Three-Cornered Moon

Look, Jenny. The recipe

for the waffle batter

calls for two

glasses of milk.

Do you understand?

Keep away.

Me for him,

and she`s for me.

Stove, not you.

I don`t mean to interfere,

Jenny, but you must have milk.

Milk.

Do you understand now?

No.

Two... Glass...

Oh, never mind.

Make it boiled eggs.

(DOOR OPENlNG)

ALBERT.. Good morning.

NELLlE:
Good morning, Albert.

Good morning, Mrs. Rimplegar.

That`s a load.

There you are.

$1 1.47.

Are you sure it`s right?

Oh, yes, ma`am.

Let`s see.

Seven and four are 1 1,

and three make 15,

and eight makes, so...

Let`s see,

that`s 15 and eight...

Oh. The children gave it

to me for my birthday,

and If I don`t wear it,

they feel hurt.

It`s beautiful, isn`t it?

(CHUCKLES SHEEPlSHLY)

Oh, those...

Those are feathers, yes.

All right.

$11.47.

Oh, yes, l`ve just got it.

There you are.

Now, let`s see.

And 27 cents.

47!

47? How`s business, Albert?

Awful, ma`am.

It`s the depression,

I suppose.

I hear it`s still going on.

Everyone said it

would end with beer,

so I bought 10 cases,

but it doesn`t seem

to have done much good.

I`m sure if my

husband were still alive

and he still

owned the laundry,

it would still

be doing business.

Well, he was smart

to die when he did.

Oh, yes.

Look, Mrs. Rimplegar,

you gave me $11.17.

You still owe me

30 cents.

Huh? Oh, dear.

Jenny?

Jenny, can you

lend me 30 cents?

Yes, 30 cents.

Go away.

The stove, she`s mine.

(CHUCKLES) Her English

is very poor.

I`ll be right back.

KENNETH:
What do you mean,

you didn`t want to

hurt his feelings?

Kenneth.

But you can hurt

my feelings, can`t you?

Can you lend me 30...

Look here, Kitty.

You pulled this

trick once too often.

I`m through!

Do you hear me, l`m through!

Kenneth, can you lend...

So through that

if I ever wanted

to call you up again,

I`d have to look up

your number in a phone book.

Oh, dear!

Jenny!

Huh?

Jenny!

Huh?

Breakfast.

Huh?

Eat.

Oh.

DOUGLAS:
And cousin of

His Most Christian Majesty,

the King of France!

Douglas!

Permit me the honor

of presenting to you,

His Royal Highness,

the Duc d`Orleans,

Duc de Chartres,

Duc de Nemours,

Comte de Beaujolais,

and cousin of His

Most Christian Majesty,

the King of France!

Douglas, can you

lend me 30 cents?

(SlGHS) For heaven`s sake,

Mother!

I`m rehearsing my lines.

It`s only 30 cents.

(CLEARS THROAT)

Tell him, my friend, who

Monsieur Beaucaire really is.

DOUGLAS:
(DlSTANT)

Permit me the honor

of presenting to you,

His Royal Highness,

the Duc...

Elizabeth!

Elizabeth!

Yes, that`s right, Agnes.

Be sure and tuck it in.

Good morning, Elizabeth.

(SlGHS)

Could you lend me 30...

Oh, dear!

What`s the matter?

(SlGHS)

What`s it all about?

Going to bed at night,

getting up in the morning.

What for?

It`s that cheese

you ate last night!

You`ve got that green look.

Now you go right back to bed.

I`ll go downstairs and get

you something for it.

Oh, Kenneth! Kenneth!

What is it, Mother?

Have you seen

the castor oil?

We used it all last

night in the cocktails.

Oh.

Didn`t it make

you awful sick?

(TELEPHONE RlNGlNG)

(EXCLAlMS)

Hello.

Why, Kenneth,

what`s the matter with you?

Yes, certainly.

It`s for you, Mother.

Oh, that`s nice. Hello.

This is R.G.

Briggs and Company.

Mr. Stokes speaking.

Yes. Yes, Mr. Stokes.

Yes, l`ll come right

down and cover it up.

Yes, l`ll come right away.

