WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:20.680 Now from Hollywood, romance. 00:20.680 --> 00:25.260 I don't suppose anyone is officially engaged until the home folks have had a chance to 00:25.260 --> 00:27.720 meet the lucky fellow. 00:27.720 --> 00:33.320 If you've never had this somewhat devastating experience, today's story may be an eye-opener. 00:33.320 --> 00:36.960 If you have, you may collect a few interesting memories. 00:36.960 --> 00:42.240 So now with Joyce McCluskey as Monica, we bring you transcribed Kathleen Hite's charming 00:42.240 --> 00:58.000 day, Home on Approval. 00:58.000 --> 01:02.160 I don't believe I was really excited until I began to recognize familiar old landmarks 01:02.160 --> 01:03.560 along the road. 01:03.560 --> 01:07.800 In the twilight I could see the sprawling yellow farm at the top of Bradford Hill. 01:07.800 --> 01:09.840 In three miles we'd turn off by the quarry. 01:09.840 --> 01:14.480 And five miles later at Stewart's Mill we'd start up the long Willow line laying to Gil 01:14.480 --> 01:15.480 and Sally's. 01:15.480 --> 01:19.320 I could hardly wait. 01:19.320 --> 01:21.080 What are you so tickled about? 01:21.080 --> 01:24.900 We've only got about eight more miles to go. 01:24.900 --> 01:28.240 You know, I think if I opened the door you could fly there on your own power. 01:28.240 --> 01:31.920 I could, but I insist on staying with you. 01:31.920 --> 01:35.760 I don't think Gil and Sally'd let me in without you. 01:35.760 --> 01:39.320 Oh they're so anxious to meet you, Jeff. 01:39.320 --> 01:41.040 How long since you've seen them? 01:41.040 --> 01:42.980 Well actually only a year. 01:42.980 --> 01:45.400 They came through New York on their way to Europe last summer. 01:45.400 --> 01:47.360 I had dinner with them and saw them off. 01:47.360 --> 01:51.800 But gee, it's been about three years I guess since I visited them up here. 01:51.800 --> 01:53.440 Oh I hope you like them. 01:53.440 --> 01:54.880 Oh I like them. 01:54.880 --> 01:55.880 Don't worry. 01:55.880 --> 02:00.200 I don't see how you could help it any more than they could help adoring you. 02:00.200 --> 02:03.200 But if you don't, or they don't... 02:03.200 --> 02:05.400 Just take it easy Monica. 02:05.400 --> 02:07.120 Everybody will love everybody. 02:07.120 --> 02:09.840 Oh I'm sure of it. 02:09.840 --> 02:10.840 But what if you don't? 02:10.840 --> 02:14.160 Oh wouldn't that be the most horrible thing in the world? 02:14.160 --> 02:15.160 No it wouldn't. 02:15.160 --> 02:17.360 Oh it would be to me darling. 02:17.360 --> 02:21.080 You're my three most favorite people. 02:21.080 --> 02:25.160 Gil and Sally, they're like friends and family all in one. 02:25.160 --> 02:27.360 We grew up together. 02:27.360 --> 02:29.120 And you... 02:29.120 --> 02:30.880 What about me? 02:30.880 --> 02:32.880 I love you. 02:32.880 --> 02:35.120 I'm going to marry you. 02:35.120 --> 02:36.360 That's what about you. 02:36.360 --> 02:38.600 You sound pretty sure of yourself. 02:38.600 --> 02:39.600 I am. 02:39.600 --> 02:43.040 And better than that, I'm pretty sure of you. 02:43.040 --> 02:44.040 Oh. 02:44.040 --> 02:48.640 There was someone else up here, wasn't there? 02:48.640 --> 02:49.640 Someone else? 02:49.640 --> 02:50.640 Hmm. 02:50.640 --> 02:52.600 Oh that was a long time ago darling. 02:52.600 --> 02:56.360 When we were all in school. 02:56.360 --> 02:58.160 I told you all about Hank. 02:58.160 --> 02:59.160 All there was to tell. 02:59.160 --> 03:01.640 Is there any chance he'll be here? 03:01.640 --> 03:03.400 I don't think so. 03:03.400 --> 03:04.400 Why? 03:04.400 --> 03:18.360 Oh, I just sort of like to meet him. 03:18.360 --> 03:20.240 I hadn't even thought about it. 03:20.240 --> 03:24.480 That Hank might be around while Jeff and I were visiting the Harrison's. 03:24.480 --> 03:26.280 Sally hadn't mentioned him. 03:26.280 --> 03:30.160 In fact, I couldn't remember when we had talked about Hank. 03:30.160 --> 03:33.400 His family still maintained a home up here as far as I knew. 03:33.400 --> 03:36.120 But the idea of seeing Hank again. 