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Gosh, Eloise, I almost ran you over.

- I'm insured. - Well..

Shall we go in, or shall we stay out and wait for the rainbow?

Let me have your duds.

Well, you don't look a day older.

You are a rotten liar. Aren't you getting fat?

Oh, you know, a career girl. Who has time?

You notice the New England spread?

I wasn't going to mention it.

Lew mentions it all the time.

He's so darned possessive about it.

Hey, a mansion!

Fourteen dollars a square foot. You impressed?

I certainly am.

I don't know how Lew does it.

He probably chisels on the income tax.

- What will you have to drink? - Nothing, thanks.

Look, kid, it's seven years since we've seen each other.

If I remember, we didn't part under the friendliest of circumstances.

Frankly, I'm embarrassed to see you.

I think a drink would help a lot.

Okay, rye and soda.

I was bowled over when I heard your voice

on the phone this morning.

I thought we'd have a talk.

Does that mean you've forgiven me, Mary-Jane?

I forgave you a long time ago, Eloise.

Good.

Who was it said, "To forgive is divine?"

Probably nobody I'd care to meet anyhow.

Drink up.

Say, you know what I read in the Alumni News?

What?

Dean Whiting is dead.

She got cancer last summer and died and all.

She only weighed 62 pounds when she died.

- Isn't that terrible? - Not particularly.

Who can that be? I've got no friends.

I don't know why, but you could always make me laugh, El.

I'm comical, that's why.

Telephone for you, Mrs. Wengler. Mr. Wengler.

The breadwinner.

- Yeah? - El? I'm at the station.

It's murder getting a cab in account of the rain.

Can you come down and pick me up?

I can't come down, Mary-Jane is here.

You remember Mary-Jane?

Well, she's got her car parked right in front of me

and she can't find the key.

I can't get out.

- 'Have you been looking?' - Sure we have.

We spent the last 20 minutes looking for it.

'Maybe you can get a lift with Dick and Mildred.'

Dick and Mildred are spending the night in town.

Well, that's tough, kid.

Why don't you boys form a platoon and march home?

Then you can say that hup, hup, hup, hup business

and be the big-shot major again.

- 'Don't be funny.' - I'm not funny. Really I'm not.

It's just my face.

I don't know why, everybody thinks I'm funny.

You're Ramona, aren't you?

My, what a pretty dress.

Here, let me look at you.

Will you give me a little kiss?

I don't like to kiss people.

Stop scratching.

- Where's Jimmy? - He's here.

- Who's Jimmy? - Jimmy's her beau.

Goes where she goes, does what she does.

- All very hoopla. - Oh, I see.

Jimmy is just a make-believe little boy.

I think that's very nice.

Ramona, turn around

tell Mary-Jane what Jimmy looks like.

He has green eyes and black hair.

- What else? - No mommy and no daddy.

- What else? - No freckles.

- Ramona, are you sniffling? - Just a little.

Come here.

You feel a little feverish.

Go and tell Grace you're to have your dinner in bed.

But, mommy, it's still early. I want to play--

Go on, do as I tell you, on the double.

Alright, come on, Jimmy.

Gee, she's an unhappy looking little kid, isn't she?

I wish I knew how to make her happy.

I don't know, there's something in me I guess that just won't let me.

What an imagination that child has.

Who does she look like anyhow?

Lew, she looks like Lew.

When his mother comes over

the three of them look like triplets.

What I need is a cocker spaniel or something.

Somebody that looks like me.

But El, how could she?

- 'How could she what?' - Well, you know.

Look like, Lew, or his mother?

Oh.

'El, have you ever told Lew about'

'you know, about Walt?'

Are you crazy?

- Did you? - You know I wouldn't.

Listen to me, career-girl.

If you ever get married, don't tell your husband anything.

- You hear me? - 'Why?'

Because I say so, that's why.

They wanna think you spent your life vomiting

every time a boy came near you.

I'm not kidding, either.

You didn't really know Walt, did you?

I mean, really know him.

He was the only boy I ever knew who could make me laugh.

I mean really laugh.

He could do it when he talked to me.

He could do it over the phone.

He could even do it in a letter.

And the best part of it was

he didn't even try to be funny.

He just was funny.

Hey, throw me a cigarette, will you?

Don't cry, El, don't cry.

Who's crying?

Gee, he was nice.

He was either funny or sweet.

Not that darned little-boy sweet either.

It was, a special kind of sweet.

Oh, gosh, there's Lew, now there'll be a scene.

If he sees me all dewy-eyed and with roses in my cheeks

it's gonna be worse.

Look, you say hello, talk to him or something

while I clean up, will you?

Well, hello major.

I looked at the dashboard of Mary-Jane's car.

The keys are right in the ignition.

Ooh, this is all very interesting.

It's only 6:30.

You're not usually tight until 8:30.

I'm not a clock-watcher, major.

That major-joke's worn a little thin, Eloise.

I'm sorry, I'll try to find a new joke some place.

In the meantime, why don't you just trot on downstairs

and try to catch up with me.

I haven't caught up with you in all these years.

Tell me something. Have you ever gotten angry in your life?

I'm pretty angry right now.

Well then, show it for pity sakes.

I just played you a darned dirty trick.

Throw something at me. Here, throw this at me.

Or yell or do something.

Don't just stand there staring at me like a rotten owl.

I know this much, Eloise.

I haven't had one happy day with you

since I got back from overseas.

Maybe it's my fault, I've tried.

I don't know what it takes to make you happy

but I do know I can't take it any longer.

What? Are you giving me notice?

Does this mean you're going home to mother?

No, that's a little too cliche, but I am leaving.

Well, you do that, my good man.

I'll write you out a reference in the morning.

Well, get going, major. What are you waiting for?

El, I want Ramona.

What do you mean, you want Ramona?

I want custody of her.

Don't silly, Lew. The law says the mother gets the child.

I'm sorry I have to be so brutal, El, you drink too much.

The law says a dipsomaniac is not a fit mother.

I love Ramona, you know I love Ramona.

Ramona's been a miserable child

she deserves a chance. I mean to see she has it.

Well, you just try to get her! You just try to get her, mister!

I'll let my attorney handle it.

So you think you're going to get Ramona? Heh!

Oh, that's funny, that's very funny.

- I don't think it's funny at all. - Yes, it is, it's funny.

Mary Jane knows how funny it is.

Mary Jane!

Mary Jane, come on up here, Mary Jane.

- El, for heaven's sake. - Mary Jane!

