Thrill of a Romance Page #7

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We`d better be turning back pretty soon.

I guess so, before the light goes.

Look, somebody`s been here before.

A loves E.

That`s the history of the world.

Adam loves Eve. Albert loves Emily.

Alice loves Eddie.

Yes, that happens too.

This was done years ago.

I wonder where they are now.

Did they marry and live happily ever after?.

Do they still love each other?.

Or did they part?.

Oh, Tommy, Tommy.

-You love me.

-No, no.

Yes, you do.

Yes, no, I don`t know.

You know I love you.

Tommy, what am I gonna do?.

Tell Bob about us.

-No, I can`t.

-Then I will.

-No, no, you mustn`t.

-Why not?.

Because l`m not sure about us.

I`m not sure about anything.

I am. I`m sure you`re the girl

l`ve always thought about, waited for.

Oh, l`ve got to be fair to Bob.

Give our marriage a chance...

...give him a chance and l`m going to.

But, Cynthia darling.

No, Tommy.

There`s only one way out of this.

We`ve got to say goodbye

and mean it.

I couldn`t mean it.

I can because I know I must.

Now, we`re going back to the hotel...

...and just as soon as we get there,

I want you to go away...

...and I don`t want you to come back

ever.

Please don`t, Tommy.

Take me back now.

All right.

We came past this tree.

Now we go to the left.

-No, to the right.

-No, the left.

Tommy, I think

we`re going in the wrong direction.

No.

We came from the east, didn`t we?.

-Yes.

-Obviously we must go east.

But are we going east?.

Sure we are.

Now we`ll try your way.

Oh.

Wait.

Let`s sit down and rest a moment.

-You know what?.

-Hmm.

I think we`re just a little bit lost.

Oh, no, of course not.

Can`t be much further.

We ought to be there pretty soon now.

I was sure

that if we just turned right, that--

[SlGHS]

Yup. Same old tree.

Well, anyway, we`re holding our own.

And you found your way

out of the jungle?.

Well, it took me a month.

Let`s be on our way.

Oh, l`m sorry. I can`t go another step.

Well, we`ll just camp here till morning.

I guess we`ll have to.

Oh, no, you take it.

No, you take it.

What time do you want to be called?.

Daybreak.

Daybreak.

Good night, Tommy.

Good night.

Hey, look, there`s George!

-Good morning, Mr. Bancroft.

-Good morning.

-l`m Robert Delbar.

-Oh, yes, Mr. Delbar.

Look, J.P., Praktikon.

-Well, thank you, thank you.

MAUDE:
Hello, Father.

Hello, Maude, well, did you get up early

or stay up late?.

-Both.

-Oh, this is Mr. Delbar. Bob, my daughter.

-How do you do?.

-How do you do?.

I`ve wanted to meet you.

I met your wife. She`s very attractive.

Glad she got to know someone.

-I didn`t want her to be lonesome.

-Oh, I don`t think she was too lonesome.

Ha, ha. Bob, why don`t you and Mrs. Delbar

have breakfast with us in our suite?.

Thank you. We`d like to very much.

-l`ll get Cynthia and we`ll be right in.

-Okay.

Cynthia.

Cynthia.

[DOORBELL BUZZES]

Well, come in, Bob. Where`s the bride?.

-I don`t know.

-What?.

I can`t find her.

Well, she`s probably

in the hotel somewhere.

No, she isn`t. I asked everybody.

I looked everywhere.

-Nobody has seen her.

-Wasn`t she in her room?.

No, she was not.

It looks very much as though she hadn`t

been in her room at all last night.

-Really?.

-Are you sure?.

Her bed hadn`t been slept in and my phone

message was still under the door.

What does it look like?.

Well, now, don`t upset yourself

by imagining things. Sit down.

In this case, l`m sure

there`s a perfectly simple explanation.

-Yes, l`m sure there is.

-Yes.

Miss Bancroft, if you know anything

I should know, please tell me.

I don`t know anything. Really, I don`t.

When did you last see my wife?.

Early last evening, she was starting out

for a walk in the woods.

-Was she alone?.

-Yes, she started out alone.

BANCROFT:

Maybe she`s still in the woods.

All this time?. No, it`s not very probable.

Well, it`s possible.

I think you should send out

searching parties. Don`t you, Maude?.

Uh, no, I don`t think so. Look.

-Bob.

-Good morning.

-Oh, Bob, I didn`t know you were back.

-Evidently.

This is Major Milvaine.

-How do you do?.

-How do you do?.

-We got lost.

-Uh, in the woods.

It got dark and we got lost.

Good and lost.

We walked and walked and--

-All night?.

-No, not all night.

Oh, we did stop to rest. We had to.

I`m very sorry this had to happen,

but we couldn`t help it.

Mrs. Delbar went out for a little walk...

...and I went out for a little walk

and we met in the woods.

So we started walking along together...

...got to talking and didn`t watch

the time or notice where we were going...

...and we finally turned around

and started back.

It was still light but we didn`t know

where we were or where the hotel was.

She thought it was that way

and I thought it was that way.

It was neither way.

Then it got to be pretty dark...

...and you know how dark

it can get in those woods.

So what could we do?.

Now look, Delbar, I don`t care

how it looks to you or to anybody else...

...this was an accident and you have no

right to think it was more than that.

If you have any sense,

you`ll believe me...

...and you`ll believe your wife.

I assure you--

There`s no need to assure me anything

about my wife.

Come, Cynthia.

-Goodbye, Major Milvaine.

-Goodbye, Mrs. Delbar.

-Here`s your coat.

-Thanks.

Bob, l`m sorry

I wasn`t here to meet you.

So am l.

Well, l`ll go make myself

more presentable.

Cynthia, that Major Milvaine,

isn`t he the fellow...

...that had all those things happen to him

in the South Pacific?.

Yes.

He, uh, got lost in the jungle, didn`t he?.

Yes.

And found his way out of the jungle?.

Yes, took him a month.

Quite an experience.

Did he tell you much about it?.

No, not much.

Tommy doesn`t talk much about himself.

Oh, Tommy is an old friend

of yours, hmm?.

No, l--

I met him the night you went away.

Who introduced you?.

Well, nobody really.

I was out here on the balcony

and he spoke to me and....

Neighbors, hmm?.

Well, I really must change my clothes.

Cynthia, he fell in love with you,

didn`t he?.

Well, didn`t he?.

Bob, please don`t cross-examine me

like this. You`ll have to trust me.

You don`t expect me to believe

that you and that fellow--

-Yes, I do.

-Do you think l`m a fool?.

No. No, I don`t.

But I am beginning to think

you`re a stuffed shirt.

-I could call you names.

-You better not.

I`m glad I found out in time

just how little our marriage meant to you.

Bob, our marriage

did mean something to me.

It meant a lot.

I wanted to make a go of it.

I tried to.

Yes, by falling in love with another man.

Why don`t you tell me the truth?.

That is the truth, isn`t it?.

Yes. Yes, it is.

I`ll tell you and l`ll tell myself.

I am in love with Tommy.

I`m going to get an annulment

just as soon as I can.

-You`ll be given an adequate settlement.

-No. I don`t want any settlement.

-You don`t?.

-No. But l`ll take that annulment, thank you.

Bob...

...don`t forget your briefcase.

[DOOR CLOSES]

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