03:36.120 --> 03:39.560 Well, I was just sure he wouldn't be there. 03:39.560 --> 03:42.560 Not that it would upset me or anything like that. 03:42.560 --> 03:47.040 But I was just sure Hank wouldn't be around. 03:47.040 --> 03:50.480 Jeff can have the guest house and you can have your own room, Monica. 03:50.480 --> 03:51.960 Oh, sounds perfect, Sally. 03:51.960 --> 03:53.840 So how about another drink, Jeff? 03:53.840 --> 03:55.760 Yes, just a short one. 03:55.760 --> 03:56.760 Fine. 03:56.760 --> 03:57.760 Monica? 03:57.760 --> 03:58.760 Not for me, thanks. 03:58.760 --> 03:59.760 Sally? 03:59.760 --> 04:00.760 Easy on the border. 04:00.760 --> 04:02.320 I can hardly believe you're really here. 04:02.320 --> 04:03.320 So we are. 04:03.320 --> 04:06.240 And we're going to be here four whole long days. 04:06.240 --> 04:09.720 Well, you know, Sal, she won't believe it all the time you're here. 04:09.720 --> 04:11.600 And after you're gone, she'll swear it never happened. 04:11.600 --> 04:13.280 Well, four days now, really. 04:13.280 --> 04:16.220 That's not even a good beginning to a visit with Monica. 04:16.220 --> 04:17.220 And you too, Jeff. 04:17.220 --> 04:19.960 My goodness, we'll hardly get to know you at all. 04:19.960 --> 04:23.320 I've known people who thought four days with me was an eternity. 04:23.320 --> 04:24.320 I don't believe it. 04:24.320 --> 04:25.320 Sure. 04:25.320 --> 04:26.320 Here you go, Sal. 04:26.320 --> 04:27.320 Oh, thanks. 04:27.320 --> 04:28.320 Jeff. 04:28.320 --> 04:29.320 Thanks. 04:29.320 --> 04:31.320 Well, here's good to see you. 04:31.320 --> 04:32.320 Cheers. 04:32.320 --> 04:34.320 Was it just awful, Jeff? 04:34.320 --> 04:35.320 Hmm? 04:35.320 --> 04:36.320 No, no, it's fine. 04:36.320 --> 04:38.320 It was just the way I like it. 04:38.320 --> 04:40.200 No, I don't mean the drink. 04:40.200 --> 04:43.320 I mean coming up here to meet us. 04:43.320 --> 04:49.240 Well, uh, no. 04:49.240 --> 04:50.600 What do you expect him to say? 04:50.600 --> 04:54.800 That he hated the whole idea that if Monica hadn't beaten him every foot of the way to 04:54.800 --> 04:55.800 turn back? 04:55.800 --> 04:58.480 I didn't have to beat him once. 04:58.480 --> 05:00.280 Just kept the gun at his head. 05:00.280 --> 05:03.000 You're always ganging up on me this way, Jeff. 05:03.000 --> 05:06.000 Actually, in my own way, I was sympathizing with you. 05:06.000 --> 05:10.240 You've been a tight little triumvirate for so long, I think you're terribly brave to 05:10.240 --> 05:11.880 take us all on at once. 05:11.880 --> 05:15.400 Well, we could all have another few drinks and become a tight little quartet. 05:15.400 --> 05:16.400 I made of nothing. 05:16.400 --> 05:17.400 Oh, fine. 05:17.400 --> 05:19.760 Hey, you brought your golf clubs, didn't you? 05:19.760 --> 05:21.320 Or did Monica forget to warn you? 05:21.320 --> 05:22.320 No, I brought them. 05:22.320 --> 05:23.320 Great. 05:23.320 --> 05:26.440 Got to force them lined up for tomorrow morning, if that's okay with you, of course. 05:26.440 --> 05:28.640 Gil, I told you not to organize, Jeff. 05:28.640 --> 05:29.640 I'm not organized. 05:29.640 --> 05:33.400 Maybe he doesn't want to strike out at dawn tomorrow and play golf. 05:33.400 --> 05:35.040 He'll love it, won't you, darling? 05:35.040 --> 05:36.040 Sure, sounds fine. 05:36.040 --> 05:38.120 Well, you don't have to play if you don't want to. 05:38.120 --> 05:39.880 Oh, I'd like to play, really. 05:39.880 --> 05:44.480 I was just wondering when I should make my standard little speech about my golf game, 05:44.480 --> 05:45.480 you know. 05:45.480 --> 05:48.640 I really don't get a chance to play much anymore. 05:48.640 --> 05:52.600 I'm probably off my game, which isn't too great when I'm haunted. 