The White Cliffs of Dover Page #3

I'm a proud man tonight.

Isn't it wonderful? I'm so thrilled.

Have a good time.

Thank you so much. Good night.

Good night.

Well, gives quite a tone

To the house, doesn't it?

One of our boarders

gone off to see the king.

Why, Walter, this is nice.

You've been neglecting me.

No, no, no, no.

Miss Susan Dunn of the united states.

My dear, Im so glad you could come.

Nothing less would have

brought this old bear out.

See that he finds you

some acceptable partners.

Thank you. Is that the

order of the garter?

Mm-Hmm.

Instituted by Edward

iii in the year 1348.

Oh, right, I believe.

Are the king and queen here?

No, no, they always come last.

Oh.

But there's the prime

minister over there.

Where?

Right by the orchestra,

And he's talking to

your ambassador, by Jove.

Oh, that makes me feel lots better.

Better?

Braver. Not-Not so mousy.

Oh, young lady, Im the one

That's got to call upon his courage.

May I have the audacity?

Ha ha! It will be a very great pleasure.

Time of my life!

Oh, dear.

I haven't enjoyed

myself so much for years.

Now you must have your reward.

I'm going to get you a

delightful partner to dance with.

How do you like them-

Dark? Fair? Bashful? Dashing?

Ha ha! I'm going to be hard to please.

I'll be back in a moment

With a lucky youngster.

Don't let anyone run off with you!

John, my boy! Ha ha! Well met.

The very man Im looking for.

Glad to see you, sir. It's been ages.

I've brought a girl

- A charming girl.

Promised her a topping

partner, and you fill the bill.

I'm sorry, sir. The fact is-

A delightful child! You'll bless me.

Yes, Im sure I should.

I know your taste.

The fact is, I have a

sort of an appointment.

Bertie's cousin from Australia

- She's a girl Ive never seen,

But he's going to be late, and

I promised to take care of her.

Pig in a poke, eh? That's too bad.

How are you going to find

her if you've never seen her?

I'm to wait for her in the Adam room.

Of course, it's early yet,

But Id like to get

there before she does.

The Adam room, eh? Do you

know where the Adam room is?

No. I haven't any idea.

Come along. I'll show you.

Through those double

doors in the corner-

That's what you're looking for.

Oh, thanks. I'm sorry I can't

oblige, but duty must be done.

That's all right. Good hunting.

Hello, John.

Hello. You must be

Berties cousin Nancy.

I'm John Ashwood.

Hope I haven't kept you waiting.

Ha ha! No, not at all.

Well, I came early. I

thought Id be here first.

I know it's awful to be hanging

about when you don't know anyone.

Yes, it is, isn't it? I

suppose the colonel sent you.

No, Bertie sent me. He told

me to tell you he'd be late.

He's detained at the foreign

office. The weekly crisis, I suppose.

He said you weren't

to wait supper for him.

As a matter of fact, he said you were

to try and behave as if I were he.

Do you think you can?

I'm sure of it, quite easily,

but you see, Im afraid-

I hear this is your

first visit to England.

Yes, it is. But you're

not staying very long.

No, indeed, not long at all.

We must make the most of it, mustn't we?

May I have the pleasure of this dance?

I should love it.

This is my favorite waltz.

Mine, too.

Splendid.

This is a stroke of luck

meeting you like this.

The joke is, I didn't want to come.

Had a regimental dinner and told old

Bertie he was no end of a nuisance.

Can you imagine? I

might have missed you.

Oh, what a pity. Right in the middle.

It's the, uh, king and queen.

Oh. Oh, Id forgotten.

Man:
their majesties the king and queen.

Mercy, they're coming right towards us.

What shall I do?

Oh, just curtsy.

Like this?

Ha ha! No, the usual thing.

I forgot you're an Australian.

Well, put one foot back

And bend the knee, you know?

Which one?

Right foot, left knee.

Bravo.

You must think Im terribly awkward,

But we don't do that

sort of thing back home.

You haven't been presented at court?

Oh, good gracious, no.

I know lots of Americans are,

But Im just a small-Town girl.

But Bertie said you were Australian.

Oh. Oh, of course.

In all the excitement, I forgot.

I'm not Nancy. I'm not

Berties Australian cousin.

I'm... Im an impostor.

Good heavens.

I say, are you really?

Who are you?

Oh, Im nobody in particular.

I come from a little

town called Toliver

In the smallest state in the U.S.A.

Well, why didn't you tell me?

You didn't give me much time.

Besides...

I sort of wanted to dance with you.

Did you? I say, that's splendid.

I say, that's splendid.

Won't you?

I don't really belong here.

An old gentleman from our

boardinghouse brought me

In the kindness of his heart.

Not colonel Forsythe?

Yes! You know him?

He wanted me to meet

you. I turned you down.

Can you imagine?

I say, this is splendid.

You living in London?

No. We're going home tomorrow.

But Ive just met you.

You can't go home

tomorrow. I can't allow it.

You don't want to, do you?

No, I don't, but my father does.

You see, it's rained every day,

And besides, he's a bit

prejudiced about London, anyway.

What, do you mean he doesn't like us?

Well, lots of people don't, you know.

He had a fearful

quarrel with the colonel

About the war of 1812.

Hmm. We didn't fight in 1812, did we?

That's the time you burned Washington.

What, burned the general?

No, no. The city.

Oh!

We burned it? Oh, what a pity.

Well, no wonder people don't like us.

I say, I apologize on behalf of England.

I accept your apology.

I would like to talk to your

father and get him to let you stay.

Do you mean to say you've

never been out of London?

I've really not seen much of London.

I've never seen London at night.

We have the night before us.

Yes. My last night in England.

Wait here. I'm going to find the colonel

And tell him Im taking you home.

I say, don't you go running off again

With the first man who asks you.

It's vast, isn't it?

Biggest city in the world.

No. New York is that.

Isn't it?

If you say so.

You're nice. I wish my

father could meet you.

He thinks English people

are hard to get along with.

Well, you do have to know them.

But we're doing very well, aren't we?

You did get a bit uppity when I

said I thought titles were silly.

A bit what?

Uppity. You know, on your high horse.

Oh.

Not uppity.

No. I was scared.

Scared? Why?

Guilty conscience.

You see... I have a title.

I'm a baronet.

A baronet? What's that, a lord?

No, it's not quite so grand.

Well, Im...

Im sir John Ashwood.

Sir John.

This will be something to tell

the girls back in Toliver.

Ha ha!

May I?

Have you ever been to America?

Oh, yes. I was in Canada last year.

Well, it's not quite the same, you know.

We're those queer colonists

who wanted to be free.

Oh.

Who's uppity now?

Ha ha ha!

I'm sorry.

Do you work for a living?

Yes, quite hard. I'm a captain

in the king's fusiliers.

You know, if Bertie hadn't-

Angels and ministers

of grace, defend us.

What's the matter?

I never gave it a

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