Ramona, they hear you all over the neighborhood.

They know enough about us already as it is.

What do you think, Mary Jane?

Lew is leaving me and he wants Ramona.

Yes, I know. I know that, El.

You know? How do you know?

I had lunch with Lew yesterday and--

Lunch with Lew? You been seeing Lew?

Yes, he told me he was going to take Ramona.

El, I thought if I came up here and told you first--

It would soften the blow?

Alright, soften the blow for him.

- Tell him why it's so funny. - El, you're all excited--

You think you're walking out of this house

and taking Ramona with you.

I'm walking out of this house and taking Ramona with me!

I hate this house, every $14 dollar square foot of it.

I'm warning you, Eloise, even if I have to use force.

Alright!

Now I'm going to tell you a little something, major.

El, please. Lew, leave me alone with Eloise

for just a few minutes, please.

Yeah, make yourself a drink.

You're sure gonna need it, major.

El, I had to get Lew out of here before you'd say

something you'd the regret rest of your life.

One more regret. What's the difference?

You owe Lew something, El.

Alright, so I owe him something.

You owe me something, too.

You're beginning to sound like a collection agency.

'Never mind Lew and me. It's for your own sake.'

'I'm not even asking you to consider Ramona. I..'

'El, what's the matter?'

Look what I found.

What is it, El?

Listen, Mary Jane, please.

You remember when we were in college and I had this

brown and white dress I bought in Boise?

And Miriam Ball said nobody wore this

kind of dress in New York anymore.

You remember how I cried?

I was a nice girl, wasn't I?

Yes. Yes, Eloise, you were.

I was a nice girl, wasn't I?

I was a nice girl, wasn't I?

Please, Eloise, if you don't go back

to the dance everybody will notice.

I can't help it.

It was the most expensive Department Store in Boise.

And the sales lady swore on her life

this was just what they wear in New York.

And now that Miriam Ball says--

Eloise, what happened?

Did somebody say anything to you? Did a man insult you?

Please go away.

It wasn't a man, it was a woman who insulted her.

Oh, well, I don't think I can hit a woman.

Well, try it sometime. It's a wonderful feeling.

Eloise, I've hardly danced with you all evening.

This is a complaint.

I'm not going on the dance floor in this dress.

What's wrong the dress? Is it torn?

Is something showing? It looks beautiful to me.

Please, don't try to be kind to me, Lew.

If people are kind to me, I'm going

to start crying all over again.

You dance with Mary Jane. I'm gonna smoke a Parliament.

You think Miriam Ball would think that's correct cigarette

to smoke in New York?

Oh!

Oh, I-I'm sorry. I didn't burn your dress or anything, did I?

- I had no idea there was-- - I wish you had!

I wouldn't think of it.

Not with you in it, anyway.

Did I say something I shouldn't have? I didn't mean to.

- It's not you. It's the dress. - You're upset about the dress?

My father paid a fortune for it.

Now Miriam Ball says, "This kind of dress

simply isn't worn in New York."

- Do you know Miriam Ball? - I don't think I'd care to.

Is this such a terrible dress?

No, no, it's not terrible at all.

Does it look awfully Boise to you?

I didn't quite get that.

Boise, Idaho. That's where I bought this dress.

Does it look awfully Boise to you?

That's silly, that dress was probably made

right here on 7th Avenue, so why should it look Boise?

Miriam Ball said--

I don't want to hear anymore about Miriam Ball.

It's a perfectly alright dress.

I feel much better now.

No, thank you.

Should you stay out here with me any longer?

- Won't your date be missing you? - I haven't got a date.

You mean you have no girl at the dance?

It's worse than that.

I haven't even got a ticket to the dance.

But I do have a dinner jacket and a free evening

so I just crashed.

Always without a girl?

I couldn't afford a dinner jacket and a girl.

I suppose you are here with someone?

Lew Wengler. Do you know him?

No, I don't know anybody at this dance, except you.

And I suppose, in a sense, Miriam Ball.

Would you care to go back into the dance with me?

I'd love to.

- Oh, but I can't. - Why not?

Well, my date is inside, dancing.

And I'm supposed to be outside, crying.

Well, geography isn't important. We can dance out here.

Of course we can. There is more room.

They probably know I haven't got a ticket.

That's Miriam Ball.

Her?

She's a frump.

Oh, no. She's the chicest girl at college.

Believe me. I have friends who have been to Paris.

She's an absolute frump.

Do you really think so?

Oh, Miriam. Miriam Ball.

- Why? - Walt Dreiser.

Oh, yes, of course.

How are you? How have you been?

You're looking wonderful, Miriam.

Why, thank you.

What you been doing with yourself?

Oh, nothing much, going to school and you?

I'm glad you asked me that. I just back from a mining town.

A little business trip.

That's an absolutely stunning gown you have on, Miriam.

- Thank you. - It must be popular.

Every girl, but every girl in this mining town

was wearing one just like it.

You'd think it was like a uniform or something.

Really, how nice!

- I was just telling-- - Eloise Winters.

I was telling Eloise how I admire your hairdo.

Well, it's been so nice seeing you, again.

I've got to be getting home.

But, Miriam, the dance just started.

I have to be up early in the morning. Goodnight!

Miriam's probably has..

I'll tell Mary Jane and by lunch hour it'll be all over school.

I'll love you for the rest of my life for what you did.

How can I ever repay you?

Oh, let's not commercialize a noble deed.

I think I'd better go.

Would you stay and meet my friends?

No. They'd say, "how do you do?" And I'd say, "how do you do?"

Life's too short for that.

As a matter of fact there's another dance at the Waldorf

I'm promised to crash.

Oh..

I might be lucky and find another girl

in a brown and white dress.

Goodbye.

- Eloise you said? - Uh-huh.

- You're a nice girl. - Goodbye.

Hello? Just a minute.

Ball. Miriam Ball. Telephone.

'Coming.'

That's the third call she's got today.

Fourth, but who is counting?

Alright, let's get on with this silly stuff.

They may seize upon the white wonder of dear Juliet's hand.

And steal immortal blessings from her lips..

- Was that the phone again? - I didn't hear a thing.

Honestly, El, you've been hoping for three days.

He only saw you for five minutes at a dance.

Why do you expect him to call?

I certainly made an impression on him.

If Juliet had made the same impression on Romeo..

Listen, may be he's nice looking and all that

but I'll bet he's nothing to stop

the digestive juices flowing.

As a matter of fact, I bet Lew is much better looking.

Oh, you're always talking about Lew.

