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And I won't be with you for
your birthday tomorrow night.

And not for
the sea witch either.

You go, dear.

No, not without you.

Oh, I'll miss you so.

Oh, everything is
impossible for us this way.

Philip...

could you possibly get
a divorce and marry me?

Oh, I don't know why
I said... said that.

Oh, please,
please forgive me.

I... I don't know
what came over me.

Anna, please-

I'm so sorry.

I had no right,
and I know that.

Now you'll always
remember that I asked you.

No, no,
it's all right-

Promise me that you'll
put it out of your mind.

You'll forget
that it ever happened.

Promise me
it never happened.

It never happened.

I never said it.

You never said it.

And we'll never refer
to it as long as we live.

All right, darling.

Oh, I've done it again.

As long as we live-
That's the same thing.

Oh, Philip,
you are free.

You can go
when you please.

I have no strings
on you.

I do love you, Anna.

I don't see how.

Why don't you
get up and leave?

I wouldn't blame you.

Come on.

You're very beautiful
when you cry.

Oh, I'm sure.

Pink eyes... pink
eyes are very becoming.

Listen to me.

Tomorrow night at midnight,

Let's drink a toast
to your birthday.

Will you remember?

I'll drink, all right.

At the first stroke
of Big Ben, raise your glass.

Where will you be?
I'd like to picture you.

The fireplace.
That's usual.

I did it
in a play once.

I was wonderful
in it.

Well, that must be
Margaret and Alfred.

They know, of course.

Yes. Alfred feels
very badly about it.

He should.

He was the one who
tricked you into NATO.

Hello, dear.

Hello, Margaret.

Hello, Anna.

Hello, Judas.

There was
no other choice.

I could've given you
a list of names-

Yours on top.

As soon as he told me, Anna,
I said, "why can't you go?"

Her exact words were,
"why in hell can't you go?"

He told me he wasn't
bright enough.

Philip is supposed to be
very clever about money.

I haven't seen
any evidence of it.

I think he's going to
bankrupt England and America.

Never mind. We'll have
a lovely time tonight.

We don't want
you two to be alone.

Why not, may I ask?

You're taking
the wrong attitude.

The time will go much
quicker than you think.

I told you.
Everyone says that.

I'm going to get dressed.

Oh, women.

I wish I were
going with you.

Let's go
to the club.

No. I think I ought
to stay here.

They won't come out of that
room for a couple hours.

I'll give you
a game of snooker.

A game of what?

Snooker.
What's that?

Come on.
I'll show you.

The, uh, the group
that's sailing tomorrow

Is using the four days
on the ship for discussion.

I'm not in on that.

Would anyone object
if I fly?

No, certainly not.

Oh, dear.

Because I'd like to spend
those few extra days here.

Of course.

You see,
tomorrow at midnight,

Anna and I had planned to
drink a toast to each other.

She thinks I'll be
on the high seas.

And you'll
walk in the door?

Yes, that's the idea.
That ought to surprise her.

Yes. It should do.

Well, that's
very romantic.

I didn't mean that
disparagingly.

I envy you
your touch.

But it's my belief
that success with women

Is something that
you're born with.

You're not entitled
to any of the credit.

I hope I'm not
embarrassing you.

Not at all.

An interesting
subject.

Yes, and quite popular.

There's one thing
I'm very curious a.

I'm hesitant
to mention it to you...

for fear
you'll be offended.

Then perhaps
you shouldn't.

I'll just have
to chance it.

All right,
if you must.

Ah... ah... thank you.

As I said,
I'm just curious...

why do you pretend to be a
married man when you're not?

How did you know?

Well, they made quite
a security check.

Do you intend
to tell Anna?

Of course not.
What do you take me for?

Her brother-In-Law,
for one thing.

But I'm not
her guardian.

You must admit that it
doesn't sound honorable.

Then let me make
my position clear to you.

Actually, it's...
it's clear enough.

No, no, no.
Obviously it isn't.

Now, come along now.

Now just try
to follow this.

Let's just take a...
well, a usual case.

A man meets a woman.
He's attracted to her.

He courts her.

They're old enough,
and she, uh, favors him.

Eventually she'd
like to get married.

He then says
I am not the marrying kind.

Do you admire
such a man?

