The Dark Angel Page #7

I spoke to you,

But you didn't hear.

What are you

Thinking about, darling?

Shall we go in?

They're dancing.

Well, kids,

What's it to be today?

One tree gulch!

One tree gulch!

That sounds

Exciting.

It's a dangerous spot,

George,

But we'll

Fix you up.

There's a dark pool

Beneath the tree.

You can pretend to fish

And then go to sleep.

That

Sounds interesting.

All right,

I'll sleep and fish

While the braves

Watch over me.

Look at my rod.

They wouldn't make mine

As good as theirs.

It's much too short.

The fish won't care.

There's danger ahead!

Pass the word-

Ware crocodiles!

Ware crocodiles.

Ware crocodiles!

Well, look!

Didn't I say

There was danger?

Look! The hounds,

The hounds, the hounds!

Look!

Isn't that beautiful?

Is he going to make it?

There's a lovely jump!

Isn't this

A beautiful sight?

Yes, isn't it?

They're coming this way!

They're coming very close!

Really?

They're coming

Very close.

What a nasty fall!

He's up again!

There's a fine jump.

Look!

It's a lady!

Let's see if we can

Be some help.

Joe, run and dip my

Handkerchief in the stream.

Is she all right?

I don't know.

She's lying

Very still.

Joe's gone

For the water.

Is she hurt, George?

I don't think so.

It's just a tumble.

Is she conscious?

No, she's stunned,

I imagine.

She's coming to, though.

Take it easy now.

Feeling better?

That was quite a fall,

Wasn't it?

Who is it?

Kitty!

It's Kitty Vane!

Oh, you poor dear,

Are you hurt?

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Not at all, sir.

Glad to have been some help.

Are you sure

You're not hurt?

No, really.

A fine exhibition, wasn't it?

Oh,

Just rotten luck.

I told you that horse

Was a bad one with water,

But you would ride him.

George?

Yes, old man?

Kitty,

Are you all right?

What a fright

You gave me.

Get me away from here

At once. At once!

I think I've been

Lying here long enough.

There you are.

You're as white

As a sheet.

So are you, darling.

Why the devil

Must they hunt over here?

They've never

Done it before.

Only a couple of miles

From home,

And I run slap

Into her!

And you want me

To mix with people.

I ought to put a

Thousand miles between us.

I knew that from the start,

Only I hadn't the guts.

I will now.

I'll get right away,

Right away from any chance

Of ever seeing her again.

I've lied to myself,

George.

I've pretended

That I've made a life,

That I was happy.

And today

I've found myself out.

The work of all those years

Is thrown away!

Tough luck, roger.

Terribly tough.

Sorry, old man,

I let go.

I ought to be darn well

Ashamed of myself.

Take a stroll

In the garden,

Cool off.

I'm glad you were

There today, George.

Thank you

For what you did.

Wasn't much hurt,

Was she?

No, old man. Just a

Tumble and a scratch.

She was very plucky

About it.

Ha ha!

I'll bet she was!

I'll bet she's kicking

Herself for coming off.

She's ridden

Ever since she was six.

Probably her first spill.

And I was there.

Was I, uh...

Was I very close to her?

Yes.

Yes, quite close.

Easy to lift, isn't she?

So tiny,

Such a little thing.

And very pretty.

Very pretty.

Roger Crane?

Well, I suppose

He ought to know.

I wish I could

Remember the name.

Yes.

Yes, two years is a long time.

Let me think now.

Crane.

Well, I'm sorry. Doesn't mean

Anything to me. Not a thing.

He's quite certain

He was in my regiment?

Can't I speak to him?

Very well,

If he'd rather not.

But of course I don't mind.

Tell Mr. Crane I'd be delighted

To come and call on him any day.

How about tomorrow?

Now? At once?

All right, if you

Really think I ought to.

You sound very serious.

Tell me,

What does he look like?

Yes, I remember

The photograph.

A snapshot.

It must be.

Please...

Please give me the address.

Rosemary cottage.

Foxley heath.

I'll be with you

In about an hour.

You've been away so long.

What is it, Gerald?

You look as though

You've seen a ghost.

Is... Anything wrong?

No.

Kitty, how much do you...

There is something.

Can't you tell me?

I must, Kitty. It's Alan.

Alan.

He's alive.

Alive.

I'm going to

Take you to him.

I knew it.

Please try to understand

Why I did it.

I had to see you

Get this straight.

I don't know

What it's going to do

To your feelings for me.

I do hope not too much.

Did you...

Did you tell him

I was blind?

No.

Just that you were here.

Is he... Coming alone?

I don't know.

He didn't say.

Miss West.

Miss West.

Yes, Mr. Crane?

Come in, please.

Is the room

As it usually is?

Why... Why yes,

Mr. Crane.

I've got to be

Absolutely certain.

Have a good look.

Is anything

Out of its place?

No.

No, nothing at all.

You're quite sure?

Yes. Quite.

What's in

The yellow bowl today?

Roses.

Yellow roses.

Perhaps you had better

Put another chair here.

Oh, Miss west, I want you

To put my braille books away.

All of them.

I think you'll find one

There beside my chair.

Is there

Anything more, Mr. Crane?

No, thank you.

Wait. There was a copy

Of this week's tattler.

It's on the table

Behind you.

And bring in some drinks soon

And put them on the desk, please,

And stir up the fire.

I'm expecting visitors.

Very well, Mr. Crane.

Yes, Miss west,

What is it?

Why, I brought the drinks.

Am I disturbing you?

No, no.

Is there anything else

I can do, Mr. Crane?

Anything?

No. Thank you.

Miss west, what's it like

To live year in, year out

In the company

Of a blind man?

Oh, but I don't think of you

As blind, Mr. Crane.

You don't?

Well, think-

Aren't you keeping an eye out every

Minute for fear I should blunder,

Watching your tongue every minute

For fear you'll say something

That might hurt my feelings?

Cut off from-

Here they are.

They?

Yes. A lady

And a gentleman.

A lady?

Young?

Small and dark.

And pretty.

I'll go and let them in.

Mr. Crane?

Yes.

He's expecting you.

Will you come in?

Thank you.

Alan!

Alan, old man!

Kitty, Gerald!

Oh!

Alan!

Kitty.

Oh, Alan.

Alan.

It's really,

Really you.

I always knew that

Somewhere, sometime...

We should meet again?

Yes, I think I

Always knew it, too.

The three of us.

I'm so happy to see you both.

Sit down, Kitty.

This is a comfortable chair.

Gerald, old boy,

Sit down, sit down.

You'll have a drink,

Won't you?

The cigarettes are right there

Beside you, Gerald.

Alan...

You've so much

To tell us.

Yes, old man.

Well, it's a long story.

I want to hear

About you.

How's aunt Sheila?

How's everything?

I'll keep you here

For days telling me.

Give Kitty

A cigarette, Gerald.

Matches are

Right there beside you.

Thanks. I have some.

Where have you been?

Well, I've been here.

I've been a writer.

Remember when we were kids, I was

Going to write like shakespeare?

Ha ha ha! Well,

I'm not shakespeare.

I, uh,

Write books for children.

I like doing it,

And I've done

Fairly well with it.

Oh, I don't mean that I'm

Any great shakes at it,

But the first book

Sold pretty well, and, uh...

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