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- Excuse us.

Mr. and Mrs. Kingston, we have a reservation.

- Oh, yes, the newlyweds, congratulations.

- Could I get your luggage?

- Thank you, here's the keys.

- It's the silver Jag. - Oh.

- We, uh, we don't actually have a honeymoon suite, but,

uh, we're going to give you the Martin Van Buren room.

- Oh, Martin Van Buren stayed here?

- No, um, when we bought the inn that particular room

had a picture of Martin Van Buren in it.

- But it really is our nicest room, would you like to see it?

- I would. - Follow me.

- Could you cash some travelers checks for me?

- Sure.

- Ted!

Hi, is there any mail for me today?

- My God, Stephanie.

- Ted.

- I can't believe it's you.

- This is incredible.

- I'm, uh, going to take a guess you've met before?

- Are you kidding, we were practically engaged once.

Ted Kingston, Dick Loudon.

What on earth are you doing here?

As if I couldn't guess.

- I'm up here on my honeymoon.

- Your what?

- My honeymoon, I just married Tish.

- Tish Ellison? - Mm-hmm.

- Eww, I mean happiness always!

- Thank you. What are you doing up here?

- Well, I'm...

Well, I guess there's no point

in trying to keep it a secret. I'm on kind of a sabbatical.

- Oh, that's right, I heard your parents cut you off.

- It was actually a mutual agreement.

So I'm up here now just kind of getting away from it all

and thinking about my future.

- Oh, Stephanie, we're gonna need

more towels in the Van Buren room.

- And, uh, helping out here at the inn.

- Steph. - Tish.

- You know each other?

- For just ages.

We went to high school together.

Oh, how are you?

- Fine. Congratulations on Ted.

- Thank you. Congratulations to you, too.

I understand that you've landed a job as a maid.

Oh, well let me look at you.

Oh, you haven't changed a bit.

- Thank you. - Why?

- These two were best friends in high school.

- It shows.

- I still can't get over what a coincidence this is.

- Oh, come on, you must have known I was up here.

- I swear, I didn't. - I did.

And listen, uh, Ted and I have to unpack

but after we've rested

and you've finished your scrubbing,

we'll have to sit down and have a nice long chat.

Come on Ted, I can't wait for you to see our room.

Stephanie has gotten it so clean it just glistens.

[ laughs ]

- Nice to see you again. - You too.

I hate her, I hate her, I hate her.

- Stephanie what is the matter with you?

- Of all the people in the world that I never wanted

to see again, Tish Ellison was at the top of the list.

- Why?

- We just always had this rivalry.

And Ted was one of the main things

we had the rivalry over

except in high school he was mine.

I thought he was the guy I was gonna marry.

- What happened?

- Oh, he bought a car I didn't like so we broke up.

- You broke up because you didn't like his car?

- I know it sounds silly now, but Joanna, you remember

that time in your life when the most important thing

in the world was your boyfriend's sports car.

- No.

- Well I guess in Ohio the most important thing

was your boyfriend's cow, but you understand

what I'm getting at.

Anyway, the only thing that matters now

is that Ted and Tish are married.

And she's come up here to rub my face in it,

and the worst part is there's nothing I can do except let her.

- Hi guys. - Hi.

- Who owns the silver Jag?

- Men!

What's that all about?

- Nothing, what do you want Kirk?

- Oh, I just came over to ask you guys

if you were doing anything tonight.

- I don't think so, why?

- Well, Cindy and I would like to invite

the two of you over for dinner.

- Over where? - To my caf�.

- You're having a dinner party at your caf�?

- Yes, Dick imagine that, someone actually serving

a dinner at a restaurant.

- Well, I think it sounds nice, don't you?

- Yeah.

- Great, I'll tell Cindy you can't wait.

You know, this is gonna be the first dinner party

I've ever had.

Before I met Cindy I never felt like sharing but now I guess I,

I feel like returning all the warmth and kindness

that everyone over here has shown me.

- Well, that's nice Kirk.