Look, I'll make you a present of him.

Of course, he's crazy about you?

But if you stay out of his way, I bet I'll make the grade with him.

Oh, it's probably for Ball again.

Of course, I won't see too much of Lew. Only on his furloughs.

Isn't that just like Lew? We're not even in the war yet.

But he's got to rush to camp and become an officer.

"Ball. Miriam Ball. Telephone."

She must advertise in locker rooms.

Hello, yes, this is Miriam Ball.

I'm fine thank you. Who is this?

Who?

But I don't know any Walt Dreiser.

Oh, yes, indeed I do remember.

What am I wearing? I don't think it concerns you.

Now, look here, what's your reason for calling me?

Ma'am, I'm a little embarrassed.

Do you remember that girl I was with the other evening

when I was so taken with your gown?

Well, I remember you and I remember her first name.

Eloise wasn't it?

- But her last name-- - 'Winters.'

Winters, that's it. I knew it was something seasonal.

"Who, even pure and vestal modesty still blush

"as thinking their own kisses, sin.

But Romeo may not. He is banished."

- Call is for you Eloise. - Me?

That screwball you were with at the dance Saturday night.

Walt Dreiser?

He called me to ask your name. Seems, he had forgotten.

Oh, they'll make a fine couple. They're both crazy.

- Hello, hello. - Hi.

Say, I'm sorry about not remembering your last name.

I've got an awful memory.

Oh, that's alright. What's in a name?

I didn't mean to quote, it's just that, well, I've been

boning Romeo and Juliet with Mary Jane.

She's my roommate, and we ran across the quotation

and naturally it sticks in your mind.

Maybe I'd better shut up, huh?

No, I'll tell you why I called you.

How about having dinner with me some night?

Some night? Any night! When?

Oh, I guess I shouldn't have said that.

- 'Well, how about tonight?' - Tonight? Oh, I'd love to.

Oh, we're only allowed to go out on weekends.

Look, I went to college just two miles from a girls school.

They had weekend rules too, but it never held anybody back.

There are ways and means, aren't there?

Well, yes, there are, it isn't usually too risky.

Good, I know a quaint little French restaurant

in the Village.

Usually when people say they know a "quaint little French restaurant"

they mean it's cheap.

That's exactly what I mean.

Good, the address is 405 Greeley Street.

Yes. Yes, I've got the address.

About 8:30.

Oh, dear, now I've got to decide what to wear.

No, I will not borrow something from Miriam Ball!

Alright, goodbye.

Mary Jane. Mary Jane?

- Mary Jane, what do you think? - I know!

I just couldn't help it, El.

I listened on the downstairs phone.

Come in, Mary Jane.

- Hello. - Hello.

- I'm sorry I'm late. - That's alright.

I've been busy ordering for you.

You see, I'm an old hand around here. I know just what's safe.

Thank you. You've no idea how happy I was when you called.

Today is Tuesday, and you saved me from breaded veal cutlet at Woodley's.

Oh, that's very funny.

- Oh, George. - 'Oui, monsieur?'

On the dinner, we'll have the sweetbreads

instead of breaded veal cutlets.

Sweetbreads instead.

That will be fine, we don't have sweetbreads at Woodley's until Friday.

Merci beaucoup, monsieur.

And when I got fired from that job

I went to work for my uncle.

Linoleums and floorcoverings.

My mother had to faint twice to get me the job.

Did you like it there?

Well, instead of firing me, they just transferred me

from one department to another.

Until there were only two departments left.

And then what?

I guessed my mother would have to start fainting all over again.

Bonsoir, mademoiselle. Bonsoir, monsieur.

Goodnight, George.

You know something? You remind me very much of my father.

Are we back to your father again? He must spoil you.

Oh, no, I spoil him.

My pop's the life of every party

at least I think he's awfully funny.

Then, when they get home mom says

"You made a fool of yourself again tonight, Henry."

I get the picture.

Well, what do we do now?

Would you like to catch a second feature somewhere?

I'd love to, but that would get us out after 12

and it's a 40 minute drive back to school.

Yeah, let me think. How about some good music?

- Carnegie Hall? - No, my apartment.

- Oh. - Oh, I call it an apartment.

It's really just one room.

I call it good music, but it's really just pop stuff

with a lot of violins.

Well, I don't think I'd better.

Afraid of me making a pass?

- It's not that-- - Look!

I'll probably try. A man's got his pride.

But you won't have too trouble with me.

One hit on the head and I leave off.

You're looking at the guy with the lowest batting average

in any major city.

Alright, just for little while.

- Where do you live? - Right here.

New York is a city of coincidence.

Oh, how nice and comfortable looking.

Sit down over there.

I'll put on the music.

Is this all the light there is in the room?

No, this is Mendelssohn.

- He can't stand too much light. - Oh.

It's so lovely.

It's just impossible to listen to his music

with your eyes open.

I suppose as a good host I should close my eyes too.

Just two puffs on a cigarette and I'll be perfectly happy.

There you are.

I'm not much of a wolf, but, uh

whatever success I've had, I, I owe to Mendelssohn.

Okay, it stays on.

That's a very aristocratic ear.

What constitutes an aristocratic ear?

You know, you're the first girl whoever asked

for an explanation of that remark.

It doesn't mean anything.

It's just an opening line. A throwaway.

I wish it weren't.

I wish you had meant it.

You know something?

I wish I had too.

Oh..

That does it.

Now I'll see if we can recapture the mood.

Oh, my goodness! Are you hurt?

This room has a split personality.

This half is so clean and that half is so..

What, it must have taken years to accumulate this mess.

I'm going to straighten up this place if it takes all night.

Don't bother, there will be a cleaning woman round

in a couple of weeks.

I don't see how a man can live this way.

Hey, isn't it a bit early in our relationship

for you to start nagging me?

- Oh, look at these dishes. - Look at these.

There's enough for two or three days yet.

Have you got any soap?

Of course, in the bathroom, lots.

I mean soap for dishes.

Soap for dishes? I never heard of such a thing.

I'll manage. I see at least you've got a dishcloth.

That's a Christmas present.

It started out in life as a muffler.

You don't do any cleaning and pressing, do you?

- Don't get yourself too tired. - Why not?

Well, I hadn't planned Friday evening's activities

to end up in the kitchen.

- Ow! - What happened?

Oh, this dish, it's chipped.

Uh-oh.

- Poor Uncle Wiggily. - Hm?

Didn't you ever read Uncle Wiggily stories

when you were a kid?

