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I just wish I knew how many guests were actually going to turn up for this

wedding. You figure a third won't show, but we'll need some... Freelance waiters

to handle the overflow just in case.

I've authorized hiring 30 through Monday. Well, fine. And the champagne?

Four dozen cases of Louis Blackwood's favorite arrived today from Paris.

Well, I'm impressed.

You know, there comes a time at every hotel wedding when the only thing that

helps is... A glass of champagne?

Right.

Good morning, Mrs. Strider. Oh, yes, Mrs. Strider. We've been expecting you.

If you'll just sign this, please.

I called ahead for a secretary while I'm here. Right. She'll be in at 11.

I'll be ready.

Dave, will you show Mr. Strider to the Beauregard suite?

Thank you.

Mr. Billions from Houston.

Most beautiful sight in this beautiful world.

The beautiful people enjoying a beautiful wedding.

Beautiful.

I'll be up in a minute.

Thank you very much, sir.

Hey, compadre, which way to the wedding?

Well, it's about time you got here.

Well, right now we must have about a year's worth of jawboning to catch up

Just wait at the bar unless you want to call Jeff for it. Oh, forget about him.

I bet he's got his hands full.

I'm a regenerative male. Why don't you tell me that marriage would be okay?

Every man should make such a mistake.

And besides, it improves my credit rating.

Mr. Romantic, why must you always talk about money?

Oh, what else is there?

My,

what sharp teeth you have, Grandma.

The better.

Oh, come on, Jeff. My parents will be here any second, and your dad... My dad

the last person in the world who's got a mind.

Now just be quiet and let yourself be adored.

Who would have thought that you would end up running the best hotel in the

You did.

I must have been one smart guy.

Well, you didn't seem so smart at the time.

twisting a few arms, trying to get a wild kid at her job as a bellhop.

I'm proud of you, Peter.

Yeah, I'm the one who's proud, Gil.

Proud to have you here in my house.

Those were good times.

Poor, but good.

Well, now they're rich, but good.

Now, there's a sight, huh?

The Blackwoods.

They do look almost like... Like royalty.

You enjoy working for the Blackwoods, don't you, Paula?

Well, I like good manners, charm, elegance.

And I like old money every bit as much as new.

Which is exactly why I've checked them into the precise rate.

Oh, and it'll be the guillotine for Jeff and Maggie if we don't sound the alert.

Oh, I'll do my best.

Christine. Oh, my God, they're here.

Oh.

I sent notes to the bridesmaids reminding them that the rehearsal's at

morning. You've been wonderfully efficient, Paula. Well, it's just a

coordinating with Miss Francis.

Just give our girl a moment. She'll remember all her life. That moment may

starting right now.

Where's my shoe?

My socks.

Where are my socks?

Oh.

Oh, the bed.

Jeff, the bed. Oh, Maggie, good grief. We've been sleeping together for a year.

This is the 1980s.

To my parents. To my parents was the 1880s.

it before and i'll say it again we blackwood women have impeccable taste in

mom come see my wedding gowns over here sir

jeff why don't you and i have a drink

a long -time diner. Yes, I remember it right up the highway from my father's

hardware store. This was before your time, 30 years ago. I was a young

there and pretty empty -headed.

All I knew was I had to get out.

Good morning. Good morning, Mr. Strider.

I'd like to introduce Teresa Claiborne.

She'll be your secretary while you're at the St. Gregory.

Miss Claiborne, come on in.

What happened to my usual... tamp Betty. Oh, stomach flu. Pretty bad.

I'm sorry to hear that.

You look competent.

I am.

Oh, why don't I leave you both to it?

Thank you, Christine.

Jeff, Miss Claiborne's coming aboard for a couple of days.

Hi. Hello.

Miss Francis said you needed some typing. Some sales letters.

You ever see anything like this Texas honey before?

Well, Strider One portable computer. Disk driven.

Sales price under $2 ,000, including $1 ,500 worth of software. Small enough to

stow under an airline seat.

You do your homework, lady.

So do you.

With this machine, you can run every typewriter out of every office in the

country. And we intend to.

Well, then I'd better get to it, right?

I've never seen so many beautiful gifts. Wonderful.

From Aunt Kate.

Oh?

It's fabulous.

Don't you have a lot of those already?

Oh, Dad, you know I love my presents.

If only... I know I'm being an idiot, but... suddenly I'm terrified.

Well, everyone is.

Especially the father of the bride.

It's just that I wonder about Jeff and me.