- Oh, by the way, uh, it's just the four of us,

so mums the word to George and Stephanie.

- Excuse me, is that fresh coffee?

- Yes, it is.

Uh, would you like some?

- You read my mind, with just a kiss of cream.

- A big kiss or a little kiss?

- A peck.

- A peck of cream.

- We just love your inn. - Oh thank you.

- We've only been here for a couple of hours,

but I already feel like this is our home.

- I feel the same way.

- Uh, where's Mr. Kingston?

- Oh, he just stepped out to soak up the fresh air.

Please, call us Ted and Tish.

- Tish, is that short for something?

- Tisha.

- Hi, you said you wanted to talk and I couldn't see

any way of putting it off so here I am.

- Well, I'm sure you two have a lot of reminiscing to do.

I'll just, uh, go in my study and, you know, write a book.

- He seems nice.

- Oh, he is, Dick and Joanna both are.

- Well enough of them. Let's talk about us.

Oh, poor Stephanie.

- Really Tish, you don't have to feel sorry for me.

- But I want to. - Well, don't.

- So tell me the truth, how have you been?

- I've been fine, really.

- I heard about you and Carl, I'm so sorry.

You know people back home would ask me

what happened to Stephanie?

They'd heard that you'd run off to some

God forsaken hamlet in Vermont.

And I said, well, I don't know but I do know Stephanie

and I can't believe she'd do that.

Ha, ha, boy, don't I feel the fool.

- It must get tiresome.

- Speaking of people back home,

you should have seen our wedding.

Everyone was there.

Oh, I could have spanked myself not sending you an invitation.

It was the wedding you always dreamed of.

- Did you look nice?

- Would you like me to bring down the pictures?

- No, I'm afraid I might spill something on them.

- Well, I had the most gorgeous dress.

It was ivory satin with an antique lace bodice

with this flowing 15 foot train.

It was absolutely magnificent.

- So you went ahead and wore white, huh?

- Yes.

- Well, it certainly sounds like a lovely wedding.

- Lovely and huge.

I'm so lucky, Stephanie, I've got everything

that all of us ever wanted.

- Well, then the surgery was worth it, wasn't it?

- It's absolutely beautiful up here.

Who wants to go for a drive with me?

- Looks like Tish is wagging her tail.

- I'll get my coat.

- We'll see you later, Stephanie.

- Can't wait.

- Hey there.

- Hi. - Hi.

- Oh, by the way, your car was under a tree

and I was afraid of birds so I moved it.

- Oh, thanks.

- Boy, you have some great car.

Pushes real nice.

- I think I'm gonna go up to my room.

- Is everything all right?

- I'm a little depressed.

Did you ever have a situation where you could have

had something and you gave it up and now you regret it?

- No.

[ knocking on door ]

- Entr�e vous.

- Stephanie Joanna wanted--

Stephanie?

Stephanie, uh, Joanna wanted me to tell you

we'll be over at Kurt's.

- Oh, okay.

- Are you looking for something?

- No, I'm a little depressed.

- Anything I can do to help?

- I don't think so.

- I don't believe this room.

- Oh, that's right, you've never seen it.

- .Why aren't these clothes in, in your closet?

- Because my shoes are in my closet.

- Dick...

Can I ask you something?

- Yeah, sure.

- I was just thinking.

What if it turns out that Ted was the right guy for me?

What if I never find anyone else?

And I spend the rest of my life alone and miserable

and living in this room.

- I really don't think that's gonna happen.

- How can you be sure?

- 'Cause I think these clothes are gonna

run you out of this room.

I'm sorry, I, I understand how you feel, you're,

you're upset because you, you see somebody else with,

with something that, that you thought you wanted.

And, I know this is gonna sound clich�, but I,

you're still young,

you have your whole life ahead of you.

- Yeah?

Well, if you promise never to repeat this,

I'm gonna tell you something that no one

in the world knows outside of my own family.

- What's that?

- I'm not as young as you think.

- How, uh, how young are you?

