An Army field hospital incident nearly damaged Patton""s entire career (he also missed out on D-Day in mid-1944 after being reprimanded and losing his command).He emptied his gun into Myers with ten shots, with no visible effect, and then was hanged in one of the rope ladder nooses(# 10 death)outside the window, as Jamie fled to another room.I have never discovered any other subject quite so worthy of my attention.Laura: But you write about people with such real understanding and sentiment.That""s what makes your column so good.Lydecker: The sentiment comes easy at 50 cents a word.Laura: Well, if that""s the way you really feel, you must be very lonely.Lydecker: Will you kindly continue this character analysis elsewhere? You begin to bore me.Laura: You""re a poor man.I""m very sorry for you.After Laura quickly packs her things and leaves, Lydecker reminisces that he had a sudden change of heart - he remembers how appealing Laura was: "She had something about her, that girl.Frenchie approaches the skipper o ask for his help - to use his boat that night to smuggle in "some friends of friends of mine," but a disinterested Morgan staunchly refuses to get involved in the risky venture: "Not a chance.