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Carl, I've had such a marvelous time these last three months. You've taken me

all the greatest places.

Remember, um, the 21 Club?

Yeah. The Persian Room?

The Four Seasons?

The Colony?

Yeah.

Will there be anything else, sir?

Yes, perhaps a liquor.

For safety's sake, gentlemen.

I'm sorry, sir. May I see your I .D. cards?

I beg your pardon?

How old is the young lady, sir?

Make it an ice cream parfait.

Yes, miss.

I'm sorry.

I find it hard to believe that a young lady of your age is treated like a

It's the law. They can't serve anyone under 18.

Carl, I don't want you to leave.

Leave you?

Now that we have found each other, would it not be absurd to part?

To be thousands of miles away from each other, perhaps never to meet again.

What can we do about it?

Sissy, marry me.

Live in Vienna.

Carl, really?

Yes, my mother and father approve of you.

Please, Sissy.

Oh, yes.

No, you can't. Of course not.

Catherine, how old are you?

I'm 17.

Bill. On the continent, we do not consider 17 so young.

I was married at 15.

We have been happy together for 23 years.

I know, and that's very nice, but this is a little bit different. See, Sissy is

just a child.

Perhaps in your eyes, sir.

Not in mine.

Sir, Sissy and I love each other.

Oh, that's good.

Now, if you feel the same way in about five years, we'll talk about it.

Uncle Bill.

Sleep?

No. Try that.

No, thanks, Uncle Bill. I don't want any milk.

Okay, I'll take it.

Sis, I know you're feeling hurt.

You must think I'm an old fuddy -duddy that doesn't understand young people.

I'd rather not talk about it, Uncle Bill.

Why? We can always talk.

Carl is everything I ever dreamed of.

He's handsome.

He's charming and he's sophisticated.

He's so different from the boys here.

He's a man and a gentleman.

Well, honey, he's handsome and he's charming, all right, but I don't think

you're in love with him yet.

Not yet.

You might be in love with love, but marriage is a lot more than that.

Marriage means sharing all kinds of things, good and bad, and all kinds of

problems and responsibilities that I don't think you're ready for.

I want to marry Carl, Uncle Bill.

Well, I'm sorry, honey, but you can't.

Then there's nothing to talk about.

Yeah. Excuse me, sir.

What do you want?

The grocery boy would like an audience, sir. Well, what's he want?

I don't know, sir. He said it was rather important.

Shall I send him packing, sir?

Oh, not if it's important.

All right, I'll call you back.

Hello, Johnny.

What's on your mind?

Mr. Davis, what gives with Sissy? I haven't been able to get a date with her

three weeks.

Tell me man to man.

Is it a brush off?

This is important?

Yes, sir. It sure is to me.

Oh, okay. Well, you know how it is with girls for age. They go through these

phases, and I guess Sissy's in her Viennese phase.

You think she'll ever come back to her Manhattan phase?

Oh, I guess so.

Just wait.

Thanks, Mr. Davis.

You're okay for an old guy.

Keep going.

See you around.

Branch!

Yes, sir.

Listen, you think I could be making a mistake?

Well, then, sir, her Krug is a member of one of the oldest and wealthiest

continental families.

As his wife, Sissy would have a marriage that other girls only dream about.

I just feel in my bones it's not right. Not yet, anyway.

Then, sir, let us trust that your bones have good judgment.

Okay, yeah, fine. I'll send them over by special messenger. Right. Hey, hey,

don't forget. Listen, we've got the golf day Tuesday. Bring money.

Brow crew to see you.

Send her right in.

Excuse me, Bill. Perhaps I interrupted you. No. But we leave for Vienna

and it was necessary to see you.

Sit down.

Thank you.

I'm sorry about Sissy and Carl.

Friedrich knows of my mission here and disapproves.

He says your word is final.

Well, I have to be honest with you. I'm not going to let Sissy marry anybody.

You think of her as a lovely little girl named Sissy.

Friedrich and I, who would be the grandparents of her children, think of

a lovely young lady called Catherine.

