The Great Masquerade Page #6

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boorishness, stupidity,

it tears the heart,

takes away ones faith in humanity.

But meeting you has

restored my faith.

- I'm touched.

- I'm nauseous.

- Perhaps you'd have a drink

with me my dear,

later in my cabin.

- Why Mister Gates I--

- Ah don't worry, everything

will be quite proper.

- Hey Gates.

Vito wants to talk to

you in private.

- Right now?

- Yeah right now, come on.

- Excuse me Miss Cummings.

- Yes. - I'll see you

later I'm sure.

- Ta ta.

- That guy's unbelievable. - Who?

- Gates.

Didn't you see the way he

came on with the,

I mean here you are, you're sitting

down with your escort,

and this guy comes on

like oozing butter.

- Well I can't help it if he

finds me attractive.

- You didn't have to lead him on.

- I think you're jealous.

- How'd you like to find your head

stuffed halfway through a porthole.

- Listen, why don't you go see

if you can get a bead on what's

happening with those guys?

- What are you gonna do?

- I'll check

things out up here.

- Okay-

Don't flirt with everybody okay,

I mean it doesn't look good.

- Ge lost.

Bartender another drink please.

- I'll have what she's having.

I didn't know you were

cruising too Dave.

- The name is Faith.

- Yes, how careless of me.

But I want you to know I'm delighted

to see you here.

I was beginning to think

this whole trip

would be one long lonely bore.

- Well I must be off.

Jesus! - That was a quick trip.

- Yes it was, yes it was.

- Gin and tonic please.

- So, it's

come to this again.

- I'm sorry Mister Gates.

- You shouldn't be,

it's not your fault.

, HEY

what's this about whose

fault it is huh?

Whose fault is that?

Whose fault is this?

We all profit from it right huh?

- There is a moral question.

- It's not humane.

- Who you talking to humane.

What's this humane crap,

you're getting paid for it ain't ya?

- I'm sorry to say that,

yes I am.

- He's sorry to say

he's getting paid.

Really sorry.

- He just likes to hear

himself talk.

That's all.

So Mister Gates,

everything shipshape this year?

- Everything's the same as

it was last year

and the year before that.

- Remember you are treading

on the sickness

of a human being that should be

in an institution.

, HEY

is that your solution to Gates,

an institution?

- No, you know it isn't.

- Mister Gates,

he feels kind of guilty about

this whole thing.

Right Gates?

- Right Vito.

- Well,

he should.

Oh

he should feel very, very guilty.

Right Gates?

- Right.

- But now, he's getting something.

And we're getting something.

Fair is fair.

Everybody gets a little something.

Right Gates?

- Right.

- Hey you're damned right.

- Looking for somebody?

- Looking for somebody?

Looking for somebody?

Yeah I was looking for somebody.

- Who? - Who?

- Yeah who're you looking for.

- Well I've been looking for you?

- For me, why me?

- I really don't know where

the cafeteria is.

Good day. - Ciao.

- Hey who's that?

- I don't know.

But I think he's in love with me.

- In love with you!

- Excuse me sir,

do you know where I can find

Juan Hutee Almerta?

- Yes, he is the

gentlemen with a beret

at the end of the bar.

- Thank you.

- Are you Juan Hutee Almerta?

- What?

- Si, I mean yes I am.

- So you're the guy who

paints the girls bodies

for the Artisan Models Ball?

- Yes I am.

- How much would you

charge to paint mine?

- Oh you look like a winner.

So I will not charge you anything.

But if you do win,

I Will Want 25%

- Okay, can you come to my

stateroom tomorrow morning

so that we can look

over the designs.

- Oh definitely, I will be there at

Ten with my paints.

- Oh look.

Everybody's dancing.

Excuse me.

I seem to be catching a cold.

- Take my shawl.

- Oh thank you, that's

very sweet of you.

- Good evening Faith.

- Oh back again so soon.

- Care to dance?

- Delighted.

- Don't they make a lovely couple?

- Yeah.

Gee ya know,

she looks awfully familiar to me.

- Everyone looks like someone

else darling, everyone.

There is not one original

face on the globe.

- I know you from someplace don't I?

- Yes as matter of fact you do.

- Where?

- Try to remember Lucy,

it will certainly help all

of us if you could.

- Well, well, well,

how are you today Miss McRae huh?

- I'm alright how are you?

- Just great, we're great.

We're just great, right Doc?

Ain't we great huh? - Hey Paco.

- We're just great ain't we Doc.

- Why don't you take the doc outside

and have a little talk with him huh?

- Come on Doc, we're gonna go

for a little walk.

Hey, c'mon let's go.

Let's go.

- Lucy, LUCY-

- What do you want Vito?

What do you want?

- Just to be near you Lucy.

You know, you don't got no idea how

important you are to me.

- Oh really, how extraordinary.

You mean absolutely nothing to me

Vito, just nothing.

- Flattery don't get you no place.

- Look Dave I think we're

on to something.

- Dave?

Casey? - Cookie

What are you doing?

Where's Dave?

I mean where's Faith?

- Your friend ran off to dance.

- Excuse me. - Wait, Casey.

- Oh bless you.

- Well hello there.

Don't we have a

conversation to finish?

- Mind if I cut in?

Thank you.

- HEY-

- I couldn't get it all but this

doctor's in it somehow

and Gates is in it up to his ears,

but don't ask me how or why.

- One thing, how'd the hell

did Cookie find us?

- I don't know.

The whole thing's a mess.

I should have joined the

sanitation department

like my brother Melvin.

He really cleaned up.

- Good night.

- Good night.

- Where the hell have you been?

- What do you mean where the

hell have I been.

- Yeah where the hell have you been.

The ships been through

customs an hour already.

- I'll tell you where I've been,

I have to refill 40 cases,

that's 480 cans of that

pina colada mix.

- Yeah well what the hell did you do

to the pina colada mix after

you threw it out?

- After I threw it out, I put

it in plastic bags,

and I put it in the backseat

of that red Buick

that was down there at the

end of the pier.

- The Buick. - The red one.

- The red Buick down at the

end of the dock.

- Yeah.

- That's the chief custom

inspector's car.

- I know, I know, he

found it already.

- He f***, he what?

- He found it, he probably figures

he's got a load of cocaine.

I saw him looking all around,

and he took off.

- He took off.

What happens if he takes one of

those things and tastes it?

What then stupid?

- He's gonna think he has

pineapple flavored cocaine.

- Pineapple, you're crazy,

you're really botch you know that.

Back the truck up over there

so I can get the two

porters to empty it.

- Wait a minute. - Hey.

I want you to go back and get four

or five more of our boys.

Alright, I want you, I want them

to come back to the

masquerade with us tonight.

- Why?

- Because I want them there in case

we get in any trouble.

Then I want you to go to

my state room.

S44's the number.

It's up stairs. - I know

where it is, I know.

- You know, okay? - Yeah.

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