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I CAME TO WALK YOU HOME
ON YOUR LAST DAY OF SCHOOL.

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I'M ABOUT AS READY
FOR A VACATION
AS MY STUDENTS ARE.

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WE GOT A REAL INTERESTING
LETTER FROM ELIZA JANE.

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OH, WHAT SHE
HAVE TO SAY?

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SHE'S GOING TO
A NEW COLLEGE IN ARIZONA.

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ARIZONA?

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SHE'S GOING TO TAKE
A CLASS THERE
THIS SUMMER.

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AND SHE'D LIKE YOU
TO CONSIDER TAKING
THE CLASS, TOO.

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ME?

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SHE SENT ALONG THIS
OUTLINE FOR YOU.

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"GREAT AMERICAN
WRITERS.

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WALT WHITMAN,
MARK TWAIN..."

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ALMANZO,
LOOK AT THIS.

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"RALPH WALDO
EMERSON."

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"IN PERSON, TO
DELIVER A LECTURE
TO THE STUDENT BODY."

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RALPH WALDO EMERSON!

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I THINK THAT IF WE
CAN MANAGE IT,
YOU OUGHT TO GO.

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WHAT?

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YOU HEARD ME.
YOUR EYES LIT UP
LIKE IT WAS CHRISTMAS,

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THE FOURTH OF JULY,
AND YOUR BIRTHDAY

21
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ALL WRAPPED UP
INTO ONE PACKAGE.

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CAN YOU IMAGINE?

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I MEAN, ACTUALLY
SITTING THERE
AND LISTENING TO

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THE REAL, LIVE
RALPH WALDO EMERSON.

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WELL, ACTUALLY, LAURA,
I CAN'T IMAGINE IT.

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BUT IF YOU CAN,
I THINK YOU OUGHT
TO BE THERE.

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I'D LOVE TO, MANLY,

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BUT WE CAN'T AFFORD
TO SEND ME ALL
THE WAY TO ARIZONA.

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HOLD.

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ELIZA JANE SAID
THERE'D BE PART-TIME
TEACHING JOBS,

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AND YOU TWO
CAN ROOM TOGETHER.

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WELL, WE'LL HAVE
TO THINK ABOUT IT.

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I MEAN, WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE
TO SIT DOWN

34
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AND GO OVER
OUR FINANCES.

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AND THEN WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE TO DISCUSS

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THE BENEFITS AND
THE DRAWBACKS...

37
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AND THEN PACK
MY SUITCASE
SO I CAN GO!

38
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YEP.

39
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DID YOU HAVE
A GOOD SLEEP?
[LAUGHS]

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YES.

41
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UH...YOU HEADED
TO ARIZONA?

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-HM-MMM.
-YEAH?

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MORT CARSTAIRS
IS THE NAME.

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LAURA WILDER.

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LET ME GUESS.
AHEM.

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LAURA WILDER...

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HAPPILY MARRIED,
DEDICATED TEACHER

48
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ABOUT TO EMBARK ON
AN EXCITING ADVENTURE--

49
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A SUMMER
AWAY AT SCHOOL.

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HOW DID YOU KNOW
ALL THAT?

51
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OH...

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YOU MEAN, I'M RIGHT?

53
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YES.

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SEE, I WAS HOPING
I WAS WRONG

55
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ABOUT THE HAPPILY
MARRIED PART, HEH.

56
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WELL, IN THAT CASE,
WE'LL JUST HAVE
TO BECOME

57
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CLOSE FRIENDS
AND CONFIDANTS.
[LAUGHS]

58
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IS THIS YOUR FIRST
TIME AT SUMMER SCHOOL?

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FIRST?

60
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HARDLY MY FIRST.

61
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I DO THIS ABOUT
ONCE EVERY
TWO YEARS.

62
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YOU MUST
LIKE SCHOOL
AN AWFUL LOT.

63
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OH, NO,
NOT REALLY.

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YOU SEE, I GO TO
SUMMER SCHOOL

65
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WHEN I GET FIRED
FROM A TEACHING
POSITION.

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YOU'D BE SURPRISED
HOW MANY CONTACTS

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YOU CAN MAKE AT
A COLLEGE SEMINAR.

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YOU JUST GOT
FIRED THEN?

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OH...YEAH.
AFRAID SO.

