to the Book Guild Club. l always take every book. That's the way l get all the dividends. She'll be great for your friend when he gets out of the stockade. Yes, he'll be crazy about her. Just sit down and get comfortable. l'll make you a martini and see what's to cook for dinner. This is like being married, ain't it? lt's better. You okay? Glad you came? Let's get out of here. Don't look around. lt can't go on like this much longer. Even though we sneaked across the island... ...we had to run out like jailbirds. lf there was only some way we.... Holmes'd probably give you a divorce, but never let me transfer out of his outfit. There is a way. l've been thinking about it. You've got to become an officer. You can take the new extension course, the one they passed last May. -Once commissioned you go to the States. -An officer? Yes. Then l could divorce Dana and marry you. l hate officers. l've always hated officers! Well, that's a fine, intelligent point of view. Suppose l said l always hated sergeants. That'd make a lot of sense, wouldn't it? You sure made a complete study of it. Okay, suppose l did it. And don't think it's a cinch. You'd be here, l'd be in the States, we'd be apart six months! -We're sure to be into a war-- -Tell the truth. You don't want the responsibility. You're probably not even in love with me. You're crazy! l wish l didn't love you. Maybe l could enjoy life again. So they were married and lived unhappily ever after. l've never been so miserable in my life as l have since l met you. Neither have l. -l wouldn't trade a minute of it. -Neither would l. l'll probably make the lousiest officer in this man's Army you ever saw. You'll make a fine officer. A remarkable officer. Thank you. Come here. Can't you wait until we finish dinner? Honey... ...l want to marry you. You're a funny one. Why's it funny if a guy wants to marry you? Because l'm a girl you met at the New Congress Club. That's about two steps up from the pavement. Well, what am l? l'm a private, no-class dogface. The way most civilians look at that, that's two steps up from nothing. Prew, l thought we were happy. Why do you want to spoil things? Look, l've got a year to go before l re-enlist. lf l can swing sergeant's stripes by then, they'll let me go back to the States. We can go back together... ...if you'll wait. How do you expect to become a sergeant under Captain Holmes? lt's all you can do to keep out of the stockade. l'll fight. You're not gonna fight. lt'd be worth it. Prew, it's true we love each other now. We need each other. But back in the States it might be different. That ain't the real reason. -All right, it's not. -What is the real reason? l won't marry you because l don't want to be the wife of a soldier. Well, that would be about the best l could ever do for you. Because nobody's going to stop me from my plan. Nobody, nothing. Because l want to be proper. ''Proper''? Yes, proper. ln another year, l'll have enough money saved. l'll go back to my hometown in Oregon. l'll build a house for my mother and myself. Join the country club and take up golf. l'll meet the proper man with the proper position. l'll make a proper wife who can run a proper home. Raise proper children. l'll be happy because when you're proper, you're safe. You got guts, honey. l hope you can pull it off. l do mean it when l say l need you, 'cause l'm lonely. You think l'm lying, don't you? Nobody ever lies about being lonely. And don't talk to me about a divorce. Why? Because the scandal would spoil your chances for a promotion? l ask you once more: l want to know who he is and where you met him. l'm not going to tell you. One thing l know: l know he's a civilian. You'd be too discreet to pick an Army man. l wonder which is hurt more, your pride or your curiosity? You can't know how l feel about this. l wonder why ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Человек-невидимка на английском - текст Иллюзия убийства 2 на английском - текст Коммандо на английском - текст Бумер на английском - текст Бременские музыканты на английском |