No, I don't,
but go on.

Well, I, too,
don't care to be married.

On the other hand, I don't
care to give up women.

I understand that.

Now, since I have no
intention of getting married,

I feel honor-Bound to declare
myself in the beginning.

But before the favors?

Certainly before the favors.

That's where
the honor comes in.

Now, how do I
declare myself?

By saying
I will never marry?

What woman
really believes that?

If anything,
it's a challenge to them.

What do you do?

Well, I say
I am married.

I'm married, and
I can't get a divorce.

Now our position is clear.

There can't be
any misunderstanding later.

It sounds reasonable.

Well,
it is reasonable.

I think NATO has got you
in the wrong job.

I know there's a big
hole in your argument.

I haven't come to it
yet, but there must be.

Why must there be?

You've got it all wrong.

You're the exception.

Most people
do get married.

I don't resent that.

That's very
tolerant of you.

I merely ask them
to respect my indifference.

You're just against
marriage for yourself.

Oh, indeed I am.

And whether you believe
it or not, I love Anna.

I love Anna
as I've never loved before.

But I wouldn't marry
any woman

If you held
a gun to my head.

I haven't got any gun.

Anyway, I don't think it's
a brother-In-Law's place.

It has to be
a blood relative.

Come on. Let's go home.

Hello there.

I'm back.

Where's Philip?

He's downstairs in his
apartment getting dressed.

When Philip gets
off the Elizabeth,

I'm going to meet him
on the dock.

I'll fly
while he's sailing.

What's that?

You heard me.

You heard her.

I was hoping
I didn't.

Well, you were wrong.

What about your play?

It's a big hit now.

They can get somebody else
less expensive.

They won't mind.
They'll be delighted.

Anna, be practical.

I am practical.

I will not be separated
from him for five months.

You're talking
like a schoolgirl.

A schoolgirl can afford
to wait five months.

See that expression
on her face?

The first time we saw
it, she was 4 years old.

We couldn't
budge her then.

Did Philip ask you
to come to New York?

Philip?
Oh, no, he'd never.

He'd be too concerned
about my reputation.

He's the most considerate,
unselfish, honorable man

That ever lived.

I'm burning
candles for him.

You say something.

You're a diplomat.
Talk her out of it.

What do you advise?

Be brilliant.
Just start me off.

Please, don't say
anything, Alfred.

Please.

Well... I'll have
to say this much.

There's no use your
flying over to New York

To meet the Queen Elizabeth
when she docks

Because he
won't be on her.

He won't?

He has his own surprise.

As you two are drinking
toasts to each other

At midnight tomorrow,

He's coming
through that door.

Oh, oh!

So you'll have another
three days together.

There, you see?

Three whole days.
That's enough, isn't it?

No, that's not enough!

He's so wonderful.
He's...

oh, Margaret.

Oh, Anna.

I'd like not
to have told you this,

And in some way, I shall get
the blame for it, I'm sure.

But there's no use
your flying over there

To meet him at the dock

If he isn't going to be on
the ship in the first place.

That's going to be
my story anyway.

Anna, darling,
pull yourself together.

I don't like
to be told secrets.

Whenever anyone
says to me,

"Would you like to hear
something confidential,"

I always say no.

And I've never
regretted it.

Oh, Margaret.

Oh, Anna.

This is going
to be quite a day.

Oh, he's
so wonderful.

No, he's not.

He's no good.

He's been fooling you.

Anna...

he isn't married.

What did you say?

He's single.

He's a single...
bachelor.

Yes, this is going
to be quite a day.

How dare you?

But it's true!

I know it's true.

How do you know?

I saw it in a Scotland Yard
report on Alfred's desk.

What the devil do you mean
by reading things on my desk?

You've no right
to take advantage

Of your position
as my wife

To endanger the security
of our government.

I forbid you
to come into my office

Unless you're announced
and I am there.

Oh, shut up.

I was down on my knees
asking his forgiveness

Because I asked him
to marry me.

On my knees!

How dare he make love to me
and not be a married man!

Damn!

Astonishing.

What was that?

Perfume bottle
through the mirror.

You know, when you
come to think of it,

It's all very strange.

It was perfectly all right
when he was married,

When you'd think
that it wouldn't be,

And now that we know
that he's single,

When it should be all right,
if you know what I mean,

Well, it isn't.

