Thrill of a Romance Page #4

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[CYNTHlA CHUCKLES]

-My old trouble, I just don`t stay up.

-Come on, we`ll try again.

-Lovely day, isn`t it?.

-Now, don`t talk.

Why not?.

Come on, once more.

-There now.

-Oh.

-See?. You`re doing it. It`s easy, isn`t it?.

-lt`s a cinch.

[CYNTHlA CHUCKLES]

Oh, Major Tommy.

Sit yourself down here.

Thank you, Mr. Knudsen.

-Had your lunch?.

-lf you call an apple a lunch, l`ve had it.

Pretty soon now l`ve got to take my walk.

-You`ll walk with me maybe after you eat?.

-Sure, l`d love to.

Say, Major Tommy, uh, could you...

...maybe arrange for me

to take swimming lessons?.

Oh, now, Mr. Knudsen,

l`ve seen you swim and very good too.

I would swim better with such a teacher.

-Hello, teacher.

-Hello.

-Here, take my place.

-Oh, no.

Oh, yes. I`m finished with it.

I`d like to introduce you,

but I don`t know your name.

-Mrs. Delbar.

-Mrs. Delbar, this is Mr. Knudsen.

Oh, how do you do?.

I`ve enjoyed your singing.

-And I have enjoyed your swimming.

-Thank you.

Au revoir, l`ll see you some more.

This champ can punch a little,

but if we meet, he`ll never hit me.

Hey, you try it. Go on, Maude.

Right here, right here.

Hey. Oh.

Oh, by the way,

my name is Milvaine, Thomas.

You know, I rather thought it might be.

-What would you like?.

-How did it feel?.

-When?.

-Oh, when you were drifting around...

...on the ocean on a tiny raft

for days and days.

Uncomfortable.

Mm, chicken salad.

Would you like that?.

We got some very nice

boiled beef and potatoes.

But we don`t like

boiled beef and potatoes.

It`s just like your mother used to make.

My mother never cooked

boiled beef and potatoes.

-Chicken salad?.

-Yes, please.

-Weren`t you scared?.

-Not a bit.

Scared?. Of course, I was scared.

Wouldn`t you be?.

Certainly, and I can swim.

Well, l`m taking lessons.

How about iced coffee

and huckleberry pie?.

Fine.

You should have ordered

the boiled beef and potatoes.

-What did you think about on the raft?.

-lced coffee and huckleberry pie...

...and the girl I hope to marry.

Tell me about her.

[CHUCKLES]

-I can`t.

-Why not?. Who is she?.

I don`t know, I haven`t met her yet.

I`ve just thought about her.

You know what bothered me

when I was out there...

-...bobbing around on the waves?.

-What?.

It was the thought that I might never

meet her. You see, it got to be night.

There were no stars, it began to look

as if she were gonna be a widow...

...before she ever was a wife.

I got to feeling pretty sorry for myself.

-Did you pray?.

-Oh, yes, I prayed and I paddled...

...and I paddled and I prayed

and then I looked up and there was George.

So I knew l`d be all right.

George?. Who`s George?.

My star, we all have stars.

Didn`t you know that?.

-No.

-You didn`t?.

Why, my mother told me about it

when I was that high.

Maybe when I was that high.

She said we each have our own star

that watches over us.

And we can call on it for help

when we really need help.

Well, she showed me my star

and I named it George.

Oh, I haven`t asked him for help very much,

but that night I did.

And there he was.

You don`t really believe that, do you?.

Well, all I know is here I am.

You know, you remind me

very much of someone.

-Do l?. Who?. Your husband?.

-Oh, no, not at all.

-There`s a call for you, Mrs. Delbar.

-From Washington?.

-I don`t know, ma`am.

-Pardon me.

Hello, is that you, Bob?.

Why, no, this is your Uncle Hoby.

How could I be Bob?.

He`s there with you, isn`t he?.

