Devil and the Deep (1932)

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You dropped this.

Oh, thank you, sir.

It's from my wife.

Yes, sir.

I recognized the handwriting.

Yes, it's just a note telling me that...

That's all right, my boy,

you don't have to explain.

I'm a husband, not a jailer.

I know, sir.

It was only about dinner last night.

My friend, this isn't the Middle Ages.

A woman can write letters

to whom she pleases, can't she?

Yes, sir.

You see, this was just to say

she quite understood

my not turning up to dinner last night...

and that she realized I was worried about...

about my being transferred.

Of course.

This transference of yours,

you mustn't let it get you down.

We all have our setbacks, you know.

Yes, sir. Thanks.

Well, I must be going.

Shall I see you at the club tonight?

Possibly, sir.

That's right, you come along

and forget your troubles.

So the Irishman goes into the museum

and there on the wall he sees

a great stuffed fish.

A tarpon, fourteen or fifteen feet long,

at least.

He looks at it a moment, he scratches his head,

and then he says, 'Well', says he,

'Bejabers, the man who caught that's

a confounded liar.'

That's a beauty.

How delicious, Commander.

Did you like it?

Didn't go so bad for an older man,

eh, Mrs. Crimp?

No, Commander, it's very good.

Thank you.

Did you like that, Diana?

Hm?

Oh, very amusing, dear.

Oh, I'm sorry,

I forgot you'd heard it before.

They say a man is never a hero

with his own ballot.

Or with his own wife either, I suppose.

Well, I think you tell lovely stories,

Commander.

So he does, on the mild side.

But good enough to go on with,

eh, Commander?

Would you care to dance, Mrs. Sturm?

No, thank you.

Diana, why not?

Go and dance.

Thank you, Charles.

I don't want to dance.

I like to see you enjoy yourself.

Go ahead, Jaeckel, you insist.

Please, Mrs. Sturm.

I'm sorry, I don't want to, really.

But you can give me a c*ck.

Come with us, Charles.

I'll see you later.

Have a drink, Diana?

No, not me.

Well, well, you've no stamina.

Two rum Bacardi, Walter.

Well, I know it's none of my business,

but it makes me angry every time

I see her and the commander together.

My blood positively boils

when she comes near me.

If I were the commander,

I'd put her across my knee and paddle her.

Well, really,

I don't quite see what she's done.

Precisely. No one ever does see

what she does.

Charly's such a decent fellow, too.

It's a darn shame.

He doesn't deserve to be treated like that.

One of these days I'm going to give

that young woman a piece of my mind.

Why not now, Commander Hutton?

Oh, Diana, come and sit down.

No, thank you.

I prefer to stand.

You see, I should hate

to make your blood boil.

Oh, dear, don't you say the funniest things.

Once again listeners never hear

any good of themselves.

But I don't withdraw.

You probably heard me say

that I should very much like to spank you.

I should imagine that few things

would give you greater pleasure.

And what about the gallant commander?

You were about to give me

a piece of your mind.

I was about to do no such thing.

I don't attack women.

Except behind their backs?

Charles, I'm tired.

I should like to go home.

Oh, would you?

Very well, dear. You're the skipper

of our ship, aren't you?

Come on, then. We'll just say goodbye

to our friends.

Good night.

Good night.

You're in love with him.

I said you're in love with him,

do you hear me?

Yes, Charles, I hear you.

Is that all you've got to say?

Yes, that's all.

Then it's true, is it?

No, Charles, it isn't true.

It never is true.

I sometimes wish it were.

I know you're in love with him.

I've known it for weeks.

You think you've been very clever

both of you, don't you always,

so cool and formal.

Will you dance, Mrs. Sturm?

No, thank you, Mr. Jaeckel.

Really, Mrs. Sturm?

Yes, really, Mr. Jaeckel.

Shall we go upstairs?

But I won't stand it, you see?

I won't stand it!

You won't have to any longer.

He's been transferred from your ship.

Yes, he has.

It was I who had him transferred.

Transferred for inefficiency, what's more.

Is that true?

Yes, it is true.

Does that mean that he's disgraced?

It means a great deal.

It means that his chances for promotion

are postponed indefinitely.

It means that he'll probably

be a failure all his life.

You've brought him luck, haven't you?

Oh, you...

You can't do that.

Can't I?

Ah, it's done.

You've got to undo it!

You can't. You've got to help him.

Why should I undo it?

Help him what for?

Because he's done nothing.

Neither have I.

He's not in love with me.