Mrs. Rimplegar, the man,

she want 30 cents.

Oh, yes, yes,

of course, Albert.

Okay, Mrs. Rimplegar.

Let it go until next time.

No, no, come along, Albert.

Permit me the honor

of presenting to you,

His Royal Highness,

the Duc d`Orleans,

Duc de Chartres,

Duc de Nemours,

Comte de Beaujolais,

and cousin of His

Most Christian Majesty,

the...

(TELEPHONE RlNGlNG)

(CLEARS THROAT)

Hello.

Hey, that`s for me!

(CLEARS THROAT) Yes.

I`m sorry.

It`s for Elizabeth.

Oh, yes. Elizabeth.

(CLEARS THROAT)

Oh, Liz, telephone!

ELlZABETH:
Coming!

She`s coming.

Is it Ronald?

No, it`s Dr. Stevens.

Oh.

Tell him l`m still asleep.

She says she`s still asleep.

Oh, you rat! Give me that.

(CHUCKLES) l`m sorry, Alan.

How are all the

crazy Rimplegars

this morning?

(LAUGHS)

Hey, you know you

have a date with me.

Oh, l`m sorry.

I don`t think I feel quite up

to visiting a clinic today.

(CHUCKLES) Okay.

We all feel that

way sometimes. Yes.

Another time, then.

Sure. Bye.

Tell him, my friend,

who Monsieur

Beaucaire really is.

Permit me the honor

of presenting to you,

His Royal Highness,

the Duc d`Orleans,

Duc de Chartres,

Duc de Nemours,

Comte de Beaujolais,

(DOOR SLAMS)

and cousin of His

Most Christian...

EDDlE:
Hello.

Well, your little

brother`s back.

Have you been away?

Oh, hey, what does a guy

have to do to get a

rise out of this family,

make a transatlantic flight?

(EXCLAlMlNG) My little boy!

Hello, Mom.

My Eddie! My baby!

(CHUCKLlNG) You`re back

safe and sound!

He`s been gone

two whole days!

Gee, l`m in an awful hurry.

I`ve gotta be up at

college for an 11:00 class.

I didn`t have time

to change last night.

Went driving till morning.

You don`t look

very well, darling.

Why?

What`s wrong with me?

Did you have your

three glasses of milk

while you were away?

I don`t like milk!

How long do you

think you can keep

on going this way?

Running around

without any milk?

You sound as if he were

a dairy wagon or something.

(/NSTRUMENTAL MUS/C PLAY/NG)

Tell him, my friend, who

Monsieur Beaucaire really is.

Permit me the honor

of presenting to you,

His Royal Highness,

the Duc d`Orleans...

(MUSlC STOPS)

(SlGHS) I hate Monday.

What can you do

on a Monday?

You`ve been getting

awfully moody lately.

What`s the matter,

have you quarreled

with Ronald?

We never quarrel.

Duc d`Orleans,

Duc de Chartres, Duc...

You ate two eggs, too?

No. No, Jenny,

I ate coffee.

Has Ronald finished

that novel of his yet?

Mmm-mmm.

Give him time.

He`s only been working

on it for two years.

How many years is it since

you`ve been prancing around

that Little Theatre of yours?

I propose to learn the

fundamentals of my work

before going into it

professionally.

Well, it seems to me that

accent`s about the only thing

you brought back from Harvard.

Can`t you speak English

when you`re home

with just us folks?

We won`t tell your public.

I shall speak exactly

as I please. It sounds

well. It sounds very well.

It sounds lousy.

(TELEPHONE RlNGlNG)

NELLlE:
l`ll answer it.

Never mind.

That`s for me.

I`m expecting

a phone call.

What`s all the riot about?

So am l.

Oh, wait a minute,

will you?

It`s the wrong number.

I made up my mind.

I`m going away.

With Ed`s clothes?

Ed`s clothes!

My clothes. Look at them.

All I need is my

own toothbrush.

(SlGHS) Is it Kitty again?

No.

You know, honey,

when it comes to Kitty,

you all is what we call

down East here a schlemiel.

Kitty had nothing

to do with it.

I`m just fed up

with everything!

I hate being a law clerk.

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