" She eagerly cooperates: "For a gold mine, I could be Cleopatra." He takes the boys upstairs and tricks them by having them present the deed to his wife instead of to the real Mary Roberts, his demure kitchen maid.Her father helplessly watches as she swims away, and calls for his staff to "lower the boats." Detectives are dispatched to find her - "Watch all roads, airports and railway stations in Miami."The next scene is introduced by a sign reading:Night Bus to New York.In the Miami bus station, detectives can""t believe she would take a lower-class night bus."We""re wasting our time.Can you imagine Ellie Andrews riding on a bus?" To evade her father""s search by traveling incognito, she has another elderly lady buy a ticket for her on a Greyhound bus - a rickety, proletarian means of transportation which would be unlikely for a rich heiress...they""ll have to shoot me and carry me out." He complains that there is too much work for one man, and his last helping hand was roughed up by the Ryker brothers.The film""s witty script, written specifically for Astaire and Rogers, was written by Dwight Taylor (author ofThe Gay Divorcee) and Allan Scott - and was based on the playThe Girl Who Dared, by Alexander Farago and Aladar Laszlo.