Finally, they agree on a white, wide-brimmed hat.Going outside, the strong wind picks up a cloud of dust and blows his hat off into the river water.And so Willie must once again put on his beret (that he had earlier pocketed in the store).Young Willie's father is exasperated and shocked that his son is still wearing the beret,andthat Mary excitedly approaches with her father - who chuckles while asking:J.When the nurse took off with his cigars, he begged and pleaded: "Can't I have just one?...A few puffs after meals? Please." He jokingly proposed murdering her "some dark night":"When her back is turned, I'll snatch her thermometer and plunge it through her shoulder blades." [Sidney stands before a bulletin board plastered with past clippings from Hunsecker's column.]Snapping back, Robard tells the deceitful Falco that he has failed as both apersonaland professional liar:Oh, it's a publicity man's nature to be a liar.Joe reveals: "I thought that you might be in love with me see?...And believe it or not, I came over to ask you to marry me." She is sorry for he misunderstanding.Joe refers to her pirate analogy: "Well anyway, it didn't mean nothin'.Yeah, the pirates of the day are pretty dumb.So long...No hard feelings, and you'll drop into 55 again, maybe."Miss Healy announces that visits might not be possible because she is soon going abroad with Dick Bolton, and they're going o be married, even though she is not in love.