Together Again Page #6

-Nothing.

It`s only when I opened the door,

I got an awful draft that...

Someone`s at the door.

For heaven`s sake, how do you do?

-Good night.

-Good day.

-Good night.

-Good day.

-Goodbye.

-Goodbye.

Well, are you going to let the man

stand on the porch all day?

-No. Come in, please. Come in.

-Thank you.

-This is my daughter, Diana.

-How do you do?

My father-in-law, Mr. Crandall.

-How are you, Mr. Crandall?

-How do you do?

-This is Mr. Corday.

-Mr. Corday!

This is Corday?

I`m sorry I was rude just now,

but we weren`t expecting you.

As a matter of fact,

I didn`t expect to come so soon, either,

but as you didn`t give me the opportunity

of seeing you before you left New York...

I left in rather a hurry.

Yes, yes, you did.

And since it was in the nature

of unfinished business,

which always aggravates me, doesn`t it you?

Yes, very much.

I thought I should come here and finish it,

one way or another,

you understand, of course.

Yes, that seems very efficient.

-So you are Corday.

-Yes, sir.

You don`t know how I have

been wanting to meet you.

-Thank you very much.

-Won`t you come in?

Diana, dear, don`t you think

you ought to finish your homework?

But l`ve already done it, Mother.

-Let me take your hat and coat.

-Thank you.

I am certainly delighted to meet you,

Mr. Corday.

-Have a cigar?

-No, thanks.

-A cigarette?

-No, thank you.

-How about a drink?

-No, thank you.

Mother, you must not have gotten

a good look at Mr. Corday at all.

She thought you were very old.

Diana, dear, don`t be rude.

Not at all. You see, the light in my studio

is not very good.

But Mother said

you had a beard down to here!

Well, I thought you did. Didn`t you?

A beard? Yes, yes, I did have a beard,

but I shaved it off.

It`s so much warmer here

in Vermont than in New York.

Yes, it`s particularly warm today, isn`t it?

Sit down. Sit down.

-May l? Thank you.

-Sit down.

You`re going to stay right here with us,

of course.

Father, don`t be ridiculous.

You know we haven`t any room.

I am terribly sorry, Mr. Corday,

but we absolutely have no room.

Mother, he could live in the carriage house,

couldn`t he?

-Of course not!

-Charming idea!

I have always wanted to

live in a carriage house.

For heaven`s sakes, it`s only a garage.

But we can leave the car out, Mother,

and Mr. Corday can build

his statue right there,

and I can watch it grow day by day.

-Oh, please, Mother!

-A very practical idea.

-Come along, l`ll get you settled.

-l`ve got my things in the truck outside.

I also brought the materials for the statue,

just in case.

Mother, just think. All that was

in back of that beard all the time

and you never knew it.

Mr. Corday.

-Mr. Corday.

-Mrs. Crandall, come up, please.

It`s not necessary that I come up at all.

Well, it is, unless you want the whole town

to hear us talking, Mayor Crandall.

You know, this is very nice. I like it.

-I had to talk to you.

-Good, won`t you sit down?

Mr. Corday, didn`t you get my message?

-I left you a message.

-Well, I left you about 10 messages.

Yes, I know.

Thank you very much for bailing me out.

Mrs. Crandall, I want to tell you

how really sorry I am.

-Mrs...

-No.

It wasn`t nice of me to take you

to a place like Leonardo

-and subject you to...

-Nonsense.

I`m not a child. You didn`t drag me there.

I went.

Oh, yes, I went.

Mr. Corday, you don`t understand

about a town like Brookhaven.

If ever they found out that the mayor

spent a night in jail...

-No, really, it would be a dreadful scandal!

-l`m sure I can imagine.

No, I don`t think you do, really.

No, you don`t.

You have a different background. You...

Mr. Corday, why did you come here?

Why? To build a statue, of course.

Why did you think I came?

But doesn`t it make any difference to you

that I don`t want you here?

Mrs. Crandall, I feel that our civic spirit

should completely overshadow

any personal desires that we may have.

I feel it is my duty to

give Brookhaven a statue that...

Anyway, why don`t you want me here?

I explained that all to you. I...

-I thought I explained it.

-Sometimes I am very dense, I guess.

I explained that...

-You brought that?

-I always do.

What do you mean, you always do?

Well, you see, it is not only a very old jar,

it has magic qualities, too. Let me show you.

When I want to do something very badly,

and it is difficult,

I just turn it around and presto,

I am allowed to do it! See?

P. Borat Sosa.

You blackmailer!

Mayor Crandall!

After all, if the end justifies the means.

-Really!

-Mrs. Crandall, give me a week.

If by the end of a week you say I don`t fit,

l`ll go. Is that fair?

There doesn`t seem to be much

I can do about it, does there?

I promise to be no trouble. And who knows?

Maybe by that time, you will be

so much in love with the statue

that you will insist upon my staying here.

I am perfectly helpless.

Perfectly helpless.

Mr. Corday,

why do you want to stay here that badly?

That`s what I want to find out.

That`s very good.

May I say it`s rather nice having someone

of culture around for a change?

-You are French, aren`t you?

-Yes.

-I was born right here in Brookhaven.

-Well, I think it`s very nice here.

But you`ve only been here a week.

Honestly, Mr. Corday,

sometimes the dullness

comes down over you

like a blanket or something.

-Really?

-lf you are sensitive, like I am.

Well, excuse me, Mr. Corday, that`s Gilbert.

He`s the person who picks me up

in the morning and takes me

to my post-graduate course.

Well, come on!

-Well, goodbye.

-Goodbye.

Good night! Watch where you`re going.

And come on, we`ll be late for school.

-Good morning, Mr. Crandall.

-Morning.

You sound very grumpy this morning.

We had oeufs, instead of eggs,

for breakfast, this morning.

-Thanks to your influence.

-l`m sorry.

I think your granddaughter

is a charming child.

My granddaughter is a ravening she-wolf.

And don`t underestimate her.

Now, if my daughter-in-law

starting spouting French,

I wouldn`t object, do you understand?

I wouldn`t object at all.

We found it when we were cleaning up

around the station, Mr. Buchanan.

And I thought if the mayor knew

what kind of a man this Corday is,

well, maybe she wouldn`t want him

staying at her house.

To come straight from jail to Brookhaven!

That`s brazen, Mr. Buchanan! Brazen!

Do you think I ought to tell her?

No, no, I wouldn`t do that, Mr. Witherspoon.

It might be a little embarrassing.

You see, the night this happened,

our mayor was supposed to have

had an appointment with Mr. Corday.

Sort of gives one something to think about,

doesn`t it, Mr. Witherspoon?

Mr. Crandall, you must remain motionless.

-But my arm is stiff.

-Fine. Exactly as I want it.

Why, you are the most miserable tyrant

I have ever known.

Well, all artists are tyrants.

Except that I am not an artist.

-You`re not?

-No. This statue, for instance.

I should be much farther along than I am.

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