Belles on Their Toes Page #2

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Good-bye.

[ Telephone Ringing ]

[ Lillie ]

Hello?

Yes, Leora.

Yes, I have made up my mind.

I want to thank you and Bill and

Aunt Margaret for all your kindness...

but we've decided

to stay together.

[ All Cheering ]

No, I'm still going away.

I'm going to fill Frank's last lecture contracts.

I'm sure they'll lead to something.

No, Leora. I'm afraid once

we broke up the family, we'd--

So you're going away

and leaving those children...

to the mercy of the heat

and theJersey mosquitoes.

No. I'm sending them

to Nantucket.

- [ All Cheering ]

- Shh.

No, not by themselves.

Tom will go with them.

I'm sorry, Leora.

I-- I have to do

what I think is best.

- Thank you and good-bye.

- [ All Chattering At Once ]

When did you decide on Nantucket?

I don't know.

It just came to me.

We have that house there,

and we haven't been able to sell it.

We've gone there every other year.

Why not this one?

- [ Cheering ]

- Now, you will be careful, won't you?

- We'll be so good, nobody will know us.

- Don't worry about a thing.

- I'll try not to.

- Oh, everything will be fine, Mother.

I'll take your place, Martha can

have charge of the money and the meals...

Frank will take care of the boys

and Ernestine will take care of the girls...

- and we'll all take care ofTom.

- [ All Chuckling ]

- and we'll all take care ofTom.

- [ All Chuckling ]

Let's go, everybody.

We only have 20 minutes.

- See you at the station.

- All right.

- Ain't they comin' with us too?

- No, no. It'll be too crowded.

How can you say that? Eight valises,

a dog, a cat, a canary bird.

- Nine people.

- Nine people? We're only supposed to be seven.

One, two, three--

Mickey and Peter Schermerhorn!

- You two get right out of this taxi.

- ButJackie said we could go.

I'm sorry. You can't.

Go on. Out of there, quickly.

Hurry now. We've got enough trouble

without taking the neighbor's children too.

Drive on.

Bye.

[ Horn Blowing ]

Oh,Janey!

If it isn't the bathing beauties.

Aren't you going in?

Later, Frank, later.

Oh, I get it.

Look at that poor sucker

standing there.

- Does he know what plans

you have in store for him?

- Please, go away.

- Oh, that poor Morton.

- [ Scoffs ]

- Morton just noticed us.

- Has he?

- What plans do you have in mind for him?

- None. Absolutely none.

He looks exactly the same

as he did last year.

I thought you found him

rather attractive last year.

I did, but I'm a year older, and women

mature so much earlier than men.

- He's a baby. Really, he is.

- I don't think he's a baby.

- Want him?

- Want him? He's an Amherst man.

Well, here he comes.Just catch

the ball when I throw it to you.

Hello, Ann.

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