Woman of the Year Page #7

going down the Yangtze.

- Did it seem like the Mississippi?

- I've never seen the Mississippi.

So then I grew older, and I went

to school in Switzerland...

...and in Leipzig and the Sorbonne,

and then I became quite busy...

...and my father decided to come home.

So I decided to come home with him.

That isn't when you came home.

I was there the day you came home.

It was in the ballpark.

- That was fun.

- Yeah.

Fun being with the people

instead of telling them, wasn't it?

I had a kind of an idea that it had

something to do with being with you.

With me? Really? Why?

- Look, Sam...

- I'm looking.

What do you see?

- Right now?

- Right now.

A little gal I ran into at the ballpark,

name of Tessie.

I know you by the freckles

on your nose.

You're the first to mention

those since I was 12.

You mind? Trouble is, you can't

see them most of the time.

Maybe you bring them out.

Look, Tess...

I'm looking...

...Sam.

Maybe you better take me home.

Do you feel you'd like some air?

We're coming up

for the 14th round, see.

I come out bobbing and weaving.

I'm as fresh as a daisy.

I'm giving it to him with lefts

and a hard right and...

This is good.

This is better.

Tess.

- Something I've gotta get off my chest.

- I'm too heavy.

No.

Then what?

I love you.

- You do?

- Positive.

That is nice.

Even when I'm sober?

Even when you're brilliant.

This is it.

You're telling me.

Say, would you like me to wait?

Why don't you let him go.

You can get another cab.

Just drop your hat anywhere.

Joint doesn't look half bad

when it's empty.

Know what?

No, what?

How about a nice cold glass of milk?

- I think that might be a good idea.

- Back in a flash.

- Like it?

- Beautiful.

It's a little too high to reach.

I'm not.

Sit down, Sam.

I won't be staying very long.

I feel so nice and relaxed. Don't you?

No.

Sam, you're just a bundle of nerves.

I think it's getting kind of late now.

No, it isn't.

All right, it isn't.

I think I better get the milk.

Lilly Dache?

Why, Sam.

Just an old snood I had reblocked.

- She's in the wire room.

- Wire room?

Dr. Lubbeck's escaped,

and nobody knows where he is.

Who's he?

Mladen Lubbeck,

the Yugoslavian statesman.

Miss Harding knew him well. She's

worried about whether he got away.

Oh, yes. Yes, of course.

- Found him yet?

- UP located him in Moscow...

...and AP in Lisbon, both at the same...

Hello.

Did anyone ever tell you that

your manners left much to be desired?

Look, Tess...

There's one thing I want you

to understand.

You're practically the only woman

I would've walked out on last night.

That's about the prettiest compliment

I've ever had.

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