| 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.] |