Four Daughters Page #5

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look just like Whistler's mother.

Yes, but if we don't get married, how

can we look like anybody's mother?

You'll feel a lot differently one day.

You're a lot younger than I am.

Five years. What's that?

And I practically brought you up.

Why, didn't I have mumps and chicken

pox and measles when you did?

I was your companionship.

You little wretch. You gave them to me.

No. I shared them with you.

Oh ..?

Emma.

Look at me.

Why?

You haven't met anyone? I mean ..

You're not holding out on me are you?

No, apparently I'm headed for the shelf.

The Lemp family is going

to have one old maid.

Two .. and we'll have a cat.

A tortoiseshell one.

We'll call it Bathsheba.

Mehetabel?

Topaz, because it will have yellow eyes.

And the longest, most gorgeous tail.

Wait a minute.

Don't make it too beautiful.

We want her to be an old maid, too.

Hey!

Hello.

What's the big idea?

Is this your gate?

I've an interest in it, yes.

It isn't much good for swinging.

You know that, don't you.

Well, you have a nerve. I've swung on

it for 18 years. It's done right by me.

Evidently my standards are much higher.

The fault lies with you not the gate.

You don't know how to swing on gates.

I don't know how to swing on gates?

No.

Ridiculous.

No leverage. That's your

trouble. Mind if I show you?

Not all all. After all, its your gate.

Alright. Now, watch this.

The way to do it.

Hmm.

See?

Say, that is good.

Is this how you do it?

Almost.

Almost, huh?

Now, a little more pressure on the

ball of your foot and you've got it.

There, that's it. Now you've go it.

This is the third or fourth or maybe

the fifth happiest day of my life.

Oh, excuse me.

Of all things ..

Hello, Mrs Richfield.

How do you do?

This is mister ..

Deitz .. Felix Deitz.

Old friend of the Lemps.

This is Mrs Richfield.

How are you, Mrs Richfield?

I'm fine, thank you.

And Mr Richfield?

Why, he's fine, too.

How is his back? Better?

Much better.

I'm so glad to hear it.

Goodbye, Mrs Richfield.

Well, of all the ..

How do you know Mr Richfield?

First time I ever heard of him.

But I don't understand. How did you

know his back was bothering him?

Oh, well Mrs Richfield ..

Looks like a woman whose husband

would have trouble with his back.

Mrs Capper.

There is a young man with .. Ann Lemp

Say, what is this "old friend

of the family" business?

A slight exaggeration.

You see my father was a very

good friend of old Mr Lemp.

I'm his daughter. He's not so very old.

Oh, so you are Miss ..?

Ann

Ann the gate-swinger.

Well, Ann.

In this pocket I've a letter to

your father. In this pocket ..

If fact, he's quite young-looking.

Granted, but what ..?

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