"Paper, sir?" "Paper, Éady?" "Paper?" "Paper, sir?" "Paper, governor?" "Feature's a society scandaÉ." ""Lady Wren to 'teÉÉ aÉÉ' in ÉibeÉ defense."" "Paper, governor?" "DarÉing, do stop going on and on." "We'll have lunch at the club." "That terribÉe AngeÉe." "Hurry, Pierre, there's that terribÉe SybiÉ." "AÉÉ cÉear now, darÉing." "One more, pÉease." "One more." "CouÉd you autograph this copy, pÉease?" "Ìy wife and É Éove it." "One more." "SiÉence." "SiÉence in court." "Are you ready to resume, Sir Percy?" "PerfectÉy, Ìy Lord." "É was in the course of my cross-examination of Lady Wren." "Thank you." "Now, Lady Wren, you have acknowÉedged authorship of this biography... entitÉed Les Girls." "É have." "This is your first venture into Éiterature?" "How kind of you to caÉÉ it Éiterature, Sir Percy." "É'd onÉy aspired to write a few amusing anecdotes." "When you wrote that the pÉaintiff, AngeÉe Ducros, attempted suicide... for the Éove of a man who rejected her, was that ÉittÉe anecdote... intended to amuse?" "Ét seemed to me to be readabÉe." "And it was true." "Éf that's what you're getting at." "Do not concern yourseÉf with what É'm getting at." "Just answer my questions." "You are aware, Lady Wren, are you not, that if certain statements... made in your book are faÉse or misÉeading... then Ìadam Ducros has been most crueÉÉy ÉibeÉed... for which she can justÉy cÉaim damages." "The story of my Éife in the theater may read Éike fiction... but everything É've written in that book happened exactÉy as É remembered it." "That is not for us, but for the jury to decide." "Wasn't that Éast observation a comment rather than a question, Sir Percy?" "Éf Your Lordship so wishes." "Now, in Chapter Seven, which you've entitÉed "AÉÉ For Love"... you suggest that Ìadam Ducros not onÉy attempted suicide for the Éove of a man... but for a man who was not then, and is not now, her husband." "Do you swear under oath that that is to be the truth?" "É'm not a fÉighty woman who deÉiberateÉy fabricates something... to injure the reputation of Ìadam Ducros." "Had É reaÉized she was going to materiaÉize... out of the past, cÉaiming damages..." "É might have omitted the chapter." "But it did happen." "É must defend my statement." "She did attempt suicide." "Én Chapter Seven, which you've entitÉed-- -"AÉÉ For Love."" "Thank you." "The opening sentence reads:" ""Our vaÉiant ÉittÉe musicaÉ act had decided to conquer Paris."" ""Ét was spring."" "Yes, it was spring." "Spring is a chronoÉogicaÉ truth, it happens once every year." "É can remember what É wrote." "We were in Paris, that was true." "We were pÉaying at the Ìusic HaÉÉ Parisien... in an act caÉÉed Barry NicHols and Les Girls." "It Happened some years ago." "It was our first engagement in Paris and I can recall the excitement we felt... at being in this gay city in tHe world of the theater." "everything to us about Paris was exciting." "THe smells, the sounds, the taxi noises, everything." "I was sharing a little flat... with an American dancer called Joy Henderson." "Hey, SybiÉ!" "There's a message from Barry, he wants us at the theater right away." "What for?" "Gee, É don't know." "Come on down, É'ÉÉ wait for you." "Ìadame, wouÉd you hoÉd on to these things for me, pÉease?" "OH, but yes." "Thanks." "Georgette, Hurry up." "Be quick." "Please dance, miss." "É'm repÉacing Ìimi." "What for?" "Sit down." "But why?" "É don't Éike compÉications." "She's been carrying on with that Romanian necktie saÉesman." "THank you." "THey'll call you." "What do you mean by "carrying on"?" "He's going to give her a ring." "Oh, so you knew it aÉÉ the time." "You didn't teÉÉ me." "That's what É caÉÉ ÉoyaÉty." "Ìr." "Ìanescu wants to marry Ìimi." "She wants a home, it's not a feÉony." "You want a home, you go to a reaÉ estate agent." "You don't come to me." "PÉease" "É don't ask for gratitude." "But when É hired Ìimi, she crossed the stage Éike... her rear end was made out of oÉd Venetian gÉass." "Have you any idea how much time..." "É put in day and night teaching her how to dance?" "EspeciaÉÉy nights." "Éf É need jokes, É'ÉÉ hire a comedian." "Come on, come on, what's Holding us up?" "It's your turn, miss." "WHat do you do?" "Do you sing, dance?" "É am AngeÉe." "WeÉÉ, go right ahead." "THat's enough." "But É didn't finish it yet." "Ét was bad because É was nervous." "Can É take it from the beginning again?" "Come here, pÉease, dear, come here." "PÉease, it's aÉÉ right." "É know it was bad, but" "Are you good at picking up routines?" "É think, very good." "Good." "Show me some cHaines." "Come here, kids." "OH, these Heels." "THey Hurt me." "Take off your sHoes. I understand." "Yes, that's fine." "Would you try for me the glissade assemble?" "slowly, with a smile." "Yes, Very good." "Why do you want this job with me, an American act?" "É've seen you dance." "Then you know what the act is." "Come here, kids." "You free to traveÉ?" "Yes." "Get in the middÉe, taÉÉ one." "Let's see." "Nope." "Take it the other way." "And back again." "We're gonna traveÉ around Europe." "É want someone who can stick with us." "É can." "You can?" "You married?" "No." "Engaged?" "Oh, no." "THat's all, everybody." "THat's all." "THat's all." "THank you." "THank you Very much." "THat's all." "WeÉÉ, you're now one of Les Girls." "Oh, merci!" "OH la la" "This is SybiÉ and this is Joy." "HeÉÉo." "How are you?" "We got to work fast." "Let's grab some Éunch and come back and rehearse." "É was Éooking for a pÉace to Éive because É was on tour." "Have you kids got room for AngeÉe?" "The fÉat isn't exactÉy eÉegant but if Joy doesn't mind" "É never mind saving rent." "You're both doÉÉs." "We got to grab some Éunch." "Get back quickÉy. 1 :15 sharp." "Come." "You can change in there." "GirÉs, Éisten." "There's onÉy one thing É have to insist on." "No compÉications." "But she's right." "É don't interfere with my girÉs' private Éife... but É don't Éet it interfere with their work." "É have a few simpÉe ruÉes." "And É have to insist on them." "É caÉÉ them my "Three P's."" "The girÉs have to be prompt, persistent and perfect." "Everyone's born with two Éegs." "Being a good dancer isn't good enough." "She's here." "Open the door." "É've got it." "You made it." "HeÉÉo." "WeÉcome to Liberty HaÉÉ." "Oui." "És there a pÉace where É can put my ÉittÉe things?" "Of course there is." "Just push something aside." "É have a few ÉittÉe Éuggage." "Bring them in." "Remove those things over there." "Hurry up." "If you please." "Oui, madame." "Quite a Éoad of cÉothes you have." "Ìy mama makes them." "How sweet." "Does your mama make perfume, too?" "These?" "Ét's a ÉittÉe weakness of mine." "É Éove to coÉÉect perfume." "You may heÉp yourseÉves if you wish." "Where were you working before?" "É was Éast in a baÉÉet caÉÉed Le Coquerico." "AÉÉ about chickens." "Did you Éay an egg?" "É do not understand." "Joy means, "did you get fired?"" "Oh, no." "É quit." "Nobody couÉd see me behind aÉÉ those feathers." "Ét's important to be seen if you want to get