Fallen Angel Page #4

who has remained troubled...

who has found no peace or

contentment since he departed:

- Abraham Mills.

- [Murmuring]

I can feel his troubled spirit

trying to get through from beyond.

Yes, Abraham Mills.

I can hear you.

- Would you mind moving over, please?

- Yes, Abraham Mills.

[Piano Continues]

- Like it?

- Oh, yes. Very much.

You're troubled because

your daughter Clara...

has lost practically

everything you left her:

the bonds,

the orange groves.

You can't understand how she could have

trusted that man- that man-

[Whispering]

John Martin. John Martin.

John Martin, who came here

after you passed on...

and talked her

into selling everything.

Why didn't she ask the police

for help when he ran away with the money?

- Come, Clara.

- You'll find peace...

only when you know that Clara

will guard the last of the inheritance...

for herself

and her younger sister.

$25,000 in stocks-

I'm sorry.

I shouldn't have made you come.

[Applause]

[Applause Stops]

Gee, that was awfully mysterious

how he knew everything.

- Say, can I ask you a favor?

- Sure. What?

- Well, you know the professor, don't you?

- Sure, I do.

I'd love to have

my fortune told.

- You think he'd do it if you ask him?

- I can tell it better myself.

- Where are we going?

- Your horoscope's up there.

- I'd like a drink.

- Okay, you're on. Where dowe go?

I know the place.

[Swing]

I like the way you talk.

I like the way you dance.

- [Ends]

- [Applause]

-Yes, sir. Two bourbons.

- Who ordered them?

- You want them?

- Okay.

- Thanks.

- You said you'd tell my fortune.

Well- Uh, you don't belong

in a one-armed joint.

- No?

- Not a girl like you. You got style. Beautiful style.

You inherited that.

- Your father was a leading citizen, rich.

- [Scoffs]

- He trusted people too much.

- And?

Your mother- Her line

seems to have run out.

Don't scare me. She runs

a boarding house in San Diego...

- and my old man came from a long line of drunks.

- [Chuckles]

Anyway, there's a man in your life.

You just met him.

Tomorrow he's going

to San Francisco...

and you're gonna lie awake nights,

unable to forget him.

And what can I do

about it?

[Resumes]

[Continues]

[Waves Crashing]

Listen to that.

The sound of far-off places.

You like the sound

of the ocean?

I like the way you talk.

No. That's okay for kids,

but not for me. Not anymore.

- Where are you from?

- What has that got to do with it?

Okay, don't tell me.

I'm from New York.

Now you know.

Uh, what do you do when

you don't tell fortunes?

I help make 'em

for others.

I passed actresses, directors,

producers through a publicity mill I ran.

They came out famous,

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