05:52.600 --> 05:55.680 Hey, sounds like you're our man. 05:55.680 --> 05:58.120 Hank's the only low-handicap golfer in the crowd. 05:58.120 --> 05:59.120 Hank? 05:59.120 --> 06:00.120 Oh, Edward, you remember him, Monica. 06:00.120 --> 06:02.160 Oh, my goodness, of course she does. 06:02.160 --> 06:03.160 Hank and Monica were... 06:03.160 --> 06:07.680 Well, she just wouldn't forget an old friend like Hank. 06:07.680 --> 06:08.680 Yeah, that's right. 06:08.680 --> 06:11.080 It'd take some doing for you to forget Hank, wouldn't it? 06:11.080 --> 06:13.080 Oh, I wouldn't say that. 06:13.080 --> 06:16.160 Well, I didn't mean anything. 06:16.160 --> 06:19.480 Well, so far we've broken two rules. 06:19.480 --> 06:20.480 We've organized, Jeff... 06:20.480 --> 06:21.480 I didn't. 06:21.480 --> 06:25.920 After, I promised faithfully, we'd just have a quiet visit together, the four of us. 06:25.920 --> 06:27.600 And now we're talking about people he doesn't know. 06:27.600 --> 06:30.080 No, don't worry about me, Sally, I'm interested. 06:30.080 --> 06:48.760 I came up here to meet Monica's friends, especially her old friends. 06:48.760 --> 06:51.960 Jeff wasn't the jealous type any more than I was. 06:51.960 --> 06:56.600 And it was perfectly silly to have an awkward situation develop just because Hank Stewart's 06:56.600 --> 06:57.800 name came up. 06:57.800 --> 07:05.120 But it did seem to me that everyone's conversation was just a little strained after that. 07:05.120 --> 07:09.920 It's been a long time since a young lady saw me to my door. 07:09.920 --> 07:12.400 I wouldn't send you out into the dark night alone, darling. 07:12.400 --> 07:15.040 Oh, but it isn't a dark night. 07:15.040 --> 07:16.040 Look at the moon. 07:16.040 --> 07:17.040 Pretty spectacular. 07:17.040 --> 07:22.800 It's a sweet little guest house, isn't it? 07:22.800 --> 07:24.560 Yeah, it's nice. 07:24.560 --> 07:27.080 I've stayed in it a lot. 07:27.080 --> 07:29.480 You can think about that tonight. 07:29.480 --> 07:31.520 I will. 07:31.520 --> 07:36.280 Jeff, if you don't want to play golf in the morning, I mean, if you'd rather sleep in, 07:36.280 --> 07:37.280 I know Gil won't mind. 07:37.280 --> 07:38.640 Oh, I'd like to play. 07:38.640 --> 07:42.280 Well, you're probably tired from the drive and all, and... 07:42.280 --> 07:43.280 Am I? 07:43.280 --> 07:44.280 You must be. 07:44.280 --> 07:46.320 No, I feel fine. 07:46.320 --> 07:49.940 We could forget all about the golf and get up early, just you and I. 07:49.940 --> 07:52.880 And I know the most wonderful spot down by the mill where we can fix breakfast. 07:52.880 --> 07:55.400 Oh, no, I think maybe I ought to play golf. 07:55.400 --> 07:57.960 Gil's arranged everything and I'd really like a game. 07:57.960 --> 08:00.280 There are hundreds of wild currents growing around the river. 08:00.280 --> 08:03.520 I'll bet it's been years since you ate wild currents for breakfast. 08:03.520 --> 08:05.320 It's been all my life. 08:05.320 --> 08:07.600 I never ate wild currents for breakfast. 08:07.600 --> 08:08.600 Well, you see... 08:08.600 --> 08:09.600 No, no, no. 08:09.600 --> 08:12.400 Look, Monica, don't you want me to play golf in the morning? 08:12.400 --> 08:14.600 Well, if you'd rather. 08:14.600 --> 08:18.240 No, it isn't that, but you brought me up here to meet your friends. 08:18.240 --> 08:20.280 I came because I wanted to. 08:20.280 --> 08:22.840 Now you want to get up and go off alone somewhere. 08:22.840 --> 08:26.640 But it doesn't make much sense, does it? 08:26.640 --> 08:29.360 No, darling, it doesn't. 08:29.360 --> 08:30.960 Jeff. 08:30.960 --> 08:33.360 He didn't mean anything to me, not really. 08:33.360 --> 08:35.640 The way you do. 08:35.640 --> 08:38.480 Whatever there was, was over a long time ago. 08:38.480 --> 08:40.680 Look, I'm not worried about Hank. 08:40.680 --> 08:45.240 If you're going to be concerned, then it just isn't worth it for both of us to be up here. 08:45.240 --> 08:46.600 I won't have you upset. 