This Time for Keeps Page #8

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on Nora`s headache.

GRANDMA:

Very well. See you later.

Nora.

NORA:

Come in.

Headache better?.

You know perfectly well

I never had a headache in my life...

...and I don`t intend having one.

Going someplace?.

Yes, l`m going to follow Gordon.

And don`t you try to talk me out of it.

I know what I want.

Gordon`s honest and straightforward.

He`d never duck an issue

or compromise with the truth.

You`d know right

where you stood with Gordon.

Yeah, sounds kind of flat, doesn`t it?.

Will you please stop interfering?.

You`re the one that talked Gordon

into leaving.

-Even Gordon saw that--

-There you go again.

Why do you say ""even Gordon""?.

Another thing.

I know that you sent for Dick`s father.

Grandma told me.

Yes, I did.

Why wouldn`t you go out with him

and Grandma tonight?.

Isn`t it enough to have you and Grandma

and Dick`s father all chasing after him?.

Don`t you think I have any pride at all?.

Pride?.

It don`t fill the same bill

as happiness, Nora.

Ferdi, I know that you mean well,

but even as a friend of the family...

...well, l`d appreciate it

if you`d just keep your hands off.

All right, Nora.

If that`s the way you want it,

that`s the way it`s gonna be.

I`ll resign as a friend of the family,

but before I do, I wanna tell you something.

You`re being selfish and unforgiving

and stubborn.

Your pride is hurt,

so you`re running to Gordon.

Well, he deserves something better.

Maybe Dick deserves something better.

If you wanna convince him

that you`re eating your heart out...

...just stay here and sulk

and pretend to have headaches.

Good night, Nora.

I`ll drive you to the boat in the morning.

-Deborah?.

DEBORAH:
l`m awake.

I tried and tried and tried,

but I couldn`t go to sleep.

Anything troubling you?.

Yes. Is Nora going to be an old maid?.

No.

I don`t think so.

But Dick is awfully mad at her.

And that nice Mr. Gordon left

on the afternoon boat.

He gave me a memento.

Maybe you better put it

with Grandma`s mementos.

That`s what Mr. Gordon said.

I will, tomorrow.

Now, how about going to sleep?.

Promise me something first?.

Cross my heart.

What is it?.

You love Nora, don`t you?.

Yes.

Ever since her pigtails

were no longer than yours.

Then if it becomes absolutely necessary,

will you marry her?.

Will I marry Nora?.

I promise you,

Nora will never be an old maid.

CHORUS [SlNGlNG] : Un poquito de amor

Means a little bit of love

DlCK [SlNGlNG] :

But a little from someone like you

Could make all my dreams come true

Heaven opens its doors

A t the thought of your embrace

So imagine the wonderful thrill

If it ever will take place

-Should the wine be divine

-[SlNGlNG] Ah

We`ll waste it if we never taste it

And tonight, who can say

Paradise may be just a kiss away

Un poquito de amor

DlCK:

La, la-da-da

MERLE:

Just a little love to start

MERLE & DlCK:
Give me something

No matter how small

And I`ll give you all my heart

I`ll give you all

My heart

[AUDlENCE APPLAUDlNG]

Applaud it, I cannot.

DlCK:

Hi, Pop.

That was a beautiful song.

-I enjoyed hearing it.

-Thank you, Dad.

For the other things of my hurrying you

in the wrong direction...

...for that, I am sorry.

Oh, that`s all right, Dad.

There are some things

that it`s just as well to find out.

GRANDMA:

Sit down, Dick.

-Evening, Mrs. Cambaretti.

-Take that stubborn look off your face.

He gets it from me.

I don`t know where Nora gets it.

Leonora--

Leonora has a stubborn headache.

You are to hurry to her at once

with Seidlitz powders.

Well, what are you waiting for?.

As far as l`m concerned,

Nora can mix her own medicine.

You?. You say so?.

You stand up there and sing

about pequito amor...

...with a girl whose names

I don`t even know...

...while Leonora suffers

with a stubborn headache.

Old-country methods.

Thank you.

Dick, I ask you as a favor to me.

CUGAT:
Ladies and gentlemen,

I have a surprise for you.

Among the merrymakers here tonight

is the greatest singer of our time...

...Senor Richard Herald.

Maybe he will be kind enough

to sing a song for us.

Maybe?.

Don`t go away,

unless you go with Seidlitz powders.

You know, Dick,

l`m afraid it`s all for the best.

-What is?.

-This quarrel.

Your children, yours and Nora`s,

will be too stubborn to take nourishment.

Gracias, Senor Herald. Maybe?.

Maestro, I will sing on one condition.

[SPEAKS lN SPANlSH]

That you fire my son.

With pleasure.

Well, then I shall sing

"" La donna e mobile.""

"" La donna e mobile""?.

We`ll follow.

E:

[SlNGlNG "" LA DONNA E MOBlLE""]

[SlNGlNG]

So worth the yearning for

So swell to keep

Every home fire burning for

We`d be so grand at the game

So carefree together

That it does seem a shame

That you can `t see your future with me

Because you`d be, oh, so easy to love

You`d be so easy to

Love

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