Three-Cornered Moon Page #6

Out.

Gone for the evening.

Gone, huh?

Imagine!

And here l`ve got a bid

for a perfectly gorgeous party

and I was absolutely

counting on him to take me.

Uh-huh.

Uh-huh.

At the last minute,

he`s gone and left me.

Ken get back yet?

Why, Ronald!

I haven`t seen

you for ages!

Hello.

How`s your book

coming along?

RONALD:
Oh, So-so.

You know,

l`ve a perfect complex

about people who write.

Isn`t that terrible?

Awful!

Huh?

South Wind. I`ve read that.

Yeah, you told us

that last week.

What else have you got?

Shelley! Shelley.

My, do you people

read Shelley?

I`m awfully glad

to see that.

That bird Shelley has

been seen on the floor

with more women...

Oh, Elizabeth, what do

you think of Tennyson?

What do we think

of Tennyson, Eddie?

He`s all right.

Who`s all right?

Tennyson!

Tennyson!

Crazy!

Ronald, if you weren`t engaged

to Elizabeth, do you know

what l`d make you do?

(CLlCKlNG TONGUE)

Shh! Not so loud!

Please!

Silly!

I`d make you take me

to the party tonight.

Party?

Why, I never go to parties.

Oh.

Well, I guess

l`d better be going.

Are you in a hurry?

I don`t suppose

anybody would care

to walk home with me.

I couldn`t bear to think

of you walking a whole

block all by yourself.

KlTTY:
Hey!

I insist upon walking

part of the way with you!

Come to baby!

Well!

Now you look here!

I`ve got to work tonight

because I need the $3.

If you want to

break our engagement

on account of this party,

it`s perfectly

okay with me!

Why, I never heard of such...

And let me tell

you something!

This is more

important to me than...

Than I am!

I`m not worth $3!

No!

Okay, that settles it!

Nobody ever said

a thing like

that to me before.

I said it!

Oh, Rimplegars!

Oh, Kenneth,

where`s Elizabeth?

I don`t know.

Elizabeth!

Hello, Elizabeth.

Hello.

I just now remembered

what I wanted to

tell you people.

Hello, Eddie. Where`s Ronald?

Hello.

There he is.

There he is.

Ronald, would you be

interested in a job?

Huh?

EDDlE:
A job?

KENNETH:
For Ronald?

Good!

Yeah, a patient of mine,

a young publisher, has a

job open as a reader

or something like that.

I told him about you

and he thought you`d be

just the man for the job.

Not much money,

but $25 a week.

$25?

Boy, oh, boy!

You mean a job

in an office?

Oh, no!

Why, what`s the matter?

Well, l...

You tell them, dear.

Why, he doesn`t

want that kind of work.

You see,

he`s writing a novel.

Yeah, but $25 a week!

Couldn`t you lay

the novel aside

for a couple of weeks?

Lay it aside?

I couldn`t lay it

aside even for an hour.

It`s part of my life!

Yeah, you can`t

expect a man to

lay aside his life

for a couple of weeks,

you know.

Well, couldn`t he

go on with his novel

and get a job, anyhow?

But none of you understand.

He`s a genius.

You`d ruin him if

you sent him out.

In the meantime,

what are we going to do

about the meantime?

We need money right now.

Here we are with this

big place full of things we

can`t sell and nothing to eat.

Have you ever thought of

what you`d do if you were

married and wanted a family?

Elizabeth couldn`t

work then, you know.

Elizabeth and l

are not interested

in having a family

and living in the usual way,

are we, dear?

I don`t know.

Ronald, you`re a coward!

You`re afraid to work!

Kenneth!

You think just because

you called me a coward

that l`ll be ashamed of

everything I have to live

for and go out and get a job?

Well, I won`t!

Kenneth, I don`t want

to meddle, but Ronald is

right. It isn`t cowardice.

It`s some sort of

an integrity that seems

like weakness to you,

but really is his strength.

