The Horn Blows at Midnight Page #7

business at a time like this?

Who's talking business?

But I love you,

Athanael.

How many women have

loved men as i love you?

How many men

could stand it?

Please, Athanael, I need your affection.

Kiss me, darling.

Now, wait a minute.

Please, Athanael! But

I love you, Athanael!

Athanael, please be

gentle with me, dear.

Why don't you try

being gentle?

I'm not used to this sort

of thing, you know.

I don't even know

if I like it!

Oh, Athanael,

please!

Can't we just be friends? After

all, all I did was save your life.

Come close to me, dearest. Come close.

Please, darling, kiss me.

Do you hear me, darling?

Come close to me! Please,

Athanael, come closer to me.

If I got any closer, I'd

be standing behind you.

Now, let me go!

Look at me, darling! Can't you

see what my eyes are saying?

Yes, and you ought to

watch your language.

I adore you!

Adore-dore-dore-dore

you!

If I can't have you,

nobody else will have you.

After this, I won't

be any good to anybody else!

Now, give me

that trumpet!

Athanael, how can you act like this?

You treat me like

a total stranger!

I hate to think what would

happen if we were old friends!

It has

a beautiful tone.

A lovely instrument.

I've never seen it

so lovely.

Don't you think

we should be going back?

Oh, please.

How can you be so calm?

Calm? Who's calm?

I'm not calm.

Don't I appeal

to you?

Aren't i young, soft, and yielding?

Now, look,

stop, please.

You are shy. Maybe it's i

who should make the approach,

I who should forget

my foolish pride.

Emmanuel,

I love you.

Athanael!

Oh.

Hello, folks.

You-

Oh! I leave you alone

for 5 minutes,

and what happens?

The chief was right.

Then you shouldn't

have left me alone.

You know

I'm unreliable.

You said so yourself, and besides,

what were you doing in

the music room with him?

I was behaving myself, which

is more than I can say for you!

Elizabeth!

E- Elizabeth!

Elizabeth, please.

Elizabeth, I wasn'

t doing anything.

Weren't doing

anything?

No. She was doing it all.

I was merely-

The chief!

We'd better get

that trumpet.

Hold on. You can't

get away with this.

I searched that shaft from top

to bottom, and it was empty.

Empty!

Do you hear me?

Now, what am I supposed

to believe-

That our elevator goes up to

the roof and keeps on going?

Yes. How did you

know?

Well...

ha ha! It's my business

to know things.

You see, I'm a detective,

and naturally I, uh...

I can't understand it.

I put it right there.

It isn't there now,

and it's nowhere in the room.

Who would take

a thing like that?

Nobody but us knows how

important that trumpet is.

No, only Doremus

and Osidro.

What?

Are they here?

Yes. They're living

up on the roof.

Come on!

1, 2, 3-

See, gentlemen? I promised

you the trumpet by midnight,

And I delivered it with

a few minutes to spare.

There you are-

10,000.

Nice work,

Fran, old girl.

Humphrey did

pretty well, too.

Yes, considering

his stupidity.

Gee, thanks,

boss.

I'd have liked to

have seen Athanael's face

when he found the

trumpet was gone.

Well, I guess

this calls for a drink.

Shall we go

into the penthouse?

Don't forget

the trumpet.

Athanael!

The trumpet!

Keep away from me!

Stay away, now!

I'm warning you!

Stay away!

Take that trumpet

away from him, Doremus!

Why don't you take it away from him?

Athanael, Elizabeth, are you

ready? It's almost midnight.

We're ready, chief.

Everything's fine.

Give us that trumpet, Athanael.

No, no, you stay away

from me, Doremus.

5000 more, if you get it back again.

You heard the gentleman,

Humphrey.

Ok, boss.

Come here, you.

Don't touch me!

You stay away

from me, now.

I'm warning you.

I'm warning you.

Don't come

near me, now.

Don't let him

blow that horn!

Don't worry!

I got you!

Hey, this is

dangerous!

Steady now!

Don't lose your nerve!

Got

a good grip on him?

No, but he's got

a good grip on me!

I disapprove of

this whole thing, Elizabeth!

You disapprove?

What about Athanael?

Humphrey, $5,000!

Keep your head, Doremus!

Keep your head!

You got it!

You keep it!

Don't let him

blow that horn!

How can i stop him

from here? Steady, now!

Look out! I'm slipping!

Ah, you're choking me!

If you drop

Athanael, you'll regret it!

So will Athanael!

Chief,

do something! Help him!

I could use a little help myself.

I can't hold his leg

much longer.

It's too heavy.

Hey, let me go!

Here I come, chief!

I hope you don't get

one of those twinges now!

Compared to this, it

would be a pleasure!

If I ever

get out of this,

I'm going to live

in the subway!

At least you might thank

me for not letting go.

Oh, you're doing this

just for me.

Chief, don't worry.

I'm coming.

Can't hold out much longer.

Very well. I'll go

and get some help.

Athanael,

I think I'm catching cold.

Give me that

bugle! Give me that thing!

You see? See, chief?

I got it!

Help!

Help me!

Ok, chief!

I got it! See?

Look at the clock!

We still have

4 minutes!

Hey, if these suspenders break

, you'll be in trouble!

Don't drop him,

Humphrey! He's worth $5,000!

Look how high I am!

Hey, what are you doing?

Don't climb back on the roof

and leave me here alone!

There he goes! There he goes!

Look, the coffee's draining out!

Athanael's

going down that tube!

Chief, he's going

into the coffeepot!

He'll drown!

Hey, I'm getting wet!

I'm all right! See?

See, I got it!

Down...

down...

down you go,

Down into the soft, soothing,

peaceful nothingness

of Slumberland.

Ah, sleep,

beautiful sleep.

Paradise coffee

will let you sleep,

and then next morning,

what happens?

You wake up!

You're bright!

You're alive!

And now in conclusion,

the orchestra plays

our closing theme.

What's the matter

with you?

Elizabeth, I just

had the craziest dream.

You know, if you ever

saw it in the movies,

You'd never

believe it.

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