08:46.600 --> 08:47.600 I'm not upset. 08:47.600 --> 08:48.600 You sure? 08:48.600 --> 08:49.600 Sure. 08:49.600 --> 08:50.600 Honey. 08:50.600 --> 08:57.520 I think I ought to meet Hank, and I think maybe you ought to see him again. 08:57.520 --> 08:58.520 Me? 08:58.520 --> 08:59.520 Yeah. 08:59.520 --> 09:03.880 Well, I suppose we'll run into each other. 09:03.880 --> 09:05.880 I mean, that could happen. 09:05.880 --> 09:08.120 It won't mean anything. 09:08.120 --> 09:10.280 That's why I think you ought to see him. 09:10.280 --> 09:11.520 Hmm? 09:11.520 --> 09:15.400 Because it won't mean anything. 09:15.400 --> 09:20.880 Well, I felt like a fool, of course. 09:20.880 --> 09:26.080 Getting all steamed up just because Jeff and Hank were going to play golf in the same foursome. 09:26.080 --> 09:28.080 Of course they should meet each other. 09:28.080 --> 09:31.200 Well, I don't know any reason why they should, really. 09:31.200 --> 09:35.200 But it was perfectly all right for them to meet. 09:35.200 --> 09:37.200 Why was I so upset? 09:37.200 --> 09:39.360 You remember Monica. 09:39.360 --> 09:43.080 She was the one who made such a scene at Laura Ramsey's wedding. 09:43.080 --> 09:46.720 Step right on Mrs. Ramsey's ankle and hit Phil's mother in the face trying to catch 09:46.720 --> 09:47.720 Laura's bouquet. 09:47.720 --> 09:48.720 Huh? 09:48.720 --> 09:49.720 Not so loud. 09:49.720 --> 09:51.520 She's just two tables away. 09:51.520 --> 09:52.520 Who? 09:52.520 --> 09:53.520 Barbara Enright. 09:53.520 --> 09:54.520 Oh, her. 09:54.520 --> 09:55.520 What about her? 09:55.520 --> 09:56.520 I told you. 09:56.520 --> 09:59.240 She's trying very hard not to notice you. 09:59.240 --> 10:01.840 And between times, she simply glares at you. 10:01.840 --> 10:03.480 Barbara Enright glaring at me? 10:03.480 --> 10:04.480 Uh-huh. 10:04.480 --> 10:08.000 My heavens, I haven't seen her in five years, and I never knew her very well then. 10:08.000 --> 10:10.920 It's perfectly obvious to me. 10:10.920 --> 10:13.760 She's going with Hank now, and she can't stand the sight of you. 10:13.760 --> 10:15.320 Oh, Sally, that's ridiculous. 10:15.320 --> 10:18.520 I know, but what else could it be? 10:18.520 --> 10:21.160 She shouldn't wear that shade of brown, either. 10:21.160 --> 10:22.160 She's much too sallow. 10:22.160 --> 10:27.280 Oh, look, isn't that John and Roma Dana teeing off on the tent? 10:27.280 --> 10:30.320 Sally, this business about Hank is getting all out of hand. 10:30.320 --> 10:35.600 Do you realize I haven't seen him for I don't know how long, and even if I did, whatever 10:35.600 --> 10:41.640 there was between us is just as stone-cold dead as anything I can imagine. 10:41.640 --> 10:43.360 What's the matter? 10:43.360 --> 10:45.240 There he is. 10:45.240 --> 10:46.240 He's coming this way. 10:46.240 --> 10:47.240 There she is. 10:47.240 --> 10:48.240 Monica. 10:48.240 --> 10:50.440 Oh, Monica, how are you? 10:50.440 --> 10:53.360 Well, fine, thank you, Hank. 10:53.360 --> 10:54.360 You look well. 10:54.360 --> 10:55.360 You look wonderful. 10:55.360 --> 10:58.560 Well, how was the game, Jeff? 10:58.560 --> 10:59.560 Great. 10:59.560 --> 11:00.560 Hank here took all the marbles. 11:00.560 --> 11:03.280 Well, city life sure agrees with you, girl. 11:03.280 --> 11:07.320 City life's doing all right by you, too. 11:07.320 --> 11:08.320 Gil's changing, Sally. 11:08.320 --> 11:09.320 He'll be right along. 11:09.320 --> 11:12.320 Jeff, oh, my goodness. 11:12.320 --> 11:26.280 Yeah, imagine seeing me here. 11:26.280 --> 11:31.840 We'll return to romance and our story, Home on Approval, in just a moment. 11:31.840 --> 11:36.520 It's all right to have lots of warmth in the old homestead, but it's just plain foolish 11:36.520 --> 11:41.320 to have piles of rubble that might one day or night burn you out. 11:41.320 --> 11:44.180 Let's cultivate the out with it habit. 