And you're not in love with him, I suppose?

No, of course I'm not!

No more than the other men

you suspected me of.

I never cared a rat for any of them.

Most of the rumors about me

you started yourself.

And you know that, really,

just as well as I do.

I think I've never loved anybody in my life.

Oh, Charles, please!

You've got to let him go.

Let your lover go?

He's not my lover!

Prove it!

How can I prove it?

Get him round here.

What are you going to do?

You say you've been telling me the truth.

Yes, I have.

Well, if you have,

I'm going to give you another chance.

Well, what do you want me to do?

Just talk to him.

I shall be on the veranda.

Do you mean that you're going to listen?

Yes!

And watch.

It's absurd.

I shan't do it.

You daren't do it.

You'd give yourself away.

I thought you were anxious to save him.

0653, please.

Hello?

Lieutenant Jaeckel?

This is Diana Sturm.

Listen, it's a rather strange thing to ask...

but I wonder could you come over here.

Yes, now.

Yes, I know it's a bit late, but...

only for a few minutes.

It's really rather important.

No, I can't explain, but I'd be awfully glad

if you could come over.

No...

he's not.

He's gone to bed.

That's awfully nice of you.

Thank you so much.

Some fruit today, Mister?

Hello.

Hello.

Cigarette?

Thanks.

What about you?

No, thank you.

I've been smoking too much lately.

Makes my throat go all to pieces.

You should ration yourself.

Yes, I must ration myself.

Why don't you sit down?

No, thanks, I'm all right.

They always seem to be having fete days

in this place, don't they?

Yes.

What's this one called?

The feast of Barum.

Oh, yes.

That's the biggest one of the lot,

isn't it?

What did you want to see me about?

I just heard about you being transferred.

Yes?

Well, at least I've known about it

for weeks but...

I only just heard that...

Well...

You just heard that it was for inefficiency.

You're not inefficient, are you?

Your husband thought so.

You've been awfully nice to me

this short while we've known each other.

I've tried to be.

Yes, I know you have.

Why?

Must I tell you?

Why, no!

No, you don't have to.

You mightn't like it.

Well, don't let that stop you.

All right. You know...

I get the idea that people

don't understand you.

Oh, the misunderstood wife.

Well, they don't speak very nicely of you.

I know.

- They like your husband and...

- They don't like me.

Yes...

You see, I've got some foolish habits.

And one of them is the incurable habit of...

helping a lame dog over a stile.

And in me you've discovered a lame dog?

I'm just a foolish sentimentalist,

I'm afraid.

I'm not even in love with you.

Unromantic, isn't it?

I told you you might not like it.

Well, you're wrong.

I like it very much.

You see,

that's what I wanted to make sure of.

Oh, I was pretty sure already, really.

Why do you want to make sure?

Because I want to help you.

Just as you wanted to help me.

This makes it easier, that's all.

Good night.

Good night.

You're a bit of a puzzle, aren't you?

Oh, not really.

Good night.

Good night.

I wish you'd believe me and trust me.

Oh, Charles, my loyalty has never

wavered for an instant.

I've never forgotten how generous

you were to my father

before I married you.

I've put you and your career

before everything else.

But don't you see that we can't go on

like this much longer?

Hiding it from every one.

These violent scenes, one after another.

A year ago at Tangiers.

Six months ago at Gibraltar.

And a month ago here.

Now you're trying to make out

that I'm insane.

Charles, it's so silly to talk that way.

But I can't forget

what the brain specialist told you.

That no doctor on earth can help you

if you don't help yourself.

Does it amuse you to talk to me?

Charles, you're torturing yourself.

Oh, let's not talk about it anymore tonight.

Charles, please!

How do I know what you said to him

when he first came in?

Let's talk about it in the morning.

I'm so tired.

Didn't you?

Didn't you whisper to him he's going to listen

to every word you say?

- Oh, Charles, this is...

- Go on, say it.

Insanity.

You're trying to drive me to it

so you can have him.

But I'm too smart for you.

I'll have him booted out of the navy.

He knew I was listening, he knew it.

Of course he knew it.

I'll ruin him and I'll ruin you with him.

- He'll never have you, I'll...

- Oh, Charles, please don't, please!

I'll k*ll you!

- I'll k*ll you!

- Charles!

Oh, no...

Charles...

Charles.

All right, I can wait.

I'm in no hurry.

Thank you.

What were you doing?

Why... I was just walking.

You looked half-dazed.

You don't know me.

That's my normal expression.