Do you follow me?

No, I don't follow you.

Well, I guess we better
call the party off.

I'll make our excuses.
I'll say-

No.

We'll not
call off the party,

And you're not going
to tell him anything.

We'll spend the evening
just as we had planned...

as if nothing
had happened.

Anna, dear, don't you
think it'd be much bet-

As if nothing
had happened.

That's what we
are going to do.

Oh, delicious steak.
Never tasted better.

How's yours?

Mmm. It's very good.

Good.

Margaret,
you're not eating.

I can't swallow.

Why not?

I'm just
not hungry.

Oh, that's a pity.

Nice to be in this
place again, isn't it?

This is where we spent
our first evening together.

Yes, dear.

Let's hope it won't
be the last.

Ladies and gentlemen,
take your places

For an eightsome reel.

Oh, we ought
to learn that.

Come on, darling,
let's learn it.

It's a party.
Let's celebrate.

Whoops.

Ah. Oh.

Wonderful.

Oh, I like that.

That's nice.

Hee!

Oh.

What about that?

Pretty good, huh?

Hoo! Uh-Oh,
look out.

Whoo! Oh.

Ooh. Slippery.

Ooh, sorry.

Slippery.

Swing it.

That's it.

Look out.

Over and change.

Hi. Hey,
where you going?

Hey,
wait a minute, fellows.

Hey, fellows,

Hey, fellows, hey.

Oh, well.

Like that?

What a performance.

Too bad the critics
can't see it.

You know, I'm too old
for this sort of evening.

I always was.

Margaret, how about
the next dance with me?

Feeling better, Alfred?

Yes, fine.

Good.

Your stomach any better?

No.

This drink I invented-
Bourbon and Bicetol-

It'll never catch on.

What impressed me
was the way

That you could swallow
anything at dinner.

That was acting.

I couldn't
eat a thing.

Now, he ate
for everybody.

Look at him.

He's certainly
in good spirits,

Dancing every dance,
singing.

You'd think that it
was his wedding night.

Oh, excuse me.

Anna, I should like to
say how much I admire

The way you're carrying
the whole thing off.

You're sweet,
charming, smiling...

just right.

When he's
in America,

You'll write him
a little note

Explaining that you can't
possibly leave your play,

And the whole relationship
will peter out naturally.

No scene, no fuss.

A gentleman asked me
to lay this on your table.

Thank you.

A red rose-
Who sent it?

David sent it.
He's here.

David? Your David?

Your old David?

My old David.

Where is he?
I didn't see him.

He was on
the dance floor.

Say, I liked David.

I even fancied him for a
moment as a brother-In-Law.

I always meant to ask
you what happened to him.

What's the matter?

Anna, what is it?

I'm sorry that was
such a short whirl.

You owe me another.

How's everything at this
table, may I inquire?

Everything is fine.

Just fine.

Uh, let's all go home now, shall we?

Well, if we must.
No difference to me.

Yes. It's getting late.

Call me at home
later.

Well...

I will now draw
the first clear breath

That I have drawn
all evening.

Did you see all that
signaling in the elevator?

Wigwagging
over our heads,

Asking to come up here
after we've gone.

Well, we'll just
stay the night here.

That's all there is
to it.

Well, I guess that's best.
That'll do it to him.

Anna, call downstairs,

Say we're
in the guest room,

And you couldn't
get rid of us.

Saying good night in
the elevator, smirking.

Really, he's not
very subtle.

He manages
to fool people,

People who think
they're rather bright.

You have nothing
to blame yourself for.

You're a woman,
and you were deceived.

It happens every day,
oftener.

Not to me.

Even our
staying here tonight

Doesn't settle
the whole problem.

He means to surprise you
at midnight tomorrow

Whilst you're supposedly
drinking toasts to each other

In honor
of your birthday.

I'd forgotten that. He's going
to be here for three days.

I can't stay
for three days.

I can. I shall have
some things sent down.

We'll make it a visit,
have a lovely time.

I don't remember
inviting you.

What are you saying?

You will please leave
and now.

Leave?
Leave?

Leave.

Do you mean to let him
come up here?

I mean to let him
come up here.

But why?

Well, I mean,
what for?