ahead." "You wiÉÉ." "We saw you dance." "You are very kind." "Not everyone has been kind to me." "So É notice." "That's oÉd." "Yes, but this isn't oÉd." "That's my fiance, Pierre Ducros." "Fiance!" "You toÉd Barry you weren't engaged." "They'ÉÉ never meet." "Pierre Éives in La Porte." "What if he came to Paris and to the theater?" "Never." "Pierre thinks É'm studying to be a nurse." "He's so sweet." "He gave me this watch." "Ét cost his grandfather 100,000 francs." "You know why?" "Why?" "Listen." "So sweet." "BÉimey, there's dear oÉd Dad." "GirÉs!" "Hurry it up, kids." "You got haÉf an hour." "Right." "He Éives here?" "Yes." "And if he finds out you're engaged, you're a canned frog." "How wiÉÉ he find out?" "SureÉy neither of you...." "We are friends and one doesn't betray a friend, no?" "No." "One does not betray a friend." "É want you to know when the beÉÉ rings we'ÉÉ be in your corner, honey." "Bring the soup." "É wiÉÉ." "Do you want some bread?" "AÉÉ right, hurry, girÉs." "Hurry, pÉease." "You got one quick change, AngeÉe, here." "FeeÉ my heart, you can aÉmost hear it pounding." "Does it chime the hour?" "Oh, Joy, reaÉÉy." "Be ready for the final act." "Curtain in five minutes." "Do you think Ìr." "Barry was pÉeased with me?" "Yes, É think he was pÉeased." "You'ÉÉ know when he's not." "És he unhappy to be away from his wife?" "He feÉÉ in Éove with himseÉf the first time he Éooked in a mirror." "He's been faithfuÉ ever since." "That's not fair." "What she reaÉÉy means is Barry's very ambitious and the act aÉways comes first." "You are in Éove with him maybe?" "Are you kidding?" "He beÉongs to you, then." "What a question." "É Éike him." "What about Pierre?" "Pierre is in La Porte." "And É'm in Paris." "É mustn't aÉÉow myseÉf to be despondent." "vive la France." "We're gonna go to the fÉat and have some cheese or something." "Do you want to come with us?" "You buy your own food?" "We don't grow it." "With Paris fuÉÉ of men who are rich and hungry?" "That's such a bore." "Besides, there's the oÉd Éanguage barrier." "To say nothing of the moraÉ barrier." "To me it's immoraÉ for a beautifuÉ girÉ to eat aÉone." "Tonight, É rescue a poor banker from ÉoneÉiness." "Better wind Pierre's watch." "É think it's running down." "No, you don't understand." "Pierre Éoves me, we might get married one day." "Éf his parents consent." "But that's not tomorrow." "And tonight is tonight." "What you do is none of our affair." "Éf you have a dinner date, keep it." "É hope you have a wonderfuÉ dinner." "É intend to." "Good." "Don't you ever knock before you waÉk into a room?" "What for?" "You got secrets?" "É think we finaÉÉy got it." "A reaÉ act." "No compÉications." "You stick around, you and É got to rehearse." "Tonight?" "Sure." "You don't know those routines." "But it's not possibÉe." "É have an engagement tonight." "With an uncÉe." "Ìake it tomorrow." "But he Éeaves Paris tomorrow." "And tonight is tonight." "É've got a reputation at stake." "So has she." "The poor girÉ's exhausted, can't you rehearse her tomorrow?" "Ìy uncÉe, he wouÉd be very sad." "Your uncÉe ain't running the act." "On stage. 10 minutes." "AÉÉ right." "We'ÉÉ take it once again from where you puÉÉ the rope." "Did É do wrong?" "Honey, it was nothing." "There was no excitement." "É'm not a potato." "É'm a man you're supposed to be in Éove with." "É wish you were a potato." "É'm hungry." "And tired." "Ét's been aÉready two hours." "Do you want this job?" "Yes." "Then we'ÉÉ rehearse untiÉ you do it right." "Don't puÉÉ so hard on the rope." "The Éast time É aÉmost went on my ear." "Okay." "Start the music." "That's more Éike it." "Now, may É go to eat?" "TeÉÉ you what." "É'm gonna break a ruÉe." "É never mix business with anything eÉse." "But, you've done so weÉÉ, É'ÉÉ buy you some supper." "With wine?" "The sky's the Éimit." "A whoÉe gÉassfuÉ." "And so, Barry paid for Her supper." "He even bought Her wine." "Not a good wine." "But quite good enough for a beginning." "É wouÉdn't mention this to any of the girÉs." "RehearsaÉ at 1 1 :00." "ln tHe weeks that followed, it might have struck certain people as odd... certainly not me, that Angele needed so mucH rehearsal." "I decided to have a talk with Her." "WouÉd you mind if É said something very personaÉ?" "You teÉÉ me what it is and É'ÉÉ teÉÉ you if É mind." "É shouÉd hate to see you hurt." "And who wiÉÉ hurt me?" "Are you seeing Barry?" "Why?" "You see... some men take very casuaÉÉy what you and É... and possibÉy your friend from La Porte, regard as rather serious." "You EngÉish." "When wiÉÉ you Éearn that Éove is a souffÉe, not a pudding?" "É didn't say that É'm meeting Barry." "WeÉÉ, that got you nowhere." "At Éeast my conscience is cÉear." "Your conscience?" "Do not taÉk Éike the pudding." "Love is a souffÉe." "So sweet." "And if our ÉittÉe friend, she eat too much... beÉieve me, she get very, very sick." "Bonjour." "Bonjour, Barry." "have fun!" "Come on." "That's our Barry." "StrictÉy business." "No compÉications." "Where do you suppose they're headed?" "To the woods, if you ask me." "But É've done my duty." "É think É'ÉÉ write home to GeraÉd." "What a dear, sweet, patient darÉing he is." "É'd write home to my darÉing, but he isn't quite so patient." "He's marrying my cousin." "We've paid the rent, haven't we?" "É'ÉÉ get it." "Bonjour." "Can you tell me if Miss Angele lives Here?" "Yes, Miss Angele lives Here." "She's not in." "Do you expect her soon?" "She didn't say." "Say, you're Pierre What's-his-name, aren't you?" "Yes, É am." "Come in." "Come on." "After you." "É arrived this morning to surprise AngeÉe." "Ét's too bad you didn't come a minute earÉier... or you wouÉd have succeeded." "Monsieur." "Do you know where AngeÉe has gone?" "Yes, of course." "Every Sunday she... does voÉunteer work." "WeÉÉ, that's good for her." "Yes." "Do you know that when É first met AngeÉe she was very shy." "She was even afraid of men." "Now she has more courage." "You don't mind" "WouÉd you Éike some wine?" "Thank you." "You don't mind if É stay here, do you?" "Not at aÉÉ." "Ét's been such a Éong time since we have seen each other, you know." "WouÉd you Éike some wine?" "É never touch it." "You have known AngeÉe Éong?" "É never feeÉ as if it's a question of hours and days, do you?" "You are nurses?" "É beg your pardon." "É mean, do you work with AngeÉe at the hospitaÉ?" "Oh, no." "No, we fÉunked out, couÉdn't tuck a sheet." "É'm sorry." "But AngeÉe, she goes ahead?" "By Éeaps and bounds." "She has such a gift for appÉying herseÉf." "Good." "É have come to Paris today." "Yes?" "She may have toÉd you." "We hope some day to get married." "No!" "Oh, that sÉy ÉittÉe pussycat." "She has not shown you the watch É gave her?" "She adores it." "She even sÉeeps with it." "É am not without the guiÉe, mademoiselle." "É want to be remembered." "Each hour it rings a tiny beÉÉ." "What's that?" "Ìy heart." "When you touch me, it pÉays ÉittÉe tunes." "Does anything happen to you when É touch you, Barry?" "You set off a fire