But why walk out there?

I don't know.

Seems as good a place as any other.

Have you got a coat?

- I had a coat.

- Why didn't you wear it?

I don't think it will suit me any longer.

You ask a lot of questions, don't you?

What can I show the lady?

Oh, nothing, thank you.

But lady, I have the most beautiful...

What are you going to do now?

I'm going to wait here a minute

until I get my nerve back.

You don't appear to have lost it.

You mustn't judge by appearances.

There is something the gentleman

would like to give the lady?

No.

She isn't that kind of a lady.

Go away, will you?

But sir, I have shawls like nobody else.

I don't need a shawl.

- But the lady...

- Oh, go to the devil!

But lady, I am a poor man.

What am I to do?

Well, you heard the gentleman's suggestion.

But sir, you are in my shop.

You must be just.

Perhaps the lady would like some rare scent?

- All right, how much.

- Only 30 dinars.

There now, leave us alone.

We're gonna stay here till the crowd thins.

If the gentleman wishes,

you can go out by the back way,

which is quiet now.

That's a good idea.

Come on.

We'll do that.

If you will only follow me, eh?

Where do you live?

There you go asking questions again.

Well, don't you want to go home?

No.

What do you want?

I want never to have been born.

Goodbye.

Are you going to leave me?

Yes, I think so.

Where are you going?

I don't know.

Then I'm going there too.

You'll find me bad company.

I'll take a chance.

It's true what I told the bazaar man.

I'm not that kind of a lady.

I know.

I'm not a fool.

Why don't you tell me all about it?

There's magic out here.

Do you want to k*ll it?

What's your name?

If I told you,

it would make even the desert dull.

But if I'm going to see you again...

You're not.

This is an oasis, isn't it?

Oh, heavens!

What an amazing scent. Smell.

You should get your money back.

Thank you.

There.

You look to me very lovely.

It's the starlight.

There is magic here, isn't there?

It's the starlight.

Even you. Even your heart is beating

just a little faster.

It ends here.

Aren't you making a mistake?

No, darling.

Certain?

Quite certain.

The magic will disappear if we meet again.

Risk it.

It's been too precious to risk.

Do you love me?

I have loved you.

Do you love me?

I love you.

Go on, darling.

Tell him to drive on.

I'll give him the address later.

Go ahead.

Diana.

Where have you been?

You've lost the right to ask that question.

I see.

It's a very cheap scent you're using.

- Where are you going?

- Upstairs.

So the Irishman goes to a museum

and there on the wall he sees

a great stuffed fish.

A tarpon, fourteen or fifteen feet long

at least.

He looks at it a moment,

he scratches his head

and he says, 'Well, Bejabers, the man

who caught that is a confounded liar.

Isn't that good? I only just heard it

for the first time last night.

Excellent.

Have another drink.

No, thank you.

Oh, Diana.

Come down.

I want you to meet my new lieutenant.

Sempter, I want to introduce you.

- This is my wife.

- How do you do?

How do you do?

Oh, you two haven't met before,

have you?

I only arrived here yesterday, sir.

Of course, Lieutenant, didn't you?

I'm afraid you must excuse me now,

Mr. Sempter.

I hope we shall meet again sometime.

That would be charming.

Don't go, darling,

you're not in the way here.

We weren't talking business,

were we, Sempter?

No. Don't let me drive you away.

I'm leaving myself.

I just came to hand over my papers.

Oh, thanks.

Goodbye, Mrs. Sturm.

Goodbye.

Goodbye, sir.

If you have a few minutes, Lieutenant,

I'd like to talk to you.

It might be useful to go over your instructions

for the maneuvers before we sail, hm?

Why, certainly, sir.

Sit down.

Keep Lieutenant Sempter company

for a few minutes.

Excuse me, Sempter, I shan't be long.

Certainly, sir.

Well, aren't you going to speak to me?

What is there to say?

You're angry with me, aren't you?

Very.

Because I'm married?

Partly.

You think that puts

a new light on everything, don't you?

I told you if we met again,

the magic would vanish.

You were right.

Even the memory of last night's 'magic'...

now looks dirty.

Oh...

So you feel strongly about

how married women should behave, do you?

No, I don't care a rat

how most women behave.

But I was different, hm?

Evidently not.

But I was in love with you.

Last night.

And today you despise me?

Are you sorry last night happened?

More sorry than I can say.

Men can be very spiteful

when they're hurt, can't they?

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be spiteful.

But I am hurt.

