The Other Love Page #7

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just around the corner.

Perhaps madam would

like to rest for a

little while first.

No.

I know just

where you can rest

for a little while.

No, no, let me alone.

Oh!

No!

I have watched you

a long time.

I have waited, waited.

So long I've waited.

No! No!

No. Don't!

Don't touch me.

Can't you see I'm ill?

I'm very ill.

Help me.

Please, please help me.

I'll pay... I'll pay you.

I'll pay you well.

Here.

Very well, madam.

Where do you wish to go?

To the Mount Vierge...

Sanitarium.

Quickly, please.

- Dr. Stanton.

- What is it, Huberta?

Shall I take over now?

That's all right.

I'll be here.

You better get some sleep.

- How is she?

- Pulse is stronger.

- What do you think?

- I don't know.

Don't ask me now.

You need some sleep

yourself, Doctor.

I'll get it eventually.

You run along.

- Tony.

- It's better

if you don't talk.

- There's no need.

- Why did you let me hurt you?

Anything that's happened

is all over now.

The world's the right way

up again.

You're back where you belong.

He wanted to take me

to Egypt.

But every mile of water

would have meant that I...

I couldn't have gone

that far away from you.

I hurt him, too.

You never hurt anybody.

Yourself a little bit maybe.

I couldn't lie to myself

any longer.

You've never lied

to yourself.

Now just be quiet,

rest.

Got a great

many things to do.

I want to get on

with them.

Mr. Clermont,

the doctor will

see you in a moment.

Thank you.

Mr. Clermont,

what can I do for you?

- Karen's here, isn't she?

- Yes, she's here.

I want to see her.

- I don't think you should.

- Why not?

- She's very ill.

- I don't believe you.

You know her condition.

She was in a bad way when

she came here last night.

I don't like your type

of humor, Stanton.

As a matter of fact,

I don't like yours.

The last time I saw Karen

she was in very good spirits.

- When was that?

- Last night.

We were aboard a yacht.

I left her in the stateroom.

When I came back to look in

on her, she was gone.

And now I want to see her.

I want to find out

what happened from her,

Not from you.

You have every right

in the world to see her.

Very well. Come along.

- I'm sorry.

- That's all right.

It's really bad?

Yes, it's really bad.

When she felt it coming on,

she reached out for the only

straw she could grasp.

She would never have lived

to see Egypt.

There's more to it

than that, isn't there?

There's more to it than

just her coming back here

for treatment.

Yes.

When I asked you if you

were the doctor or the past,

You said you were

the doctor.

I think it's time

I said I was the past.

Goodbye, Doctor.

Tell her I came

to wish her luck.

Tell her I had to leave

without seeing her

Because I've gone down

to sublet a pyramid.

She'll understand.

I found this after she left.

She won't need it anymore,

will she?

No, she won't need

that anymore.

Thanks.

Hello, Tony.

- How do you feel?

- Warm and rested.

- How were the X-rays?

- Don't worry about them.

- Were they worse?

- Better than I'd hoped.

I'm glad.

Tony, I've been thinking

about why I ran away.

I think it's because

I was suddenly afraid,

Afraid of time passing me

and leaving me.

I wanted to live.

I thought that down there,

there was life.

I was wrong.

It's up here with you.

Don't talk so much, darling.

I can't help it.

There's so much I want

to tell you.

Don't tell me all at once

because there's something

I want to tell you.

I think I know.

Marry me.

Now, the way I am?

Now, today, this afternoon.

- Tony.

- Say yes.

Is it fair to you?

Suppose I left you again

for good?

Darling, I need you.

I want you near me

in my house

So that I can be close

to you.

And if we have that,

you'll never leave me.

You belong there, you know?

Yes.

Yes, I belong there, darling.

I belong wherever you are.

I'm not asleep.

Hello, Mrs. Stanton.

You've been gone

a long time.

- Only two hours.

- Two hours is a very

long time.

It is away from you.

Oh, Tony, it's snowing.

It started while

you were asleep.

And the lights are beginning

to go on in the village.

How warm they look.

Would you like

a light on in here?

No.

The world seems so safe now.

The lights and the snow

and the little houses.

Tony,

The first day

you brought me here, this...

This is the only house

I've lived in since,

Many years ago.

I think it's always

been waiting for you.

When I'm well again,

we can...

We can do such wonderful

things in this house.

What would you like

to do first?

First?

First, I think I'd

like to be able to

meet you at the door.

You will, my darling,

very soon.

And then as I begin

to get better,

We can start taking walks.

Short ones at first

and then longer and longer.

Then perhaps...

Perhaps someday we can...

we can walk right

To the top

of Mount Vierge.

Darling,

you don't just stroll

to the top of a mountain.

- Oh, we will.

- If you say it like that,

I guess we will.

- I've thought so much

of what we'll do.

- So have I.

- Darling.

- Hmm?

Do you ski?

Yes, a little.

Would you...

would you teach me?

I'd love to.

I have a price

as an instructor.

- What's that?

- You gotta help me improve

my piano technique.

It may take 50 years.

You played very

well yesterday.

I saw your expression.

You had divorce written

right across your face.

You were just thinking

wait till I get out of here

And off to the lawyers.

No, you only hit

six wrong notes.

Three.

Well, then you'd better

play for me again

And I'll check you

more carefully this time.

- Now?

- Now.

So the Anthony Stanton

Chamber Music Society

Is about to go into action.

After the professor has

favored us with a selection,

We shall hear the

report of the

Society for the Prevention

of Anthony Stanton

Ever Making

Chamber Music Again.

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