The Other Side of Midnight

Noelle.

Costa.

How are you?

I'm all right.

I have decisions to make.

But I need certain facts.

Certain assurances

from you about...

about the death of Catherine.

Catherine.

Lovely Catherine.

Noelle...

did you kill Catherine?

Did you kill her?

Who is to say?

Noelle.

Innocent or guilty?

Innocent, Costa.

Innocent.

Noelle!

Noelle!

- Yes, Papa?

- Hurry:
I'm waiting:

Coming, Papa:

[Ship Horns Blowing]

- Bye, Mama:

- Good-bye, Noelle:

It's a world of riches:

And it's a world where you belong:

You will see people

and things-

Oh, no:

- What is it?

- Oh, Papa, I'm so nervous:

What is there to be nervous about?

- [Exhales Deeply]

- Did I not buy you a new blouse.

To look beautiful?

Keep in your head

what I've always told you:

You are above the others:

You are a princess:

[Chuckles]

Yes:
I am a princess:

Good:
The world is yours:

Let the others be nervous: I know better

than anyone else what you have in you, Noelle:

- You will go to the top:

- [Chuckles] Papa, I do love you:

Of course:

Remember:
Lanchon has

a very high-class clientele:

Yes:
But I know nothing

about selling dresses:

Lanchon will teach you:

Be courteous and give

the correct change:

"Monsieur, madame"- Here it is:

The pay, in the beginning,

will be modest:

But, if you look upon this

as an apprenticeship.

You will find it

not altogether unpleasant:

[Clock Ticking]

Then I have the position?

- You do:

- Oh, Papa!

I told you:

I'll get your bag:

Here's your room: Be done in five minutes,

and I shall see you in the kitchen:

[Ship Horn Blows]

[Lanchon]

Noelle, youre better than you think:

And to show you the esteem

in which I hold you.

You may have as a gift.

Any dress from that

new shipment from Paris:

- Really?

- Yes:

Oh! I know exactly the one I want:

Where is it?

- Here:
This one:

- Yeah:
[Laughs]

Certainly:

Oh, you're beautiful, Noelle:

Beautiful:

Listen to me:

It will be good for you:

- It will be very good:

- No!

[Noelle]

Papa, you sold me to him?

No, that's not right:

We all of us profited:

You got a man who could help you:

He got a girl

who could pleasure him:

I received a small amount of money:

It afforded me that radio.

A new jacket, a cycle, some wine:

A few things to comfort me.

And your mother

against whatever comes:

[Ship Horn Blowing]

Noelle, war is coming:

You have beauty:

It's your only weapon of survival:

Use it:

Let the hand under your dress,

wear gold.

And you'll be that much

ahead of the game:

I'm sorry for you, Papa:

You'll be sorry for me only

if you end up with nothing:

End up on a yacht.

In a villa:

Rejoice for me, Noelle:

Go back to Lanchon:

[Bell Tolling]

[Fathers Voice]

Keep in your head what I've always told you:

You are above the others:

You are a princess:

[Tolling Continues]

[Footsteps Approaching]

Noelle:

[Moans]

[Snoring]

[Horns Honking]

One day I really got to thinking:

"Gee, F:
D: R: Needs my help: Well, I could help him:

I could go to Washington:"

But getting here was so expensive:

I spent all my money:

Living here's even more expensive,

and I don't have any friends or relatives here, so.

Here I am, living in a room at the "Y"

that'd turn a person into an atheist:

It's 50 cents a day,

and the john's in Philadelphia:

Excuse me, but just what kind of job

are you applying for?

Secretarial:
With Fraser & Associates:

It's a very select P: R: Firm:

- Do you think I should

wear my gloves or carry them?

- You seem somewhat, uh, nervous:

Well, I can't type, I can't take dictation,

and I can't handle a switchboard.

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