Between Two Worlds Page #5

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STUFF LIKE THAT.

SURPRISING, HUH?

I USED TO LAY ON THE BED

LISTENING TO THE RADIO

BY THE HOUR.

CONNIE, MY WIFE,

SHE ALWAYS HOLLERED AT ME,

"GET OFF THAT BED,

YOU BIG LUG.

"ONE OF THESE DAYS,

YOU'RE GOING TO GET STUCK

TO IT FOR GOOD."

HEY, LISTEN...

DID I INTRUDE?

NO, NO. IT'S

REALLY ALL RIGHT.

WHAT'S THE MATTER,

YOU NERVOUS?

THE SUBMARINES:

GOT YOU WORRIED?

IT'S NOT THAT.

WELL, WHAT ARE YOU

WORRYING FOR?

COME HERE, JOE.

I'LL SHOW YOU SOMETHING.

THE HOHOKUS, SEE?

IT'S LUCKY.

O.K.

I'M SUPERSTITIOUS.

LAUGH, JOE, LAUGH.

ALL I KNOW IS:

I'M A GUY

THAT WAS TORPEDOED

THREE TIMES-

THREE TIMES, AND HERE

I AM TO TELL THE TALE.

YES, SIR, THIS HOHOKUS

IS GOING TO TAKE ME

RIGHT BACK TO A CERTAIN

LITTLE PIER IN NEW YORK,

TO A CERTAIN LITTLE WIFE

NAMED CONNIE:

WITH A CERTAIN LITTLE

SOMETHING IN HER ARMS.

WELL, FOR CRYING

OUT LOUD,

TALK. SAY SOMETHING.

YOU CAN TALK,

CAN'T YOU?

WHAT IS IT?

DON'T YOU...

DON'T YOU KNOW?

DON'T I KNOW WHAT?

DON'T YOU

REMEMBER ANYTHING?

WHAT ARE YOU:

TALKING ABOUT?

THE RAID.

YEAH, YEAH,

THE RAID. SO WHAT?

WE GOT HERE ON TIME,

DIDN'T WE?

SPIT IT OUT.

I DON'T KNOW

HOW TO TELL YOU.

EXCUSE ME.

WON'T YOU ALL GO DOWN

TO DINNER NOW?

HEY, STEWARD?

YES, SIR?

ANSWER ME YES OR NO.

IS EVERYTHING O.K.?

WHAT, SIR?

WHY, CERTAINLY.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

NOTHING. NOTHING.

COME HERE. I WANT TO

SEE YOU ABOUT SOMETHING.

THAT COUPLE-

THEY'RE KIND OF NERVOUS.

COZY THEM ALONG.

MAKE THEM FEEL GOOD,

YOU KNOW, CHEERY.

I UNDERSTAND, SIR.

RELY ON ME.

O.K.

SO LONG, KIDS.

RELAX NOW.

JUST RELAX.

JUST LEAVE EVERYTHING

TO HOHOKUS,

AND IT'LL BE ALL RIGHT.

JUST RELAX.

I'M AFRAID YOU'VE

DISTURBED HIM, HENRY.

YOU SEE,

HE DOESN'T KNOW.

THE REST OF THEM,

THEY DON'T KNOW EITHER.

WHO ARE YOU?

THE STEWARD.

HOW DO YOU MEAN:

"STEWARD"?

WHY, I'M HERE TO TAKE

CARE OF THEM AND YOU.

IT'S MY JOB.

WHY DON' THE OTHERS KNOW?

WHY DON'T THEY UNDERSTAND?

WE DID.

WELL, IT WAS DIFFEREN WITH YOU, WASN'T IT?

AFTER ALL,

YOU WERE FULLY AWARE

OF WHA YOU WERE DOING.

YES, IT'S TRUE...

BUT THE SAILOR,

THE OTHERS,

THEY THINK THEY'RE ALIVE

ON AN OCEAN VOYAGE.

WHY DON'T YOU

TELL THEM?

AND SHOCK THEM? THROW THEM INTO PANIC?

NO. THEY HAVE TO FIND OUT FOR THEMSELVES

IN THEIR OWN TIME,

IN THEIR OWN WAY.

THAT'S WHY

WE TAKE PAINS-

THEIR LUGGAGE,

EVERYTHING IN ORDER.

WE TRY TO:

REASSURE THEM,

GIVE THEM NO SIGN.

BUT THAT'S NOT RIGHT,

NOT FAIR.

IT WILL BE KINDER

TO TELL THEM NOW.

I CAN'T.

I MUSTN'T.

THEN I WILL.

YOU WON'T, HENRY.

WHAT RIGHT HAVE YOU

TO STOP ME?

NONE. NONE AT ALL.

BUT YOU WON'T,

HENRY.

WON'T YOU JOIN

THEM ALL AT DINNER?

NO! NO!

I WISH YOU WOULD,

HENRY.

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