Will we love each other in 20 years?

Like that 50 years.

And the answer is still yes.

Oh, Dad.

I could never be scared around you.

And so we're happy to offer you this grace period in order to enable you to

increase your orders at the old price.

And in it... Hello?

Hello, Gil. It's Neil.

Look, it's about time you showed up while I went over the books last night.

I can explain.

Will Mrs. Strider be along soon?

No, Mom died five years ago.

I'm sorry.

She was a lovely woman, your mother.

My adoptive mother.

Is there a problem, Dad?

No.

No, there's no problem.

I love it. Thank you, Paula. Good, I'm glad. I thought you would. It'll be

beautiful on your table, won't it?

Now you have to get married.

Oh, well, not until I become vice president of the Blackwood Fish Canning

Company.

You're a businesswoman, Paula. Don't you know marriage is a good deal?

Oh, Jeff, come on, get off of it. Well, men cannot live by love alone, right,

Paula?

Or businesswomen on lunch hours.

See you later. Bye. Thank you, Paula.

You know, it's really nice to know that the man who's marrying me thinks of me

as a business deal.

Well, I've got to admit, it does improve my tax status.

Your tax status?

My family was paying taxes to build San Francisco while your Houston was still a

mosquito swamp. Hey, don't take me seriously.

Take you seriously? Now, why would I ever do a thing like that?

Now you're being childish.

Are you calling me childish? I'm being childish? Look, I'm sorry, okay?

Why don't you just take your childishness? and bury it in the nearest

You just made a great decision.

I decided to buy you that wonderful filly from the Wingfields.

And I didn't even have to soften you up with a dry martini. Oh, thank you,

darling. You've made me very happy.

I like to make you happy.

afford a new horse.

I read that quarterly report of ours.

So, trade Bernie Wingfield five shares in our new cannery.

Like I told you, I'd like to make you happy.

Then let's have this martini.

Later, maybe.

Apollo's coming by with a cost estimate for the cannery expansion.

Darling, surely you can relax for a moment.

It's still a working day.

Well...

Nothing left for me to do but to go shopping with Maggie. A perfect

See you at dinner, then?

At which time the decimal point in your charge account will have moved one place

to the right.

But we will have time together tonight, won't we?

Of course.

We are a public company.

We can't draw on stockholders' money to buy stock for ourselves.

Lousy million?

Our stock's gonna go up. I can pay it back. If I don't turn you into the

Securities Commission, we'll both go to prison.

Oh, you're so self -righteous. You're forgetting who built up the capital to

start this company.

I know what I owe you, Neil.

I had no choice, Gil. Alice was after me for alimony. My real estate deal in

Vegas fell. You can't keep this a secret.

We can.

If we can raise enough cash to buy those stocks legitimately.

With what?

You know we're overextended already.

Come on, Gil.

Your boy's marrying into big bucks.

Forget it.

My tail's not that far between my legs.

I thought we were friends.

Since when does friendship mean I have to go to jail with you?

Maggie.

Oh, Mom.

Jeff and I just had a lousy fight.

Darling, don't you know that all brides and grooms get anxious just before a

wedding?

Why don't you call him now?

No, I don't want to call him. I don't want to talk to him.

No?

Mackie.

Jeff, I'm...

So much for shopping.

Billy, have you met our new temp, Teresa?

Uh -uh.

Looks like a stylish lady.

Yeah, she is.

But have you ever heard of a temp so stylish she wears a $1 ,200 Chanel suit?

Oh, Teresa.

Excuse me just a minute.

We're still on for dinner, I hope.

Oh, you better make it late, Victoria.

Oh, nine o 'clock then. Good.

Everything as you expected?

I wish I knew what I expected.

Be careful, Teresa.

I don't want you to be hurt.

Don't worry about my feelings, Victoria.

I've had a long time to take care of them.

Thank you.

You're a good friend for helping me like this.

My pleasure.

I love a mystery.

Not this time, Billy.

Teresa's entitled to a privacy.

An enormity suite provides a lot of privacy.

You've been snooping around.

I just happened to be standing by the cashier's desk when Teresa filled out

work voucher.

She's in the Normandy suite?

Maybe she intends to pay with design addresses.

Yes, yes, I know, and I appreciate it.

Wait, Peters. She's here.

The garage said you took the car.

I was worried sick.

It took me two hours of driving around to realize I had nowhere to run to.

I'm sorry, Eleanor.

I thought it'd be over by now.