Oh, I remember, the little rabbit, always in trouble

always getting hurt.

Remember, at the end of a chapter just when he was going to be...

eaten up by a lion or a tiger

someone always came along and saved him.

It's so funny you should mention him.

That poor little rabbit.

I used to worry about him and cry over him.

That wasn't so long ago either.

It's nice to know we have a mutual friend.

Such slim, aristocratic fingers.

Of course, to match my ears.

Poor Uncle Wiggily.

Gee, Walt, I..

What I.. I wish this wasn't just a build-up.

I wish you liked me a little.

Liked you a little? Are you crazy?

- I like you a lot, a lot. - No, perhaps just a little.

Enough to wait three days and then call me for a date.

Now look--

I suppose I looked cute and silly crying over a dress.

Cute and silly and...easy.

You'd try your luck.

Anything I say would just be a lie, huh?

Yes.

Trapped.

Trapped in the shank of the evening

at the height of my youth.

Trapped with a good girl.

I'm sorry.

It's not a matter of being sorry.

It's a matter of ethics.

A girl comes to a man's apartment

sits on couch, listens to his music

even washes his dishes and then..

And then, flashes her Girl Scout badge on him.

Couldn't we just sit and talk?

Now that topic "A" has been eliminated, talk about what?

Well, thanks for everything.

I wish I could say the same. Come on. I'll take you home.

Oh, no, I can get back by myself.

What I really mean is, well..

If I put you to all this trouble and you got so little

for all that trouble.

Maybe you won't want to call me again and..

- Do you see what I mean? - Such logic I can't overcome.

- Goodbye. - Goodbye, Eloise.

You're really a very nice girl.

Oh, that's all I hear from all sides.

May I kiss you the way I would a rich, but loathsome aunt?

- Goodbye. - Goodbye.

No.

Now, I'm going to take you home.

Come on.

How the boys in the back room are gonna laugh

when they hear about this.

Hello, yes?

It's for me.

'Yes, oh, yes, I'll meet you Saturday night about 8:30.'

Hello! Oh, hello, Lew.

Just a minute. Mary Jane.

El, I wish I had a dollar for every man

I've met and never bothered to call me again.

With Walt it's obvious.

He's just not interested in nice girls.

Otherwise why would he let a whole month

go by without even..

Hi.

Hello, darling.

Well, uh, this seems to be the thing to do.

- What are you doing in the army? - My country needs me.

- Besides, I was drafted. - Drafted?

Yeah, I wrote you about it. Or did I? Anyway I meant to.

I was sort of wondering what had happened to you.

Well, how do I look?

- Oh, Walt, you look awful. - Yes, I know.

The tailor is being tried for treason.

I got it all figured out. I'm supposed to look this way.

In case of war, they're gonna drop

pictures of me all over Germany.

If they make the enemy laugh, that's half the battle.

How soon do you have to be back in camp? A couple of days?

Until six o'clock in the morning. It's just an overnight pass.

Oh, my goodness, it's 1:30 now.

How much of a train trip is it back to camp?

Three hours.

That means we have about an hour and a half together.

Just about. Say 45 minutes to take you home.

45 minutes to get back here.

Do you mean you rode three hours in a hot train

and you're going to ride three hours back

just be with me for 45 minutes?

If the train hadn't late, it would have been an hour and five minutes.

- Oh, Walt. - What's the matter?

- I think you're crazy. - No, don't be silly.

They don't take crazy people in the army.

I also think you're wonderful.

That's better. That's much better.

We'd better say goodbye here.

If you want me to go now, I'll go.

Well, just to the back door.

- It's never locked. - Let me try.

Alright, just to the elevator.

I kept thinking of you standing in the doorway

of my apartment.

I suppose you're sorry now.

All this terrible traveling just to see me for a few minutes.

I make it a point never to be sorry about anything.

Gosh, I thought I'd never see you again.

I tell you what.

Next time I get an overnight pass, I'll come up again.

You will?

Maybe I'm being carried away.

Maybe we'd better wait for a weekend pass.

How soon will that be, do you think?

Should be in about a month

unless I do something to lose my privileges.

Something like what?

Something like missing my train

and not getting back to camp on time.

Gosh, you'd better go.

That's an aristocratic shoulder?

Eloise!

Dean Whiting.

- You get him on the phone? - Mm-hm.

He said he'd wangle a pass one way or the other

and meet me in the city.

Well, I hope you had sense enough not to tell him

your mother and father were flying in.

I told 'em everything about being expelled, everything.

Oh, Eloise, what a mess!

Whatever did Dean Whiting say to you?

She said, "Eloise Winters, I thought you were a nice girl."

You know, I thought so too.

It can't be too tough.

I deal with tough sergeants every day.

Mothers are worse than tough sergeants.

Oh, dear, I wish your uniform fit just a little bit better.

I shouldn't have had it pressed. It looked better baggy.

- Well, here we are. - How'd you do with your mother?

So far, I've outcried her and dad's been a big help.

Walt, you stay here for a minute

I'll pave the way for you.

Take your time.

I'll be with you girls in a minute.

These skyscrapers are magnificent.

Talk about your mountains in Idaho.

I'll take man over nature any day.

- Oh, dad. - It's alright, El.

You can stop crying.

He's outside, dad.

I won't be in the same room with that man.

Your father will take care of him.

What do you mean, take care of him?

For heaven's sake, Martha, what is there to take care of?

A boy kisses a girl in an elevator.

At 2:30 in the morning! Dean Whiting said--

Dean Whiting, the devil, automatically

takes over after midnight.

Now Eloise has told you what happened, and I believe her.

You and Eloise, Eloise and you.

Let me tell you something else, Martha

I had a good look at that elevator.

And nothing, absolutely nothing, could have happened.

I don't care. I looked it up.

If he doesn't marry Eloise, he can be court-martialed.

If one word, one single word is said about marriage

I shall throw myself out that window!

A school in Boise wasn't good enough for your daughter, no.

Your daughter had to go to school in New York.

Martha, if you don't go in the bedroom and shut up

I'm going to follow Eloise right out that window.

Oh, where's my phenobarbital?

Come on, powder your nose, El. Let's have a look at this guy.

Please be sweet to him, dad.

After all, he didn't have to come up here, you know.

Well, I'm from the West. He'll expect me to be gruff.

Aren't you glad you'll never have to be a father?

Come in, Walt.

Dad, this is Walter Dreiser.

Walt, my dad.

How do you do, sir?

