Operation Pacific Page #4

-All right.

-Sit down, the wine's good.

Duke's buying.

We'd like to, but Mary Stuart and l

were just about to dance.

It's a funny thing, but Mary Stuart

and I were just about to dance.

What do you say, sugar?

It's a very funny thing,

but I was just going to ask Pop to dance.

Excuse us.

What's the matter, Cupid?

I read your wire.

Have you been seeing a lot of Bob?

So we're level, like always?

-Like always, Pop.

-Good.

I think you and Duke belong together.

I don't know what's keeping you apart.

I'd hate to think you were using

my kid brother to solve your problem.

Why didn't I meet you first?

Tell me about yourself. Pop hasn't

given me a rundown for quite a while.

I'm a big disappointment to my brother.

When I decided against that Navy career,

I stabbed him.

-What did you want to be?

-What do you mean, "want to be"?

I am an architect. I build things.

You can't build much from 10,000 feet

with a load of bombs.

There's a war on.

You know, Duke, I've always envied you.

When I was a high school senior,

an All-City Tackle...

you ran 92 yards for touchdown

to beat Army.

When I got to Stanford...

and won the UCLA game

with a home run in the ninth inning...

the papers were full of you and the raising

of that sunken sub. Remember?

400 dives on that job. I made 10 of them.

I know, but you're the guy

they talked about.

And then when I joined up,

got my picture in the hometown paper...

they crowded me off in a corner

with a story about what a hero you were...

at the bombing of Cavite.

And now, here we go again.

-Aren't you dramatizing this thing a little?

-No.

It's different this time.

You're not the hero, you're the sucker.

Any man who would let Mary Stuart

get away from him is a sucker.

I see what you mean.

But, as the fella says:

"Like the Isis of Alexander,

I was once Alexander."

I'm not sure I get that.

But just to keep the record straight...

Mary Stuart and I are going to be married.

-You told her that?

-Several times.

What did she say?

She didn't say no.

Excuse me.

-Cutting in, Captain.

-Sure, Duke.

You look wonderful tonight.

I've always liked--

The kid says he asked you to marry him.

How about it?

I had no idea it was so late.

-I want to explain a little situation to you.

-All right.

-Will you get me back before curfew?

-I sure will.

-Excuse me.

-Good night, Pop.

Good night, Duke.

Thanks for the wine.

Big night for you.

Yes.

I enjoyed it.

He must be a nice guy.

Pop wouldn't like him and

you wouldn't have married him.

So how is it with us? Still the same?

I wonder if it's ever still the same

when a girl meets her ex-husband.

I see what you mean.

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