How long has it been going on?

Two months.

I don't know how it started.

Yes, she made me feel I'm not interested in how she made you feel I

Will stay with you now for our daughter's sake when the wedding is over

you can go straight to hell

So

where do you plan to settle down in Texas or California?

Well, I haven't really decided guess airlines are gonna get rich off this

marriage I hope we never settle down. We'll be like gypsies.

Like gypsies?

Well, according to my crystal ball, you're going to be very happy.

Of course, this computer cowboy doesn't treat you right.

I'll always be there.

I'll keep that in mind.

Oh, some best man.

Well, doesn't every best man fall in love with a bride?

No.

Listen, I gotta run.

Good night.

Good night.

See you, bud.

You know, I think old Tom half regrets ever introducing us.

Good. It'll keep you on your toes.

Women,

no matter how happily married they are, they love to discover a single man who

wishes they weren't.

What about you, Jeff?

Are you going to miss being single?

Not a single thing I'm going to miss about being single.

God, you're lucky.

So are you.

I know.

It sounds like your partner's committed a crime.

What's a crime in business?

Neil used stockholders' money to buy himself shares in our company.

get away with that every day. Only if they pay it back before anybody finds

I can't turn Neil in. He bankrolled me during the lean days.

Jeff's godfather. He's my friend.

Have you told Jeff?

Not yet.

You keep this to yourself and you'll be an accessory to fraud.

I can just think of some way to help Neil raise enough capital to buy the

legitimately. Damn it, Gil. You're putting a friendship over your own

We did what we did because I love you.

I'm hurting, Lewis.

I hurt too.

When I look at you, Paula, I see the reflection of a small and dishonorable

Dishonorable?

You've given Eleanor the mansion?

Her horses, social status.

She's got everything she wants.

Does she?

You don't love her.

Marry me, Lewis.

I'll make you happy.

I am married.

I was happy.

Let me tell Dad goodnight.

You know, I once heard that in old Spanish California they had a law that

man that excited a woman's desire had a moral obligation to satisfy her.

Zora will be up in five minutes.

Hi, Teresa.

Is Dan around? Oh, he went off with Mr. McDermott.

Didn't give you too late, did he? All finished.

I'll leave the letters right here.

Oh, fine.

Thanks. Oh, well, listen, here, I'll walk you out.

Jeff, I'm sorry if I said the wrong thing earlier, asking about your mother.

that's okay.

I don't have any problems about being an orphan.

An orphan?

Oh, well, not actually an orphan. My natural mother abandoned me.

Well, I seem to be saying all the wrong things.

Don't worry about it.

I was dumped by a woman who didn't care whether I lived or died. End of story.

You going up?

Well, have a nice evening.

See all those presents for the bridal couple? These people are so wealthy,

need a compass to find their driveway.

And I couldn't even give you a real honeymoon.

Don't be silly, Dave. We'll do it all in high style when you graduate.

I will king the stars to your feet, I bring.

I made that up.

And it's the firing squad for any of the barmen caught sampling the champagne

during the wedding. No sweat.

Those barmen have been out to go for days on nothing but Perrier and peanuts.

Orange juice on the rocks, Christine?

Oh, not now. Thanks, Harry.

Teresa?

I was thinking it would be real nice if we could have dinner together after the

wedding. Talk about nothing but oaky days.

Oaky days?

Is something wrong?

Oklahoma was a long time ago.

Not that long for me.

I was 16 then.

And in love.

He was the deputy sheriff.

He was killed in a bar shooting before we could get married.

I'm sorry, I didn't know.

Nobody does.

My secret.

16 years old and pregnant.

Sorry.

Teresa, you don't have to tell me anything.

need a friend.

Maybe I need a friend from Tarrant, Oklahoma.

You know what it would be like for me then.

An unmarried mother.

I gave up my baby for adoption and left town.

Teresa, don't do that to yourself.

I'm sure your child found a wonderful home.

Oh, he did the best Christine

I'm his mother.

I'm Jeff's mother

You know, Mom, I've decided to go back to graduate school and finish my degree.

Maggie, you don't have to work.

I know.

It's just that I could never be just a wife.

Like me?

Mom, that's not what I meant.

No, no, you're right. I should have found something for myself to do.

You look tired.

Is everything all right?

Now, I want you just to think about Jeff and how happy you're going to be

together.

We will be happy.

This is one marriage that's not going to fail.

Marriages don't fail, darling.

Only people.