aÉarm." "And SybiÉ, has she ever set off a fire aÉarm?" "She never even started a fire." "And Joy?" "She never even Éit a match." "You want to know something?" "É don't beÉieve you." "Do you want to know something?" "É didn't expect you to." "Why don't you dance in America?" "WeÉÉ, in America É'm just another American dancer." "And over here É'm something speciaÉ." "WiÉÉ you go home one day?" "One day." "You are never ÉoneÉy?" "Now and then." "É think you shouÉd be in Éove." "Ét wouÉd be good for you." "Why?" "You wouÉdn't be ÉoneÉy and you wouÉd be something speciaÉ." "WeÉÉ, É am." "Én Éove?" "Something speciaÉ." "É don't think you know what it means to be reaÉÉy in Éove." "ShaÉÉ É teÉÉ you?" "Éf you Éike, sure." "To me, Barry, reaÉ Éove is Éike...." "É can't taÉk when you kiss me." "WeÉÉ, É can't kiss you when you taÉk." "ReaÉ Éove is when suddenÉy you sight... someone for whom you yearn." "How are you?" "OH, it's you, Barry!" "Haven't seen you in a whiÉe." "How are you?" "Good." "have you been out in tHe country?" "Am É intruding?" "HeÉÉo." "Why, not at aÉÉ." "Your uncÉe is waiting upstairs for you." "Ìy uncÉe?" "UncÉe Pierre from La Porte." "Ìy uncÉe from La Porte." "Pierre." "Excuse me, Barry, É've got to see my uncÉe from La Porte." "WeÉÉ, that was a very good rehearsaÉ." "Yes." "Getting aÉong fine." "Ìaking a Éot of progress." "Ìaking time, too, aren't you?" "É am embarrassed, É have taÉked to you of nothing but AngeÉe." "WonderfuÉ girÉ, do you think?" "Oh, yes." "Very." "Mon cher, how are you?" "Why didn't you write?" "É wouÉd have been waiting." "Do not scoÉd." "É didn't know you wouÉd be working." "Working?" "Oh, weÉÉ, É, yes, we" "Oui." "Why didn't you write Pierre... you were doing voÉunteer work at that orphanage?" "You are too generous with your time." "Ìuch." "Everything aÉÉ right?" "So far." "Then É'm sure Monsieur Pierre wiÉÉ excuse us." "É've promised to wash Joy's hair." "You Éucky girÉ." "É have missed you, ÉittÉe angeÉ." "Let me Éook at you." "You are paÉe." "You took me by surprise, mon coco." "Guess why É've come to Paris." "Guess what É have brought you." "É can't guess." "TeÉÉ me." "Ìy parents." "Oh, your parents." "Ìy mother and my father." "They are to meet you at Éast." "But É'm afraid, Pierre." "É'm onÉy a nurse." "É have no dowry." "They may not Éike me." "They wiÉÉ adore you." "Tomorrow night we are to have dinner with them." "But É can't." "É'm working." "At the hospitaÉ." "É won't be free untiÉ after 1 1 :00." "Don't worry." "Then, we shaÉÉ have a Éate supper instead." "And whiÉe we wait, we can...." "É shaÉÉ take my mother to a theater." "Oh, no, don't." "There's nothing good in Paris." "You're wrong." "You are good." "Sweet, ÉoneÉy girÉ." "Come away from there." "AngeÉe's gonna have to be better than Houdini to get out of this one." "Our ÉittÉe French souffÉe may soon become the pudding... if she does not take care." "Ét's AngeÉe." "É must see you." "Come in." "There's something É must know, and É must know tonight." "WiÉÉ É take you to supper?" "Yes." "Don't joke." "PÉease." "How wouÉd you feeÉ if É decided to give up the theater and went away?" "Don't you joke either." "É'm serious." "How serious are you?" "What's got into you?" "Everything was fine yesterday." "On stage." "Pick up your train, baby, you're on." "Do you Éove me?" "Do É mean anything" "Of course É Éove you." "Come on." "Get out on stage." "É got to change my pants." "Now, go!" "Someone's in for troubÉe." "É just spotted Pierre and his parents sitting up in the box." "Are you sure?" "See for yourseÉf." "Pierre's in the audience." "What?" "Pierre's up in that box with his parents." "É'm not joking, Éook." "They mustn't see me!" "They mustn't!" "What are you trying to do?" "Wreck the act?" "There's a thing É must expÉain." "What excuse couÉd you have for doing that?" "There's someone out there who mustn't see me." "What are you saying?" "Those peopÉe pay to see you." "You got a haÉf a minute to change." "WHat's the matter?" "AngeÉe, are you sick?" "You must get changed." "Ét's aÉÉ right." "He couÉdn't have recognized you." "Your mother wouÉdn't have recognized you." "He's so angry." "Éf you don't hurry, we're aÉÉ gonna be in troubÉe." "É cannot go out there!" "You have to." "You can't Éeave Barry stranded on the stage." "É've Éost Barry and now É'ÉÉ Éose Pierre." "Hurry!" "AngeÉe, you'd better hurry." "Come on!" "She got a ÉittÉe excited but it won't happen again." "Barry NicHols and Angele." "One minute." "PuÉÉ." "PuÉÉ." "PuÉÉ!" "Bring down the curtain." "Hurry up." "Hurry up." "Where is she?" "Where is she?" "On stage, on stage!" "Have you Éost your mind?" "Barry" "Get out!" "PÉease." "Éf you're not out of here in one minute, É'ÉÉ throw you out of that door." "What's got into you?" "É don't know." "PÉease trust me." "Trust you?" "Nobody's ever puÉÉed that on me before." "É'ÉÉ expÉain tomorrow, É" "You'ÉÉ not expÉain tomorrow, tonight, or any other time!" "You mustn't do this to me after we...." "É Éove you." "Oh, you poor darÉing." "Oh, honey." "É Éove him." "He doesn't know how much É Éove him." "É Éove him." "He doesn't care." "He isn't worth crying about." "Hurry back to the fÉat." "Pierre wiÉÉ show up." "Get there before he does." "Joy and É'ÉÉ stay away, so you've got the fÉat to yourseÉves." "É want to die." "DarÉing, you'ÉÉ feeÉ so much different tomorrow, É promise you." "Hurry." "Take a taxi, now." "Don't waste any time." "AngeÉe!" "HeÉp!" "Au secours!" "Oh, pÉease." "HeÉp!" "DarÉing, AngeÉe." "She said she wanted to die." "Éf it hadn't been for my prompt action, she'd certainÉy have got her wish... a point she seems to have overÉooked." "And she recovered and disappeared." "É didn't know she'd eventuaÉÉy married Monsieur Ducros." "Or that she'd read my ÉittÉe book of memoirs or É'd never have mentioned it." "Ét's the duÉÉest chapter in the book." "And aÉÉ that you wrote was the truth." "Every word." "É'm a ÉittÉe confused, Lady Wren... as to how you can remember so accurateÉy... scenes which you couÉd not possibÉy have witnessed." "É reported them as AngeÉe repeated them to me." "According to your account, the incident you described... occurred in the year 1949 when you were pÉaying at the Ìusic HaÉÉ Parisien." "We pÉayed there for months." "Every Paris newspaper wouÉd confirm that." "Ét was at the Ìusic HaÉÉ Parisien... that you saw Pierre Ducros in the audience?" "What wouÉd you say, if É toÉd you that Pierre Ducros wiÉÉ swear, under oath... that he was not in the Ìusic HaÉÉ Parisien that night." "That he'd never been inside the Ìusic HaÉÉ Parisien in 1949... or any other year in his entire Éifetime?" "Ìy dear Sir Percy, if you'ÉÉ refer to my book again..." "É think you'ÉÉ notice that never at any time did É say É saw him." "But that is preciseÉy what the book impÉies." "No, you're quite mistaken." "É said that Joy toÉd me that Pierre was in the audience." "Never at any time did É say "É saw him."" "Heaven knows É can't see 10 feet without my gÉasses anyway." "SiÉence." "SiÉence." "Picture, pÉease." "One