While waiting in the beautifully-decorated parlor, hey are impressed by a Picasso painting on the wall:Gus: Ain""t that cute? They got his and hers Picassos...Don""t stop ""til you get to Clarksburg." The former marshal""s first reaction reveals his sense of responsibility:I think I ought to stay.The newly-wed couple leave town immediately, gathered into a horse and buggy buckboard to quickly ride away.He returned to the Girl""s home, barged into the living room, interrupted the young couple and presented the Girl with the immense, superior box of chocolates.Coincidentally, she writes thriller novels whose plots seem very close to real events.Her latest book describes a murder committed in a very similar way:Nick: I love it.She""s got a hundred million bucks.She f--ks fighters and rock and roll stars.And she""s got a degree in screwing with people""s heads.Lt.Walker: You forgot about her degree in literature.She""s a writer.She published a novel last year under a pen name.Do you want to know what it""s about? It""s about a retired rock and roll star who gets murdered by his girlfriend.I changed my book at Boots....Just as I stepped out onto the pavement...Alec: Good morning.Laura: Oh, good morning.Alec: How""s the eye?Laura: Perfectly all right.How kind it was of you to take so much rouble.Alec: Nothing at all.It""s clearing up I think.Laura: Yes, it""s going to be nice.Alec: Well, I must be getting along to the hospital.Laura: Now I must be getting along to the grocers.Alec (wryly): What exciting lives we lead, don""t we?On a third weekly trip to town, Laura is expectant about meeting Alec again, but doesn""t.