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. May I have your attention, please? Guys, you

could really help me out by standing over here. I'll be right with you.

this way, please. Could you line up in pairs behind the maid of honor at the

door? Thank you very much. Come on, girls. Come on.

In pairs, please.

Closer. In pairs behind the maid of honor at the door.

Well, it looks more like the storming of the Alamo than a wedding rehearsal.

Maybe we should bribe Jeff and Maggie to elope.

I wouldn't mind eloping myself right now.

Well, they had a ring of genuine trouble to it.

Isn't business always trouble?

Anything I can do?

You got a million dollars till Friday?

Don't make that Thursday and you got a deal.

I'm serious, Lewis.

I thought you were taking over the office computer market, Gil.

I was.

I am.

I'm so close I can smell it. With half a chance I could clear millions.

Glory or Boston.

Wish I could help. But you can, sir.

You're a millionaire several times over.

Only on paper, Jeff.

Everything's tied up in the canneries and this is our fifth loss year.

You must be able to help.

I understand, Lewis.

Sorry.

Seen a thousand of these things, Mark.

All falls into place.

If you just talk to your father. But if he doesn't have the money. It's my

father who doesn't have the money. Jeff. Jeff, I...

Rehearsal time. In a minute, okay?

Look, Jeff, times have changed. If he could help you, he would.

Oh, he would, would he?

You know, you old money families are all alike. No outsiders.

Jeff, I know that you're angry.

But that was a cruel and stupid thing to say. What am I supposed to say to you?

I can't talk to you anymore.

You think you're so easy to talk to? The only time we ever make contact is in

bed. I never noticed you complaining.

Complaining? Why should I complain?

It's your best quality.

It's your only quality.

Excuse me, Mr. Blackwood. Do you mind rehearsing your entrance with Maggie?

Not now, Mark.

Whenever you're ready, sir.

Poor Mark.

We should help him put things together.

I'm the one who needs help putting things together.

Between us.

The way we were.

I've broken off with Paula.

Believe it or not, I love you.

The only thing that I believe is that for the next 24 hours, we should

a civilized relationship.

Coffee?

No, thanks.

It's just a wedding rehearsal and the knives are out already.

You can't hold people accountable for what they say at a wedding.

Not the wedding, it's me.

Do I detect just a little self -pity?

Okay, fair enough.

You know, I read a case study once about an adopted kid. Said he suffered from

genealogical bewilderment.

Couldn't relate to people.

You're not a case study, Jeff.

What's my excuse for hurting the woman I love most?

rehearse when no one wants to rehearse?

The groom is the least important person in the wedding, so long as we have the

bride.

No problem.

Maggie?

Maggie?

Oh, no.

All comes together.

All comes together.

Want to tell me what happened?

I can't marry Jeff.

Not bad, huh?

We're always fighting.

People who love each other without fighting suggest a lack of spirit to be

admired only in sheep.

Daddy, this is serious.

So is real life.

Look at everyone else chasing around, changing partners.

Is that what you want for you and Jeff?

Tell me what to do. You always know what to do.

Do I?

I've been married to your mother nearly 30 years.

I've been unfaithful the past two months.

What? Your mother's leaving me.

Tomorrow, after the wedding.

I want her back, Maggie.

Help me get her back.

You couldn't.

Not to Mom.

Maggie, listen.

Over the years, your mother and I have grown farther and farther apart.

Who was she, Daddy?

Who?

Paula.

Paula?

Oh, my God.

I won't listen to this anymore. I won't listen to this.

You said you'd be there if I needed you. Maggie, what's wrong?

I have nowhere else to go.

Thanks, Tom.

You don't think it was easy.

Normally, I'm no gentleman.

Well, you were a gentleman last night. You gave me exactly what I needed.

Space.

Maggie.

Jeff is all the space you need.

No.

It's too late.

It's all over with Jeff and me.

I guess I changed after I had to give Jeff up for adoption.

I knew I could never be that exposed or vulnerable again.

So you never married?

No.

Teresa, can I ask you something?

Oh, don't worry.

I just wanted to be close to Jeff. I'll never see him again after the wedding.

No. I mean, who are you, really?

You're no secretary.

We'll have that dinner, Christine.

We'll talk then.

After the wedding.

No wedding today.

What? Yeah, Louis Blackwood just called me.

Looks like Maggie and Jeff got divorced before they even got married. What

happened?

Both running scared.

They seem so in love.

I'm going to hold off announcing it.

Maybe something will happen.