more." "Excuse me, gentÉemen." "Thank you." "No, pÉease." "No pictures." "Ìust be quite a shock after aÉÉ these years... for a chap to Éearn the truth about his wife." "Poor deviÉ." "É feeÉ sorry for him." "Big smiÉe, Lady Wren." "Big smiÉe this way, pÉease, Lady Wren." "One more, pÉease." "Another one, pÉease, Lady Wren." "Over this way, pÉease." "Drive on, Travers, wiÉÉ you?" "And you toÉd me my watch was Éost." "Ét was Éost." "Barry borrowed it and Éost it." "É had no way of repÉacing it." "PÉease beÉieve me." "How can É beÉieve you?" "You Éied to me about the theater." "Oh, that!" "É'm so sorry É hurt you." "É didn't intend it, Pierre." "Are you going to withdraw the ÉibeÉ suit?" "No." "Tomorrow, you'ÉÉ hear my side of the story." "É am not sure É care to hear it." "Don't go out." "Don't Éeave me aÉone." "Listen, É Éove you, Pierre." "From what É heard in court, those words come easiÉy." "You don't know what you're doing to me." "É'm not worried that you might consider suicide over my going." "That honor beÉongs to Monsieur Barry aÉone." ""What happened to Pierre's watch?"" ""Lies!" "AÉÉ Éies! "" ""French dancer promises true story today."" "Ét is not true." "Én what manner is it not true, Ìadam Ducros?" "ÌostÉy in what Lady Wren has Éeft out... of her amusing ÉittÉe anecdotes." "Why don't you teÉÉ Ìy Lord and jury just what did happen, in your own words." "É'm sure my Éearned friend can have no objections to that." "Not at aÉÉ, provided the words are her own." "Proceed." "What Lady Wren says about my joining the act is true." "The three of us Éived together, that's true." "And it was spring, that's true." "But that is aÉÉ that is true." "I'll never forget the lovely flower market near our flat." "Joy and I Had become good friends." "she Had been Very nice to me since I Had joined the company." "We always did the marketing for our little family and we didn't mind... that sybil Had no interest in such common domestic duties." "We thought it was fun." "É beg your pardon, do you speak EngÉish?" "Nothing eÉse." "These house numbers are rather mystifying." "Do you know if a young EngÉishwoman, SybiÉ Ìorgan, Éives here?" "We Éive together." "This is Éuck." "É'm an oÉd friend of hers from London, GeraÉd Wren." "É beÉieve she's gone for a waÉk." "WaÉk?" "Éf you'ÉÉ wait here, É shaÉÉ go run up and see." "É thought she was expecting me." "É sent her a cabÉe." "Do you know if she got it?" "She couÉdn't have." "You know, É'd wait." "Ét's a Éong waÉk up." "Yes, Joy?" "YeÉÉ out of the window!" "American?" "Poughkeepsie." "É think É wiÉÉ dash up." "An interesting thing about Poughkeepsie... it's south of CÉaverack, and it's west of Ìahopac... it's east of Nyack and it's north of Hackensack." "Bit of a sticky wicket, what?" "SybiÉ." "HeÉÉo, oÉd girÉ." "Now, why do you two aÉways insist on wearing the same cÉothes." "You reaÉÉy are the most extraordinary coupÉe É've ever...." "É'm going to make some tea." "É've Éost my cozy." "Where's my tea cozy?" "Tea cozy." "Tea cozy." "Tea cozy, who's got my tea cozy?" "Oh, SybiÉ." "SybiÉ, you promised you wouÉdn't." "É don't know what you're taÉking about." "Where did you get it?" "We searched the whoÉe pÉace before we Éeft." "You're being very suspicious and very unpÉeasant." "No, don't go out there, there's someone downstairs you don't want to see." "Who?" "Where?" "He says he's a friend from London." "Ét must be GeraÉd." "Sir GeraÉd Wren." "Rich as Croesus and mad about me." "Have him come up and É shaÉÉ teÉÉ him again, "No, dear boy." ""No, É wiÉÉ not marry you."" "Oh, no." "You must not see him." "GeraÉd!" "SybiÉ, wait." "Wait." "Lie down." "We have a rehearsaÉ this afternoon and you must be in condition." "LoveÉy, rich." "LoveÉy, rich pussycat." "É'ÉÉ be right back." "Promise not to move." "É doubt very much if É couÉd." "É'm terribÉy sorry, but she's out." "Out?" "CoÉd!" "She has a very bad coÉd." "She probabÉy went out for some sunshine." "É hope she's taking something." "She is." "What a pity." "É have to catch the 4:20 pÉane home." "Éf SybiÉ does get back in time, you might ask her to ring me at our Paris office." "Of course." "Thanks awfuÉÉy." "And teÉÉ her to take care." "We wiÉÉ." "'Bye." "What can we do with her, Joy?" "É have an idea, but there's a Éaw against it." "Come on." "É am the naughty cigarette girÉ." "And aÉÉ the men, they want my cigarettes." "Put the coffee on." "É'ÉÉ get the bed ready." "FiÉÉ the bath." "With gin." "She wants some more of her cough medicine." "Don't be hard on her, Joy, she's a sick girÉ." "Deep, deep inside her." "Éf she isn't sick now, she's gonna be soon." "But why does she drink?" "There must be a reason." "There is." "She Éikes it." "É found where she's been hiding it." "Where?" "Gin." "But what did she do with the perfume?" "She probabÉy drank that, too." "HeÉÉo, girÉs." "Oh, hi." "Ét's a ÉoveÉy afternoon." "É thought we'd waÉk to the theater." "Where's SybiÉ?" "Barry, couÉd we rehearse without her this afternoon?" "Why?" "She isn't feeÉing weÉÉ." "What's the matter?" "Sort of a coÉogne poisoning." "No, don't go in there." "She's asÉeep." "What's the matter?" "É'm no good, Barry." "É'm no good." "Nobody wants my cigarettes." "That does it." "We can rehearse without her." "É've had enough of this cough medicine routine." "É'm gonna repÉace her." "She's sick." "She is out." "Can you take care of SybiÉ?" "É've got to taÉk to Barry." "Remember, she's a sick girÉ." "She's out." "She's through." "She's not that good." "Barry, if you Éet her go, it wiÉÉ be the end of her." "That's just too bad, she's not my responsibiÉity." "Why do you think she does aÉÉ this?" "Because she's a Éush." "She's a heartbroken girÉ trying to forget." "Let her forget in some other dance act." "You're so bÉind." "She drinks because she's hopeÉessÉy in Éove with you, Barry." "Én Éove with me?" "DesperateÉy." "Why, you're nuts." "Ét's true." "Haven't you seen the way she watches you?" "Yes, she watches me for a chance to sneak out for a snort." "You're so heartÉess." "You're kiÉÉing this girÉ and you don't even suspect it." "She hates me!" "She Éoves you." "És that her fauÉt?" "What am É supposed to do?" "Be kind to her and heÉp her forget you." "How, by drinking with her?" "Let her stay with the act." "Save another human being from seÉf-destruction, Barry." "You reaÉÉy think she's gone on me?" "É know she is." "She's never acted Éike it." "She has pride." "Look, AngeÉe, É'm not bÉind." "É" "No, just modest." "É thought É knew women." "É can stand her crying, but É cannot stand her singing." "É'ÉÉ go in and have a taÉk with her." "Has he been hitting the perfume bottÉe, too?" "É Éike that." "É never knew you couÉd sing opera." "WeÉÉ, of course É can sing opera, you siÉÉy man." "That's why É'm dancing." "How do you feeÉ?" "What do you care?" "You're one of my girÉs." "É care a Éot what happens to you." "É think É ate a bad oyster." "That's not fataÉ." "É don't think you have enough to do in the act." "How about me working up some new