Well, there's a difference, you see. I know her a little better than you do.

Then give us a chance to know her.

Let her visit us in Vienna.

She may not like it when she sees how we live, and your problem will be solved.

Now, I've been to Vienna.

I know all about romance and waltz and Blue Danube stuff.

You know, she's just a little bit too young to be on her own.

Bill, you may be merely an uncle, but you're acting like every father in the

world. You refuse to admit Catherine has grown up.

Okay, when she's grown up, I'll admit it. Right now, she's a kid.

Perhaps. Even a child would enjoy visiting Vienna.

Don't make up your mind now.

Think about it.

Our plane doesn't leave until midnight.

Okay. I'll think about it, Anna.

I'll tell you one thing. If this year it does get married, you're going to be my

first choice for mother -in -law.

Bye -bye. Bye.

Missy, don't you think that outfit is too mature for you?

Oh, no. It's exactly what I need.

Would Mr.

Davis approve?

I'll let you know when he sees it.

Oh, no, don't worry. I take full responsibility.

Miss Davis, I must say, this really gives you a new look.

Well, if it turns out new enough, I may be getting my next hairdo in Vienna.

French?

Hey, French.

Welcome home, sir. Did you have a good day?

Oh, terrible.

I keep thinking about Sissy. I don't know.

I don't want to break her heart, but I don't want to let her ruin her life

either.

How is she, anyway?

Oh, I think you should see her for yourself, sir. I think you'll see a

change. Oh, yeah?

Well, that's good. See, I tell you, these kids, they keep bouncing right

Hey, Sissy!

Yeah, they get over these things, especially when they're young.

Did you call me, Uncle Bill? Well, I called for Sissy. Who are you, young

Well, I'm still Sissy.

I just bought a new dress and had my hair done.

Well, you look very nice.

What did you want, Uncle Bill?

Nothing. I just wanted how you are.

I'm fine.

I guess I'd better get back to my reading.

Well, she sure is awfully grown up all of a sudden.

Was it just the dress and the hairdo, or what?

You must decide, sir.

And for her, it'll be a most important decision.

Well, I always thought I was a little girl. Maybe I'm just... I don't know.

She does look very much the young lady, sir.

The manageable young lady.

Now, Waldorf Towers.

Fridget Krug, please.

Krug.

Anna? It's Bill Davis.

Listen, is that invitation of yours still open for Sissy to come and visit

Vienna?

I'm going to miss Sissy.

Me too.

You'd better be leaving, sir. One must allow for the traffic. Don't worry.

get there if I can get my passenger out. Hey, Sissy!

Come on, honey. We'll be late.

Is my luggage here?

Well? Oh, good. All right.

Have I forgotten anything?

My ticket.

Yeah, here's the ticket. Oh.

Well, then I think I have everything.

Goodbye, Mr. French.

Take care, sissy.

I will.

Goodbye, Buffy.

Bye, Jody.

And you take care of Uncle Bill, okay?

We will.

Don't forget what we look like.

My sister finds out the way.

Bye, sister. Bye.

Sissy will get married and live in Vienna and we'll never see her again.

Never. Oh, come now. She'll be home in two weeks.

Unless, of course, she... Come on.

Uncle Bill? Mrs.

Beasley and I are lonesome. We're used to Sissy sleeping in the other bed. Can

we climb in with you?

Okay, come with me.

Uncle Bill, I'm lonesome.

Thank you.

Climb in.

How could Sissy do this to us?

Yeah, why didn't she take us with her?

Well, because she thinks she wants to get married, see?

She'll get married someday, I suppose, but not now, see?

Good night.

Why do people want to get married and break up their families?

Well, because people fall in love, and when you're grown up and you're in love,

you usually get married.

Even you?

And Mr. French?

Mr. French might get married someday. Someday I might get married. And someday

the two of you might even get married. Yeah, good night.

Not me.

You will if everyone else does.

Okay. But I don't have to like it.

Oh, knock it off. Come on.

We've only known our Catherine three months.

But we love her. Love her very, very much. You will meet her tonight.

enchanted. Oh, she surely is.

