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...Rita. Prince and Cucuface set off on a cheerful pilgrim's progress from Paris to the Riviera. Their delicate palates and foxy noses are proof against phony vintage wines; their false humility endears them to the wealthy, and their aristocratic hauteur terrifies the bandits who lurk in ambush about their tables, i.e., "doorman, door-opener, coat-hander, coat-taker, inside-door opener, up-the-stairs-pointer, director, headwaiter, assistant headwaiter . . . captain, waiter and bus boy." Lounging on luxurious hotel terraces, they nod to "Ali, Rita and Schiaparelli"; sunk in sofas "soft as a mudbath," they regale each other with...
...coolie shirt and slips it on. Hardly has he a chance to compose his features inscrutably when he is discovered. In two action-packed minutes, with the announcer keeping score, Bob's brisk punches K.O. five more comrades, all of whom, he points out, have "egg chins." He rescues Rita, who breathes, "You're wonderful." "Save that for tea," says Bob, clubbing a reviving Red to the deck. In the midst of a tussle with Hung Ho, the Communist general is shot accidentally by his own aide...
...over their bows whistle shots from an approaching Allied ship. "Listen, Rita," says quick-witted Bob, "what color petticoat are you wearing...
...says Rita insecurely. "In front...
...There's as complete a token of surrender as ever I saw," chuckles Bob as the petticoat is hoisted aloft, Later, aboard the Navy ship, he is again the newspaper-man; his first thought is for a wireless. "I'll see you later," he says suggestively to Rita, "at dinner. We can . . . talk...