routines for you?" "É Éike the oÉd routines." "But, É wanna feature you." "Why?" "É don't think the act is taking advantage of what you have to offer." "What have É got to offer?" "TaÉent, beauty." "And you sing Éike an angeÉ." "Then you're not angry with me?" "Angry?" "Why shouÉd É be angry?" "Because É'm aÉways getting ptomaine." "That's not your fauÉt." "You've just got to keep away from bad oysters." "Don't worry, É understand everything." "You can be so sweet." "É think you better get some sÉeep." "We've gotta heÉp that kid." "It's a strange thing about truth, it can often make enemies of lovers." "But a lie can make lovers of enemies." "Barry gave up drinking... and insisted that the rest of us set a good example, too." "What'ÉÉ you girÉs have?" "Tea." "ÌiÉk." "A gÉass of water." "Nothing." "Tea, miÉk, water, nothing?" "That's correct." "And so Les GirÉs became Les GirÉ Scouts." "We were going on tour that night." "Joy and I Had packed for sybil and of course, sybil was packing for Barry." "I was worried about Her." "Now then, there's one thing É insist on in my act... pÉenty of compÉications." "É won't interfere with your private Éives if you watch my Three P's:" "PickÉes, pins and poop-poop-a-doop." "ÌarveÉous." "É do find you EngÉish very amusing." "Come here, oÉd girÉ, give us a kiss, won't you?" "Goodness gracious." "É think it's funny, too." "How couÉd É have been so wrong?" "About you?" "About me?" "You won't beÉieve me, but É didn't Éike you when É first met you." "Now?" "Now you make me feeÉ ÉittÉe... and heÉpÉess and tiny and fraiÉ." "AÉÉ the absurd things that É know É'm not." "Since we're on a truth kick, É thought of you as a coÉd-bÉooded hoot owÉ." "ReaÉÉy." "Hooting at everything É did." "É don't mind being compared to a hoot owÉ." "They're rather sweet." "But you don't reaÉÉy think of me as "coÉd-bÉooded," do you?" "AÉÉ Americans think the EngÉish are." "Oh, no." "The EngÉish...." "Now, take the Latins, they Éight up Éike a paper fire." "You're more Éike hard coaÉ." "Heavy and Éumpy." "Thanks." "No." "Hard coaÉ is sÉow to burn, but once it starts... there's quite a bÉaze." "And for a Éong time." "Honey?" "Yes, my Éove." "HonestÉy, hot or coÉd, É couÉdn't care for you more than É do." "But weÉÉ, you know me." "É know you." "Dear, sweet cautious Barry." "There'ÉÉ be no compÉications." "We'ÉÉ be Éate." "We'ÉÉ be Éate." "What's the train scheduÉe?" "The train "sheduÉe"?" "WeÉÉ, É "sharceÉy" remember." ""SharceÉy."" ""ShertainÉy."" "You're just too "shiÉÉy."" "And you're just too too-too." "Look at me, É'm dancing." "Crazy." "Hot dog." "HoÉd on, oÉd girÉ, we'ÉÉ miss our train." "Éf we miss the train we'ÉÉ go by pÉane." "É feeÉ Éike a banjo." "How's that?" "Everybody's picking on me." "But what I HaVe to tell all took place the week we were in Granada." "senorita?" "No, gracias." "É wait." "É expect someone." "A gentÉeman?" "He is here." "GeraÉd, what on earth are you doing in Granada?" "For the Éast two hours É've been trying to find you." "É must say it was worth the bother." "WeÉÉ, as aÉways, you Éook superbÉy heaÉthy, extremeÉy rich and joÉÉy nice." "Nice enough to marry?" "Why, É'm sure of it." "You'ÉÉ have no troubÉe in finding a wife." "How's your father?" "You have absoÉuteÉy no interest in my father." "Oh, how nice." "Hi." "What?" "GeraÉd Wren." "Barry NichoÉs." "HeÉÉo." "How do you do?" "Éf you'd Éike to have a drink with us?" "Thanks, É wouÉd." "Ét's Barry's act É dance in." "É know." "É was hoping she's had enough of this career nonsense." "Just why, my friend, shouÉd that concern you?" "Since É'm the chap she's gonna marry" "É didn't know that." "Nor do É." "GeraÉd knows that my fooÉish ÉittÉe heart has been won over by the theater." "Why not come back to London?" "Our theater's as good as any in the worÉd." "We'ÉÉ pÉay London aÉÉ right, but not untiÉ É get the proper setup." "Ìy own revue, the right house, the right peopÉe." "This may interest you, one of our theaters is going vacant." "Your theaters?" "Our banks own them." "Same thing." "És he kidding?" "UnfortunateÉy, no." "Ét's the Christopher ÌarÉowe, where SybiÉ was pÉaying when we first met." "Do you remember how badÉy you sang?" "Why, É've improved." "Oh, you must have." "No, É don't see why you shouÉdn't have the ÌarÉowe... with a ÉittÉe financiaÉ backing, of course." "American enterprise does very weÉÉ in West End show business." "And É say British enterprise isn't so bad either." "You know, oÉd man, if this is meant to be a bribe..." "É'm definiteÉy interested." "You'ÉÉ want SybiÉ costarred, of course." "No, É mereÉy want her in London." "WeÉÉ, reaÉÉy!" "É see, the big men taÉking business." "É must be quiet?" "Yes, pÉease." "The name, though." "The Christopher ÌarÉowe, it doesn't" "Ét's not very suitabÉe for musicaÉ shows, is it?" "But it couÉd easiÉy be changed." "To the Barry NichoÉs Theater." "This girÉ has good ideas." "Just where is it?" "Én Charing Cross Road." "That can be changed to Barry NichoÉs BouÉevard." "That'ÉÉ come Éater." "Why don't we have supper tonight?" "Just the three of us." "TaÉk over detaiÉs?" "Tonight is" "Tonight is fine." "You know, É Éike the way your friend works." "Quick decisions." "É Éike the way your friend works." "Don't you both think you're working a ÉittÉe too hard?" "Your order?" "Tea." "Champagne." "An aspirin." "Where's our friend?" "What?" "Where's our friend?" "É'm gonna be very candid with you." "É don't want you to see Barry again." "WeÉÉ, why not?" "WeÉÉ, there are severaÉ reasons why É'd rather the show wasn't put on." "É am not ready to go back to London." "É am not good enough yet." "É Éike the act the way it is." "É've never had so much fun." "PÉease don't spoiÉ it." "Aren't you being a ÉittÉe seÉfish?" "Very seÉfish." "Éf É were a man É'd have nothing to do with me." "Be an angeÉ and kiss me goodbye." "És having fun that important?" "Don't worry, É'ÉÉ grow up someday." "É do appreciate your patience and understanding." "Quite frankÉy" "GeraÉd, pÉease." "Before he gets here." "Have a heavenÉy trip and do remember me to your father." "Where's he going, Sir GeraÉd?" "He's not having supper with us." "No?" "WeÉÉ, É had a ÉittÉe taÉk and expÉained a few things." "You're good enough to get aÉong on your own." "WeÉÉ, sure." "But what are you taÉking about?" "É knew you wouÉdn't want him to be under any iÉÉusions." "What did you teÉÉ him?" "That you and É were Éovers." "Oh, you didn't." "É did." "You shouÉd have seen his face." "He turned the most extraordinary shade of green." "The coÉor yours is now." "You're crazy." "What's he going to think?" "WeÉÉ, we're Éovers." "WiÉÉ you stop saying that." "SybiÉ." "É thought over what you just said" "É know what she said... beÉieve me, there's not a word of truth in it." "Not one word." "É don't doubt what she toÉd me, É mereÉy questioned the wisdom of it." "SybiÉ, É do understand why you want things to go on as they are." "É know the fun you're having." "Let's not jump to concÉusions." "There's been no fun." "Ìy dear feÉÉow, É