I mean,
how could you?

Now, what have you
got in mind?

None of your business.

Anna, I want
to talk to you.

I've known you ever
since you were born,

And there's one thing about
your character I don't admire:

You go to extremes.

What do you mean to do?

Look, you're
a prominent person.

You have to think
of scandal.

Oh, you haven't got a gun,
have you?

Shooting is too good
for him.

That's how I like
to hear you talk-

No violence.

What do you intend
to do?

Just give us an idea.
We're family.

What is it?

A rose?

Yes, a rose,
a red rose.

David sent it
to our table.

I didn't see him.

Why didn't you
tell me?

Philip. He wants
to know if we're out

And if the coast
is clear.

Well, we're not, and it isn't,
and it's not going to be.

It's not Philip.

It is David.
I asked him to call.

Hello?

Hello, David.

Certainly I'm alone.

There is no sincerity
like a woman telling a lie.

It was nice
seeing you again.

Tomorrow night
would be fine.

Anywhere you say.

As a matter of fact, I'm
not very keen on going out.

This was a big evening,
and when I'm working,

I don't feel like
two in a row.

Why don't you join me for
supper here after the play?

For heaven's sakes.

Well, let's
make it 11:30.

Well,
that's 11:30.

You've got that
right now?

11:30 here.

All right,
David.

Bye-Bye.

Won't it be
a little crowded?

You haven't forgotten you've
another suitor coming at 12:00?

I haven't forgotten.

That's all
I've been thinking of,

His walking through
that door at midnight

And surprising me
with another man!

That's how I was able to
keep on smiling at him,

To keep from smashing him
over the head with a lamp.

Anna, what's
gotten into you?

Tomorrow night, I can see
the expression on his face-

The shock...

the unbelief...

the horror.

He catches me
with another man.

Him-So charming,
so handsome,

So generous,

And still
she took another.

How could she?

It'll be a nightmare

That he'll remember
the rest of his life.

He'll go over it and
over it a thousand times,

And each time, it will
burn deeper and deeper

Until he won't have
to recall it at all.

It will just be there.

How am I going to exist
until tomorrow night?

And to think how carefully
you were brought up.

Well, I'm against it.

It's my considered
opinion, Anna,

That you're
playing with fire.

Alfred's right.
You're overdoing it.

Let's all keep calm.
Let's sleep on it.

Tomorrow,
when we're cooler,

We'll discuss it
rationally.

After all, we're grown men and women.

Very well put, dear.
We're all overwrought now.

We're not thinking
clearly.

Well, I'm
thinking clearly.

No, you're not.

You have the feeling
that you're a wronged woman.

I am a wronged woman!

You know
what I mean.

You know what I mean.

I'm the wrongedest
woman you ever saw,

And I'm going to pay
him back with interest,

2 or 3,000 %
of interest.

Well, there he is now,
sooner than usual.

So impatient,
so flattering.

Anna, we're
staying over.

Hello?

Yes, dear,
they've gone.

How nice of you to call
and say goodnight.

Oh, by the way,

Why don't you come up
for a nightcap,

Just this once?

No? All right.

Good night.

Oh, good.

It's all right.

He's not coming up.

Of course he's coming up.

He says that so
the operator won't know.

So considerate
about my reputation.

Well, get going.
He'll be here any minute.

I'm not going,
and you can't make me.

Good night,
dear sister.

Anna, you're just
being impulsive.

I've only got your
interests at heart.

Good night.

I'll tell you one thing.

I shall telephone you
every 15 minutes,

If somebody doesn't
answer the phone,

I shall be right back.

Good night, Anna.

I'll send for our
clothes in the morning.

Remember,
nothing in anger.

Hurry, dear. If he catches
us, we'll be embarrassed.

Why should we
be embarrassed?

He's the one that's
sneaking up here.

Come on!

Remember mama!

Hello?

Good evening, darling.

It isn't the beginning
of the evening.

It is for me.

Champagne
for the occasion.

Some for you.

Some for me.

I'll swizzle it
with my nose.

May I?

Of course.

Ooh.

You dressed for bed?

Mm-Hmm.

I smell perfume.

Oh.

Well, what happened
to that?

Oh, just
a little accident.

It was very thoughtful
of you

Not letting the telephone
operator know you were coming up.