11:44.180 --> 11:48.440 Anything burnable that you throw out can never start a fire in your home. 11:48.440 --> 11:52.080 CBS radio suggests don't stack it up. 11:52.080 --> 11:54.560 Pack it up and throw it out. 11:54.560 --> 11:57.800 Prevent fires in your homes. 11:57.800 --> 12:11.560 And now for the second act of romance. 12:11.560 --> 12:14.120 Hank had no right to look like he did. 12:14.120 --> 12:20.280 He didn't have to spend the years since I'd seen him getting handsomer, taller, tanner. 12:20.280 --> 12:24.800 He needn't have bothered keeping all his hair in the trimmest waistline in the world. 12:24.800 --> 12:29.720 Naturally, I told myself these things aren't really important. 12:29.720 --> 12:34.240 I told myself several times during the barbecue, Gil and Sally had that evening with Jeff and 12:34.240 --> 12:36.360 me, with Hank and Barbara. 12:36.360 --> 12:40.800 I told myself the same thing the next day when we all went sailing together. 12:40.800 --> 12:48.160 And that night, at the club dance, I started telling myself all over again. 12:48.160 --> 12:51.720 And remember the time the car broke down on the way back from the game at New Haven and 12:51.720 --> 12:52.720 all that rain? 12:52.720 --> 12:57.280 And we had to stay all night with that funny old maid who never took in people. 12:57.280 --> 13:00.960 Yeah, I don't think the old gal slept a wink that night. 13:00.960 --> 13:04.560 Remember the only room she had were upstairs and she slept downstairs and we kept marching 13:04.560 --> 13:06.960 around all night with that hurricane lamp in her hand. 13:06.960 --> 13:08.240 Man, she was nervous. 13:08.240 --> 13:10.920 I'll never forget what she said to Sally and me. 13:10.920 --> 13:13.400 Young ladies, minds are good girls now. 13:13.400 --> 13:14.400 I don't hold with lollygagging. 13:14.400 --> 13:19.960 Hank and I went to every home game at New Haven last fall, didn't we, honey? 13:19.960 --> 13:20.960 Yeah, yeah, I guess we did. 13:20.960 --> 13:22.920 Oh, I just love football, don't you, Jeff? 13:22.920 --> 13:24.640 Yeah, I'm quite a fan. 13:24.640 --> 13:27.400 Last few years, I've gotten more interested in the pro game, though. 13:27.400 --> 13:29.160 Monica seems to like it, too. 13:29.160 --> 13:30.160 Professional football? 13:30.160 --> 13:31.160 You, Monica? 13:31.160 --> 13:33.120 Well, we have seen most of the Giants games. 13:33.120 --> 13:36.040 Of course, it isn't anything like watching Yale play. 13:36.040 --> 13:41.100 I mean, like we used to, and all that. 13:41.100 --> 13:42.600 Ever been up the Yale ball, Jeff? 13:42.600 --> 13:44.680 No, no, never have. 13:44.680 --> 13:46.840 You've never seen a Yale-Harvard game? 13:46.840 --> 13:49.440 Sue me, I never have. 13:49.440 --> 13:51.160 Jeff went to school in California. 13:51.160 --> 13:55.120 Oh, and he seems like such a nice person. 13:55.120 --> 13:56.760 I have an aunt in California. 13:56.760 --> 13:57.760 I forget where. 13:57.760 --> 13:59.200 Is that your home, Jeff, California? 13:59.200 --> 14:01.640 No, no, I just wanted to go to school out there. 14:01.640 --> 14:03.480 My home's in Camden, New Jersey. 14:03.480 --> 14:04.960 Camden, New Jersey? 14:04.960 --> 14:06.040 Uh-huh. 14:06.040 --> 14:09.080 Do you by any chance know Stella Lewis? 14:09.080 --> 14:10.160 Stella? 14:10.160 --> 14:11.160 Know her? 14:11.160 --> 14:12.720 My gosh, I grew up with her. 14:12.720 --> 14:15.440 Well, she was my roommate in college, of course. 14:15.440 --> 14:18.720 Jeff Russell, I knew I'd seen you somewhere. 14:18.720 --> 14:20.160 You two have met before? 14:20.160 --> 14:23.920 Well, not officially, but his picture was on our dressing table for four years. 14:23.920 --> 14:25.480 Isn't it a small world? 14:25.480 --> 14:26.480 It's positively tiny. 14:26.480 --> 14:27.480 What on earth happened to Stella? 14:27.480 --> 14:29.480 I haven't heard from her in years. 14:29.480 --> 14:31.480 Oh, she's fine, I guess. 