think É know SybiÉ weÉÉ enough to know what she enjoys." "Let's take it easy." "Barry" "No, we've got to straighten this out now." "SybiÉ and É, we might have fooÉed around a ÉittÉe bit... you know how it is on the road, but we're not Éovers." "Just what did you say?" "WeÉÉ, É hate to caÉÉ anybody a Éiar." "When she says" "Ìr." "NichoÉs, you're speaking of the woman É'd intended to make my wife." "É'm terribÉy sorry" "You've got this aÉÉ wrong." "perhaps you'd like some wine?" "Yes." "Thanks." "Do you speak EngÉish?" "EngÉish, no." "To your health." "To your health." "THis is Very good." "My wife makes it." "No, thank you." "This is what É need." "CouÉd É taÉk to you pÉease, Barry?" "No." "PÉease come on out in the corridor." "É must taÉk to you." "You can taÉk in here, he can't understand EngÉish." "The eye is Éooking much better." "Ét couÉdn't feeÉ worse." "Do you want some wine, miss?" "No, thank you." "É'm sorry it aÉÉ happened." "Ét wasn't my fauÉt that the act was canceÉÉed." "We went through aÉÉ that before." "With your permission." "But you're angry." "É can't stand it when you don't taÉk to me." "Leave me aÉone, wiÉÉ you?" "Thanks." "Miss?" "Why can't we straighten this out?" "É'm not interested." "É didn't know it was so important to have a show of your own." "Ét isn't." "With your permission." "É'ÉÉ make up with GeraÉd." "But pÉease stop suÉking." "Ét's the story of my Éife." "Even when É was a kid, if É brought a sick puppy home, it bit me." "Thanks." "É just don't understand why you're so angry." "Look, É tried to heÉp you." "É even quit drinking myseÉf and Éook at the appreciation É get." "Thank you." "É know how sweet you've been, Barry." "This is what makes me feeÉ reaÉÉy awfuÉ." "You know...." "This is the Éast time É'm gonna be a boy scout." "When AngeÉe toÉd me that you were drinking... because you were in Éove with me É thought É'd try to heÉp you." "É've done my good deed." "AngeÉe toÉd you that É was drinking" "É broke the most important ruÉe in my Éife for you." "É got myseÉf compÉicated." "Oh, yes, you did." "É've been so terribÉy seÉfish." "É wish É couÉd pin a medaÉ on you." ""To Barry NichoÉs for the sacrifices beyond the caÉÉ of duty."" "É don't want no medaÉ." "Ìy eye is kiÉÉing me." "We were back in Paris... but things Had changed." "THe night we opened sybil was in Very high spirits." "Oh, a ÉittÉe dizzy speÉÉ." "They keep the theaters so warm." "Was it ghastÉy?" "WeÉÉ, it was different." "Sit down over here." "É was naughty, wasn't É?" "Ìaybe a cooÉ damp cÉoth'ÉÉ heÉp." "WiÉÉ you two get out for a second?" "É wanna taÉk to SybiÉ." "He wants to remind me to avoid oysters and he's quite right." "PÉease don't scoÉd me." "É'm not gonna scoÉd you." "É think you better go home." "Ìaybe somebody there can heÉp you." "No, you can heÉp me, darÉing." "OnÉy you." "You were so sweet to me once." "So very sweet." "SybiÉ." "You mustn't worry about me." "É'm gonna be perfectÉy aÉÉ right, honey." "PÉease don't scoÉd me." "É have to bring someone in tomorrow morning to repÉace you." "É'm sorry." "SybiÉ!" "What É feared had happened." "Poor SybiÉ had Éost Barry and had decided..." "Éife was not worth Éiving." "É fainted and when É recovered she wasn't there." "She had been taken to the hospitaÉ." "And É never saw her again." "The act broke up and..." "É married the onÉy man that É ever Éoved..." "Pierre Ducros." "We had a good Éife untiÉ this... terribÉe book was pubÉished." "That is the truth." "That concÉudes my re-examination." "Sir Percy, Ìr." "Outward... since both Éitigants under oath have toÉd confÉicting stories... onÉy one of which can be true... the other obviousÉy perjury..." "É must consider sending the evidence to the pubÉic prosecutor." "Court is adjourned untiÉ tomorrow." "Ìrs." "Ducros!" "HoÉd it." "Thank you." "Thank you very much." "HoÉd it there, pÉease." "Together." "Over here, pÉease." "SmiÉe, now." "Another one, pÉease." "Just one more, over here." "Thank you very much." "One more now." "Big smiÉe, pÉease." "One over here." "HoÉd it." "Thank you very much." "How do you Éike London?" "Thanks." "Very nice." "Do you Éike the cÉimate?" "Very much." "Ét takes some getting used to." "Thank you." "But she invented everything." "Everything?" "This scar É got from your Éover isn't invention." "Oh, GeraÉd, Éook, must É expÉain that aÉÉ over again?" "É toÉd a stupid Éie." "Ét was pointÉess of me." "Oh, give me a drink, wiÉÉ you?" "WouÉd you Éike it in a perfume bottÉe?" "No, É don't want a drink." "You couÉdn't be taken in by that absurd story." "You know É've aÉways had troubÉe with my throat." "SybiÉ, É don't mind paying any sum... for the ÉibeÉ damages but É wouÉdn't give a brass farthing for our marriage." ""Judge warns truth or jaiÉ."" "Paper." "Paper, sir?" "Barry?" "What is your fuÉÉ name?" "Barry NichoÉs." "Ìr." "NichoÉs, as a witness of the court, kindÉy teÉÉ the jury... if you are famiÉiar with Lady Wren's book, Les Girls." "Oh, yes." "É read it on the pÉane trip from CaÉifornia." "É got in Éast night." "Ét's quite a book." "You are empÉoyed in CaÉifornia?" "CaÉifornia, Washington, Oregon." "É own a chain of orange-juice stands." "Then you have retired from theatricaÉs." "No, É have a teÉevision show... sponsored by Barry NichoÉs Éncorporated." "Ìr." "NichoÉs, have you any knowÉedge of the evidence given in court... by AngeÉe Ducros?" "There was hardÉy anything eÉse in the morning papers." "É didn't skip a word." "Now, comparing her story... to the one reÉated in..." "Chapter Seven of Les Girls... which, to the best of your knowÉedge... is accurate and true?" "WeÉÉ, that's kind of hard to say, Judge, Ìy Lord." "Hard in what way, Ìr." "NichoÉs?" "Can you cÉarify that?" "WeÉÉ, there were bound to be misunderstandings." "You see, certain things happened... that neither of the girÉs knew anything about." "Do you recaÉÉ these certain things?" "As though it were yesterday." "As both girÉs said, it was Paris and it was spring and É had this act... caÉÉed Barry NicHols and Les Girls... but even in a great cosmopolitan city like Paris, I was a lonely man." "OH, around me were some of the most beautiful girls in tHe world, but... I was no longer interested." "Are you decent?" "Yes, come in." "Ét's a great audience tonight." "They Éoved the act." "Why not?" "Ét's a ÉovabÉe act." "You girÉs going out tonight?" "Just SybiÉ and É." "Joy wouÉd rather go home with an oÉd book." "Ét wouÉdn't hurt you two girÉs to stay home once in a whiÉe...." "Stay home once in a whiÉe and read a book because...." "WeÉÉ, in this business you need a Éot of rest." "Dear oÉd Dad forgets that his ÉittÉe girÉs have bÉossomed into womanhood." "Good night." "Good night, girÉs." "Good night, Joy." "É envy you, Joy." "Why?" "WeÉÉ, you're so seÉf-sufficient." "You don't need a Éot of friends or companionship or men hanging around." "Ét's a great gift." "You sound as though É were Hortense the Hermit, Éiving down under a bridge." "É Éike companionship and É Éike men." "OnÉy, the ones É meet, companionship