That was the least
I could do.

It's typical of you,

Consideration
in small things.

You don't think
we're fooling anyone?

Indeed, I do.

Oh, the whole building
will know.

Now, how could that be true?
How could they know?

The elevator operator.

I used the stairs.

Oh, did you, really?

Don't start
admiring me again.

It's only one flight.

Mmm.

Oh.

I have here a token
of my esteem and regard.

You've given me quite
enough presents.

Yes, but this is
your birthday present.

This must not be opened
before midnight tomorrow night.

I'd like to
ask you something.

What?

Did you give your wife
as many presents

Before
you were separated?

Well, that's not
much of a subject.

I'm very curious.
Tell me.

Well, yes, I guess so.

Why do you ask?

I'm trying to figure out
whether you are truly generous

Or if it is
your conscience.

Many people get credit

For doing admirable
things that they rarely do

Because they'd feel
uncomfortable if they didn't.

I hope that's from
a play you're in

Because
it's pretty silly.

It's from the play
I'm in now.

I don't remember that.

Oh. Now,
about this present.

It looks very expensive.
It's so small.

Well, it is expensive.

I'll take it.
I deserve it.

Anna, what is
the matter with you?

You've taken the best
years of my life.

Why are you
behaving so strangely?

You've been in a dozen
different moods,

Most of which
I've never seen before.

Mystery, that is
my stock in trade.

I'm a woman,
you know.

I know.
I'll testify to that.

I...

will you-Will you
get into another mood?

Something less, uh,
flippant, please.

I'll wait.

What kind of mood
would you like?

Nothing makes a man
feel more ridiculous

Than being sentimental
when a woman is not.

Oh, you want
sentiment, huh?

You sure it's expensive?

Well, then,
I can do that.

I'm an actress.

You couldn't deceive me.

Mmm. You'd be surprised.

Oh, darling.

Oh, I'll miss you
terribly.

I'll walk
into a crowded room.

Someone will be standing
the way you stand.

He'll hold his head the
way you hold your head,

The way you hold
your knife and fork.

I don't hold my knife and
fork in any special way.

Yes, you do. You hold
your fork straight up,

As a little boy does.

Now, that
is in your play.

You see?

Well, you are
in a strange mood.

Ahh.

What character are you
playing now?

Delilah.

Delilah-From the bible?

I don't see the parallel.

It's my own
interpretation.

If I'm going to be
destroyed anyway-

Is it going to be
that sort of an evening?

It's only Margaret.

Margaret. The woman
loves the telephone.

What would she have done
100 years ago?

Probably have sent
carrier pigeons. Hello?

The skies would have
been black with them.

Hello, David.

Oh, this is quite
a surprise.

Uh, you think
I ought to...

don't you dare leave.

You may wish
to speak privately.

Why, Philip,
you're not jealous?

That's not jealousy.

That's just
common courtesy.

You're beginning
to blush.

Huh? No, no.
I'm not alone.

Doris is here.

Doris is leaving.

She's just leaving.

I'm not interested
in Alfred's advice.

Oh, Margaret.

Then let Alfred
take a sleeping pill.

Good night.

You can come
back now, Doris!

You know, I think I
ought to point out to you

That I'm not jealous.

Oh, I'm glad.

I was so afraid when you
left the room just now

That you were displeased.

No-Well, yes, as a matter
of fact, I was displeased,

But that's not the same
as jealousy.

You see,
I'm a very honest man,

And I'll admit that I was
displeased at his calling you.

Yes, you are honest,

And I'm going
to match your honesty.

What do you mean?

I've been hiding this
from you.

Well, what is it?

A red rose.

Now, where
did you get it?

Where did it come from?

David?

I wasn't going to
let you know about it.

I didn't have
confidence in you.

I'm ashamed of myself.

Did he give it to you
this evening? Where?

Was he at the dance?

Was there a note with it?

Did he bring it over
himself?

A waiter
brought it over.

Oh, then he didn't
speak to you.

He did.

When? How? I danced
with you all evening.

I was with you
every minute.

When I went to the powder
room, he followed me.

He followed you
to the p-

Well! I will not
lower myself

To discussing
such behavior.

I will merely say that
he does not flatter you.

I pictured more
of a - a gentleman.