14:31.480 --> 14:34.160 My golly, I haven't thought about her for a long time. 14:34.160 --> 14:35.760 Would you like to dance, Barbara? 14:35.760 --> 14:36.760 Oh, yes, I'd love to. 14:36.760 --> 14:37.760 You two don't mind, do you? 14:37.760 --> 14:38.840 No, no, go ahead. 14:38.840 --> 14:40.240 We can manage, can't we, Monica? 14:40.240 --> 14:41.240 Yes, sure. 14:41.240 --> 14:43.000 We must have a lot to talk about. 14:43.000 --> 14:45.680 Oh, believe me, we do. 14:45.680 --> 14:47.840 We've got a lot to talk about, too, Monica. 14:47.840 --> 14:48.840 Would you like to dance? 14:48.840 --> 14:49.840 I'd love to. 14:49.840 --> 14:50.840 Excuse us, please. 14:50.840 --> 14:51.840 Sure. 14:51.840 --> 15:00.560 This seems awfully right, dancing with you again. 15:00.560 --> 15:02.840 Do you see a lot of Barbara Haines? 15:02.840 --> 15:03.840 Oh, quite a bit. 15:03.840 --> 15:04.840 She's a lot of fun. 15:04.840 --> 15:09.600 Well, we're about all that's left up here who are still single. 15:09.600 --> 15:10.600 You like her? 15:10.600 --> 15:11.600 Oh, I never knew her very well. 15:11.600 --> 15:14.000 She seems nice. 15:14.000 --> 15:17.640 You haven't been around, Monica, for too long. 15:17.640 --> 15:18.640 You know that? 15:18.640 --> 15:19.640 I... 15:19.640 --> 15:23.960 You were gone, I guess, when I was up here a couple of years ago. 15:23.960 --> 15:24.960 I didn't know you were coming. 15:24.960 --> 15:25.960 I'd have been here. 15:25.960 --> 15:26.960 You know that. 15:26.960 --> 15:31.160 You're holding me a little tight, Hank. 15:31.160 --> 15:35.760 I'll bet I am. 15:35.760 --> 15:37.760 He's nice, Monica. 15:37.760 --> 15:40.040 Yes, he is. 15:40.040 --> 15:44.880 I don't want to like him very much, but I think if I got to know him better, I'd find he 15:44.880 --> 15:45.880 was a great guy. 15:45.880 --> 15:46.880 He is. 15:46.880 --> 15:47.880 A great guy. 15:47.880 --> 15:53.880 Is... is he the one? 15:53.880 --> 15:54.880 I think so, Hank. 15:54.880 --> 15:57.880 Well, aren't you sure? 15:57.880 --> 16:02.000 Well, yes, I... 16:02.000 --> 16:03.000 Can't we just dance? 16:03.000 --> 16:04.000 Sure. 16:04.000 --> 16:11.000 Sure we can. 16:11.000 --> 16:12.880 Why couldn't I say it? 16:12.880 --> 16:17.400 Why didn't I tell Hank right out that, yes, Jeff was the one? 16:17.400 --> 16:18.680 That I was sure he was. 16:18.680 --> 16:21.020 I'd been so sure before. 16:21.020 --> 16:23.640 Two days ago, I'd have sworn... 16:23.640 --> 16:24.640 What am I saying? 16:24.640 --> 16:26.760 I did swear it couldn't happen. 16:26.760 --> 16:29.680 Now, I was sure of just one thing. 16:29.680 --> 16:31.920 I was confused. 16:31.920 --> 16:32.920 Thoroughly confused. 16:32.920 --> 16:34.840 Maybe you better go on in. 16:34.840 --> 16:35.840 Get to bed, honey. 16:35.840 --> 16:36.840 You seem pretty tired. 16:36.840 --> 16:38.960 No, I'm not tired. 16:38.960 --> 16:39.960 Certainly not sleepy. 16:39.960 --> 16:43.200 You got awfully quiet toward the end of the evening. 16:43.200 --> 16:44.200 What? 16:44.200 --> 16:45.200 Something wrong? 16:45.200 --> 16:46.200 No, not wrong. 16:46.200 --> 16:47.200 Not anything. 16:47.200 --> 16:48.200 I understand. 16:48.200 --> 16:49.200 Do you? 16:49.200 --> 16:50.200 Sure. 16:50.200 --> 16:51.200 How? 16:51.200 --> 16:52.200 What do you understand? 16:52.200 --> 16:53.200 You and what's bothering you. 16:53.200 --> 16:54.200 I'd like to. 16:54.200 --> 16:55.200 Help me out. 16:55.200 --> 16:56.200 You thought there wasn't anything in the past to hold you. 16:56.200 --> 16:57.200 You got me. 16:57.200 --> 16:58.200 I'm sorry. 16:58.200 --> 16:59.200 I'm sorry. 16:59.200 --> 17:00.200 I'm sorry. 17:00.200 --> 17:01.200 I'm sorry. 17:01.200 --> 17:02.200 I'm sorry. 17:02.200 --> 17:03.200 I'm sorry. 17:03.200 --> 17:04.200 I'm sorry. 17:04.200 --> 17:05.200 I'm sorry. 17:05.200 --> 17:06.200 I'm sorry. 17:06.200 --> 17:07.200 I'm sorry. 17:07.200 --> 17:08.200 I'm sorry. 17:08.200 --> 17:09.200 I'm sorry. 