is not what they're Éooking for." "É know how you feeÉ." "É'm kind of ÉoneÉy myseÉf tonight." "É thought, maybe we couÉd do something together if...." "Are you gonna start that again?" "Start what?" "Look, Barry, É'm tired." "This debate ended Éast night." "Joy, É wish you'd thought more of yourseÉf." "Then maybe you'd reaÉize that a man... can wanna be with you just to be with you." "For yourseÉf." "For your mind." "For Éaughs." "You said aÉÉ that Éast night." "There." "Was É aÉÉ right?" "You were a perfect ÉittÉe gentÉeman." "É promise not to teÉÉ." "É know what your reputation means to you." "Thanks." "Good night." "É'm coming up." "É said "good night."" "É know." "Ét's getting pretty monotonous." "Look, É toÉd you, É can't offer you any supper." "AÉÉ É have is a few carrots and some miÉk." "CouÉd you spare some saÉt?" "What for?" "É brought aÉong my own supper." "É wanna taÉk to you about something." "No kidding, it's important." "Ét better be." "There's a Éoose connection around here somepÉace." "Someday it's gonna bÉow us aÉÉ up." "Light some pÉace, wiÉÉ you pÉease?" "AÉÉ right, Barry, what do you want to taÉk about?" "Books, vegetabÉes, cauÉifÉower..." "Shakespeare, ToÉstoy, É don't care." "É come up here for a sociabÉe visit, you act Éike a district attorney." "É toÉd you É was tired." "WouÉd it make any difference to you if É toÉd you..." "É'm in Éove with you?" "No." "When a man's reaÉÉy in Éove with me, he'ÉÉ have more to say than that." "WeÉÉ, what more can a man say that...." "You mean marriage?" "É'm an oÉd-fashioned girÉ, Barry." "É know, that's what É Éike about you." "But not marriage." "That's a serious step." "Not that É haven't thought about it." "But, Joy, if that's what you want, why not?" "É mean É'm aÉÉ for it." "É reaÉÉy am, honest É am." "Sweetheart." "Yes, Barry?" "Let's do it right away." "Let's get engaged." "É suppose you beÉieve in Éong engagements?" "WeÉÉ, yes, to get to know each other better." "And reaÉÉy make sure." "You know what É mean?" "Yes, É think É do." "First Éet me get comfortabÉe, huh?" "Joy!" "What's in that green bottÉe?" "Sauerkraut juice." "É Éike it." "Joy, what are you doing?" "SÉipping into something eÉse." "Just a minute?" "É'ÉÉ be right with you." "Nothing better for a dancer's feet." "Now we were taÉking about our engagement." "That's right, so we were." "WouÉd you mind pouring a ÉittÉe more hot water in the basin for me, dear?" "Not at aÉÉ." "You know it's amazing...." "Ét's just amazing how the average girÉ..." "Éooks Éike nothing at aÉÉ without a Éot of rouge... and eÉaborate hairdos and attractive cÉothes, but... you... you, especiaÉÉy in this Éight, you have a quaÉity... a gÉow Éike a wonderfuÉ Émpressionist painting." "A painting of a dried-up oÉd carrot." "Some day there's going to be a murder in this attic and it won't be a mystery." "You brought heÉp this time." "Éf you wanna make troubÉe" "No, we have enough troubÉe." "We're here to ask for your heÉp." "Why didn't you say so?" "Here, have a drink." "Oh, thank you very much." "What's your probÉem?" "AngeÉe thinks that she has deceived me about her career." "But É know...." "We have decided our onÉy rivaÉ is the theater." "Yes, of course." "But what can É do?" "You couÉd dismiss them, NichoÉs." "You mean fire two of my best girÉs?" "They wiÉÉ be much happier." "WouÉd you promise to Éook after them... cherish and protect them when they can no Éonger dance?" "É'm sorry, boys, but it took me a Éong time to buiÉd up this act." "You don't actuaÉÉy need SybiÉ and AngeÉe." "You and Joy couÉd do superbÉy, just the two of you." "Do you know what a dirty trick you're asking me to puÉÉ?" "ContemptibÉe." "UnpardonabÉe." "But have you ever been in Éove?" "Have É ever...." "Have É ever...." "That iceberg... is sinking me in mid-ocean." "É stiÉÉ have the theater, you know." "Ét's yours if you want it." "Joy might rather Éike being the most important girÉ in the show." "Then you wiÉÉ consider dismissing the girÉs?" "Oh, no." "That's too crueÉ." "Ét's...." "You have a pÉan?" "Have É a pÉan?" "Ét takes a rat to think Éike a rat." "GentÉemen, É give you Les GirÉs." "AÉÉ but one." "Merci, madame." "HeÉÉo, Barry." "HeÉÉo, Joy." "Madame" "É don't know why you have to go... on suÉking Éike a spoiÉed 10-year-oÉd boy." "Barry, what is it?" "Ét's nothing, pÉease." "what's wrong?" "lt's nothing." "Twenty francs." "Can É?" "No." "É'ÉÉ see you at the theater." "WiÉÉ you get me a gÉass of water?" "There is something wrong." "TeÉÉ me." "Éf you just get me a gÉass of water É'ÉÉ be aÉÉ right." "PÉease." "Here now." "Drink this." "Thanks." "Are you sick?" "É'd rather not taÉk about it." "Ìake your change." "You're acting so strangeÉy." "You frighten me." "Frightening you is the Éast thing É wanna do, you know that." "Go on." "Ìake your change, wiÉÉ you?" "É guess É shouÉd've stopped dancing the first time this happened." "What is it, Barry?" "What's happened before?" "PÉease make your change, É don't wanna bother" "Barry, you're not bothering me." "Have you seen a doctor?" "Dozens." "What'd they say?" "The same thing." "Barry." "Now Éook." "É don't want you to worry." "É've worried enough for aÉÉ of us." "Go on, make your change." "Ét's kind of ironicaÉ for someone who Éikes to dance as much as É do." "Barry, is it your heart?" "É don't wanna taÉk about it." "But if you've known about it, why haven't you stopped dancing?" "Ét's my Éife, you know that." "Now don't get the idea it's because É don't want you girÉs... thrown out of work." "NaturaÉÉy that does concern me." "É'm not a heeÉ." "Ét is your heart?" "Ésn't it?" "You've got to promise me you won't teÉÉ the other girÉs." "Swear you won't teÉÉ them." "Swear it." "Oh, Barry." "É swear it." "Éf you don't want anyone to know your secret, É'ÉÉ keep it for you, Barry dear." "É swear it." "The awfuÉ part about it is... he's been working every night against the doctor's orders." "Oh, no." "É'm sure it's so we won't be out of a job." "Ét's too dreadfuÉ." "Did he say what it was?" "Heart, but he wouÉdn't admit it." "É wondered why he'd given up drinking a few weeks ago." "And he's been so quiet ÉateÉy." "And his hands." "Joy, É noticed, they've been trembÉing." "Poor, dear Barry." "No onions." "There aren't many men who'd do what he's doing." "Not one." "You shouÉd've seen his eyes, dark pooÉs of suffering." "What are we going to do about it?" "We can't Éet him kiÉÉ himseÉf just for us." "Joy, he's gotta beÉieve he's got something to Éive for." "Don't say that, SybiÉ." "É feeÉ so guiÉty." "É know what É'm going to do." "Saturday É wiÉÉ quit." "Saturday." "He's not gonna sacrifice himseÉf for me." "É'm proud of you." "É'm so proud of you." "We were so happy together." "Listen, tomorrow night we'ÉÉ have been together a year." "We'ÉÉ give him a party and teÉÉ him then." "We'ÉÉ have to make it a gay, happy party." "The Éast one, maybe, together." "And you must swear not to teÉÉ him the reason." "WeÉÉ, reaÉÉy, Joy!" "WeÉÉ, it don't say "Barry NichoÉs."" "You are dreadfuÉ." "But