David is a gentleman.
Take my word for it.

Oh, come now!

You'd like him.

Yes, you would.

You'd get along
beautifully together.

Hardly. You know, I don't
consider myself a snob,

But I'm sure there's no
one among my acquaintances

Who follow women
to powder rooms.

Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe
he didn't follow me.

Maybe it was
just a coincidence.

No. He was
following you.

In any case, did I do the
right thing in telling you?

Certainly, you did.

And you're not upset?

Not the slightest.
I'm pleased.

Pleased?

Frankly, I was curious to
know what sort of a man he is.

I'm not anymore.

I'm glad. That's
the way to look at it.

What did he say to you
on the phone?

On the phone?

I'm sorry.
I wasn't asking,

But you were explaining
about him,

And I thought you
intended to tell me.

I was just trying to help
the conversation along.

I don't mind
telling you.

I'd rather not hear it.

I'd like to tell you.

It's of no interest
to me whatsoever.

He asked me
to go out with him.

And what did you say?

Here or at the dance?

He asked you
at both places?

Well, he asked me there,
and I said no,

And now
he asked me again.

And what did you say?

What do you think
I said?

Absolutely not.

Oh. Oh, well.

If you feel like it,

Why don't you
go out with him?

You're such old friends.

I like you better
when you're jealous.

No, I mean it. You'll
be lonely while I'm away.

I won't mind.

Oh, I couldn't.
I couldn't.

What I like about you
is you're so fair.

Yes, I think I am.
I try to be objective.

Sending a rose
to the table,

That's really adolescent,
isn't it?

Well.

He's not
very considerate,

Calling you
at this time of night.

He knows I don't go
to bed until later.

Oh, I'm sorry.

That was the wrong
thing to say, wasn't it?

Try to forget it.

Put it out of your mind.

For an evening
at started out well,

This has turned into one of
the most exasperating evenings

Of my whole life.

Your life
isn't over yet.

I think an ex-Suitor
who doesn't realize

He's an ex-Suitor
and doesn't stay ex'd

Is the most despicable
kind of human being-

I'd tell him so
to his face.

He's taller
than you are.

That's enough.
I'm leaving.

Good night, dear.

I'm terribly sorry,
darling.

Oh, that's all right.

Forgive me, please.

Mmm! Mmm.

What is it?

Oh, I have
a splitting headache.

Oh, don't be
irritated now.

It's only your vanity.

I'm not irritated.

Yes, you are.
Oh, don't be.

You're going to leave
so early in the morning,

And I won't
see you anymore.

I wish
I'd left yesterday.

Well, I can't help
the headache.

That's why I've been
acting so strangely.

I've been trying
to hide it.

I'm awfully sorry, dear. And I
haven't been behaving too well.

Yes, you have, considering
that you are worried

Whether I got
a splitting headache

Only after
the telephone call,

Aren't you?

No more.

Oh, darling.

Oh, good night, dear.
Good night.

Good night.

Take care.

I will.

And write.

I'll phone.

Oh, here's your present,
darling.

Don't forget. At the
first stroke of midnight-

I'll raise my glass.

Yes, dear.

Goodbye.

I've seen plays with wonderful
goodbye lines in them.

I'm trying
to remember one.

I've heard them all.

Yes, I guess you have.

Well, goodbye, dear.

Very clever
and to the point.

Uh, don't forget.
Tomorrow at midnight.

I'm thinking about it
right now.

You think we've
overdone the flowers?

We've never had
this many before.

How many are there?

You told me
to get five dozen,

And Mr. Wilson sent two.

That's seven dozen
altogether.

It is a bit thick, and it
smells like a flower shop.

Shall I take
some of them out?

No. I want them
to be noticeable.

They have to stick out.

I want them to be seen
at first glance.

Yes, ma'am.

Grilled lobster,

And I've taken
the champagne

Out of the icebox
so it's cold.

Very good, Doris.

I cannot understand why
Mr. Wilson hasn't come yet.

What time is it?

20 minutes to 12:00.

Oh.

Mayfair 5-1-0-1.

Mr. Wilson, please.
David Wilson.

Oh, uh, could you tell me
how long ago he left?

Did he leave any message?

He didn't.

Well, thank you.

I don't know
what has happened.