- How young do you think I am?

- Twenty two, twenty three.

- Do you really think I'm that young?

- That's what I guess. - Oh.

Well, okay, then I am.

But it still doesn't keep me from being depressed.

- Stephanie, I'm sure someday you'll...

you'll meet a guy that, that you're crazy about and,

and your whole life will, will change.

- If only it could happen while Tish is here.

- I have to get going, but, uh,

try to cheer up, okay?

[ door closing ]

[ music playing ]

[ knocking ]

[ music stops ]

- Come in.

- Hi.

- Oh, it's you.

- Tish is in getting ready so we can go out for dinner.

I was wondering if we could talk.

- Sure, what about?

- I just wanted to tell you how great it was finding you here.

I guess it's inevitable.

Seeing you has stirred up a lot of old feelings.

- Yeah, well, for me it seeing you and Tish

stirred up a lot of new ones.

- I think you should know that if I had thought

there was a chance with you, I never would have married Tish.

- What?

- And once more, if I thought there was still a chance,

I don't think I could stay with her.

- I can't believe you said that.

- Why?

- Because you just got married.

You can't be serious.

- I'm not, that's why I'm interested in you.

- I can't believe I'm hearing this.

- Stephanie, you can't say we didn't have

great times together.

Remember those drives we used to take along the coast?

Remember how we used to stop and have those

in-depth conversations?

Remember what we used to talk about?

- Not really.

- But you do remember they were in depth.

- Oh, yeah.

- If you and I were back together

I could take care of you.

- I just don't understand how you could be saying

this to me when you're married to Tish.

- Let's face it, Tish is shallow.

- So am I.

- Yeah, but you're blonde.

- True.

- Listen, I've got to run, we have dinner reservations.

Think about it, huh?

- You'd really leave her for me?

- My feelings for you run so deep

I'd dump her so fast she wouldn't know what hit her.

- It's so nice to see you guys.

I really did want to have you over to my place,

but I've only got a table for two.

- No, this, this is fine, really.

- I offered to cook but Kirk insisted

that he do everything himself.

He's so excited. I think it's kind of sweet.

- Well, how's everybody doing?

- Just fine. - I hope you're hungry.

- We are.

- Well, then, why don't we all take a look at these

and decide what we want.

- We're ordering from the menu?

- Honey, I thought you were making us chicken or something.

- I have chicken on the menu.

- Oh, this is all right. Actually it's kind of fun.

I've never ordered at a dinner party before.

I guess I'll have the Salisbury steak.

- Mm-hmm.

- And I'm gonna have the beef dip.

- Excellent. Would you like soup or salad?

- I'll have the soup. - I'll have salad.

- Your dinner doesn't come with salad.

- Honey, uh, if Dick wants a salad

I think you should make him one.

- Oh, that's true I'm not charging him.

But you're getting the Italian dressing.

- What's the cluck in a bucket?

- It's boneless breast of chicken and French fries

in a red plastic basket.

- I guess I'll have that.

- It says here there's a choice of vegetables.

- Yeah, peas.

- All you have is peas? - Yeah.

- Then what's the choice? - Do you want them or not?

- Oh, I guess I'll have them. - Great.

Darling, why don't you go put on some music

while I go fire up the grill.

- [ door knocking ] - We're closed.

- What? - Oh honey, it's George.

- Go away, George, we're closed.

- Is everything okay at the inn?

- Oh, sure, everything's fine it's just that

I couldn't find anything to eat

and I thought maybe I could get a hamburger to go.

- Oh, George.

- Okay. I'm sorry.

I didn't realize, George, you didn't have dinner.

Wait outside and I'll fry you a hamburger.

- Thanks. - George, get back here.

You can have dinner with us.

- Are you sure?

- Wait a minute, I planned this for four.

- You haven't planned anything, we're ordering from menus.

- I don't want to butt in.

- Don't be silly, you're going to sit down

with us and eat dinner.

- Ha, ha, where do you propose to put him?