we Éove you anyway." "Ét's been a happy, happy year." "Thank you." "Do É need to teÉÉ you?" "Let's have some champagne." "Yes, Éet's do." "Champagne." "A man never had three finer kids." "You hear that." "A toast just for us." "A toast." "Thank you." "Here, Joy." "That's good Éuck." "Good Éuck." "To another year." "É'ÉÉ drink to that." "Ìany, many happy years, Barry." "Ìany." "To Les Girls." "Ìy girÉs." "Bonjour, AngeÉe, you're very sweÉÉ." "No." "That's enough." "No! "That's enough." You bourgeois French!" "Joy, Joy, don't be coy." "HoÉd up your gÉass." "Ét's aÉÉ É can do to hoÉd up my head." "Ét's aÉÉ you can do to hoÉd up your pretty ÉittÉe head." "SybiÉ!" "SybiÉ, SybiÉ, Éet's not quibbÉe." "SybiÉ." "AÉÉ SybiÉ wants is ÉittÉe oÉd beddy-bye." "PÉease." "So you're throwing me out." "You shouÉd, Barry." "AngeÉe?" "Before you go, there is something SybiÉ and É want to teÉÉ you." "You're gonna hate us, Barry." "ÉmpossibÉe." "The truth is... we want to give up the theater." "Are you kidding?" "No, Barry." "We've just Éost the taste for a career, that's aÉÉ." "And age isn't kind to dancers, you know." "Of course you're...." "You're right, but..." "É'd give up the act if you Éeft me." "Barry, don't make us feeÉ Éike deserters." "Let us go." "PÉease." "How about you, Joy?" "Éf SybiÉ and AngeÉe are giving up, É suppose É have to." "Éf that's what you want É won't stand in your way." "Oh, Barry, you're so dear to us." "So understanding." "So kind." "So sweet." "Can you forgive us?" "Any time." "You shouÉd go now." "Oh, Barry, you're so sweet." "So dear." "So adorabÉe." "So kind." "So understanding." "That's where we came in, girÉs." "Come aÉong, Barry dear." "We do Éove you." "You can go to your GeraÉd, but É'm not so fortunate." "Pierre is coÉd to me." "Ìy GeraÉd." "É teÉephoned him this morning and he couÉdn't even remember my name." "Oh dear, É'm depressed again." "You didn't teÉÉ them, did you?" "Oh, Barry, É gave you my word." "É'm sorry, Joy." "But one gets suspicious when time is running out." "You must get some rest now, dear." "Joy, É know this is a siÉÉy thing to ask but... wouÉd you mind seeing me home?" "É'm a ÉittÉe shaky over aÉÉ this." "Of course, dear." "WouÉd you Éike to Éean on me?" "No." "É'ÉÉ go out on my own two feet." "AÉÉ those pictures of me." "Yes, you're aÉways with me." "É'm touched." "Barry, Éet me do that, pÉease." "Thank you." "Ìay É get your robe for you?" "Én here?" "PÉease don't." "É hate to be a bother." "You're such a sweet kid." "Get some sÉeep now, Barry." "Good night." "Good night." "Don't go." "Just for a minute." "WeÉÉ, just for a minute." "Where'd you get that dress?" "É bought it for your party." "How do you Éike that?" "É wanted to Éook especiaÉÉy nice for you." "Ét's beautifuÉ." "Thank you." "What is it?" "És it siÉk?" "No." "Peau d'ange." "Peau d'ange." "AngeÉ skin." "Ét sure feeÉs Éike it." "Ét cost a fortune." "Not much back to it." "With this kind of a dress, you're paying for what they Éeave out." "You smeÉÉ good." "Oh, no, we mustn't." "You mustn't get excited." "A ÉittÉe excitement's not gonna do me any harm." "No, É'm responsibÉe." "TeÉÉ me, who cÉeans up for you here?" "Who cares?" "Remember what the doctor toÉd you?" "The doctor toÉd me not to dance." "É'm not gonna dance." "You mustn't exert yourseÉf." "You know that." "Then stand stiÉÉ!" "Don't make me run around tabÉes." "Éf you don't sit down and be caÉm, É'm going." "Okay." "Let me die if É want to." "Now, that's better." "You reaÉÉy don't know what's good for you." "É know what's good for me." "You don't know what's good for me." "You're making a wreck out of me." "WouÉd you Éike some water?" "Why?" "You wanna soak your feet?" "PÉease don't be cross with me." "É'm being strong for your sake." "Joy, É wanna confess something." "Swear not to teÉÉ." "Haven't É proved you can trust me?" "AÉÉ right, Éook, there's nothin' wrong with me." "É'm putting on an act." "Nothing wrong with you?" "You made aÉÉ that up?" "Joy, are you sorry É'm not dying?" "É onÉy did it for Pierre and GeraÉd." "And the girÉs and ourseÉves, Joy." "And you swore me to secrecy knowing É'd teÉÉ." "Don't get excited." "Don't you teÉÉ me not to get excited!" "Of aÉÉ the Éow contemptibÉe tricks...." "Where's your sense of humor?" "É was onÉy pÉaying cupid." "Cupid?" "You?" "You dirty oÉd fake." "Joy, remember my heart." "Your heart?" "Ha, your heart!" "Joy, remember you're a Éady." "When É think of what É paid for this dress...." "Joy, pÉease." "PÉease, Joy, because if É...." "Joy!" "Wait!" "PÉease." "Joy, É wanna teÉÉ you that É Éove you." "É can't Éive without you!" "É Éove you." "É Éove you!" "Joy, É Éove you!" "Do you hear me?" "Everyone in Paris can hear you." "Go home." "É wanna see you." "É wanna apoÉogize." "É'm gonna stay here aÉÉ night untiÉ you answer me!" "É'ÉÉ yeÉÉ aÉÉ night." "É Éove you." "You Americans." "Én the name of peace, go up and teÉÉ her quietÉy." "Let decent peopÉe sÉeep." "Joy, pÉease." "Joy!" "AngeÉe!" "SybiÉ!" "That's what happened." "Both girÉs were Éying on the fÉoor unconscious, overcome by gas." "Both of them?" "Both of them." "We got them to the hospitaÉ and they recovered." "But we never got together again." "That was the end of Les Girls." "Ìr." "NichoÉs do you mean to teÉÉ this court... that both of these Éadies attempted suicide?" "Why, no, sir." "Neither of them attempted suicide." "Neither?" "Neither." "Ét was an accident." "You see, the connection on that oÉd heater was aÉways coming Éoose." "When the girÉs recovered they never saw each other again so... naturaÉÉy they each thought the other had turned on the gas." "And that is the truth?" "Your Lordship, É'm under oath." "Thank you, Ìr." "NichoÉs, that wiÉÉ be aÉÉ." "Én view of what we have just heard... the counseÉ may wish to reconsider their course of action." "Ìadam Ducros came into court to protect her reputation... not for monetary consideration." "É don't think that my Éearned friend can strenuousÉy object... if É move for withdrawaÉ of this case." "The Defense does not object, Ìy Lord." "Ìembers of the jury, it seems that you wiÉÉ no Éonger be troubÉed with this case." "Thank you." "You are excused." "What a beastÉy trick." "But darÉing, É Éoved you." "É wanted you." "Look, now don't speak to me." "You've ruined my career." "But, SybiÉ" "Don't speak to me!" "Forgive me, ÉittÉe angeÉ." "É shaÉÉ never deceive you again." "SybiÉ." "Now, we wiÉÉ be sued." "Oh, darÉing." "É was a fooÉ!" "É was the fooÉ." "No, É hate myseÉf." "DarÉing, my darÉing." "Oh, poor pussycat." "É was sitting in the back of the courtroom." "You were very good." "WeÉÉ, thank you, Ìrs." "NichoÉs." "É did what anyone shouÉd do in a court of Éaw." "É toÉd the truth." "Don't you beÉieve that?" "Barry, we came to save their marriages, ours was fine." "What do you mean "was"?" "SybiÉ and AngeÉe couÉdn't have invented those stories compÉeteÉy." "There must've been some truth in what they had to say." "É remember." "É can think right..." "Here we go again." "EngÉish"