Well, I must say you are the sorriest

looking Casanova I've ever seen.

They assured me I'd grow into it.

Not bad. It's no worse than the thing they handed me in 17.

El.

Would you like to run in and play gin rummy

with your mother or something?

Oh, can't I stay here, dad?

But this is going be man-to-man talk.

You never know what language might result.

Okay.

- "Walter" did Eloise say? - Walt.

You interested in photography, Walt?

Not in the least.

Nevertheless, I just took a wonderful shot

of the skyline through that window.

I'm going to have it blown up and put in my store window.

Hardware, biggest hardware store in the Rockies.

- Oh, that's very interesting. - Not to me. I hate hardware.

Okay, okay, let's get it over with.

Yes, or no?

No, absolutely, no.

Okay, okay, it's perfectly alright.

Now, let's call in the ladies.

Wait a minute, that was much too short.

Martha would never think I've done my duty.

- Let's have a cigarette first. - Swell.

- Have one of mine. - Thanks.

Oh, by the way, there is just one thing, Mr. Winters.

Yeah?

You know how it is in army camps, there's a grapevine.

Well, word has gotten around that I've had a girl

expelled from school.

It gives me a certain standing among the boys.

And the officers look at me with respect.

I wouldn't want it to get around that there's nothing to it.

Of course not, my boy. I understand.

I was in the same boat myself once. Twice.

Nope, once.

Well, I'm ready, are you?

I'm not happy but I'm ready. How bad is she?

I'm afraid, son, she's an outraged mother.

'We're ready for you, Martha.'

Well, where's your mother?

She won't look at Walt. She ran into the bathroom.

You see, Walt, my wife is very tough with Eloise and me.

But when she has to face anything

she runs for the bathroom. I'll go in to her.

Will you tell her from me I'm sorry it all happened.

That it wasn't my fault or Eloise's or anybody's I guess.

You hear that, Martha?

Run the cold water for "yes," and the hot water for "no."

Oh, dad.

She heard you alright.

Well, goodbye, Walt.

Sorry to have put you to all this trouble.

Any time you're out Boise way, why, look Eloise and me up.

Don't worry about Mrs. Winters, we have a large house

with five bathrooms.

Goodbye, sir, and thank you.

Now, Martha..

My train leaves in 30 minutes.

Why don't you walk me down to the elevator?

I suppose it will be tough getting an overnight pass

from camp to Boise.

- When are you leaving? - Tomorrow afternoon.

Will you write?

I think I've written three letters in my life.

But I'll write to you.

I don't want you to feel

obligated or anything.

If I felt obligated, I wouldn't be here now.

- What's your address? - I'm not taking any chances.

- I'll write to you first. - That's very sensible.

I wonder if we'll ever see each other again.

Don't count on it. Don't make any plans.

You sound so hopeless.

Please don't sound so hopeless.

How else can I sound? Look at me.

Khaki uniform, a long serial number instead of a name.

Learning to kill and be killed. How can I make any plan?

We're not in the war yet. Maybe we won't be.

Oh, we will be, that's why I'm living such carefully planned

and carefree life.

Fifteenth floor.

As long as Dean Whiting isn't around..

Oh, Walt.

I'll never get caught in an elevator again

without thinking of you.

'Lobby.'

Going up.

Yes?

Your mother's hungry, that means, we've all got to eat.

- In a little while, dad. - Sure, plenty of time.

You haven't unpacked yet.

After we eat, I'll help you

or I'll have your mother help you.

Some people think the Rhine is

the most beautiful river in the world.

I saw it in 18. Believe me, the Hudson's much prettier.

And so much, much younger.

Cheer up, El.

You're still 2,000 miles from Boise.

Dad, I can't, I just can't go back to Boise.

- It won't be bad, El. - Pa, I will just die there.

Mom will treat me like a fallen woman.

What am I going to do with myself all day?

It's just going to be awful.

You could go to the university in the fall.

Maybe you'd have fun.

Being a fallen woman, you'd be sure to make a good sorority.

Oh, dad, I've had enough school.

Besides..

...you are smart enough for both of us.

Sure I am.

El, it may be selfish of me

but I'm kind of glad you're going to be home.

I've sure missed you, El.

Things were pretty dull.

You know, nobody laughs at my jokes like you do.

I tell you what, El.

Things are great at the store.

I've got a young assistant, not much of a laugher

but he does a bang-up job.

And I'll never be missed. Why we could take in Sun Valley.

Fly down to Palm Springs. Mexico City.

No good, huh?

You're right, El.

A father is like New York.

- Alright for a visit, but-- - Oh, no, it's not that.

It's just that I can't bear to be so far away from--

This fellow Walt?

El, I give you my personal guarantee.

In the next two years there will be five "Walt's" in your life.

No, there won't.

Alright, he won't be in the army forever.

They're only drafting the boys for a year.

A year!

Oh, so that's the way it is.

Tell me, how does he feel about you?

I don't know, we only had two dates.

But if I were only in New York, only three hours away.

But Boise is 2,000 miles.

A whole year..

We're pulling into Harmon.

You'll be back in New York in an hour.

- Wait a minute, that's crazy. - Sure it is.

You give me time to think it over and I'll change my mind.

How much cash you got?

- About half last month's allowance. - Alright, here's some more.

I'll send you a check.

You won't have to. I'll get a job.

Swell, I'll write you a reference. Are these all your things?

Most of them. But what about mother?

She'll have hysterics all the way up the Hudson.

So what? Come on.

Porter, will you take these down, please.

Oh, daddy, I love you.

Goodbye, El. Call us when you get set.

'All aboard.'

So..

Food, clothing, cleaning, et cetera. Rent.

How much you paying Walt for the sublease?

Thirty, and it's a steal.

A grand total of $250 a month.

Your salary at Macy's is $105 a month.

That makes.. Oh, I see..

A grand deficit

of $145 a month.

- I can lend you some of it. - You don't have to.

I'll just hint to dad and he'll come through.

- Lipstick alright? - Hmm.

You got a dab on your front tooth.

Oh.

How is your father?

He's pretty good.

Mother insisted he get a check up

but he sounded fine over the phone.

Gee, I hope Walt's train is on time.

I don't want to miss that football game.

Sure you don't want to make a double-date with Lew and me?

Well, it-it isn't that I wouldn't love

being with you and Lew, but

I just want Walt all to myself.

By the way, how you doing with Lew?

Swell, I think he's beginning to go for me.

At least he only talks about you half as much.

Oh, really? Well, maybe we should double-date.

