Three-Cornered Moon Page #5

whether l`ve passed the

examinations or not.

It`ll be in the

morning papers.

I can`t go tonight!

DOUGLAS:
Yes. Yes.

How`s the

English diction?

(CHUCKLES) That`s the bunk.

When does the

salary start?

We go on the road tomorrow.

Good luck!

Thanks.

Yes.

Hello, sis.

Tough day?

Mmm-hmm.

Still going

without your lunch?

Well, I still need shoes.

Working

again tonight?

Yep.

(CLlCKlNG TONGUE)

You`ll kill yourself.

Say, where`s Ronald?

The smell of

food nauseated him,

so he went out in

the backyard to

commune with nature.

Oh, you don`t understand

the kind of person he is.

Hey! Keep him out

there till after dinner.

I`ll eat his share.

You need it!

ELlZABETH:
Oh, Ronald!

Darling!

Elizabeth!

Oh, you shouldn`t

be out here

without your coat.

Wait a minute,

l`ll get it for you.

No, don`t go in

there with them.

It`s been unbearable

waiting for you all day.

I`ve had such

a mean day of it.

That chapter 14,

it won`t budge.

(SlGHS) Forget about it,

darling.

Oh, l`m tired!

And kind of blue.

Why?

That job.

I`ve got to give it up.

Oh, never mind.

It`s too silly.

Only I hate to start

looking for work

all over again.

Did you ever notice

this tree, Elizabeth?

How transparent

green-gold the leaves

are at this time of day.

Doesn`t it make you

shiver just to look at it?

No.

Six months ago

I might have

shivered about it.

Now it`s just a tree.

Darling! Don`t talk

like that. Don`t change.

I like to think of

you as a tree somehow.

(CHUCKLES)

What kind of a tree?

Beautiful, strongly

rooted in the Earth.

(CHUCKLES) Ronald,

You`re such a weird person.

I can`t see how anyone

can have lived through

what we`ve gone through

so absolutely unchanged.

What do you live for?

My novel and you.

Darling!

Let`s go away alone together.

Hey! Dinner`s ready.

Are you hungry,

darling?

Yeah, I could eat

if I have to.

Well, here`s some

bread, anyway.

Oh, hey, Liz...

She said I was killing

her laugh with my line.

And what do you think?

I saved a little kid

from drowning today.

When do you

get your medal?

Boy, what a grip

he had, though!

She had the nerve to ask me

to cut my line

and just nod.

He had me just like this!

Look, like this.

First he got me

like this, see?

And then I turned

around and I got him

in the hair like this.

And he was

kicking all the time!

And we went down two

or three times, too.

Did you get drowned, Eddie?

Yeah, at 3:
00

this afternoon.

How`ve you been?

For heaven`s sake, Mother,

either come into the

conversation in the beginning

or stay out

altogether.

After the meal is over,

we`ll give you a

typewritten report

of everything

that`s been said.

And you can sign it.

Oh, that`ll be...

I think you children

should confide

more in your mother.

(LAUGHlNG)

Sweetheart, I tell you,

I can`t go to the party.

Hey, Ken!

(CLlNKlNG)

Time out for dinner!

It still needs salt.

Salt!

Well, there`s no use

looking at me

like that, Jenny.

The least I can do

is help with the work

since you insist on

staying here without pay.

Pay? Yeah, payday.

When I get him?

Now, listen, Jenny,

very carefully. We haven`t...

We have not any...

Pepper?

Oh, never mind, Jenny.

Albert says

he knows a man

who speaks Polish.

I`ll have him

over and interpret.

Yeah.

(EXCLAlMS)

(EXCLAlMlNG) lt`s hot!

NELLlE:
(CRYlNG)

Oh! Jenny! Oh, dear!

(GASPS)

Oh, dear!

Oh, dear!

Oh, Mother!

Oh, Elizabeth!

Look at me!

Look at you?

Look at our dinner!

And there isn`t

anything else in the house.

Never mind,

we`ll eat bread and butter.

No butter!

Hey, you can brush him off.

(LAUGHS)

No butter? And there

isn`t very much bread.

Well, l`ll run over

and pick up something

at the delicatessen.

Hey, you got

any change, Liz?

Mmm-hmm. Six cents,

and I need five for the

subway tomorrow morning.

Oh. gee!

Hey, Doug!

You got any change?

No, l`m flat.

I don`t get paid

until Saturday.

How about that two bits

I lent you the other day?

Two bits?

I gave that to a man

standing on the street.

He was hungry.

Tell me the name of

the street and l`ll

go and stand there.

Oh, this is terrible!

Ma! We`ve still got credit

at the delicatessen store,

haven`t we?

No.

Well, folks, how would

you all like to take a walk

to the nearest bread line?

ALAN:
Hello, Rimplegars.

(WHlSTLlNG)

Shh.

I just remembered.

Tonight`s the night

he pays his rent.

Oh, hello.

What`s happened?

Is anything wrong?

Oh, No.

We`re just glad to

see you, that`s all.

(CHUCKLES) Thank you.

Oh, pickles.

I like pickles.

Say, have you heard the news?

The depression`s over.

(CHUCKLlNG)

Isn`t that nice?

Yeah, that patient

of mine paid her bill.

I had two lamb

chops for dinner.

How many lamb chops?

Two.

You know, there was

something in connection

with you Rimplegars

that I was

going to do tonight.

Funny,

I can`t think what it was!

Mother, isn`t it about

time you fixed the rent

in Douglas` trousers?

Hmm?

His trousers?

Well, maybe l`ll think

of it in the morning.

Good night.

Why didn`t you

ask him for it?

I was afraid

he might leave.

But we`ve gotta eat tonight.

Odd man loses.

One, two, three.

You`re odd man, Liz.

Go tell him.

No.

You gotta.

No, I won`t go!

I don`t want to go!

Now, go on. Be a sport.

No, you always make

me do the dirty work!

ELlZABETH:
Oh, Alan!

Yes, Elizabeth?

I just wanted to ask

you about your room.

Are you comfortable?

Oh, swell.

Say, by the way, I tried to

get you at your office today.

My office?

Yes, but nobody

there seemed to know you.

Well, you know,

they`ve got so many girls.

Why did you call?

I collected that

money and I wanted

to take you to lunch.

Oh, well, that was

nice of you, Alan.

Come here.

What`s the matter?

I want to take you

down near the light.

I want to see something.

(CHUCKLES) Why.

Just as I thought.

You`ve been working too hard.

You`re tired.

Oh, l`m getting used to it.

You know, each night you

come home you look more

tired than the night before.

I didn`t know you`d

been observing me.

I hate to see you

killing yourself this way.

You know,

somebody should be

taking care of you.

I mean,

when are you and Ronald

going to be married?

Oh, as soon as his

book`s published.

I see.

Oh!

Why didn`t you

tell us you needed

a window shade?

I don`t... Oh, that.

That`s just a towel.

(LAUGHS) Well,

l`ll get you one tomorrow.

After all, you should

have some service

for the rent you pay.

Rent!

I almost forgot

all about it.

That`s all right.

Here you are.

If she doesn`t get it...

She`s got to get it!

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHlNG)

Shh.

I`ve got it!

Now, here, Ken.

Ed always buys too much.

Two pounds of hamburger.

Make it three!

ELlZABETH:
Two and

a half pounds.

NELLlE:
And a

pound of butter.

ALL:
Butter!

Butter!

Excuse me!

Watch out where

you`re going!

Yoo-hoo!

Who`s that?

Oh, it`s Kitty.

No! You stay here, too.

Hello, Eddie.

Hello, Elizabeth.

Hello, Kitty.

Where`s Ken?

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