Oh, uh, yes. Yes, of course,

Bob`s here with me.

We`re eating our swimming pool

by the lunch.

She`s so happy she doesn`t know

what she`s saying.

Cynthia, dear...

...I`m sorry to have to call you

at a time like this.

But your Aunt Nona`s

in such a dither--

-Oh, I am not, Cynthia. Don`t--

-She is so.

She`s lost her spectacles...

...and thought you might know

where they are.

Well, l`m afraid I don`t, darling.

Uh, did she look in her pockets?.

Yes, I looked in all my pockets.

-Did you look in the icebox?.

-No.

-Do you think they`re there?.

-Well, that`s where they were...

...Iast time you lost them.

Oh, thank you, dear.

I`ll look in the icebox.

Goodbye, kiss Uncle Hoby for me.

They`re such children.

You said that I reminded you

of somebody. Who?.

Oh, that`s who, Uncle Hoby.

-Do you like your Uncle Hoby?.

-Oh, yes, I adore him.

[NlLS SlGHS]

Young people.

I think l`m going to sit myself down here.

Is that all the exercise

you`re gonna take?.

Unh, exercise is only for athletes.

You go on with your walk,

and on the way back, you wake me up.

-Okay.

-And you don`t need to hurry.

I think he`s a darling.

So do l. He and I have become

very good friends.

Growing wild.

They`re a garden flower back home.

-Where`s back home?.

-Omira, Nebraska.

-What did you do in Omira, Nebraska?.

-I ran the Express.

Oh, it wasn`t this kind

of an express:
Toot, toot.

Oh, a newspaper.

Yep, the biggest and only newspaper

in Omira, Nebraska.

Published every Friday, some Fridays.

-Are you going back there?.

-Oh, I hope so, some day.

Don`t you want a bigger paper

in a bigger city?.

Ha, ha, no.

-You`d make more money.

-l`d have less fun.

You know, I know you`d like

my Uncle Hoby.

You two would get along

very well together.

-What does he do?.

-He collects headlines.

-He does, really.

-Funny ones?.

Maybe l`ll send him some of mine.

Here`s one I remember about

a cattle stampede:

""Colonel Unhorsed by a Cow.""

[LAUGHS]

Think he`d like being unhorsed

by a cow?.

[BOTH LAUGHlNG]

He`d love it. Thank you....

NlLS:

Shall we canter?.

NlLS [SlNGlNG] :

You

You came to me

In my long, lonely night

When I could not see

Without love`s magic light

Radiant and fair

Stars in your hair

You lit my way

Into heaven

That sweet heaven

Of your arms

And that`s where I`ll stay

Radiant and fair

Stars in your hair

You lit my way

Into heaven

Lord, sweet heaven

Of your arms

And that`s where I stay

Oh, thank you, Mr. Knudsen.

-Now, why can`t I sing like that?.

-At your age, you don`t need to.

[BOTH LAUGH]

-Now, watch me, it`s easy.

-Yeah, it`s easy to watch you.

First of all, you mustn`t be afraid

of the water.

Put your hands over your head

when you start to dive...

...and then give yourself a little lift

just before you go into the water...

...and then fall.

There, you see?.

Now, when you swim,

lift your elbows high...

...your hand goes in the water first.

First, before your elbow.

Palms are down...

...then turn to your back.

Hands first here,

and your feet go all the time.

-Elbows high in this too.

-Oh.

Most of all, you gotta relax.

Relax.

-There. Now you do it.

-Oh.

[LAUGHlNG]

MAN [SlNGlNG] :

I should care

I should let it upset me

I should care

But it just doesn `t get me

Maybe I won `t find someone

As lovely as you

But I should care

And I do

[APPLAUSE]

-Good evening, Mr. Knudsen.

-Oh, hello, Mr. Dorsey.

I am enjoying very much your music,

maybe.

Thank you. But l`m sure we`d enjoy

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