Hello?

Yes.

Who?

Oh, no.

Oh.

Yes. Thank you, doctor.

Remember me to him.

Tell him
he has my sympathy.

Thank you.

Is anything the matter?

They carried Mr. Wilson off
the tennis court this afternoon

With acute appendicitis.

Oh, my!

He was on the operating
table 45 minutes.

The operation
was very successful.

Oh, I'm glad.

The first thing he said when
he came out of the ether was,

"Call miss Kalman
and apologize for me."

Wasn't that
considerate?

Considerate?

What the hell was he
doing playing tennis?

Would you like
some lobster?

No.

It will make you
feel better.

No, it won't.

You haven't
had anything to eat

Since before the show.

I'll give you a little.

I don't want a lobster.
I want a man!

I need a man tonight-
Here, right now.

A man? Do you want
to lift something?

Carl's outside.

Carl's not very big,
but he's very strong.

You'd be surprised.

Carl?

Shall I ask him
to come in?

Yes. We'll audition him.

Carl?

Carl, come in here.

You want me?

Come over here.
Stand there.

What do you
want him for?

Of course
he knows you. Still...

turn the lights off.

It will only be
for a few seconds.

Walk around, Carl.

Walk.

Where?

Over there.

Up and down.
Can't you just walk?

Does Carl have a nice dressing
gown or robe or something?

Yes, he has. The one you
gave him last Christmas.

Oh, yes.
Bring that.

You can stop
walking now, Carl.

Take your
glasses off.

Put them down.

Don't you see well
without your glasses?

Not small things,
miss Kalman.

Oh.

Give it to him.

Walk some more.

I'm thinking of playing a
practical joke on a friend of mine,

And I wonder if
you care to help.

Certainly, he will.

Practical joke?

Yes.

Will anybody be hurt?

Not physically.

It's none
of your business.

I only asked 'cause
I'm the one who-

What do you
want him to do?

Exactly at midnight, I
want him to open that door

And let Mr. Adams see
you just for one second,

Then jump back into the room
and close the door behind you.

Mr. Adams?

That's who we're
playing the joke on.

I wouldn't want
to spoil it for you.

I don't think
I could do it well.

But there's no danger,
if that's your concern.

I've seen many plays
in my time,

And jealous lovers
always have a knife or gun

Or the poker
from the fireplace.

Anyway, somebody's always
lying on the floor.

Carl, you're a coward.

That's true. All my life,
I've been a coward.

You ought to be
ashamed of yourself.

I am ashamed.

Mr. Adams
won't harm you.

You can lock the door behind you.

And hide
under the bed.

Why am I wasting
everybody's time?

Oh, thank you,
Carl.

But I'm going
to lock the door.

What did you
want me to do?

All you have to do is
to listen for the chimes

And come out
on the 12th chime.

Just step out. One step. That's enough.

Step back
and close the door.

And lock it.

The important thing
is to count the chimes

And come out
on the last one.

Maybe we ought
to have a rehearsal.

What's the matter with you?
Can't you count to 12?

I can count fine,

But this stepping out and
stepping back, it has to be right.

Yes, we need a rehearsal.
What time is it?

18 minutes to 12:00.

You get in there and
listen for the chimes.

Doris will be
the chimes

And come out
on the 12th one.

Right. The 12th one.
That'll be my cue.

My hero.

All right.
Ready, Doris?

Begin.

Bong.

Philip, what are you doing here?

He'll stand there
disappointed.

He'll take a moment.

To understand.
What he sees-

Supper for two,
the red roses.

Then he'll
look back at me.

I'll look at the door,
frightened.

I'll run to the door.

I'll stand in front of it,
speechless,

Hand to my mouth.

Ohh!
Bong.

What can I say?

Then I'll say I'm sorry
he had to find out.

I'm sorry it had
to end this way.

Then I'll
open the package,

And I'll say...

this is a beautiful
bracelet.

I hope
you can return it.

It is a beautiful
bracelet.

Oh, it is.

The one thing you
can't call him is cheap,

But you can call him
everything else.

Maybe he
won't take it back.

How was I?

You were fine, Carl.

You'll steal
all the notices.

What time is it? Put
the food on the plates.

Go back in the room and do
it just the way you did it.