- Well, pull another table over here and he can sit here.

- Oh, fine. Let him stay.

You're pathetic, you know that?

- Hi, guys.

- Oh, for crying out loud.

- I'm sorry if I'm interrupting.

- What are you people, babies? You can't eat by yourselves?

- I didn't come over here to eat,

I came over here to talk.

- Well, talk to them, I have to go cook.

- Stephanie, what's the matter?

- Ted, he just came into my room and proposed.

- What? - Who's Ted?

- He's an old friend of Stephanie's.

- He just started talking about how great we were together

and he said if I was still interested

he was still interested.

- This is crazy, this man's on his honeymoon.

How can this be?

- I guess he's not having a good time.

- What did you tell him?

- I didn't tell him anything.

I was so shocked, I didn't know what to say.

- You're not actually considering

going with him, are you?

- Of course not.

I'm just trying to decide whether

or not I should tell Tish.

- Who's Tish? - Ted's wife.

- I mean knowing something like this could

absolutely destroy her.

Then again it does seem like kind of a lousy thing to do.

- Stephanie, I can't believe you'd tell her just to get even.

- You can't?

- You wouldn't, would you?

- I don't know. I'm torn.

I can't deny there's a part of me that

would love to burst her bubble.

On the other hand, she is my best friend and as much

as I hate her, I really don't want to see her hurt.

- So what, what do you think you're gonna do?

- I'm not sure.

- Well, listen would you like to have something to eat

while you're thinking about it?

- I guess so.

You know even in the midst of wrestling

with this terrible problem, I was wondering

who was going to make my dinner.

- Here we go, soup and salad for five.

- Kirk, Stephanie's staying too.

- Alrighty.

- Honey, how's, how's this for the thank you note?

- Dear Kirk, thanks for dinner, Dick and Joanna.

This is it?

- Honey, what am I supposed to say?

It was the worst dinner party I've ever been to in my life.

- But still I think you should say it was

a lovely evening and we had a wonderful time.

- You're a real mountain of of integrity, you know that?

- Good morning. - Hi.

- We're checking out. - Oh, so soon?

- Yeah, we're headed for the Caribbean.

Tish needs to be tanned.

Is, uh, Stephanie around?

- Yeah, she's in the dining room.

- I just wanted to say goodbye.

Excuse me.

- Hi, Stephanie. - Oh, hi, Ted.

- I just came to tell you we're leaving.

- You're kidding.

- No, Tish got this sudden yen for the Virgin Islands,

so we're taking off.

But before I left with her,

I wanted to check with you first.

Did you think about what I said last night?

- Yeah.

- What did you decide?

- Thanks but no thanks.

- I see, well, listen you know where to reach me

if you change your mind.

- Oh, Stephanie there you are.

I was looking for you in all the bathrooms.

- I was just telling her we were leaving.

- Well, why don't you go and warm up the car

while Stephanie and I say our good byes.

Oh, Stephanie it doesn't seem fair to leave you here

struggling to make ends meet like this while Ted and I

fly off to the Caribbean.

I mean it's fun, but it just doesn't seem fair.

- I'll be okay, Tish.

- Well, you certainly have blossomed into a wonderful maid.

Honestly, if they ever let you go, I'll be glad to hire you.

- You know Tish, I wasn't gonna tell you this

but now I think I will.

- What's that? - It's about you and Ted.

- What about us?

- I just...

I just want you to know...

I just want you to know

that I hope you'll both be very happy.

- Why, thank you Stephanie.

Do you really mean that?

- I really do.

I think you deserve each other.

- So, when do you think we'll see each other again?

- I couldn't say.

- Well, great then, we'll just play it by ear.

Thank you both, we had a wonderful time.

- Enjoy the rest of your honeymoon.

- Well, really it's over. - I guess that's true.

- Listen, before I go, I left a little something

for you up in the room.

- You left me a tip?

- Oh, don't think of it as a tip, think of it as charity.

Goodbye, Stephanie.

- Have a nice trip. - Oh!