Such a nice girl.

And, uh... My friend.

My friend.

I would like to introduce to you my fiancée.

Miss Catherine Davis.

Simply lovely.

Simply enchant, Louise.

Oh,

you're so right, Proctor.

Just lovely.

Absolutely wonderful.

We ask nothing better for Carl and for our family. It will be a wonderful

marriage. But to be sure, this is only a visit.

But if I know our son Carl, he will not let her get away.

Anna.

Oh, very happy.

And this is only the beginning.

What are you thinking now, Alipian?

How much I love you.

And your mother and your father.

The whole of Vienna.

You know, it's like living in a fairy tale.

To make it come true, you have only to marry me.

Carl, I want you very much.

Then what are we waiting for? We are adult enough to know what we want.

Let us be married in Vienna immediately.

I'll call Uncle Bill. We'll tell him together.

No. Well, because I think you're too young and you're not mature enough.

Sissy, look, I agreed to let you go to Vienna for a visit, but that doesn't

I'm saying you can get married.

Yes, that's my final word.

All right.

Bye -bye.

Oh, that Viennese atmosphere was going to turn her head.

I let her go, too, against my better judgment.

Hey, you think those kids might elope?

Oh, no, sir, no, sir. One doesn't disobey one's parents in these matters.

least, not on the continent, sir.

Think I'm too rough on her?

It's not for me to say, sir.

One does what one thinks best.

Carl, I've been thinking. So have I.

What? Sissy, let's elope the way Americans do. It will be the perfect

Elope? I know a beautiful little chapel in Innsbruck.

We'll have a skiing honeymoon.

And after that, London, Paris, Madrid.

Sissy, don't just stand there. Go pack.

We'll cable your Uncle Bill from Innsbruck.

Once he gets over the shock, what can he do but give us his blessings?

Sissy, we know what's best for ourselves.

Carl.

Listen, last night I had a dream.

We were waltzing.

You were in a hussar's uniform and I was dressed like a princess.

There were a thousand violins. It was beautiful.

I cannot give you a thousand violins, but if you would sell it for twenty.

Carl, a thousand or twenty, it's the same dream.

And that's what my visit here truly has been.

Carl, it's a dream, a fairy tale.

It's a little girl's idea of love.

It's the prince waltzing with Cinderella in a hussar's uniform or just in white

tie and tails.

Oh, Carl, my dreams are so little different from my days with you.

They're marvelous.

They're enchanted.

But they're unreal.

Is that so bad?

Of course not.

I'll always be grateful.

But now I know what Uncle Bill meant.

I'm a very young girl.

And I'm in love with love.

Carl, I want to go home.

Ah, who won the checker game?

We didn't finish.

There wasn't any fun.

Not even sewing doll dresses was fun.

Nothing seems fun anymore without Sissy.

What are you making, Mr. French?

Oh, maple fudge.

Why?

Nobody around here likes maple fudge very much, except Sissy.

And she's not here.

Would you like Sissy to be here?

Would we, boy?

Well, you know, there's an old Gaelic legend which says, if you close your

and wish, it is sometimes possible to make things come true.

If you're wishing hard enough, I wouldn't be surprised to see Sissy come

in.

Bobby! Jody!

Sissy!

Sissy! We wished you home! It worked, just like Mr. French said.

Mr. French, could that be maple fudge I smell?

Yes.

Mr. Davis phoned me that you were arriving. I didn't tell the twins

wanted to be a pleasant surprise.

Hi, Johnny.

Hiya, sissy.

Hi. How was Vienna?

Oh, it was great. I saw you drive up with your uncle. I was delivering

down the street.

It's good to see you again, Johnny.

There's a new group at the Shanty. Would you like to go tonight? All the kids

are going.

I would love to go.

Uncle Bill, is that okay?

Sure, if that's where all the kids are going.

Pick you up at seven. Bye.

Bye -bye. Hey, John.

Welcome home.

Now I can sleep in my own bed again.

And I have a whole set of sisters.

Yes, and if one may say so, sir, we're a family again.