I'm a little bit
nervous.

Oh, stop it, Carl.
Go on.

All right, Doris.

I'll be listening.

Philip, what
are you doing here?

What can I say?

I'm sorry.

Philip.

Happy birthday,
darling.

What are you
doing here?

Why aren't you
at the fireplace?

What can I say?

Don't say anything.
Just listen to me.

I have the most
astonishing news.

Darling,
we can be married!

I've just had word
from my wife.

She's willing to
give me a divorce.

She's fallen in love with a
ski instructor in Sun Valley.

Darling,
will you marry me?

Oh.

What is it, darling?

Oh.

Uh...

what...

who is that?

No, no, no.
Wait a minute.

Calm down.

Now, who is that?

Oh, Philip.

Well, I knew you were
going to say that.

Who is that?

It's of
no importance now.

It's important to me.
Now, who is it?

That's Carl, dear.

Carl? In a bathrobe
in your bedroom?

That's David.

Oh, what am I
going to say?

I don't know.
I'd like to hear it.

What are you
going to say?

Well, I know what
I was going to say.

I was going to take
this bracelet and say,

"This is a beautiful bracelet.
I hope you can return it."

Don't you understand?

No, I don't understand.

And to think I actually
proposed marriage.

Marriage.

But, Philip...

but you don't
understand at all.

Oh, miss Kalman, it didn't
go very well, did it?

There was nothing
I could do. Nothing.

There was nothing
anybody could do.

How was I?

Oh, shut up, Carl.

How was I?
Somebody tell me.

Please, Carl.

Miss Kalman, maybe if
you told him truth...

I did tell him the truth,
and he wouldn't believe me.

Oh, it is all over.

Did I spoil something?

No, not you, Carl.
I did...

with my little hatchet.

I can go to him and
explain the whole thing.

Maybe he'll
believe me.

Did something go wrong?

Nothing much.
A small thing-

My life,
that's all.

I don't want
this bracelet.

It's yours.

This wasn't a gift.

Consider it
as payment.

And while
you are there,

Will you please give
a message to my rival.

Tell him
I'm indebted to him.

I can think of no man to
whom I'm more indebted.

Wait a minute. You
can tell him yourself.

Come out.
It's all right.

Why, it's Carl.

I didn't do anything.

They made me do it.

Well, that was a cheap
and shoddy thing to do.

I didn't start being
cheap and shoddy.

It didn't become you. It
didn't become our relationship.

What was our relationship, may I ask?

Something fine
and spiritual.

On whose part?
On my part!

I contributed to the fine and spiritual.

You lied
and cheated.

You're not married.
You're dishonest.

I was honorable.
I stuck to the rules.

You're not going to
bring up the rules again.

What can man go by
but rules?

When you found out
I wasn't married,

You shouldn't have
done anything about it.

That's what a clever woman
would've done.

I'd had come around
to marrying you.

You notice I did.

You wouldn't have if I
hadn't made you jealous,

Not in
a thousand years.

I might've proposed a little
later, but it was inevitable.

No, it's not true.

What's inevitable is that we
are fated not to be married.

We had the chance for a
moment, and we lost it.

It's too bad, too, because
I love you very much,

And we could've
been very happy.

We can still be happy.

I wonder.

Well, I suppose
any happiness

Is difficult
enough to find.

It's not too becoming
from a woman, but...

we are hardly strangers,

And knowing
your passion for rules,

I'll make
the proposition.

If you're willing,
I'm willing.

The last two days
never happened.

What do you mean?

I mean we'll go on
as before.

And not be married?

That's right.

That's the most improper
thing I've ever heard.

What?

I can hardly
believe my ears.

What are you
so shocked about?

I didn't think
you were capable of it.

Well, what is different?

We're not married.

We weren't before.

But you didn't know
I wasn't married.

You knew.

I knew you didn't know.

What's the matter
with you?

How could you ask me
to do such a thing?

Haven't you been following
what I've been saying?

Oh, I tell you, women
are not the sensitive sex.

That's one of the great
delusions of literature.

Men are
the true romanticists.

I'd-

What are you
crying about?

Oh, shut up, Philip.

Don't cry, Anna.
I love you.

Everything
will be all right.

You'll like
being married.

You will.
You'll see.

Yes.