It's merely that today I met your husband.

Last night I hadn't.

I see.

- And you like him.

- I think he's grand.

And somehow pathetic.

There's something helpless about him.

He gives that impression quite a lot.

Are you staying at the club?

Yes.

Oh.

Then you've also probably heard

what he has to put up with in me.

That I make him very unhappy,

Have you heard that?

I have.

And after last night you think

you know why.

I suppose so.

My dear, you're very young.

What do you expect from a woman

you meet in the streets?

I expected nothing...

but I thought I had found a lot.

Well, have you been entertaining

each other?

We've done our best.

Lieutenant Sempter,

you've probably got lots to do and so have I.

So supposing you come back

and dine quietly with us tonight?

Just the three of us.

Then we can talk over our plan of campaign,

have dinner then go aboard

comfortably afterwards, how's that?

That's very nice of you, sir,

but I have some things to do.

I have some letters to write before sailing.

Write them now, my dear boy.

But, if you don't mind, sir...

I mind very much.

We three will dine together.

Eight o'clock.

And don't be late.

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

Goodbye. See you tonight.

Did I tell you that one

about the Irishman and the fish?

Yes, you told it to me this afternoon.

So I did.

I must be getting old.

Have you been to this part of the world before?

No, this is my first trip.

- It's fascinating, isn't it?

- So it is.

We've been here nearly six months.

I should be quite glad to see home again.

Would the Admiral like to buy

a rare carpet?

Thanks for the promotion,

but I still don't want a rug.

But just a little rug.

The Admiral must have something

to walk on.

The Admiral will walk on you

if you don't leave us alone.

But surely something the gentleman

would like to give the lady.

Perhaps the lady would like some rare scent?

Ah, good evening, sir.

This is an old customer, Admiral.

He will recommend me.

What, Sempter,

you've been shopping already?

You didn't lose much time in finding

somebody to buy presents for.

Who is she?

The fellow's made a mistake, sir.

But only last night...

You're mistaking me for somebody else.

Yes, perhaps I make a mistake.

Here.

To buy you a drink.

May Allah bless you.

As for the other gentleman,

perhaps I make a mistake.

But I don't think so.

These native fellows, you never know

what they've got on their minds.

Do you?

What's the time?

It's a little after nine.

Is it indeed? I think you'd better

be getting aboard...

and see that everything's straight.

Very good, sir.

I'll be down presently.

- Good night, Mrs. Sturm.

- Good night.

Well?

Lovely night, isn't it?

You told that man with the rugs

to come up here?

Didn't you?

Yes, I told him.

You bribed him.

Why?

Have you got some crazy suspicions again?

Have you?

Answer me!

What would you like me to tell you?

You've got something in your mind.

You know you have.

What are you going to do?

I am going down to headquarters,

and from there I shall go aboard.

You're not going to treat Sempter

as you did Jaeckel, are you?

No. I'm not going to do that.

What are you going to do?

My dear, you wouldn't like me to spoil

the suspense by telling you that, would you?

Besides, it's really too painful to talk about.

Charles!

Is Commander Sturm aboard yet?

No, Madame, not yet.

Oh...

Well, I think I'll go below

and wait for him.

Very good, Madame.

I had to come here.

Where is Commander Sturm?

He's gone to Headquarters.

But he'll be here in a moment.

Perhaps you'd like to wait for him here.

I have some things to do

in the control room.

No, please, don't go.

This is important.

Well?

Charles knows about you and me.

Oh, he does.

I don't know what he means to do,

but it's something horrible.

So you're scared, huh?

Yes, I am.

I'm scared for you.

It's you he's after.

I... I came here to warn you.

That's very nice of you.

What am I supposed to do?

Well, there isn't much you can do, really.

Except keep your eyes open.

I know it sounds absurd,

but he might do anything.

I don't like to seem inhospitable,

but we're sailing at eleven.

You think I'm exaggerating.

Yes, I do, a little.

- Good evening, nice night.

- Yes, sir. Mrs. Sturm is aboard, sir.

Is she?

She went down the battery hatch, sir.

Battery hatch.

Did anyone but you see her?

I don't know, sir.

Tell the duty officer to get under way

and stand out of the harbor.

Aye, sir.

Well, I'm going.

Before I go, you may as well have this.

I brought it here for you.

You'll probably laugh

and think I'm being very theatrical.

Not theatrical,

I just think your nerves are unstrung.

Oh, very well.

What is it?

- Are we moving?

- Yes.

Hello, Diana.