17:09.200 --> 17:13.920 You come back, you see your old friends go to the old places, and some of the past just 17:13.920 --> 17:16.720 reaches out and holds you again. 17:16.720 --> 17:21.280 Some... of the past? 17:21.280 --> 17:23.680 All right. 17:23.680 --> 17:24.680 Hank. 17:24.680 --> 17:28.280 That's it, isn't it? 17:28.280 --> 17:30.560 I don't know. 17:30.560 --> 17:31.840 I don't see how it could be. 17:31.840 --> 17:34.080 Well, if it isn't Hank, what is it? 17:34.080 --> 17:37.400 It... it's just that I'm confused, Jeff. 17:37.400 --> 17:40.200 I was so sure, so very sure, and now... 17:40.200 --> 17:44.160 You're not very sure, are you? 17:44.160 --> 17:46.680 I guess not, Jeff. 17:46.680 --> 17:49.800 Jeff, I didn't want this to happen. 17:49.800 --> 17:51.160 I didn't think it could happen. 17:51.160 --> 17:52.160 It's all right, Monica. 17:52.160 --> 17:53.160 But it isn't. 17:53.160 --> 17:54.160 It isn't all right. 17:54.160 --> 17:55.160 I... I couldn't... 17:55.160 --> 17:58.840 I'm not in love with Hank. 17:58.840 --> 18:01.440 But you're not sure you're in love with me. 18:01.440 --> 18:05.160 I'm just confused. 18:05.160 --> 18:09.040 I don't know what to say. 18:09.040 --> 18:11.240 Try saying good night, Monica. 18:11.240 --> 18:21.600 I think that's the best thing for both of us right now. 18:21.600 --> 18:25.600 I needed his understanding more than anything, right then? 18:25.600 --> 18:30.920 If he'd reacted differently, if he'd pressed me for an answer, a decision, I don't know 18:30.920 --> 18:33.040 what I'd have done. 18:33.040 --> 18:38.160 I didn't expect to, but I slept fairly well that night once I got around to it. 18:38.160 --> 18:43.720 I'd like to say I woke up with a clear course of action in mind, or a clear choice. 18:43.720 --> 18:46.560 But I didn't. 18:46.560 --> 18:52.720 Honestly, Monica, if I'd even dreamed this could happen, I'd have never invited Hank 18:52.720 --> 18:54.480 and Barbara to spend so much time with us. 18:54.480 --> 18:56.120 Oh, I'd have run into him somewhere. 18:56.120 --> 18:59.280 It isn't your fault. 18:59.280 --> 19:00.280 Isn't Jeff up yet? 19:00.280 --> 19:01.280 Mm, hours ago. 19:01.280 --> 19:04.120 He and Gil had breakfast together. 19:04.120 --> 19:06.040 I don't know where they've gone off to. 19:06.040 --> 19:10.720 I guess you haven't told him yet, huh? 19:10.720 --> 19:12.720 He knows. 19:12.720 --> 19:15.400 We talked about it a little last night when we got home. 19:15.400 --> 19:18.400 Well, he certainly is taking it with the best grace in the world. 19:18.400 --> 19:20.640 He was laughing and singing around here this morning. 19:20.640 --> 19:22.920 Oh, he was wonderful about it. 19:22.920 --> 19:24.920 So understanding. 19:24.920 --> 19:27.720 It's odd. 19:27.720 --> 19:30.200 He's been rather quiet since he's been here. 19:30.200 --> 19:33.360 But this morning he was almost bubbly. 19:33.360 --> 19:34.360 Bubbly? 19:34.360 --> 19:36.920 You know, cheerful. 19:36.920 --> 19:37.920 Unusually cheerful. 19:37.920 --> 19:41.400 Like I said, laughing, singing. 19:41.400 --> 19:44.560 Is he bubbly by nature? 19:44.560 --> 19:46.720 No, he isn't. 19:46.720 --> 19:49.600 He's probably just being brave. 19:49.600 --> 19:50.600 Mm-hmm. 19:50.600 --> 19:52.600 Oh, hi, darling. 19:52.600 --> 19:53.600 Where's Jeff? 19:53.600 --> 19:54.600 Hi, sweetie. 19:54.600 --> 19:55.600 Morning, Monica. 19:55.600 --> 19:56.600 Morning. 19:56.600 --> 19:57.600 Any coffee left? 19:57.600 --> 19:58.600 No, plenty. 19:58.600 --> 20:00.600 Where is Jeff? 20:00.600 --> 20:03.600 Well, he... he left. 20:03.600 --> 20:04.600 Left? 20:04.600 --> 20:05.600 He did. 20:05.600 --> 20:07.960 Yeah, he said none to disturb you two. 20:07.960 --> 20:10.720 I just ran him down the airport. 20:10.720 --> 20:14.120 Something came up at the office, he said, and for you to keep the car and drive back 20:14.120 --> 20:15.600 to New York when you were ready. 