- And I can win him back. - Don't you dare.

Didn't I cry when you were expelled?

Don't worry, darling. Walt is the only man

I want in this world.

Oh, I look terrible.

Oh!

I wish I looked just that terrible.

Well, I've got to go

to Pen Station to meet Lew.

And I'm off to Grand Central to meet Walt.

Oh, it was such a good idea

having men in this world, wasn't it?

Aren't they terrific?

Well, you told me he only had to run ten yards

he went at least 50.

You know, considering everything

it's remarkable how fond of you I am.

'Attention please!'

'Colonel William J. Donovan.'

'Will you please call the War Department'

'in Washington at once.'

'Important!'

'Colonel William J. Donovan.'

'Will you please call the War Department'

'in Washington at once.'

That's "Wild" Bill Donovan, isn't it?

He's head of the Secret Service, I think.

He's a big shot in something, anyway.

But why should they want him on Sunday?

Probably they need a fourth for bridge.

Exit 17 to your right.

Exit 17 to your right, please.

'Attention please!'

'The War Department has asked us announce'

'that all officers and men of the Armed Forces'

'are to report to their stations immediately.'

'Unconfirmed report is'

'that's the Battleship Oklahoma is afire.'

'"In this maze of rumor and counter-rumor'

'only one fact is official.'

'That, of course, is the announcement'

'broadcast several times'

'that at 7:55 Hawaiian time'

'planes presumably from a Japanese aircraft carrier'

'attacked Pearl Harbor.'

'Inflicting severe damage and casualties'

'at 4:00 p.m. Japanese time. Please stand by..'

First thing, I better find out when is the next train

back to camp. Let's find a telephone.

There must be a line or telephone somewhere. Come on.

Boy, this is going to be tough.

Come on, follow me.

Bang, bang, bang.

- You're dead! - No, I'm not.

Yes, you are. You're dead.

'I don't want to be dead.'

Hello?

El?

Oh, Walt! Walt..

- Well, what happened to you? - What happened to me?

You know where I finally found a free phone?

In the candy store across the street.

'I thought you were right behind me all the time.'

We got separated by the crowd, I guess.

I looked around..

Oh, it was awful.

- Where are you? - Grand Central Station.

My train leaves in about...18 minutes.

'Oh, no!'

Look, don't take a cab

the subway is quicker.

At least we'll have time to say goodbye.

I'll be waiting on the platform. Track 19. Hurry.

I'll be right there, darling.

'All aboard!'

Oh, what a way to say goodbye.

Isn't there a later train you can take?

No, it's the only one today. Come on, get on the train.

You can get off at 125th Street.

It will give us a few more minutes together.

- Excuse fellas. - Yeah.

Did you hear anything more?

Maybe it's just another one of those hoaxes.

No...tough times ahead, El.

For me too..

...for everybody's girl.

Don't you feel sorry for us?

I do.

I've enough sorrow to take in everybody.

I have, too.

- You know something? - What, darling?

You have such aristocratic eyes

even when they are full of tears.

We'll be at 125th Street in a minute.

Gosh, I don't want to get off.

Don't get off, El.

I don't have to report until Reveille.

There's a morning train you can take back.

You've never once said, "I love you."

'125th Street.'

In the vestibule of a smoky train?

'125th Street.'

El..

'125th Street.'

'125th Street.'

Let's forget the whole thing. Come on, you'd better get off.

Walt.

If you want me to..

...I'll stay.

I do love you, El.

I'll tell you twice

so you won't have to ask me again.

I love you.

Thank you.

- Dad. - Well..

Hello, honey.

Let me look at you.

Oh, you don't look so sick.

What's all this Johns Hopkins business?

Oh, you know how it is.

Poor people get examinations

rich people get check-ups.

Your mother kept pestering me.

Finally I said, "Okay

I'll go to Hopkins."

I should have been home to look after you.

I'm no invalid, El. Okay?

My plane doesn't leave

for Baltimore for thirty-five minutes.

Where can we kill a half an hour?

Well, there's a restaurant on the main floor

and a cocktail bar upstairs.

Upstairs.

Now you know how sick I am.

I think I ought to go down to Baltimore and look after you.

Don't be silly, angel. You've got a job.

Why didn't mother come along?

Oh, I don't know. She wanted to

but I kind of felt that at a time like this

I'd rather be alone.

A vacation, sort of.

You think a cocktail bar is the place for a man on his way to a check-up?

I know doctors.

The first thing they'll say

is, "Cut out the liquor."

I'm building up a backlog.

Say, how's your job running?

Oh, it's alright.

I'm no ball of fire, but they seem to like me.

I suppose they have to. Who else can they get these days?

How's your young man? He get shipped overseas yet?

No, but he expects to be soon.

After he's gone

you'll come home, won't you, El?

I-I mean, there won't be any reason anymore

well there, for staying in New York?

There won't be much reason for anything.

Wars end. Most of the boys will be back.

Law of averages.

It's no use talking to Walt

about the law of averages.

He doesn't expect to come back.

Dad, did you feel that way in 17?

Yes, I did.

But before you went to France

you and mother got married, didn't you?

We had no intention of getting married.

At least I didn't.

I know it's a terrible thing to say, El.

But there's got to be one member of the family

a person can talk to.

We hadn't known each other very long.

You know how it is in wartime.

Anyway, it was the last dance.

Japanese lanterns, a song by Irving Berlin.

Your mother was just about your age then.

She cried.

And at that moment, we thought that there were

no two people in the world as much in love as we.

We got married.

I wonder if I've got time for another drink.

No, guess not.

When the war was over, I rushed back to Boise.

I looked at Martha, she looked at me.

And we were pretty close to looking at

two complete strangers.

But there was your brother Charlie.

A stranger to me too at the age of 14 months.

After a while there was you.

What could we do?

We were both trapped.

By the war, by our youth.

And by Irving Berlin.

Oh, why am I telling you all this?

Every American girl should think of her father and mother

as Tristan and Isolde.

'Flight number 248 for Baltimore'

'ready for departure from gate 22.'

If he'd made that announcement five minutes ago

I wouldn't have made a darned fool of myself.

Walt. Walt!

Oh, El, hello!

What are you doing here?

They all of a sudden up and gave me a seven-day pass.

What for? Did you do something wonderful?

Who me? No, no.

I'm probably the worst aerial gunner in the firm.

No, as a matter of fact

half the camp got leave.

That usually means, uh, we're gonna be shipped.

- Oh. - Yeah.

Now, we can worry about that later.

