Leave Her to Heaven Page #6

if you don't, we'll send her right back.

Oh, please don't let him fire me,

Danny. I like this job.

Don't you worry.

If he fires you, I'll hire you.

Thank you.

- Were you surprised to get my letter?

Not a bit. I knew what was

in that letter even before I opened it.

I just kept reading it over

and over again, just to sort of...

- Get used to the idea?

- Yeah.

I was trying to picture

what kind of a place Taos was...

...how long a honeymoon is.

Ellen didn't like Taos.

I thought Warm Springs would be

better for a honeymoon.

I hope you can stay a while.

We're going to take a cottage

right here in Warm Springs.

- And live here, you mean?

- That's right.

That's Ellen's idea.

That's the way she wants it.

Gosh.

Well, Mrs. Harland.

I think I can feeI safe in saying

the job is permanent.

Thank you, sir. I always does my best.

I trust you'll find the soup

to your taste.

It's sheer understatement

to call this ambrosia soup.

I call it consomm la patchouli.

When you hire a cook,

teach her the recipe.

I have no intention of hiring a cook

or a housekeeper or any other servants.

- You mean for the present.

- Ever.

- Idiot.

- I don't want anybody else but me...

...to do anything for you.

I want to keep your house and wash

your clothes and cook your food.

A born slavey.

I don't want anybody else

in the house but us.

- Ever?

- Ever.

Well, but suppose in the naturaI course

of events....

- Well, that's different.

- And what about Danny?

Well, that's different too.

Only three people have been

to Back of the Moon:

Me and Dick and Thorne.

- Who's Thorne?

- Leick Thorne. He's a woodsman.

He helped build the house, the dam,

the boathouse and all.

He takes care of the place.

I'd like to get hold of some

of Richard's baby pictures.

- Could I, do you suppose?

- Yeah, there's a whole album full.

A lot of college yearbooks

with loads of pictures of him.

Only, there's one he doesn't like

to show to anybody.

Why not?

Well, it's got a picture

of Enid Sothern in it.

Who's she?

The one they voted

the best-looking girI.

- Was she really beautifuI?

- Not as beautifuI as you are.

Thank you, Danny.

Won't it be wonderfuI

when you can go back to schooI?

Gosh, yes.

- What schooI did you go to?

- Same one as Dick.

- Boarding schooI?

- Yeah.

- Oh, that must be fun.

- Sure is.

Uh.... Has Dick been busy lately?

Yes, he's been working awfully hard

on his book.

We mustn't interrupt him.

Besides, have you forgotten

our secret?

Danny.

Dick. Dick.

Danny. Danny.

Now we can, all three of us,

go to Back of the Moon.

Can't we, Dick? Can't we?

You bet we can. You bet we can.

It's way up north, miles from nowhere.

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