The Honeymoon Machine Page #7

Send a couple of shore patrolmen

to that suite upstairs

and see if my daughter is...

Never mind.

I'll have a look myself.

Don't worry.

Everything is all right.

All you have to do is watch him.

If he comes to,

don't let him leave.

Hold him by force if necessary.

By force? That?

You won't have any trouble.

Just tell him you're a martian.

He's scared silly of martians.

Well, that's fine.

So am I.

And we're losing money.

Let's go.

We'll call you as soon as we

bust the bank.

Don't forget.

Keep your eye on him.

Scusi, take us to the lobby,

please.

Pam, that is not

the elevator boy.

This is my father.

I'm so sorry.

Pam dunstan, admiral Fitch.

How do you do?

Jason eldridge.

How do you do, sir.

And Fergie you already know.

Good to see you again, sir.

Yeah, yeah.

Did you get your

furniture moved?

Sir?

Sounded like you dropped

a small piano.

I'm afraid that

was my fault, admiral.

Yeah.

She has a habit of running

into tables, sir.

That's a common failing.

Where are you heading for?

The casino.

Fergie wants to try his luck

at a little roulette.

Yeah, we would

like to invite you, sir,

but I understand the casino

is off-limits to Navy personnel.

Not for admirals.

Run along.

Run along.

Don't stay out all night.

Good night, dad.

May we drop you somewhere, sir?

No, I'll walk down.

No.

Gondola, signore?

Gondola?

Gondola for hire.

Gondola!

Gondola, signore?

Power boat.

Fergie, a gondola, please?

A gondola?

Who's got time for rowboats?

I have.

I'm in venice for the first

time in my life.

There's a moon, and a man

who says he thinks he loves me.

Prove it!

This is going to cost us

a fortune.

Gondola, signore?

Gondola, signore.

Where did you find this?

Just below, sir.

In the canal.

One of our men saw it bounce off

the embankment,

but we couldn't tell

where it fell from.

If there's been a slip-up in

this hotel search,

I'll have somebody's

eyeteeth for it!

Burford?

Herbie?

Speak to me!

Sir, if that drop is to take

place at 12:
00,

I got to know where we stand.

Are you still here?

Why don't you go and write

a treaty or something?

I hate to think what they are

saying right now

at the American consulate.

I don't give a hoot

what they are saying

at the American consulate.

It's that other consulate that

worries me.

12, on the red!

Bet, professor?

After 12, drop will be

repeated once.

12, 28, 35.

12, 28, 35.

There is no such

a thing as a system.

He must lose.

I better go out

and rent a barge.

I think we're going to need it.

Yeah well, don't

forget the shovels.

No more bets, please.

35, in the black.

What's your suggestion,

Dr. Eldridge?

11, 30, 36.

For the croupiers.

Grazie.

And see what the croupiers

in the back room will have.

Grazie, grazie.

Hope the fleet sticks around

a few days.

I may buy Italy.

11 in the black.

There is no such

thing as a system.

Somewhere he has got to fail.

Come in, burford.

Come in!

Do you read me, burford?

Do you read?

Answer!

Don't be mad at me, Gladys.

I'm going to be

all right, Gladys.

Gladys isn't here.

I'm just a friend,

and I'm taking care of you.

Would you go back to sleep now?

Sleep on duty?

That's an insult

to the U.S. Navy.

Hello, herbie?

This is burford ram...

I wouldn't use that thing if

I were you.

Let go!

You don't get yourself

in trouble!

Let go of the talkie...

Now, listen to me.

And listen carefully.

I'm a martian... Do you hear me?

Come in burford.

Do you hear me? Come in!

Martian?

I was just joking.

I'm a lieutenant j.G.!

I'm one of us!

Signalman Taylor here.

Signalman Taylor.

Over and out.

Gondola, signore?

Gondola?

To the casino, please!

And hurry!

Gondola?

Gondola!

Follow that martian!

Follow that martian!

Yes.

You're sure of that?

When?

I see.

What, what?

What is... American consulate.

Yes, go on.

Right now?

Yes, I see.

I'll do what I can.

Roger.

What is it?

What is it?

Some American at the casino

is breaking the bank.

Will someone please protect me

from this idiot!

The casino is run by

the Italian government.

Why, the entire city of venice

depends for

its existence on the profits

from the casino.

Before this night is finished,

there may not be

a city of venice.

In which case, your troubles

are over.

This game is over!

The table is closed.

Did I hear you correctly, sir?

Did I understand you to say...

You heard me correctly.

The table is closed.

You can't do that

just because a fellow

has a little run of luck.

How much are we ahead?

More or less a lousy $112,000.

And you want to call it quits?

Pretty chintzy,

wouldn't you say?

Yeah, I'd say.

Wait until they hear about this

in monte Carlo.

Wait until they hear it

in Las Vegas.

It is only this table that

is closed.

You may play at one

of the other tables.

I don't want to play at one of

the other tables.

- Do I?

- No.

No!

I want this table.

Very well.

The table will remain open

for exactly 15 minutes.

No limit on the last roll?

No limits on the last roll.

What's the formula?

4, 19, 21.

Go!

Did you ever see this before?

Did you ever see this before?

Yes, sir.

Certainly did, sir.

Where did you see it?

On the fourth floor of this

building, sir.

I was crawling all over it.

You were crawling

all over the blinker?

No, sir.

The fourth floor, sir.

Crawling.

Drunk as he is,

I can believe it.

He may not be drunk, sir.

It's possible he's been drugged.

Yes, sir.

That's right, sir.

Drugged, sir.

Drugged, sir.

Well, start again.

You found this blinker tonight?

I certainly did, sir.

Where were you?

I was in a private suite, sir.

On the fourth floor, sir.

I was out on the letch.

What?

I was in a suite

on the fourth floor, sir.

I was out on the letch.

Tonight?

Yes, sir!

On the letch?

Yes, sir.

I would be a little careful

what I confess

if I were you, sailor.

Well no, sir.

No, sir.

Not-not the letch.

On-on the letch.

On-on the letch, sir.

I think he means the ledge.

I know what he means.

You found this on the ledge?

Yes, sir.

The ledge... Yes, sir.

Could I take a nap now, sir?

No, you may not.

No, I may not, sir.

Do you know who you are talking

to, sailor?

Yes, sir.

Captain Fitch, sir.

Admiral Fitch.

Admiral Fitch, sir.

That's right, sir.

How's your daughter, sir?

My daughter is fine.

What do you mean

how is my daughter?

Well, I met her tonight, sir.

Where? When?

What?

I don't remember, sir.

We drugged.

Well, try to remember this.

When you found the blinker,

was it in the condition

that it's in now?

Absolutely not, sir.

But then, what happened to it?

Fell off the building, sir.

Right on the street.

Vrooom!

You mean you dropped it?

No, sir.

You dropped the blinker!

No, sir. I did not, sir.

It was the lieutenant, sir.

What lieutenant?

Lieutenant Ferguson Howard, sir.

He dropped it.

Lieutenant Ferguson Howard?

All right, let's

have a little talk

with lieutenant Ferguson Howard.

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