Kiss and Tell1945

Corliss Archer:
Dexter, you've got to take an oath in blood not to breathe a word if I tell you the truth.

Dexter Franklin:
Okay, I swear - [hits his head on a tree branch] Ow!

Corliss Archer:
You can take it sitting down.

Dexter Franklin:
All right. I swear in blood. Look, here's blood on my chin. I just shaved.

Corliss Archer:
Well, in the first place, Mildred and Lenny are married.

Dexter Franklin:
What! Married! [Corliss shushes him] Holy cow.

Corliss Archer:
And in the second place, Mildred's gonna have a baby.

Dexter Franklin:
She is?

Corliss Archer:
But her parents and my parents don't dream they're married, so of course they can't know she's gonna have a baby. See? I'm the only one who knows.

Dexter Franklin:
Well, go on.

Corliss Archer:
Well, I've been going with Mildred to see her doctor, Dr. Fabling in the Professional Building.

Dexter Franklin:
And then what?

Corliss Archer:
And evidently, someone saw me coming out of his office, and must have phoned Mrs. Pringle, and well, she came tearing over here, and now everybody seems to have jumped to the conclusion that I'm going to have the baby.

Dexter Franklin:
[laughing] Oh, boy! You *are* in a jam!

Corliss Archer:
Well, for a while, everybody thought Jimmy was to blame, and Daddy was just calling the C.O. to have him executed.

Dexter Franklin:
Gee, whiz.

Corliss Archer:
Yes. Then - then Daddy was just demanding to know who it was, and then you came in, and for some reason, they all seem to think it's you!

Dexter Franklin:
What? No wonder your father tried to kill me! Holy cow! I'm a dead duck!

Corliss Archer:
Dexter, would you mind not denying it for a little while? I've got to have time to think.