House Of Strangers Page #5

We're engaged, aren't we?

- Maria!

- Oh, Helena. It's fun to get kissed.

- You don't remember?

- Not till after you're married.

Oh, then it's no more fun.

Oh, Max, did you-

What we talked about this morning?

Forgot. We'll get it

over with right now.

- No, no, not here.

- Why not? We're all family.

Pa, how about giving Joe a raise?

The bank's doing good.

He works hard.

Oh, you want a raise?

Well, we don't have to talk about it now, Pa.

We'll talk about it tomorrow.

No, Max is quite right. We might as well

know where we stand right now.

A raise, huh?

When first I get married,

I make 15 dollars a week.

I have four kids.

How many kids do you got?

I wouldn't raise a child

in a two-room apartment.

Oh.

Well, we all live in a one room

in back of the barbershop.

I worked seven days a week,

You're sitting down now, Pa,

and we're all out of the barbershop.

All Joe wants is the few more bucks a week

you promised him.

- I promised you? When?

- Oh, don't you remember, Pa?

At the wedding.

Oh, the wedding. All of that vino.

I don't even remember

even who get married.

Joe, when I die,

you get all of the dollars.

The bank is for you.

For Tony, for Pietro,

all of the dollars.

When I die.

Ah!

Hey, Pietro, dumbhead,

answer the telephone.

For Mama.

- For you, Helena.

- Mama.

- For you.

- Max, telephone.

Excuse me.

Maria.

Hello.

Who?

It's all taken care of.

Something new?

Right now?

My fee is double for evening calls.

Be right over.

Tony, if I don't get back in time,

take Maria to the show.

- Sure, Max.

- Where you go, Max?

Business, Pa. Business.

But I'll get back in time.

Bon apptito.

Hey, Pietro, change the record, dumbhead.

Oh, Mama.

You didn't waste any time.

Looks like you can afford

a lot of trouble. What is it now?

I've got chairs for my lawyers to sit in.

Pick any one you like.

- I haven't had any dinner. I'm hungry.

- How about a drink?

You said you had to see me

right away. What about?

You know, you don't really talk to people.

You cross-examine them.

I'm a lawyer. Me, you give facts.

Sympathy you get from doctors and relatives.

- I don't want sympathy from anybody.

- Don't worry.

- You're not likely to get it.

- Thank you so much.

Look, Miss Bennett,

can we get to the point?

I'm here on an S.O.S., an emergency,

you said. Something very important.

- It is important.

- Well, let's have the facts.

They're not easy

to find words for.

Well, start looking.

I'm no good at reading minds.

You're a thoroughly

unpleasant young man.

- But a wonderful lawyer. The facts.

- Where's your briefcase?

I'm waiting for something to put in it.

- Well, it seems a friend of mine-

- Another friend?

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