We've got seven days to shake the world.

Come on, let's get uptown.

I've got a couple of theater tickets.

Taxi!

Oh, you can't get a cab these days

But there's a bus stop on the corner of sixth.

Yeah. I'm not proud. Besides it's cheaper.

Oh, look, there's the bus!

I'll hold it.

What's the matter? Did you turn your ankle?

Yes, my ankle.

Oh, which one? This it?

- That hurt? - Just a little.

You know I regard you as I would a new car.

I worry about every scratch.

Poor Uncle Wiggily. Poor Uncle Wiggily.

I remember the first time you said that.

So do I. It was your finger, wasn't it?

Poor Eloise, always getting hurt.

And you're always there when I am.

You know, maybe that isn't just coincidence.

Maybe I'm a jinx to you.

Maybe.

You know, I don't think you love me anymore.

Why do you say that?

You haven't said yet

that I have an aristocratic ankle.

Well, you have, and I love you, very much.

You do? You really do?

I swear it, on your twisted ankle.

That's all I wanted to hear.

Those people will think we're crazy

sitting here on the street like this.

- Can you walk on the ankle? - I think so.

Oh!

Oh, is your ankle that bad?

Oh, no, it, it's not bad at all.

Look...I think we'd better forget the show

and just go home, huh?

Maybe we'd better.

Oh, what are you waiting for, for heaven's sakes?

Alright, you wanted to be sure. Now you're sure.

I think it's the maddest thing you not telling Walt a thing

Eloise Winters.

Tonight's the last night you're going to see him, maybe forever.

It's just that it's

it's such a horrible way to get a man.

Oh, ye Gods, if he loves you, what's the difference?

You want me to tell him? I'll tell him alright.

Oh, no you won't.

I don't want him to ask me because he has to.

I want him to ask me because he loves me and wants me.

And it shouldn't make any difference if it's wartime or peacetime.

Or if there is soft music and Japanese lanterns.

What do you mean? Japanese lanterns?

I mean that sometimes people get trapped into marriage.

But they go on living with each other

and being unhappy and hating each other.

I can't bear the thought of

Walt hating me for the rest of his life.

Oh, gosh, what about the rest of your life, El?

I don't know, I don't know.

Oh, El, why is everybody so gloomy?

How do we know he won't ask you?

I know what he says this is the end of the world and all that

but...he loves you.

Wait and see. I just bet he asks you.

Sure, maybe he will.

But, El darling, if Walt shouldn't ask you

please darling, don't you be crazy, you just go-

Mary Jane, I'll never tell him.

- Never. - But, El, honest, you're just..

Oh, a fine time to be proud.

- How about another drink? - No.

I wish she'd shut up.

I don't need her to tell me I feel low.

Everybody else is babbling away. What's wrong with us?

If I said what I felt.

I'd start to cry.

And I'm not gonna cry in a cocktail lounge.

In a little while you'll be seeing me off at Grand Central.

These days, everybody cries at Grand Central.

I promise you I won't.

- I'm gonna miss you so much. - You'd better.

Hasn't it all been silly, Walt?

We only met because I wore the wrong dress.

Silly and wonderful.

I wish I could feel sure of you.

It would be so wonderful

while you're away.

If I could think of you as mine.

Really mine.

Why can't you? Who has a better right?

Is this how it's all going to end?

We'll miss each other very much. We'll think about each other.

I'll be yours, you'll be mine.

Is this how you want it to end?

How I want it to end?

Darling, what have I got to say about anything?

I'm just a serial number in a squadron

that's part of a group, that's part of an Army.

I don't know where I'm going or when.

Even don't know if I'm coming back.

I can't think about endings or middles or beginnings.

All I know is, that you're sitting here beside me.

And in a few minutes I've got to leave you.

El.

Do you know how humble and grateful I am for your love?

I know.

Check please.

Oh, plenty of time. Forty-five seconds.

Walt, I wanna tell you something.

Yes.

Walt..

- Walt. - Yes, darling.

I just wanted to tell you I love you.

I have a feeling this is not going to be my favorite part.

Poor Uncle Wiggily.

Hiya, Dreiser.

Well, the ammo's all in.

I don't think the real thing is gonna be

any tougher than these maneuvers.

I wonder where they're gonna send us Europe or The Pacific?

Who cares where they send us.

I've got friends all over.

Who you writing to that's so important? Is it MacArthur?

No. I'm writing to a girl.

- That's more like it. - 'Okay, men, we're all set.'

'Let's take her up.'

Hey, Lucey, grab that, will you?

Just put it in my locker. I'll finish it when I get back.

'Okay.'

I'm Eloise Winters. You sent me a telegram.

Oh, yes, Ms. Winters, will you come in please?

Mrs. Crandall, Ms. Winters is here.

Will you come in please, Ms. Winters.

You said in your telegram that Private Dreiser

Walter Dreiser, was badly hurt and that he asked for me.

Yes, he did.

Will you have a seat Ms. Winters.

No thanks. How is he?

I called you on the phone last night, Ms. Winters

but you'd already left.

I'm terribly sorry.

Private Dreiser died late yesterday afternoon.

Yesterday afternoon.

It was a horrible accident.

The whole crew was killed.

Can I get you anything, Ms. Winters?

Would you like a glass of water?

Is there anything at all we can do for you?

If you have trouble with reservations, why..

I'll be alright.

Oh, Ms. Winters.

He was writing this letter to you. Would you care to have it?

Thank you.

"Darling..

"...during the six days that have elapsed

"since I saw you last

"I haven't slept, I haven't eaten

"and I speak only when I'm spoken to.

"El..

"...despite everything I want you to marry me.

"I want you to throw whatever things are necessary

"for a marriage into a bag.

"Hop the very first train, plane or bus

"and come on right down here.

"Say, you know something

"I just realized I don't know what you are.

"Protestant, Catholic, Jewish or Greek Orthodox.

"However, we have chaplains of all descriptions down here.

"And I want to be married to you so much.

"That if necessary we'll have four ceremonies.

If you.."

"If necessary, we will have four ceremonies."

El..

What are you going to do now?

I'm going to my father.

I'm gonna tell him everything.

It will be just awful.

He'll be hurt.

- But he'll understand. - I couldn't do it.

I know I could never bring myself to do it.

You don't know my father.

I could never tell my mother, but I can my father.

Where is he?

Still at Hopkins?

There was a message. He'll be at the Waldorf this afternoon.

- He's on his way back to Boise. - El, would you..