Well, all I know is

he lives here and we

have to support him.

And he eats too much.

All right l`ll go.

I`ll leave!

Ronald.

You don`t have to

help support him.

I`ll take care of

that from now on.

Oh.

What`s the matter?

I forgot about Mr. Hawkins.

Who`s he?

No. I can`t go back there.

Do you mean you`ve

lost your job?

Oh, gee whiz!

What`ll we do now?

Ronald, please!

I don`t see why you

have to beg him to work.

He knows how bad things are.

(CRYlNG) I won`t go on

like this! I`m hungry.

Really hungry, all the time.

Oh, Eddie, darling!

Darling, don`t!

Ronald, you`ve got to

do this for me.

What`s the address?

Here it is.

Penthouse over his offices.

Why don`t you go over now?

Children,

dinner`s nearly ready.

Thanks,

l`m not hungry.

Ronald, you`d better

wash your hands.

Well, l`m going out.

After all, darling,

it`s a publisher`s office.

It`s not a nuts

and bolts factory.

Elizabeth,

don`t be vulgar!

KENNETH:
Here`s my overcoat.

I`ll get you my good hat.

You`ll need 10

cents for carfare.

Kenneth, you`ve got

change from the grocer`s.

I`ll take a subway.

I`ll hurry.

Yeah.

Why, Ronald!

Oh, hello, Kitty.

What are you all

dressed up for?

I`m going to the party.

If a certain person

thinks I can`t go places

without him, he`s mistaken.

Where are you going,

Ronald?

I`ve got to see

a man on 19th Street.

Why, that`s right

on my way. Come on,

l`ll give you a lift.

Over the bridge, driver.

Well, do you think

this is quicker

than a subway?

Oh, boy, and $25...

$25 a week.

That`s $110 a month,

isn`t it?

Yeah, just about.

I thought only bank

presidents got that.

$25. And if Ken

passes his bar exam,

that`ll double his salary.

When do you hear

the results, Ken?

It`ll be in the papers

tomorrow morning.

What`s the matter?

It`s getting me nervous.

(LAUGHS)

DOUGLAS:
Ed! Ed!

What do you want?

Say, we`ll be able to

eat three meals a day

Iike they did in

the 19th century.

Ed, will you come up

and give me a hand

with my trunk?

Okay. Coming up!

Sending you out

to look for a job?

Why, Ronald, how wicked!

I know, but l`ve got to do it

for Elizabeth`s sake.

Well, that`s what

love does to a man,

traps him into

betraying himself.

But l`ll go

through with it.

I`ve got to!

DOUGLAS:
Be careful!

Hey, wait a minute.

What`s the matter?

I feel kind of dizzy.

Well, never a dull moment!

Just some more

Rimplegar horseplay.

DOUGLAS:
Elizabeth!

Yes, darling?

Come up and take

a look at Eddie, will you?

Anything for a laugh.

What`s the matter?

He`s passed out.

Oh, no!

Gee, he`s awfully white.

Eddie!

He`s dead! He`s dead!

Alan! Alan! He`s dead!

Eddie! He`s dead! He`s dead!

Mother! Mother!

He`s dead!

Elizabeth!

He`s dead! He`s...

(EXCLAlMS)

All right.

Let`s get him

up to his room.

ALAN:
That`s right.

Keep his head up.

DOUGLAS:
Gee whiz!

KENNETH:
I wonder

if he`s all right.

ALAN:
Easy now, easy.

Kenneth, run down to

the drugstore and get a

container of hot malted milk.

And run right back.

Sure.

NELLlE:
Better wash

your hands, children.

Dinner`s ready.

Easy, boy.

Food`s coming up.

He`s a little starved

and mostly exhausted.

Hey, what did you

have in that trunk?

(GROANS)

No more night

work for you, Eddie.

Dinner`s ready.

Why, Eddie,

you shouldn`t go to

bed before dinner.

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