The Gay Divorcee Page #5

Like the tick, tick, tock

Of the stately clock

As it stands against the wall

Like the drip, drip, drip

Of the raindrops

When the summer shower is through

So a voice within me keeps repeating

"You, you, you"

Night and day

You are the one

Only you beneath the moon

And under the sun

Whether near to me or far

It's no matter, darling

Where you are

I think of you

Night and day

Day and night

Why is it so

That this longing for you

Follows wherever I go?

In the roaring traffic's boom

In the silence of my lonely room

I think of you

Night and day

Night and day

Under the hide of me

There's an oh-such-a-hungry yearning

Burning inside of me

And its torment

Won't be through

Till you let me spend my life

Making love to you

Day and night

Night and day

Cigarette?

I still don't know

what you're doing down here.

I came down with my aunt.

Isn't that a coincidence.

I'm here with my aunt too. Aunt Egbert.

Egbert?

Yes, Egbert Fitzgerald,

lawyer friend of mine.

We're down here on a case.

Aren't you ever gonna stop

running away from me?

When two people are destined

to come together as we are...

...there's no use in struggling.

Do you believe in that kind of destiny?

Of course I do. In these things

there's no such a thing as chance.

"Chance is the fool's name for fate."

You?

You?

Me?

Why, yes, of course it is.

So you're the man I've been waiting for.

None other.

I'll be waiting for you

in my room, 216, at midnight.

My dear, it's 12:00.

I feel just like New Year's Eve.

Good luck to you.

Oh, don't leave me.

I can't bear to face him.

He seems so different.

Oh, there's nothing different

about any of them except the neckties.

Him, of all people.

Well, aren't you even astonished?

Me? Astonished?

I haven't been astonished since I was 8.

And mind you, I wasn't precocious,

just moderately intelligent.

I'll give him the most miserable night

of his entire business career.

A locked door between us.

You seem to be going to a lot of trouble

for a man you hate.

Could anything be more degrading?

Well, after all, my dear...

...a corespondent must be

something of an artist.

He has to have

a sense of balance, you know.

Rather like a mountain goat.

Well, I think I'll look up Egbert.

The poor darling

must be lost without me.

Oh, you needn't run away.

I knew you were coming here.

- You knew?

- Of course. I'm Mimi's aunt.

I know, but I have relatives myself.

This isn't exactly old-home week, is it?

Well, nothing is ever done without me.

You're not planning to be there.

Well, of course not.

Just a moment, please. You see...

...I don't know Mimi very well.

I wish you'd please tell me about her.

Well, I'll let her tell you.

After all, if she has to keep you here...

...she'll want something

to talk about, won't she?

Keep me here?

Well, she has to.

Say, which one of us is crazy?

Well, it's not me.

All of this is a bit of a shock to me.

Well, your being here

is a bit of a shock to Mimi too.

Yes, but it's Mimi's own doing.

Well, I think it's much better

to have this settled now, at once.

And then the poor girl

can start a new life.

A new life?

Brand-new. She's gonna make

a clean sweep of the old.

- I see.

- Yes. Yes, and you're the broom.

I'll be right out.

I'm sorry I've kept you waiting.

Mimi.

Mimi, there's something I wanna...

...get straight in my mind.

- Yes?

At first you were so shy

and so reserved...

...and then this evening you were...

Well, what was I?

- Lovely.

- Was I?

Yes, but that's not

what I'm trying to say.

Well, what are you trying to say?

Well, I'm trying

to describe the shock. You see...

Well, that negligee

is charming. Charming.

- From Paris, isn't it?

- You ought to know.

You've probably seen plenty of them.

Well, a few, of course.

Of course.

But never one like that.

Oh, Mimi...

- Stay where you are.

- What?

Keep away from me. Now, will you please

keep your distance and I'll keep mine.

I want you to sit there.

What's the matter with it?

Now, we're going through with this

in a dignified silence.

I'd really prefer it.

It's warm, isn't it?

Do you mind if I recite capitals?

- What?

- Capitals of states.

North Dakota:
Bismarck.

Wyoming:
Cheyenne.

Ohio:
Columbus.

It's lots of fun. I used to do it as a boy.

I don't care what you did as a boy.

Well, I did nothing as a girl

so there goes my childhood.

- Oh, Mimi...

- Keep your place.

Oh, scusi, one moment, please.

Give me a name for chance

and I am a fool.

Captain. Captain!

Maybe I'm a mistake.

Oh, signora.

Fate is a foolish thing

to take chances with.

So are you.

Oh, scusi. You are not the lady.

Stay where you are.

Oh, Mimi, I mean to say...

...I thought that after the few

lovely moments we've had together that...

How can you have the impudence

to speak of that now?

But I suppose it's just the callousness

of your kind.

- My kind?

- Don't think you fooled me for a moment.

I knew what you were all along.

I knew how you made your living.

Oh, I'll admit I'm not proud of it,

but I hope to do better someday.

And in the meantime

it does bring me in a decent income.

Some people will do anything for money.

It's not as bad as all that.

After all, I bring pleasure

to thousands of people.

Thousands?

Yes, tens of thousands.

I bring romance to tens of thousands

of shop girls, servant girls...

...stenographers.

- You might spare me, Mr. Bluebeard.

Oh, Mimi, if I would...

Are you expecting someone?

Why, of course.

But not till morning.

- Who is it?

- Hortense.

I better get out of here.

I have something very,

very important to tell you.

Oh, dear, if I only could remember

what it was.

- It was something about that man.

- What man?

Oh, yes. Are you sure

you have the right one?

- Well, he gave me the password.

- Well, I met a man downstairs and he said:

"Fate is a foolish thing

to take chances with." I said, "So are you."

Then he said,

"You're not the lady."

Maybe he said, "You're not a lady."

I don't know, my darling.

I was so upset I can't be sure.

Oh, wouldn't it be too awful

if I've made a mistake?

Go and ask him.

But I'll have to confess

that I'm married and why I'm here.

Well, don't ask him then,

but find out everything you can.

But until I'm sure,

well, how shall I treat him?

Oh, I don't know. Be feminine and sweet,

if you can blend the two.

I really must go and find Egbert again

and tell him all about this.

You don't think Egbert is hiding

from me, do you?

May I run along now?

Must you go just yet?

Won't you come in

and sit down for a while?

I didn't do so well in here.

Well, of course,

if you'd rather stay out there.

Guy...

...do you think it was fair

not to tell me something of your work?

Well, I've been trying to forget about it.

Well...

...how did you get started in your career?

Oh, I was started by

a very well-known actress.

And the thousands

and thousands came later. I see.

Oh, well, in a way, yes.

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