20:15.600 --> 20:18.600 Well, did he... did he get a call from the office? 20:18.600 --> 20:23.600 No, he placed one after you went back to bed, Sally. 20:23.600 --> 20:24.600 Funny. 20:24.600 --> 20:25.600 What's funny? 20:25.600 --> 20:30.480 Well, I wasn't trying to hear anything, but when he placed that call, I just warned I 20:30.480 --> 20:46.720 heard him say Camden, New Jersey. 20:46.720 --> 20:48.760 You're back from the country early, aren't you? 20:48.760 --> 20:50.760 I'd better be early. 20:50.760 --> 20:53.600 Well, where is she? 20:53.600 --> 20:54.600 She? 20:54.600 --> 20:56.560 You know very well who I'm talking about. 20:56.560 --> 21:00.120 If you think you fooled me with that, something came up at the office, bitch, or threw at 21:00.120 --> 21:01.120 Gil. 21:01.120 --> 21:02.120 I didn't think I'd fool you, Monica. 21:02.120 --> 21:03.720 All I want to know is where is she? 21:03.720 --> 21:05.240 Or isn't she here yet? 21:05.240 --> 21:08.440 Now, did you really expect to find somebody here in my apartment? 21:08.440 --> 21:10.360 I didn't even expect to find you here. 21:10.360 --> 21:12.320 Just didn't know where else to come. 21:12.320 --> 21:13.320 You made pretty good time. 21:13.320 --> 21:16.240 I made superb time, and I have the traffic ticket to prove it. 21:16.240 --> 21:18.320 Now, you listen to me, Jeff Russell. 21:18.320 --> 21:21.600 Just because I had a moment's hesitation when I ran into an old beau, you needn't think 21:21.600 --> 21:24.680 you can go checking up on any loose ends in Camden, New Jersey. 21:24.680 --> 21:25.680 A moment's hesitation? 21:25.680 --> 21:28.000 Well, it was no more than that. 21:28.000 --> 21:29.200 You're not confused anymore? 21:29.200 --> 21:30.200 No, I'm not. 21:30.200 --> 21:33.760 And don't you go getting confused with what's her name? 21:33.760 --> 21:34.760 Stella Lewis? 21:34.760 --> 21:36.320 That's the one. 21:36.320 --> 21:39.960 I'm not the slightest bit confused about Stella Lewis. 21:39.960 --> 21:41.320 You're not? 21:41.320 --> 21:42.320 No. 21:42.320 --> 21:44.280 She got married five years ago to Otto McQueen. 21:44.280 --> 21:46.600 Well, then why did you call her this morning? 21:46.600 --> 21:48.200 I didn't. 21:48.200 --> 21:50.280 I called my mother in Camden. 21:50.280 --> 21:55.560 Then I got the idea that maybe it might clear the air a little if I came back here. 21:55.560 --> 21:59.400 I was pretty sure you wouldn't buy that something came up at the office bit. 21:59.400 --> 22:03.640 You tricked me? 22:03.640 --> 22:06.760 I sure did, honey. 22:06.760 --> 22:11.000 And if I had to do it over again, I'd do exactly the same thing. 22:11.000 --> 22:13.920 Jeff Russell, I ought to just... 22:13.920 --> 22:33.920 But I think I'll marry you instead. 22:33.920 --> 22:37.840 Romance is produced and directed by Norman MacDonald with editorial supervision by Hep 22:37.840 --> 22:38.840 Mannheim. 22:38.840 --> 22:43.960 You have heard Home on Approval, specially written for romance by Kathleen Height, starring 22:43.960 --> 22:46.400 Joyce McCluskey as Monica. 22:46.400 --> 22:51.160 Featured in the cast were John Danaer, Gene Bates, Harry Bartel, Paul Dubov, and Virginia 22:51.160 --> 22:52.320 Gregg. 22:52.320 --> 23:04.640 This is Joe Walters inviting you to hear romance transcribed next week at this same time. 23:04.640 --> 23:09.440 Everywhere under the sun, radio's fun, and nowhere is it more fun than under the smiling 23:09.440 --> 23:14.640 sun that shines down on CBS radio's Eve Arden as Our Miss Brooks. 23:14.640 --> 23:20.080 Eve's on vacation from Mary Madison High these days, but there's no shortage of smiles as 23:20.080 --> 23:24.800 Our Miss Brooks tries to make her vacation pay for itself, mainly because she hasn't 23:24.800 --> 23:27.240 the money to pay for it herself. 23:27.240 --> 23:32.960 Follow the fun with Our Miss Brooks and her pals tomorrow night and every Sunday night. 23:32.960 --> 23:35.540 atmos integral.