The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond Page #6

- Oh, she's very cross

with you, Jimmy.

I hope she doesn't think

you're responsible for the loss.

- I'm gonna go back up

that goddamn car.

She did jump out

before it stopped.

Mad at me.

Yeah, mad as hops,

and I think I know why.

- Flashlight.

- I doubt somehow

that it's gonna be recovered.

You did back up the car.

- You did jump out

before I stopped.

- Are you calling me a liar?

- I saw her jump

out of the car too.

- How about you, Julie?

- Oh, it's so terribly dark,

I just saw the car lights

as you entered the drive.

- This young lady

who says she's your cousin

must have exceptional vision.

- Jimmy, I think I know

what happened.

It fell in a pocket

of your jacket.

- You think I got it on me?

- Jimmy.

Where do you think you're going,

Jimmy Dobyne?

- Well,

if your accusation is right,

to the county jail.

- What accusation?

I made no accusation.

- Here's my jacket.

Search the pockets.

I will do no such thing.

You misunderstood me.

I only meant

it could have dropped

in your pocket by accident.

You know it.

Don't you remember?

I...

I leaned my head

on your shoulder on the levee.

That's probably when...

oh, this is absurd.

I'm ruining my slippers

on this gravel drive.

- Well, you go back

and enjoy the party.

I couldn't go now.

- I can't go back

without a date.

- Well, wouldn't it be better

than going back

with a suspected thief?

- You've got to go back

with me.

Think of the talk

if you don't.

- Look through the pockets

of the jacket.

- If you insist.

- Of course, I ought to be

searched to the skin.

That's what I'll demand

if I go back there with you.

- You don't understand me yet,

Jimmy.

- Does anybody?

- Nobody I know of,

to tell you the truth.

I'm an only child

and the heiress of two fortunes.

- Do you always talk so much

about your financial prospects

depending on death?

- In Memphis,

it's not necessary.

It's too well known.

- And has it made you

popular there?

- With some kinds of people,

yes.

- The kind of people you like?

- I don't like people,

but sometimes I like one person.

- And do I have the honor

of being the one you liked

till you lost

your teardrop diamond?

- Why else would I be here

with you?

Come on.

Please.

- Haven't I seen you before?

- Not that I recall.

- Oh, I know.

It was just a photo of you

as debutante of the season

in Memphis.

- Julie.

- We came out last season,

still go to the important

parties in Memphis,

such as Susie Bracken's.

- Yes, her debut's tonight.

We were invited,

of course, but we-

- Didn't want

to disappoint Julie.

- You seem to be alone here.

Did you come here alone?

- I don't see

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