Dishonored Lady Page #2

Oh, yes. So you did.

Let me take your wrap.

I'm only going to stay a minute, you know.

Of course.

What a wonderful room.

I've had this place a long time.

In fact, I'm pretty disgustingly rich.

Don't you find that rather pleasant?

It's not so hard to take once you get the hang of it.

I think I know all the troubles that come with money.

And all the pleasures.

Well, have you got me all figured out?

Only what I see here.

Good books, fine pictures.

I wonder if you ever look at them;

Oh, but I do. I'm a lonely bachelor and I spend hours here

all by myself poring over old manuscripts.

You don't expect me to believe that, do you?

Didn't my father paint that?

Was Stephan Damien your father?

Him-hmm.

That's very interesting.

Is it?

I remember when he came here to paint that picture

of my mother.

Everybody was fascinated by him, especially mother.

Father ended by chasing him out of the house.

I'm afraid that's how it usually ended.

My father was very much in love with life.

That's a Hungarian custom, isn't it?

Him-hmm.

Not exclusively Hungarian.

Weren't you going to show me your jewels?

Oh, yes, of course. I'd quite forgotten.

That's the reason we came here, wasn't it?

You ought to feel real flattered, Miss Damien.

This safe is one of my darkest secrets.

You really want to see the jewels?

Not particularly. I can't tell a brilliant from a diamond.

Not one person in a hundred can.

But then. very few people are intelligent enough to admit it.

Thank you.

How about another drink?

No, thanks.

You know, you need relaxing. Lots of relaxing.

I can hear your nerves snapping like rubber bands.

I'm not nervous at all, see?

You're a very curious mixture.

A highly moral voice...

That's not me, that's my mind.

A man's mind, I must say.

Why not, I do a man's work.

And desperate eyes. Eyes full of shadows.

Insomnia does that.

Does it?

Anything doing?

Not a thing.

You know, it's getting me down eating in these hamburger joints.

One thing you got to learn. Eat where the truck drivers eat.

They know the right spot.

Say, I saw a funny thing up the road just now.

A good-looking dame sitting in a car all alone.

Yeah? What was she doing?

That's just it, she wasn't doing nothing. Just sitting there.

I got a rule about women.

If they arent breaking the law, leave them alone.

I didn't mean to disturb you, miss.

Just wanted to be sure everything is okay.

Excuse me, lady.

But are you sure you're all right?

How is she?

Luckier than she deserves.

I just checked her up the road.

She was acting strange then.

I'd better call an ambulance.

I doubt if it's serious.

I'm as good a doctor as you'll find at this time of night.

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