The Trouble with Harry

Harry the handsome hero. 518 00:39:21,317 --> 00:39:24,361 Harry the saint. Harry the good. 519 00:39:24,487 --> 00:39:27,156 I didn't catch his last name. Harry Worp. 520 00:39:27,240 --> 00:39:29,033 Robert's brother. His older brother. 521 00:39:29,117 --> 00:39:31,160 And he fell in love with you? 522 00:39:31,244 --> 00:39:34,371 If he'd fallen in love with me, I wouldn't have minded. 523 00:39:34,456 --> 00:39:37,708 He wanted to marry me because he was Robert's brother and felt noble. 524 00:39:37,792 --> 00:39:40,377 But you thought he was in love with you. 525 00:39:40,462 --> 00:39:44,381 And I decided to let him love me because of Arnie. 526 00:39:44,466 --> 00:39:47,217 It was on my second wedding night that I learned the truth. 527 00:39:48,970 --> 00:39:51,805 You didn't learn on your first? 528 00:39:54,059 --> 00:39:57,061 This was a terrible truth. 529 00:39:57,145 --> 00:39:59,229 The truth about Harry. 530 00:39:59,314 --> 00:40:00,814 Just what happened? 531 00:40:02,484 --> 00:40:04,318 How old are you, Mr. Marlow? 532 00:40:04,986 --> 00:40:06,070 About thirty. 533 00:40:09,282 --> 00:40:11,241 This is what happened. 534 00:40:13,411 --> 00:40:15,913 I was in the hotel room alone. 535 00:40:15,997 --> 00:40:18,832 I put on my best nightie. You understand? 536 00:40:19,292 --> 00:40:20,751 Perfectly. 537 00:40:22,170 --> 00:40:24,254 Although I had no true feeling for Harry, 538 00:40:24,339 --> 00:40:26,423 I had worked myself into a certain enthusiasm 539 00:40:26,508 --> 00:40:28,592 because I thought he loved me. 540 00:40:28,676 --> 00:40:31,887 Must have been hard work. 541 00:40:31,971 --> 00:40:34,765 There was a full moon, and I sat by the window 542 00:40:34,849 --> 00:40:37,935 because I thought it would show off my new nightie to advantage. 543 00:40:38,311 --> 00:40:40,062 Naturally. 544 00:40:41,397 --> 00:40:43,649 I don't know why I'm telling you all this. 545 00:40:43,733 --> 00:40:47,820 You, a perfect stranger, too. I'm not boring you, am I? 546 00:40:47,946 --> 00:40:49,279 No, no, not at all. 547 00:40:50,949 --> 00:40:53,117 How about some more lemonade? Soon. 548 00:40:55,495 --> 00:40:57,162 Where was I? 549 00:40:57,789 --> 00:41:00,124 You were sitting by the window because it was a full moon 550 00:41:00,208 --> 00:41:02,918 and you'd worked yourself up to a certain enthusiasm? 551 00:41:03,419 --> 00:41:06,672 (LAUGHS) I said all that? 552 00:41:06,756 --> 00:41:08,799 When does Harry come in? 553 00:41:09,342 --> 00:41:11,969 He doesn't. He never came in. 554 00:41:12,053 --> 00:41:14,179 He called the following morning. 555 00:41:14,264 --> 00:41:16,515 The following morning? 556 00:41:16,599 --> 00:41:19,643 In the hotel lobby the night before, he had bought a magazine. 557 00:41:19,727 --> 00:41:22,062 His horoscope was in it. Bad? 558 00:41:22,772 --> 00:41:25,023 It said... He was a Taurus. 559 00:41:25,108 --> 00:41:28,068 It said, "Don't start any new project that day." 560 00:41:28,236 --> 00:41:30,654 "It could never be finished." 561 00:41:30,738 --> 00:41:31,905 And what did you do? 562 00:41:31,990 --> 00:41:34,908 I left him on the spot and went home to Mother's. 563 00:41:34,993 --> 00:41:36,201 The end. 564 00:41:37,537 --> 00:41:39,371 What a poignant story. 565 00:41:39,455 --> 00:41:42,583 I knew you'd understand. Nobody else does. 566 00:41:42,667 --> 00:41:43,792 Not even Mother? 567 00:41:43,877 --> 00:41:46,753 Well, she thought I should live with him, but I wouldn't. 568 00:41:46,921 --> 00:41:50,507 He pestered me to go back, but I always refused. 569 00:41:50,592 --> 00:41:54,011 Suppose some night I wanted him to do something. 570 00:41:54,095 --> 00:41:56,555 Like the dishes, for example. 571 00:41:56,639 --> 00:41:58,599 His horoscope just wouldn't let him. 572 00:41:58,683 --> 00:42:00,184 You're absolutely right. 573 00:42:00,268 --> 00:42:03,729 There are some things I just don't like to do by myself. 574 00:42:03,813 --> 00:42:06,815 And no one with any true understanding would blame you for it. 575 00:42:09,277 --> 00:42:10,903 Soon as Arnie was born 576 00:42:10,987 --> 00:42:13,307 I moved away to where I thought Harry could never find me. 577 00:42:13,364 --> 00:42:15,949 I changed my name and... 578 00:42:16,034 --> 00:42:19,203 But he was persistent? 579 00:42:19,329 --> 00:42:21,371 This morning there was a knock on the door. 580 00:42:21,456 --> 00:42:24,374 Before I opened it, I knew he was standing on the other side. 581 00:42:24,459 --> 00:42:27,044 What did he want? Me. 582 00:42:27,128 --> 00:42:29,838 He wanted me because I was his wife. 583 00:42:29,923 --> 00:42:32,299 He wanted me because, as he put it, he suddenly felt 584 00:42:32,383 --> 00:42:35,135 some basic urge. Loneliness. 585 00:42:35,261 --> 00: