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Happy Yowie?

It's gone five o 'clock already.

Yes, sir.

Bet you wonder if I ever get tired of
milking you, huh?

Huh?

There you go. Here, try some of that.

You're going to like this a lot better.
Yes, sir.

You know what I just might do?

I just might get me one of them machines
that can suck a cow to death.

Especially a woeful old cow like
yourself.

Oh, yeah.

What do you think about that?

Morning, Robert.

Okay, okay. Get in class.

Morning. Morning.

Morning.

Morning. Morning.

Morning. Morning. Morning. Morning.
Morning. Where do you think you're

Megan.

Thank you. Hey, you want a tray?

Not in this lifetime.

Hey, hey.

Tonight, your place or mine?

Mine.

Have a good one. You too.

Now,

I know that you've all heard about the
possibility of the school closing at the

end of this semester.

For those of you who aren't
graduating... Dana, I think it's your

Why don't you come on up here? That
would mean... There was once a beautiful

girl whose father was a knight. I tried
to tell him I wasn't teaching a bunch of

Rhodes Scholars, but apparently the
school board... Now,

all this is not official until the
school board meets next week.

at which time I will be able to present
formally my arguments against it.

But as you all know, it's always best to
be thinking ahead.

Well, now, who might you be?

Catherine Wheeler.

Well, Catherine Wheeler, come on in and
close the door.

I don't see your name on the enrollment
sheet here.

What grade are you, Catherine?

Senior.

Senior.

Oh, yeah.

Well, welcome to Howardsville.

You'll find this a very friendly place.

And if you or your family need any help,
please feel free to ask.

Thank you.

Just pick a vacant seat out there.

Okay.

I'd like to start with local history
today. Get your history book and turn

page.

You two shouldn't be working so late.

We'll just have to finish scheduling
assignments.

You won't be much longer.

Good night, Mama.

Good night, hon.

Good night, Mama.

Good night, sir.

I'm off to Betty. Bye.

Good night, Lily.

Good night, Lily.

Well, another year.

The last one, as it turns out.

Had to happen eventually.

It's called progress.

What's progressive about making 30 kids
ride 60 miles every day?

Speaking of which, are you taking the
job?

I don't think so.

I thought maybe I could just be a fill
-in or something.

What do you think?

I think you should do whatever you want.

Can we talk about farming this place?

What about it?

Joseph.

That's all news, Rosalie.

What do you want me to do?

Work both places like Lily and my mom
went?

We'd have corn on one and soybeans on
the other.

They always use you to get at me.

I guess they just think you'll fall to
pieces without your job.

You know, drink, not marry me.

Maybe I should find somebody else.

But I got six years into you.

Likewise. We should just make up our
minds.

I already have, six years ago.

You're a bit slow.

And what's going to change if we marry?

I don't want to live here with Oren's
mother.

You don't want to move out of this fine
house into ours.

Of course I would.

I'd move in tomorrow.

Robert's going off to college.

I'd better be getting home.

I'll finish these later.

You're not spending the night?

Mm -mm.

I have to look in on Mama.

She hasn't been feeling too good.

What happened to your father?

Korea. He died in the war.

So, Mr.

Spinning's just dead?

No.

Screw my mother's all.

Mr. Spenden.

Major Nathan Wheeler.

U .S. Army.

In case you've heard, I'm your new
neighbor.

Yeah, well, in these parts, that's
anybody living in a 20 -mile radius of

other.

I believe you've met my daughter,
Catherine.

Yes, sir, I have.

How are you today, Catherine?

Good, thank you.

Which reminds me, her records arrived
today, so she'll have them for you

if that's all right.

That sounds just fine.

Also, I was wondering if I could talk
you maybe into boarding Catherine's

The Oliver place doesn't have a barn,
you know, and I was talking to Dr. Evans

earlier, and he suggested you might be
agreeable to an arrangement for a fee.

I could pay you, say, $175 a month. Does
that sound fair?

That sounds just fine, Major.

Thank you. I'm going to take him out
now.

S -V -E -N -D -E -N.

Is that Norwegian or Swedish?

No, it's Swedish.

There you go.

I'm very grateful to you, sir.

Thank you.

Honey, I don't think we have time for
that right now.

Well, I can drop her by your place
later, Major. I have to pass by there in

while anyway.

Oh, come on, please, Daddy.

If there's no trouble. No, no trouble at
all.

Catherine?

When Mr. Spenden is ready to go, you
come home.

You hear me?

Yes, I do.

Okay. Thank you, sir.

Right here, okay?

Sure, that's good.

My father would have paid $200 a month.

I know.

Would it be too much if I came over to
ride him every day?

No, come whenever you like. You don't
need a key.

I love that poem that you read yesterday
by Keith.

Do you like him better than Emily
Dickinson?

What are you thinking about?

That this is my last year of teaching.

I've heard a lot of really good things
about Chicago, but New York is the place

to go, I guess.

For drama school, is that what you're
going to do? Study acting?

I think I'm good at it.

What are you going to do next year?

I don't know.

What are you good at?

What? What am I good at?

Yeah, deep down inside, we all know that
there's something that we're good at.

It's just a matter of making others
recognize our true talent.

You know that you're good at, like,
teaching and farming, right?

No.

I'm a mediocre teacher.

I'm even the worst farmer.

Ah, there goes your theory.

I don't think so.

But even if that's true, there's got to
be something that you're good at.

Oh, just not tell me.

But I'll find out.

You take it when you eat, you know.

Everything all right?

Oh, I'm fine, Huey. Dr.

Evans was kind enough to drop off my
refill.

Yeah, thought I'd save you a trip into
town. I had to come out to the old

Adelman place anyway.

Well, I appreciate it.

Only the Adelmans don't own it anymore.

Family by the name of Wheeler bought it
last month.

Retired major down from... Yeah, I met
them already.

Oh,

the daughter?

Huh?

Not exactly your basic little farm girl,
is she?

Dad's a honey man's boot.

Mother's an alcoholic he's trying to dry
around.

Yeah, well, ask him if he needs to buy
some farm implements.

We sure can't use the money.

If you only cashed in all those coins,
it would probably carry us all year.

Well, now, that milk can's in a bad
spot.

It's too awkward for you to be, you
know, squatting there, wrapping them.

And it's too heavy for me to move. So
for the time being, I think I'll just

leave it alone.

What are you going to do when it's full?

I don't know.

How's she doing?

Well, she's in more pain than she admits
to. You know how she is. She doesn't

like to complain, so... It'll get worse.

How long?

Well, maybe half a year.

Maybe less.

It's hard to be any more precise than
that.

Of course, I... I could put her on
chemo.

Give her a few more months of exquisite
agony.

No, I don't think she's going to want to
go the distance. Doc, you talked to her

about it.

No,

I...

I think she's decided to go.

You know what you ought to do?

What's your mind to?

Get in this truck, Ward.

Think about it.

Okay, let's turn to page 125.

Catherine?

Catherine?

Why didn't you answer me?

What for?

You knew I was here.

You're right.

What do you keep up here?

Well, some hay, as you can see.

It's probably gone moldy.

I got a couple bags of high hay pellets,
but I have

to get quite a few more.

Not too many people come up here, do
they?

No, they certainly don't.

Jesus Christ.

What?

You know, Rosalie, I guess I've been in
love with you about all of my whole

stupid life.

Well, that's all right. Good for you.

You up for another?

Why not?

Okay.

Going for my three.

Mrs. Henson.

Hey, Reverend.

Rosalie. Doctor,

cheer up. The war is over.

Mr. Spindon, you can't expect us to
allow you to continue teaching without

proper credentials.

I don't believe you ever even went to
college. Look, I think Mr. Spindon

understands the position the board is
taking, but you know, he's been teaching

here for more than 20 years, and not one
of his students has ever been denied

admission to college because of academic
reasons.

Granted, not many have wanted to go,
but...

Mrs. Johnson's son here got into the
university on an academic scholarship,

he's doing well. It does happen.

We have two perfectly good schools in
town, taught by professional educators.

What do you offer that they don't?

A chance to gain the basics without
being bused 60 miles a day after getting

at dawn to do chores.

These kids have a hard enough time
competing with the kids in town.

Why didn't you simply take some college
courses and earn a degree like Mrs.

Henson? I wasn't teaching college
courses. In all fairness, ma 'am, I had

time and resources available to me than
did Mr. Svenden.

Don't make any excuses for me.

I could have done that, yes.

But I didn't think that the school board
was going to expand its district this

far out of town.

I was trying to combine a service with
making a living.

I guess I was wrong.

Mr. Svenden, you certainly can't blame
us for your oversight.

You have had every opportunity to earn
your credentials.

You've already made up your mind about
this.

There's nothing I can say here today
that's going to make any difference, is

there? No, I'm afraid that's true.

We don't see any reason why we should
reconsider the matter.

Then why in the hell did you let me
waste my time talking to you?

We don't need that kind of language, Mr.
Spandon.

That's because you're a bunch of pompous
assholes.

Mr. Spender, I believe you owe this
board an apology.

For what?

No rule says I can't call an asshole an
asshole.

Rosalie?

As happy as the horn made you.

You're a beauty.

You're a beauty.

There you go.

Well,

sir, she's holding her own.

That's good. Yeah. Been hunting lately?

I've been getting out a little bit.

I went to have some duck with a major
last week. Got three beauties.

Not mine, his.

Bass is a cracked shot.

I'll give that to him.

Almost as good as you.

Really?

It'd be close.

He told me he saw a coyote down around
Ferry's Road. He's all set to go after

it.

There aren't any coyotes in this part of
the country.

Maybe it was a wolf.

There aren't any wolves either.

Come on with me.

I got something I want to give you.

I want you to have this.

I found out the hard way last week. My
back ain't what it used to be.

Hunting and I are done.

Jesus, Doc.

I don't know what to say.

You sure you want to do this?

Well, I know you've always admired it.

I'm tired of oiling the thing.

Anyway, I'd rather you have it than have
it surround Diabra.

Tell me if there's any change and let
her do what she wanted.

Smells good in here. I roasted a
mallard.

You wee.

Oh, you're a mess.

Are you drunk?

Clean up now. Supper's almost ready.

I'm fine, Mom. I'm just fine.

Look what the doctor gave you.

Oh, that was good of him.

He said he was too old to hunt. Can you
imagine that? Too old to hunt.

How you feeling, Mama?

Oh.

Feels like there are nails driven in my
stomach.

You want me to call Dr.

Evans? No, no, no.

You have to marry

Rosalie.

I know, Mom.

told me she didn't think you wanted to
marry her. I said nonsense.

You were just waiting for me to die so
you wouldn't have so much on your mind.

I know you wanted to marry Rosalie when
Oren did.

Now you can, so do it.

With the school closing, I won't have a
job. I can't get married without a job.

Nonsense. Sell what's left.

Marry Rosalie.

Farmer place.

Oh, you're stupid for a schoolteacher.

Take Rosalie on a decent honeymoon.

Cash in those coins.

The tossing waves, the foam, the shifts
in the distance, the wild unrest, the

snowy curling caps, that inbound urge
and urge of

waves seeking the shores forever.

Wait a minute. This isn't going
anywhere, is it? I'm not going anywhere,

Have any of you been to the ocean?

I have.

Oh, good. Come up here.

What I'm going to say is this.

People think poetry is too complicated.
They think it's boring.

It is boring.

That's right.

That's right.

Mostly it is.

And that's because mostly poetry is
written by bad poets.

Let's say that good poetry is really
what's simple.

Let's say it's what you feel when the
morning wind moves across your face.

You smell the ocean for the first time.

When you saw the ocean first, what did
you feel?

Oh, I think I felt scared.

A valid emotion.

You could write about that.

Okay, now we're going to have a little
test.

I want you to write a poem about some
place you've been before, maybe a lake,

some place that you felt something
about.

I don't think you have to have been
someplace to write about it.

I'm sorry.

It's okay, it's okay.

Explain yourself.

Oh, it's an accident.

Catherine dropped my picture.

Go on.

Well, take Emily Dickinson.

She wrote love letters to a man, and yet
it's been said that she died a virgin.

I mean, even if she never knew a man
physically...

She still wrote some of the greatest
love poems in all literature.

Okay, that's right.

And your point?

Well, you don't have to experience
something to write passionately about

All you need is your imagination.

What the imagination sees as its beauty
must be truth, whether it ever existed

before or not.

John Keyes wrote that in a letter to his
parents in 1818.

Is that what you mean, Catherine?

You should be teaching this class.

Don't ask to see me like this again.

Let's just keep it to our horse -riding
arrangement.

And I don't want you flirting with me in
class. It's just not a good idea,

Catherine.

You flirted with me first.

You could be a real dork, you know that?

I did not flirt with you.

I don't need to flirt with you.

You're pregnant, aren't you?

Is that what's been worrying you?

That's crossed my mind.

Well, I happen to wear a diaphragm.

How about the first time? Are you
wearing it then?

Why should I tell you?

Now, don't be cute with me.

I'm not in the mood.

Don't.

I'm not going to do anything until you
tell me.

Okay, yes, I was wearing it then.

You knew that we were going to make
love.

Yeah.

I had a premonition.

What did you want to say to me?

Just kidding.

Come here.

Uh -uh.

I'm not touching you.

Big brown eye? Yes, I do.

Mr. Slimming, I wonder if you'd like to
take a ride in Daddy's new cat?

She is good -looking.

He's terrible.

Does she have a horse in your barn too?

Major? Good morning, Joseph.

I lost my hunting partner.

I thought you might like to go out and
shoot some birds with me.

I hear you're quite good.

I hear the same about you.

Well?

Kind of chubby there.

Just relax.

They're going to be coming in any
minute.

I never bag more than I need.

What about you?

No, absolutely not.

That's good.

I'm just too old to just kill for the
sake of killing.

I don't find any pleasure in it anymore.

Somebody told me that you saw a coyote
down around Ferry's Road.

No, I thought it was, but I changed my
mind.

It was too big.

It's a wolf, and I'm gonna nail the
bastard.

I thought you didn't kill critters just
for the fun.

Well, let's take coyotes, for instance.

Now, there is an interesting creature,
very devious.

Did you know they can snatch a hen, a
piglet, a hamster, a little bat, out

under your nose just like that?

Before you know it, they're gone.

They deserve to be killed.

Well, they're also free -spirited and
determined. You catch a coyote's leg in

trap and he'll chew it off to get away.

Free -spirited, my ass.

They're greedy.

What they can't eat or fuck, they piss
on, just like any other dog.

little off this morning.

I increased her medication.

So, in a little while, she'll be
wizzier.

I think you should probably tell your
sisters.

Why?

Does things start fighting over their
share of things around here?

No, Mom and I had a talk.

She decided she'd want either one of
them known.

Oh, she's probably right.

Look at what I brought you.

It's sour mashed bourbon. It's 20 years
old.

I know what it is.

Taste it.

Not now.

Too hungover?

You want to see Bolo?

Not now.

I'm too sexed up.

How's your mother?

Why are you interested in my mother?

She's a drunk, period.

That's why I'm never going to drink.

All

right.

I'll get a glass. Sure, Joe.

She certainly has a sweet -looking
little body on her, but you ought to

fucking grown -ups, dumbass.

Here you go. Thank you.

When they're that young, and as mixed up
as she is, they'll make trouble for

you. I treat her mother as maybe you
want some trouble. You're sure as hell

gonna get it.

How long has this been going on?

I don't know.

Three months, maybe four.

It was her idea.

She was 17, you were 47. It was her
idea. You're cracking up, boy.

Okay.

It was my idea.

It's the first initiative I've taken in
years.

What are you, taking vitamins or
something?

Rosalie looks happy enough.

out you know well if it's gonna get out
uh i may

as well keep it because it's fun i've
said on my ass too long you

may not believe this doc but um i just
haven't made love that much in my

lifetime you know what you don't regret
the ones you do when you're older

looking back you'll only regret the ones
you don't but it shows up

She's awfully young.

How's mother?

She won't last a month.

Neither will you, the major finds out.

But maybe he'll just shoot you in the
good leg.

What do you want to drink?

Beer and tomato juice.

Kathy. Robert.

And Mr. Stanton.

Kathy. Robert.

There you go.

Spending a lot of time together.

Cool.

Those two.

All right if I sit down?

Sure.

Robert's really sweet.

You know that? You've done a great job
raising him.

He's lucky to have a mom like you.

Well, thank you.

You know what, though? I think it would
be... I think it would be good for him

if he felt comfortable to talk to you.

Talk to me?

About what?

Well, haven't you noticed how depressed
he is?

I mean, he's really upset about you and
Joseph.

Catherine, I don't think that that's any
of your business.

Yes, it is. Robert's my friend.

I'm sorry. I'm not trying to cause any
trouble.

Excuse me.

I like Katherine, you know that?

She's got a lot of spunk.

Robert does have fun with her.

Want to come in the house?

No.

Let's do it here.

Joseph.

No, please, come inside.

No.

No, I think I'm going to go home.

What got into you, Yui?

Fooling around with such a young girl.

You know?

Of course I know.

I don't know who you think you've been
fooling.

I spotted her the first day that jeep
drove into the yard.

I know.

What can I say? I'm a bad man.

But sometimes it's great fun to be bad.

You're not a bad man.

If that made men bad, we'd all be lost.

Oh, I'm tired, Joey.

Let me carry you to bed, Mama. No.

I mean, I'm tired of this body.

It's worse than having a baby every day.

Oh,

pick me

up now, Yui.

I'm going to call Dr.

Evans and see what he thinks.

Oh, no, it's not necessary.

I'll wake you up in the morning.

Good night.

Good night.

Rosalie! Where the hell are you?

What's wrong with you? People are
sleeping here.

What is it?

Maybe I got the flu.

You've had the flu for months.

You're acting very strange, and I don't
think it's because of your mother.

Then maybe it's a change of life. Men my
age go through a change of life.

They know they're going to die without
doing the things that they wanted.

Bullshit.

What do you want to do other than screw
some movie star like everybody else?

What do I want to do?

I'd like to spend some time on the ocean
where there are no students, no people,

in a boat, just reading, drinking,
fishing, swimming.

You know what else I'd like to do?

I'd like to fuck you with all the lights
on.

I'd like to do everything I ever thought
of.

I am tired of fucking you in the dark on
Friday and Sunday nights and sometimes

on Wednesday.

Look at me.

I'm 47 years old.

And I've never fucked you in the
daylight, let alone seen the ocean. We

Washington once. We have never been to
New York.

I want us to change before we get too
old and die and it's too late.

Don't you want to act differently?

I'm tired of you acting like a goddamn
widow.

I have loved you since I was 18 years
old.

I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry I disappoint you.

Look at me, other than my foot, which
you've seen a hundred times.

Do I look so goddamn strange not to
be... ...the body of thy faithful

loving care, O merciful God.

Hold her and protect her until the time
she is joined by her loved ones, as

shall we all one day be so joined.

Shower your comfort on the friends and
loved ones gathered here today.

Enter their hearts.

Bring them peace.

Secure in the knowledge that a better
world awaits us all at the end of life's

passage. I would like now for the
children to step forward, please.

Charlotte, Marie, and Joseph.

You may now entrust your mother to the
earth from which all life springs forth

and to which we all return.

Here. What's this?

How could you?

What?

I thought we'd gotten so much better
after that night.

Here I was acknowledging your sympathy
cards.

Thinking I could spare you additional
pain.

Don't you believe it?

We are better.

She's just a silly kid.

Then why are you fucking a kid?

Aren't I enough?

I've given my life to you.

Well, I figured I needed some catching
up, you know.

Oh, God.

You... sat around here thinking and
messed up your life and i have to pay

i'm not gonna get another chance

oh god damn you

Joseph? All right, now.

What are you doing?

Hmm?

What?

I'm drunk.

Rosalie.

Rosalie, no.

I'm sorry.

See, I didn't know sooner or later.

Why?

Because I want to marry you.

I'm not marrying anyone.

Do you hear me?

I won't mention it again.

Catherine?

Rosalie?

Rosalie, we have to talk right now.

I can't marry you and be the ghost of
Oren for the rest of my life.

Not the ghost of Oren.

We're in a dead and I'm alive.

Living three miles up the road wondering
why I ever gave my life over to a

goddamn lunatic.

It's two o 'clock in the morning.

Will you please leave before you wake
up, Lily?

You're not going to let him stay here,
are you?

Will you get a blanket, please?

Robert, will you please get a blanket?

I want you to get him out of here.

He's a bullshitter.

I feel like such a fool.

Like I've been the brunt of some huge
joke or something.

Believe me, no one was laughing.

That's all he is, a bullshitter.

Catherine was just bored and horny, and
the man lost his head. He'll get over

it, and so will you.

It's not true. Catherine's a wonderful
person.

He seduced her.

Robert, you're an ignorant little
pissant. You don't know the first thing

women. No more than you think.

She's my friend. I'm just sticking up
for her. Oh, big goddamn deal.

So Catherine's young and pretty, and she
comes from an unhappy family, and they

make love.

Why can't people make love without all
this viciousness?

Now, that is a lot of bullshit.

What the hell do you know about what I'm
feeling?

Well,

this has been a rough son of a bitch on
both of us, hasn't it?

What can I tell you, son?

What do you know about my dad?

Your dad?

He was better at everything than me,
except for you.

He liked this fight, and he was good at
it, too.

You liked him?

I thought he was the greatest.

He was my best friend.

Why'd he go to the war?

He wasn't drafted.

You mean, why did he leave you and your
mother?

You want the truth?

He was bored with things around here.

Okay.

I want to warn you about something.

You want to warn me of what?

The Major knows.

I think he's coming out to see you.

Hold it.

Joseph, what are you doing?

Are you armed?

No.

Jesus, why would I be armed?

Who's that in the jeep?

My wife.

Can we go in?

Of course.

You want to sit down and have a drink?

Yes, thank you.

I've been looking for that.

I was going to start by talking about
fishing.

I see your hand is shaking.

Catherine said you were going to marry
her.

Is this true?

No.

No, it isn't.

That would be dumb. I'm not her sort.

What is her sort?

Someone who's rich and educated.

Someone who is sophisticated and lives
in a city closer to her age. I wanted

to know that I wasn't fooled.

And I don't like to be fooled.

I moved her up here partly to get away
from those kind of people.

But Catherine has had a good semester.

Maybe her best yet.

I don't know what kind of life you lead.

But I would guess that you aren't
experienced in these things.

No, I guess I'm not.

It was my first time to do such a thing.

But I... I couldn't seem to help myself,
even when I

knew it was wrong.

I think you were wrong, too.

But I can't blame you entirely, because
knowing Catherine...

I know it was probably less than half of
your idea.

I can't tell you what goes on in her
mind.

You're decent, I know that.

I just know you shouldn't try and marry
her.

You are more misused yourself than
someone who took advantage.

Mr. Fendon, are you aware that I know
you've been screwing my daughter?

Beverly?

Honey, have you been listening?

Shut up! Ma 'am, Beverly.

Let's go.

It's been a long day.

I'm tired and you're tired.

I'm waiting, Mr.

Fendon.

in the moment.

How did you get out here?

Robert brought me. Where is he?

He left.

Daddy said he was going to have this
little talk with you.

He certainly did, and your mother, too.

Daddy said that you were never going to
marry me.

And that I was just playing the fool.

That's not true, is it?

Because that can't be true.

I mean, can't you see I've given you the
best single year of my life?

That's bullshit.

What were you going to do this year?
Fuck Robert?

And look what I've done to my life.

And we haven't even known each other a
year.

You're play acting again.

We care a lot for each other.

We've had some fine times together.

But I'm a goddamn old man.

And you're lovely.

And you're bright.

And you're 17 years old.

I thought you loved me.

I do love you.

Enough to know what's good for you.

No, you're what's good for me.

Come on, let's just...

Can't we just be lovers like we were
first?

I bet that you wouldn't marry me if I
asked.

You've been using me till you got out of
town.

It's okay.

I've done something bad What

Jesus

what the hell have you done?

You all right?

Oh, dear.

What

were you

doing?

I was mad at you.

So you're gonna burn your horse?

I thought you'd save him.

But you didn't.

Come on.

Come on.

I'm gonna take you home.

Bye.

Heard about what happened last night.

Anything left with the barn?

No.

It's completely gone.

It's odd, but... I think I failed you.

Taking you for granted all these years,
but...

You know why you like Catherine?

Other than, obviously, her body.

It's because she's not even a person
yet.

You don't have to give anything of
yourself to her.

Hell, she wouldn't even know it if you
were giving anything to her.

Maybe so, I don't know.

I don't have any excuse.

I guess I wanted to be carried away.

And I certainly didn't think that when
Catherine and I started.

But it was what kept me going.

Then we had that night.

Where you and I got carried away for the
first time since we were young.

We were doing something that we didn't
actually know what we were going to do

before we did it.

I want to be carried away too.