Together Again Page #8

You ought to be. The way you pound

on that thing at home all the time.

Gilbert, do you always

have to spoil everything?

-Children!

-Goodbye.

Diana and I are walking home alone.

-Hey!

-Yes, hey!

-We are?

-We certainly are.

We have a great deal to talk about tonight.

-I admire your courage.

-lt will be all right, you`ll see.

See what?

Your daughter and I are going to

plan a surprise for you. Good night.

And I was going to get her

a hot fudge sundae.

Gilbert.

Do you want to do

something very nice for me?

-Me? For you?

-Yes, buy me that hot fudge sundae.

-Honest?

-Honest. I haven`t had one in years!

Well, good night!

-You know something?

-What?

I`ve always, you know,

just thought you were just Diana`s mother.

-I am.

-I know that.

I mean, I never exactly noticed

what you looked like before.

A mother is just another piece of furniture

in the girl`s house, Gilbert.

-Didn`t you know that?

-l`ll talk to you later.

Well, good night!

You see, I didn`t realize until tonight

that you are not at all the child

everyone thinks you to be.

-You didn`t?

-I could hear it in your music.

A woman,

an intelligent, understanding woman!

-Me?

-Certainly you.

A woman a man could talk to

and be sure of being understood.

-Oh, I am.

-I know that now.

-Diana.

-Yes?

When a man falls in love with a woman,

I mean really in love,

he wants to marry her. You see?

-Clearly!

-Well, now, if the woman

is also in love with the man,

nothing should stand in the way of their

making a life together, do you think?

-Oh, no. That would be wicked.

-Very wicked.

Families, obligations,

promises made unadvisedly.

Nothing should keep them apart,

do you think?

Mother and I made a promise once,

never to get married and leave each other.

You know, like a suicide pact.

That is exactly what a bad promise like that

amounts to, don`t you see?

Suicide. The killing of everything in

a woman that needs to live and be happy.

That`s beautiful!

I never thought of it that way before.

Well, you probably were a child then,

and didn`t realize what a bad promise it was.

But now that you are a woman,

and that you do realize...

Do you... Do you want me to break it?

It is not a matter of breaking a promise,

Diana,

it is a matter of freeing a woman`s heart.

Don`t you see the difference?

Oh, clearly. It`s perfectly beautiful.

And you never realized until tonight,

did you?

-Realize what?

-That I was a woman.

It just goes to show what a shrewd

analysis of character you are.

I assure you, no one else realizes it.

That`s because they are used to you.

Now, you understand, don`t you?

You do know what I am asking you to do?

Well, naturally,

I don`t have to be hit over the head.

You make me very happy, Diana.

-That`s really all that matters, isn`t it?

-Thank you.

-Hey, Corday!

-Yes?

-How`d you do?

-She`ll do it.

-No trouble at all.

-Good.

-Does Grandfather know?

-lt was my idea.

It was? Then, can I tell Mother?

By all means. Tell your mother.

Mother! Mother, can you imagine?

Grandfather!

-Can I imagine Grandfather what?

-Approving.

Approving what, dear?

Mother, you`ve got to listen to me

very carefully and...

Mother, I love you so much.

-I love you, too, dear.

-I know, and...

And that`s what makes it kind of sad, only...

Only, oh, Mother, he`s just so wonderful!

-Who?

-Mr. Corday.

Only, I guess l`ll have to get used to

calling him Georg,

if l`m going to marry him.

If what?

I know it`s a shock,

-but he did it so beautifully.

-Did what, dear?

Tell me about love and women and things.

And he`s so right.

Nobody has any right to stand in your way.

-ln whose way?

-Mine.

Mother, you won`t, will you?

Diana, are you trying to tell me that

Georg Corday asked you to marry him?

Not in certain words, Mother,

but from the way he looked

and the things he said...

Oh, well, it`s just one of those things

that a woman knows.

Oh, Mother,

l`m so happy, I can absolutely do flips.

You don`t mind, do you?

Well, it`s a bit of a surprise.

Won`t Gilbert die?

Gilbert`s not the only one

who`s going to die.

You get into bed, darling,

and we`ll talk about this in the morning.

But, of course,

you don`t expect me to get any sleep?

I don`t imagine

any of us will get much sleep.

It`s just so hysterically wonderful, isn`t it?

Hysterically.

-You come with me!

-Where?

We`re going to make a call

on my new son-in-law!

Son-in-law?

Of course, you said you and Diana

were planning a surprise for me, but...

This is outrageous.

Well, the only thing for me to do, of course,

is to go to her immediately

and explain the mistake.

-You will not!

-You can`t do that.

Diana is pretty highly strung.

Do you realize the child is

absolutely dippy in love with you?

You can`t just toss a young girl`s emotions

around like a football.

Girls that age are...

Well, it might prove dangerous.

-Well, then l`ll leave.

-That`s just as bad.

She`ll think you`ve changed your mind

and ran out on her.

Well, we must do something. This is awful.

You two! I knew you were up to something.

Clever as all get-out, aren`t you?

Pushing people around.

It was my idea. I thought that...

You have the proper shape for cupid,

darling,

but your aim hasn`t been so good lately.

Well, l`ve never felt

so miserably idiotic in all my life.

This is fantastic! That child!

-I told you not to underestimate her.

-What shall I do?

Let`s see. Diana always has been horrified

at the idea of a beard.

-Maybe you could grow a beard!

-A beard?

-But then, it wouldn`t be grey, would it?

-lt would not!

Maybe you could be too old for her?

That idea seemed to nauseate her, too.

``Nauseate`` is the word she used.

-I am too old for her.

-You certainly are.

-Now, shut up, the man is in trouble.

-And how!

-How`s your stomach?

-I beg your pardon?

Well, we`ve got to think of something

to make her back out.

I thought maybe it could be your stomach.

-What`s the matter with it?

-Nothing, but couldn`t there be?

-What do you mean?

-Well, be an invalid.

Youngsters hate sickly people.

That`s a lovely idea, darling.

I`m proud of you.

Don`t you see what he means?

Droop around a little, you know,

and pretend you can`t eat,

and I think there`s an old shawl around

I could let you have.

In other words, act your age, for a change.

I`ll do anything, you understand,

anything at all.

I hope you starve.

-Conceited idiot! Diana!

-What?

Why would she think he`d marry her

in the first place?

Why not? He proposed to me tonight, too.

I thought he meant it.

-Now, Anne...

-The little man has had a busy day.

I knew if you came here

something would happen.

But, frankly, I didn`t think it would end up

with my being your mother-in-law.

-ls that you?

-That`s what`s left of me.

-Anne, you`ve got to let me in.

-I do? Why?

I`m starving to death, that`s why.

She won`t let me eat anything.

Well, it`s not funny.

She even told the restaurants

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