Would it help if I went along with you?

No thanks, darling. It will be alright when I tell my father.

It'll be alright.

- Mother! - Shh. Come in, dear.

Well, I didn't know you were with dad, mother.

Your father sent for me.

We tried to call you from Baltimore

but they told us you'd gone to Tennessee.

We know the terrible thing that's happened, dear.

It was just awful, wasn't it?

I didn't know the young man very well, but I am sorry.

Oh, I could've been nicer to him.

How's dad?

He's in the bedroom sleeping.

Oh, Eloise..

What's the matter?

He's sick, Eloise, much sicker than he thinks.

- Oh. - It's his heart.

I talked with his doctor.

He has to have complete rest and no worries.

Oh, he can go on for years they say.

But you know how it is with heart cases excitement or shock.

Oh, we've got to be very careful, Eloise.

Poor dad.

'Martha.'

What do you think, Henry?

- Eloise is here. - She is?

Well, come in, darling.

Coming, dad.

Hi, dad. How's the fabulous invalid?

Now, do I look so bad to you?

El, how awful about Walt.

Is there anything I can do, El?

Anything at all I can do to help?

No, daddy.

There's nothing you can do.

Nothing at all.

What are you looking around for?

Comparing you with the other girls.

Am I doing alright?

I'm doing alright.

You remember about Sunday, don't you?

We're driving to Connecticut to see my folks.

- Oh. - Well, what's the matter?

Would you excuse me for just a minute Lew, I've got to see El.

El darling, you look so beautiful.

I'm glad you changed your mind.

Well, I saw dad and mother off on the train

and then I went back to the apartment.

And looked at the walls and looked...

and when I couldn't stand it any longer

I got into these clothes and here I am.

Did you tell your father?

No, I didn't tell him. It would kill him.

- So here I am. - What are you going to do, El?

I don't know, Mary Jane, I haven't the slightest idea

not the slightest.

- Hello, Eloise. - Hello, Lew.

Lew, why don't you dance with Eloise? Cheer her up.

I'm on the committee, I have to tend to a million arrangements.

Sure, I'd love to.

Come and claim me in about an hour, huh?

- I'll take your coat. - Oh. Thanks.

Gee, Eloise, it's been a long time.

Yeah, we weren't even at war.

Come to think of it, our last date was right in this room.

Remember your class dance?

And now you're a lieutenant

and I'm a slightly tarnished alumni.

Let's see how good my memory is.

You were wearing a dress that you were very unhappy about.

Right?

- Lew, would you get me a drink? - Sure, what do you want?

Scotch and water, anything. I'll be on the terrace.

Okay, I'll get one for myself too.

Here you are. I had to make double.

Save me a trip.

Why, Eloise..

- What is it, El? - Oh, I don't know.

- I'm sad or something. - Why?

I suppose it's just the season for it.

Men go to war, women weep.

Yep, but the season is also spring

and this is a pretty good brand of Scotch.

So for a few hours, I'm gonna try to forget about it.

We'll see what we can do to get you out of this mood.

I don't think my dancing will do it.

I'm not up to dancing.

Small talk would be silly, wouldn't it?

Honest, Lew, I don't think I could keep up a conversation.

Say, would you rather be alone? I never thought of that.

Oh, no, I, I couldn't bear to be alone.

It's funny, El.

It's only eight months or so since I saw you last

but you're different.

You are years older.

Years more beautiful too.

When I think how crazy I was about you..

Look, El, I have the family's convertible outside.

The top is down, it's a warm night.

Why don't we take a drive?

Yes, let's take a drive. Anything you say.

Okay, take a little more of your drink.

I'll tell Mary Jane.

No, she's probably too busy with the committee.

She won't even miss us.

Those are either the lights of the medical center or..

Oh, I forgot, no small talk. Radio alright?

Mm-hm.

- Cigarette? - No thanks.

You mind if I have one?

What are you thinking about, El?

You've had such a strange look on your face.

I don't imagine you're thinking about how much

you're gonna miss me when I'm overseas.

Lots of people will miss you Lew, Mary Jane.

Sure, she will.

I'll miss her.

You know, I'm gonna miss you too a little.

Like a friend you will.

El..

...you know what I felt when I saw you again tonight?

What, Lew?

Do you want the truth?

I looked at you and I thought

"Oh, I thought I was all over her

and here it starts all over again."

You hate that?

No, I don't.

I also thought, "What's the use?

"Eloise doesn't care for you, she never did.

"Don't get yourself all worked up, boy.

This isn't for you. Don't touch."

Night life, no violence.

- It's enough to make a man.. - No, leave it on.

What are you thinking so hard about, Eloise?

I was just wondering will I ever see you again.

Let's not think about that.

Will you write to me, Lew?

Sure, as often as you want me to.

Does this sound crazy, Lew?

It would be so wonderful while you're away if..

...I could think of you as mine.

Really mine. Does that sound crazy?

No, it doesn't sound crazy at all.

- El, I never dreamed-- - Neither did I.

I don't what's hit me. Let's forget it.

No, we won't forget it.

Oh, darling.

I was a nice girl.

I was a nice girl, wasn't I?

'Look, Lew, she's been drinking'

'she's all upset, she doesn't know what she's saying.'

She's been drinking ever since we've been married.

There's no use waiting for her to sober up.

I might as well hear what she has to say right here and now.

I'm sorry, I didn't quite..

Hear what "here and now?"

Please, Lew, it would be so much better if we waited

and talked everything over quietly in the morning.

- Honestly it would. - No. No.

I want everything settled right now.

You had something to tell me. Alright, what is it?

- It wasn't very important. - Well, it must have been.

It was evident that you meant to hurt me very much.

What is it, El?

The important thing, Lew

is that I'm through hurting people.

'I'm through doing wrong.'

'I'm paying for what I've done and now I'm all alone.'

'I don't want others to suffer too.'

I want you to have Ramona.

That you mean you're letting me have custody of her?

I want her to have a home.

I know she'll be happy with you and Mary Jane.

If it weren't for me, you two would have been

married years ago.

I'm sorry for all those years I took out of your lives.

Poor Uncle Wiggily.

Poor Uncle Wiggily.

You don't have to go, El. Lew and I are leaving.

We saw you in here with Ramona.

She belongs with you, El. We could see that.

- But Lew said-- - Don't worry about Lew.

You'll keep Ramona.

- How can I ever thank you? - You don't have to, El.

It's alright.

After all, I could've been the girl in the brown-and-white dress.

Anybody could have.