And what if it doesn't?

Please, Maggie, darling, reconsider.

Mother, you just don't understand.

It would never work with Jeff and me.

He makes me feel wretched.

For one year, Jeff has been the most wonderful thing in your life, and now

suddenly, for a few hours, he makes you feel wretched.

Well, welcome to marriage, darling.

Maybe you and Jeff have a little growing up to do.

Like you and Daddy?

He told me about Paula.

How could he do such a thing to you?

I hate him.

Oh, baby, don't hate him.

Your mother has allowed herself to become a dull, middle -aged society

I can't stand it.

First me and Jeff, now you and Daddy.

Darling, I wish I could tell you what you want to hear, that Dad and I are

to get back together again.

I can't, Maggie.

I can't.

Hello, Jeff.

Come in.

Well, Normandy, sweet.

Oh, I'm doing some work for Mrs. Cabot. She's letting me stay here.

Look, Teresa, I'm kind of busy.

I really should get back and help my dad, so... Yes, I know.

He's in trouble, isn't he?

My dad and I can take on the world.

Why did you call me?

Because I am about to interfere in your life.

You are.

Saved by the bell.

Miss Claiborne? Yes, Maggie. Please come in. You said it was important.

Yes.

It's important.

Now, wait a minute. Wait a minute.

I know you don't know me.

But I know Jeff.

And please forgive me, I need to talk to you both.

I know you have a good case for not getting married today.

But on the other hand, you love each other.

And the only thing worth in getting married...

Unless you have something better to do today.

We've only got a few minutes, Victoria. I just wanted us to have a moment before

the countdown starts.

Thank you, God.

You know, weddings have a way of sweeping us all along and then ending

Empty rooms, rugs covered with rice and confetti, and a nice mess for hotel

people to clean up.

So before all that happens, to the St. Gregory, where

a young couple loved, lost, and found each other again.

Excuse me, Mrs. Cabot.

Miss Claiborne is here.

Oh, Teresa?

Yes. Well, show her in, Kai.

Come in, dear. Have a glass of champagne?

Oh, no, thank you.

I'm sorry to interrupt, Victoria, but I need to talk to Mr. McDermott.

Well, they're liable to start the wedding without us.

Oh, this will only take a minute.

Please tell me about Jeff's father.

I know he's a friend of yours.

What kind of trouble is he in?

Well, I'm not sure I understand the reason for your interest.

I think it's time to be honest, Teresa.

What's going on here?

Oh, haven't you read your Wall Street Journal lately, Peter?

My Wall Street Journal?

What did they say about you, Teresa?

The 25th richest woman in the United States.

The 24th.

We sold a lot of hamburgers last year.

This feels so good.

Looks great. Oh, I have to look.

Darling, was there ever such a beautiful bride? Do you like it?

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something new.

Thank you.

Oh, I hope he likes it. Oh, he should.

Gorgeous.

Thank you.

Oh, Mom, I'm so happy.

And you look magnificent. Thank you.

How are you and Dad?

We don't want to keep anyone waiting.

I'll help you. Let me do that.

Paula resigned from the company today.

I'm sorry.

It shouldn't have to affect her career.

It won't. I talked to Bernie Wingfield. He's the new vice president.

Ellie, come home.

Forgive me.

Is forgiveness enough to build a life on?

It's a start.

How can I ever forgive myself?

Will I ever again be the woman you married?

You were always that woman What if I can't learn to love you again?

I'll work at making you love me

I talked some farmers into backing me in my first diner.

And that led to a chain across the southwest.

Well, I worked pretty hard.

Well, what's this, an escort detachment?

Well, more like a relief column. Teresa has something to tell you.

Oh, I haven't got the time. I've got a wedding to go to. You'll make time for

this.

I want to help you, Mr. Strider.

Look, Teresa.

I appreciate the thought.

You don't have the kind of money. Yes, I do.

One million dollars. Is that it?

No matter how many weddings I've gone to, I always cry.

The sight of young people promising themselves to each other.

Like a dream.

Well, they do say that about weddings. I can't believe Teresa lent us a million

dollars. Believe it. And the way she brought Maggie and me back together. Why

would she do all that for us? She's very eccentric.

She prefers to keep her motives to herself.

Well, she's a generous woman.

It's funny, she reminds me a lot of Mom.

They, uh, they do have a lot in common.

They sure do, Jeff.

Wonderful wedding, Teresa.

You are very much a part of it.

Teresa.

This is where you belong, mother.