Romance on the High Seas Page #5

lf you should mess up this deal...

-...you'll never forgive yourself.

-Yes, l will.

Then l'll never forgive you.

-Oh, the phone.

-Now, look, darling, this is--

Hello. Oh, hello, Georgia.

Oh, l can't talk to you now, dear,

l'm in a hurry.

-l'll see you on the boat.

-Who's this you'll see on the boat?

-George who?

-George who?

Oh, George who?

Oh, not George who...

...Georgia. Just a girlfriend of mine.

But no, darling, you stay here

and take care of your affairs.

Well, this seems

very funny to me.

Very funny that you

can't wait till Saturday.

Only four days.

-Don't you think it's funny, uncle?

-No, it isn't funny at all.

Maybe not to you, because

you have no feelings of such matters.

What--? l have no feeling?

You have no feeling.

You are talking, talking,

don't know what about.

She cannot postpone her trip.

lt's settled with Georgia.

What's settled?

Say, who is this Georgia?

You see, you haven't

the faintest notion.

Georgia is the girl who has to--

You are driving me crazy.

Elvira, don't you think

you owe me an explanation?

l can't hear a word you're saying,

the shower's making too much noise.

Just what are you up to?

l can't talk to you right now.

l want one reason,

at least one good reason...

...why you have to go off by yourself.

l can't talk to you right now.

lf l can't hear you,

at least let me see you.

Now, are you gonna wait for me?

Yes or no?

No.

Private Detective.

-Oh, hello.

-Come in.

-Excuse me, are you Peter Virgil?

-l am.

-Peter Virgil, the detective?

-Yes.

My client suspects

his wife is slowly poisoning him...

...and l was just examining the evidence.

No, there's no poison.

lt could stand a little sugar though.

Excuse me. See l....

l figure as long as there's no poison,

why, l might as well drink it.

-Would you join me in a cup of evidence?

-No, thanks.

Well, sit down.

What can l do for you?

Well, you'll excuse me

for being blunt, Mr. Virgil.

Tell me, Mr. Virgil...

-...are you a good detective?

-Naturally.

-Where did you get your training?

-ln the Army. lntelligence G-2.

Well, were you good at your job?

We won the war, didn't we?

Before that l was a vaudeville hoofer,

wrestler, and a magician's assistant.

So you can see,

l'm a man of wide experience, Mr....

Kent. Michael Kent.

See how l wormed that name

out of you?

Mr. Virgil, l'm here

on a very delicate matter.

-l suppose you're married?

-Yes.

l know what l'm doing

is not quite the right thing--

But what you suspect your wife

is doing is even worse?

The fact of the matter is, Mr. Virgil...

...my wife is leaving day after tomorrow

on a South American cruise...

...and, well, she insists

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