Ryan suggested finding a way to get onboard the vessel to inspect it or to have contact with Ramius and find out his real intentions.He also meets pretty tee-totaling, Encyclopedia-reading secretary Kirsten Arnesen (Lee Remick), who works in his building.Holly: But it would hurt.Kit: Well, that""s the point, stupid.Holly: Don""t call me stupid.Kit: OK, but I""m gonna keep it for a souvenir - or maybe one that""s lighter.To symbolize their fleeting days of innocence and happiness, Kit releases a red balloon that carries a small basket carrying some of their "little tokens and things" into the sky [they also bury more ""tokens and things"" just before they are captured]:Kit made a solemn vow that he would always stand beside me and let nothing come between us.It had been impounded and was scheduled for destruction by the LAPD six weeks earlier ("but it never got there"): "That gun and 15,000 others like it were stolen from a police storage facility before they could be destroyed.His mother (Thelma Ritter in her film debut) leaned over and whispered: "Macy""s ain""t got any.Nobody""s got any." It was Santa""s first real test - would he follow Shellhammer""s advice or not? He promised the boy that he would fulfill his wish: "You""ll get your fire engine.