Sir, we're under way.

I gave orders to sail.

But you didn't know Mrs. Sturm

was aboard.

On the contrary.

I did know Mrs. Sturm was aboard.

But...

but we're not due to sail

till eleven, sir.

I gave orders to sail.

Yes, sir.

Sempter.

Have you ever felt sick to death

and tired?

Tired of being alive?

No, sir.

I can't say that I have.

You're a lucky man.

I often have.

I do now.

It must be a happy thing

to look like you do.

I suppose women love you.

Oh, Charles, please.

I've never had that.

It must be a happy thing.

I'm in love with my wife,

you know.

She, of course, has never been

in love with me.

No, my dear, that's not true.

I loved you.

I loved you when we were first married.

But you k*lled it.

I think you meant to k*ll it.

You did everything a man could do

to make me hate you.

Now you do hate me.

Do you love him?

Yes.

Does he love you?

No.

Yet he's been your lover.

I know that without asking.

Why did you ask me then?

I thought you might pay me the compliment

of being honest with me.

I'll pay you that compliment.

It's true.

Stations for diving.

Aye, aye, sir.

Bridge!

Stations for diving.

Conning tower secured, sir.

Ship's ready for diving, sir.

Dive.

Dive.

Open main ballast tanks and flood bells.

Take her down to 30 feet.

Main vent open, sir.

Level her off at periscope depth.

Aye, aye, sir.

Thirty feet.

Put 500 lbs. in torpedo room trim.

Put 504 trim.

Put 504 trim.

Make the ship's call and let on the oscillator.

Aye, aye, sir.

Make the ship's call on the oscillator.

Fifteen degrees right rudder.

Fifteen degrees right rudder, sir.

Rudder fifteen degrees right, sir.

Steady as you go.

Steady she is, sir.

Lieutenant Sempter.

Take the periscope.

Very good, sir.

Hard dive both rudders!

Full speed ahead both motors.

Hard rise both rudders.

Open main ballast.

The bulkhead's running.

Get the mattresses.

Sound the distress call on the oscillator.

Just a moment.

Lieutenant Sempter, you are relieved from duty

for culpable inefficiency in the performance

of duty.

Take your men off to the control room

and stand by for further orders from me.

Aye, aye, sir. Come on, men.

Got anything yet?

Not yet, sir.

Hm...

Perhaps your motor generators

are damaged by the collision.

You'd better check them.

I'll take the headphones.

Yes, sir.

The motor generators are all right, sir.

Are they?

Then something else is wrong.

Perhaps it's grounded.

- Here, see if you can find out.

- Yes, sir.

Well, men...

there's nothing for us to do

except just wait.

We're trying to signal for assistance.

Up to now we've failed

to get in touch with anyone.

But when we do,

we'll try the escape hatches.

This is your first dive, too,

isn't it, Carlson?

Yes, sir.

Bad luck.

Still, cheer up.

We're not dead yet.

No, sir.

We can do better than wait.

Condober!

Aye, aye, sir?

Put on your lung.

Yes, sir.

Ready, sir.

- Kramsit.

- Here, sir.

- Jennings.

- Here, sir.

- Hansom,

- Here, sir.

- Rock.

- Here, sir.

Stand by to come up the dogs

on the battery room door.

The minute the doors open,

go into the battery room

and open the drain

to the salvage rescue line.

You can't do that!

That's madness.

The battery room's completely flooded.

I saw the bulkhead carried away.

If we open that door, we're finished.

Lieutenant Sempter,

I said you were relieved from duty.

- Carry out your order!

- Aye, aye, sir.

Wait a minute!

If you carry out that order,

it will be the end of all of us.

He's mad!

Do you understand?

- Who is she?

- How did she get on board?

With one of them.

You didn't know there was

a woman aboard, did you?

Nor did I when we sailed.

If it weren't for that, maybe we now

shouldn't be at the bottom of the sea.

So it's fair to you men

that you should know the facts.

This woman is my wife.

She is also Lieutenant Sempter's mistress.

That's been happening behind my back.

She came here for a final meeting

with him before we sailed.

She couldn't restrain herself.

She's that kind of woman.

She couldn't restrain herself, I say.

She couldn't restrain her own sin!

Lieutenant Sempter, you are under arrest.

Lieutenant, confine him to his quarters.

I'll smash the first man

that makes a move.

Do you realize there's no command

on this ship?

Commander Sturm is insane!

Put that man in irons!

I meant what I said.

I'm giving orders here!

