After the Thin Man Page #4

- How are you, you poor child?

This is Nora's husband.

I think you know everybody.

Yes, I seem to remember the old faces.

Dear, I want you to meet Uncle Willie.

Poor Nora is so brave.

- Uncle Willie, my husband.

- Uncle.

And, dear, this is Aunt Hattie.

- How are you?

- Don't mumble, young man.

How are you?

- She's deaf.

- You're telling me.

What did she say?

When you hear the chime

it will be exactly...

- Selma, how are you?

- It's so good to see you.

Hello, Nick. Thank heavens you came.

Selma, what's the trouble? Tell me.

We'll postpone any

discussion until after dinner.

- Where's your husband?

- Yes, where's Robert?

Robert telephoned

that he was unavoidably detained.

So we'll start without him. Are you ready?

We haven't quite men enough around, so,

Lucius, will you take Hattie and Charlotte?

Willie, will you take Helen and Emily?

Burton, will you take Nora?

Nicholas, you will take Aunt Lucy.

Come on, Selma.

What was it you were going to tell me?

Nora, come here!

Just a minute, Aunt Katherine.

What was it?

- Robert has disappeared.

- Disappeared?

Selma, go on playing.

I can't go on playing.

Nonsense, go on!

I can't! What are you trying to do,

torture me?

How can you act like this when you know

what she's going through?

- Get Nicholas.

- You bet I will.

No, really?

Well, you amaze me.

Will you explain that point a bit further?

Well, I wouldn't go as far as to say that.

What's that?

Just a moment.

Really?

Well, now, surely you're not going

to let that pass unchallenged, are you?

You must have something to say to that.

That's the boy. I knew you had it in you.

Nick, come here.

- Oh, yes.

- Hurry!

If you gentlemen will excuse me.

I don't know when I've spent

such a stimulating evening.

What is it?

- Aunt Katherine wants to speak to you.

- What have I done now?

Do you know why

Robert wasn't here tonight?

- Sure, because he's smart.

- I'm not fooling, darling, he's disappeared.

That's swell. Now if we could just

get Aunt Katherine to disappear...

Here he is.

Nicholas, I'm sorry

to take you away from the boys.

That's quite all right.

- How long has Robert been gone?

- Three days.

Three days without a word.

- Have you notified the police?

- Certainly not.

- And we're not going to.

- Oh, no.

Robert may have been kidnapped.

He may be lying dead somewhere.

But we mustn't do anything about it.

Our precious name

might get into the papers.

Don't pay any attention to her.

She's exaggerating the whole affair.

However, to please her, I thought you

might investigate the matter quietly.

- With your experience as a...

- Flatfoot.

I didn't mean to be blunt as that.

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