Late Friday night. It is raining. The hotel clerk shows Marilyn and Richard to their room at the Old Country Inn. |
Clerk: |
Right this way, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart. Well, it's small, but clean. |
Richard: |
Clean? You call this clean? |
Clerk: |
Have a nice stay. [He leaves.] |
Richard: |
Thank you. [to Marilyn] I don't believe this. Well, it isn't the Watermill Inn, but let's get a look at the view. [He opens the shutters.] |
Marilyn: |
How is the view? |
Richard: |
Great, if you enjoy looking at a parking lot. |
Marilyn: |
Well, maybe we'll see the view in the morning. Right now, we should clean up this room. [They begin to clean the room.] |
Richard: |
Sorry, Marilyn. |
Marilyn: |
Why should you be sorry? |
Richard: |
Well, the rain, the room, the view of the parking lot. It isn't the way I hoped it would be. |
Marilyn: |
Stop blaming yourself. After all, we're here, we're alone, we're together. And I love you. Isn't that enough? |
Richard: |
It is for me, but I wanted this weekend to be special for you. |
Marilyn: |
It is special. Happy anniversary. [She kisses him.] |
The next morning. Richard is still upset about the weather and the room at the Old Country Inn. |
Richard: |
It's still raining. I want to play tennis. |
Marilyn: |
I want some breakfast. Let's call room service and order a nice breakfast, and then we'll figure out what to do today. |
Richard: |
Right. [He goes to the telephone.] Would you give me room service, please? I beg your pardon? Oh, I see. [He hangs up.] They don't have room service at Old Country Inn. |
Marilyn: |
Well, let's go down to the coffee shop. |
Richard: |
They don't have a coffee shop. We can get our meals at Mrs. Montefiore's down the road. [They laugh.] |
Marilyn: |
That's OK, honey. I love walking in the rain. |
Richard: |
Oh, you're being a really good sport about this, Marilyn, but I think we should face the truth. |
Marilyn: |
What's that? |
Richard: |
This is not the way to spend our fifth anniversary. |
Marilyn: |
Well, what do you want to do? |
Richard: |
Why don't we get in the car and drive home? |
Marilyn: |
Oh, Richard, it really isn't that bad. |
Richard: |
[He hugs her.] Do you want to stick it out for the whole weekend? |
Marilyn: |
Well, I'll admit the room is uncomfortable. |
Richard: |
Uh-hum. |
Marilyn: |
And I do feel bad about your mother having to take care of the baby all weekend. |
Richard: |
Why don't we just check out? |
Marilyn: |
OK. [The telephone rings.] |
Marilyn: |
Hello? Yes. Yes, this is she. Oh, hello! How nice of you to remember us! Yes, my husband did call. You do? Really? It won't be any trouble? Oh, yes, I think we'd like that very much. Fifteen minutes! Thank you. Good-bye. [She hangs up, turns to Richard, and smiles.] You will never guess. |
Richard: |
Uh. ... I give up. |
Marilyn: |
Mrs. Montefiore from the Watermill Inn. |
Richard: |
What is she calling about? |
Marilyn: |
They have an opening. Someone just checked out, and Mrs. Montefiore has reserved the honeymoon suite for us. |
Richard: |
You're kidding! |
Marilyn: |
No. Isn't it wonderful? |
Richard: |
It's fantastic! Oh. Now all it has to do is stop raining. Let's go. [They kiss, gather their bags, and leave.] |