Lieutenant, arrest this man!

Leave him alone, do you hear?

Diana, get out of the way!

- Get out of the way!

- Hold on, I'm taking command.

- Lieutenant Sempter, you're mutinous!

- Listen to me, all of you!

You think you've got a fine captain,

don't you?

Well, I know more about him

than you do.

I'm married to him

and I tell you he's a madman.

He sank the ship,

and it wasn't by accident either.

This precious captain of yours

has m*rder*d the lot of you...

because he was jealous of me.

That's madness, isn't it?

Now do you believe me?

- You'd better give it up.

- No!

- Call the wireless man.

- Right here.

Step forward.

Yes, sir.

- Your oscillator isn't working, is it?

- No, ma'am.

It was working until Commander Sturm

sent you on a mission.

And you left him alone there.

- Wasn't it?

- Yes, ma'am.

Well, go look behind the set.

You'll find the wire's cut.

- Well?

- Yes, sir, the wires are snapped.

Somebody's cut them.

Men!

Come to your senses.

Lieutenant.

Detail a man to the torpedo room aft.

Have him report to me on the escape gear.

Sure he's mad.

Lieutenant Sempter is right.

Well, Lieutenant?

Let's go!

Let's get out of here!

Yes, sir.

Listen, men.

We're going to try the conning tower

escape right away.

It isn't any use waiting

for a salvage boat to pick us up.

Nor is it any good tackling the battery room.

We've got to take a chance.

Get your artificial lungs

and fill them with oxygen.

Escape gear aft ready for you, sir.

Good.

Let your men escape through there.

Second division.

Go aft.

We'll use the torpedo room hatch.

No! I'm afraid!

Put it on!

Ready, ma'am.

What do we do now?

Do you see that hatch?

Yes.

Six of us go up there

and close the lower hatch.

Then we flood the conning tower

until the pressure inside is equal

to the sea pressure outside.

Then we open the upper hatch,

release the marker buoy

and go up the buoy line.

Breathe naturally and don't be nervous.

- I'm not nervous.

- Good.

- Ready, sir.

- Right, let's go.

Lady go in the first batch, sir?

- Yes.

Are you frightened?

No, I'm not frightened.

Come on, then.

Go on up with these men.

Good luck.

Good bye.

- Take charge.

- Aye, aye, sir.

- The upper hatch is closed.

- They're all out.

Get ready to go up.

All ready, men,

for flooding the torpedo room.

Release the marker buoy.

Come on up, you men.

Release hatch!

Come on.

Get on your escape gear.

No.

When the hatch opens,

I'll let you go up first.

If I won't?

Then I shall plug you in self-defense.

I see.

All ready, sir.

Come on, get up there.

- Well, are you going?

- Yes, I'm going.

Lieutenant Sempter,

this Court finds you not guilty

of culpable inefficiency

in the performance of duty.

The Court, however,

sustains the second charge...

based on your relations with the late

Commander Sturm's wife.

And we, therefore, find you guilty

of conduct unbecoming

an officer and a gentleman.

Good evening, Madame.

What can I do for you?

Me?

Oh, nothing, thank you.

I beg your pardon?

Oh, uh...

I want one of these things.

A billiard cue?

Very good.

Would you like a light one

or a heavy one?

Oh, medium.

Here you are.

Shall I send it

or will you take it with you?

- I'll take it with me, thank you.

- Very good.

What are you doing?

I was buying a billiard cue.

What for?

I wanted a billiard cue.

- Thank you, madam.

- Thank you.

Shall I give you a lift?

- No, thanks, I'm going to walk.

- But it's raining.

Yes, I know.

Very well.

This is the first time I've seen you...

since the accident.

I know.

Except at a distance sitting at the trial.

When you gave evidence for me.

Why have you hidden yourself?

If I hadn't I thought you might call me up.

I mean, you might have thought

you ought to.

Out of a sense of duty.

Why were you waiting

on the street just now?

Well, I don't know.

I was worried about you.

I knew what this thing

would mean to you.

Would you mind it?

Terribly.

You see, it was really all my fault.

It's a filthy night, isn't it?

Oh, dear. There goes my billiard cue.

What were you saying?

I was just saying it's a filthy night.

That's curious that you should say that.

Why, what do you mean?

Well, uh, stop a minute.

Look up there.

- Well?

- You see?

See what?

The stars.

The stars?

Why, there aren't any stars.

I tell you there are stars.

Starlight was never brighter.

Oh.

Hey, taxi!