, too.

I didn't know-

I didn't know that you'd come.

Seeing you again

Means so much.

Mother-

Is-is mother here?

She's waiting. She

- she wanted me to see you first.

Oh, bless her.

We mustn't stand here.

Let's get your things.

Where's my porter?

There he is. Yes.

Father and granny

Are so anxious to see you.

Granny says that

No one plays cribbage

Quite as well as you.

We told her that you might

Want to do a few other things,

But she wouldn't

Listen to that.

Why didn't you

Come home before?

Why did it take you

So long?

I- I couldn't till I was all right

With myself.

I know.

I felt that too.

We were both wrong

That night.

I know that now.

It took me a long time

To find it out.

I wanted to come home.

I wanted to see you more

Than I could ever tell you,

But I didn't know

What you felt.

I was afraid.

We've been friends

Ever since we were born.

We must never

Not be friends again.

Oh, no.

George?

Hello, roger! Hello!

I meant to be clean

And looking

Like a tailor's dummy

To greet you.

I'm glad to see you

Again.

You're looking

Very fit, roger.

Thank you.

How are you, Miss west?

Very well, and very glad

To see you, sir George.

Mr. Saunders, bring the

Luggage in, will you?

How's the new book

Coming on?

We've made

A good start, I think.

I- oh, no,

We really have.

I hope we've

A very long way to go.

I love this.

You have

A long way to go-

A good 10 miles yet.

How lovely

The garden looks, roger.

And what a time

I'm going to have.

I shall do nothing but sleep and

Eat and read your latest book.

A tallyho!

Neither of you were born

The first time I saw one.

It belongs to

Sir George mordaunt.

He's the m.f.h.

At bramwell.

Well, this is brandy.

Napoleon 1814.

It was princely of you,

George.

When I was a kid, I used to think

That napoleon made all this himself,

That he spent

That entire year

Doing nothing

But making brandy.

Well, the history books-

The history books could have

Told you differently.

In those days,

I never could understand

How he had time

For waterloo-ha ha ha!-

With all the brandy-making

Going on!

How is it?

Hmm?

Oh.

Mmm. Not bad.

Roger, you were

In the engineers, weren't you?

Yes.

Did you ever run across

A chap called shannon?

Yes, we were

In the same field company.

Do you remember

A photograph of yours

I gave back to you

When you left us?

Yes.

I think these are

The same people.

"Gerald shannon

And Kitty Vane."

Is that right?

There's a picture of them

Here in this tattler.

They're going to be married.

Are they?

I'm very glad.

We used to be

Quite good friends.

They've-they've been

Very close to each other,

All their lives.

I was hoping

This would happen.

It's the way it should be.

Well, me for bed, I think.

I always like to

Turn in early the first night.

How about you?

No, George, I think I shall

Have a short pipe first.

I'm tired.

I've been working pretty

Hard the last few weeks.

Well, good night, old man. Good night.

George, when are they

To be married? Did you notice?

I think it said

The 3rd.

That's next monday.

Yes.

Well,

Good night, old man.

Good night, George.

Give me a shout

If you want anything.

Right.

You've been standing there.

You haven't moved...

For a long time.

I was watching you.

I've never seen anyone

So still.

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