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I DON'T KNOW
WHAT IT IS
ABOUT ME.

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EVERYTHING
IS GOING FINE,

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AND ALL OF
A SUDDEN, WHAM--

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IT HAPPENS.

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I OPEN
MY BIG MOUTH

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AND I INSULT
SOMEBODY.

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WHY DO YOU DO THAT?

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I DON'T DO IT
ON PURPOSE.

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IN FACT, SOMETIMES
I DON'T EVEN KNOW
THAT I'VE DONE IT

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UNTIL
I GET FIRED.

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THEN I PACK
MY BAGS AND

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I GO TO SCHOOL,
GET ANOTHER JOB.

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IT'S NOT A BAD WAY
TO LIVE ONCE YOU
GET USED TO IT.

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YOU WANT
SOMETHING FROM
THE BUTCHER BOY?

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YES, A CUP OF
COFFEE WITH CREAM.

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OKAY, I'LL BE
RIGHT BACK.

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[BELL CHIMING]

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LAURA!

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OH! I CAN'T BELIEVE
YOU'RE HERE!

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I WAS SO AFRAID
SOMETHING
WOULD COME UP

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THAT WOULD STOP
YOU FROM COMING.

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BUT HERE YOU ARE!

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I CAN HARDLY
BELIEVE IT MYSELF.

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[CLEARS THROAT]

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OH. THIS IS
MORTIMER CARSTAIRS.

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HE'S GOING TO BE
TAKING OUR SEMINAR, TOO.

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MORTIMER, THIS IS
MY SISTER-IN-LAW,
ELIZA JANE WILDER.

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-HOW DO YOU DO?
-HOW DO YOU DO?

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MORT JUST GOT FIRED.

99
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NOW, LAURA, LET'S
NOT HIT HER WITH ALL
MY CHARMS AT ONCE.

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YOU DON'T WANT
TO OVERWHELM HER.
HEH HEH.

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I'M VERY PLEASED
TO MEET YOU,
MISS WILDER.

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WE BETTER GET YOU
TO YOUR ROOM.

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LET ME
CARRY YOUR BAG.

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THANK YOU.

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Eliza: CABBY!

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CABBY!

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WE'LL GO TO
OUR ROOM FIRST,

108
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THEN WE'LL CHECK ON
THAT JOB YOU
WROTE ME ABOUT.

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YOU'LL LOVE THE SCHOOL.

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IT'S VERY DIFFERENT
FROM WALNUT GROVE,
YOU KNOW.

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I GUESS WE'LL
SEE YOU LATER.

112
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CERTAINLY LOOKING
FORWARD TO THAT.

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200 MAIN STREET,
DRIVER.

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LAURA WILDER?

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YES.

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WELL, I'M MISS OTT.

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WE SPOKE
ON THE PHONE.

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HOW DO YOU DO?

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I AM SO SORRY,

120
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BUT RIGHT NOW THERE
ARE NO TUTORING
POSITIONS AVAILABLE.

121
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BUT YOU SAID THERE'D
BE NO PROBLEM.

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WELL, WHEN A JOB
COMES IN,

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I'M SURE YOU'LL HAVE
NO PROBLEM FILLING IT.

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WHEN DO YOU THINK
THAT WILL BE?

125
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WELL, I CAN'T
EXACTLY SAY.

126
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BUT WHY DON'T YOU
CHECK IN WITH US
TOMORROW?

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THANK YOU.

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I'M SURE SOMETHING
WILL TURN UP
RIGHT AWAY.

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SURE.
IT'LL JUST TAKE
A DAY OR TWO.

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COME ON, I'M TAKING
YOU TO DINNER--
MY TREAT.

131
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THAT SHOULD TAKE
YOUR MIND OFF WORK
FOR ONE NIGHT.

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[GENERAL CHATTER]

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LADIES, YOUR
TABLE'S READY.

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I WISH ALMANZO WERE
HERE TO SEE THIS.

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YOU SHOULD ENJOY
EVERY MOMENT--

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OH!

137
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I'M SO SORRY.

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00:08:07,087 --> 00:08:08,622
ARE YOU
ALL RIGHT?

139
00:08:10,257 --> 00:08:11,592
ELIZA JANE?

140
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I THINK
SHE'S IN SHOCK.

141
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NO.

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NO. I'M FINE.

143
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STUPIDLY
CLUMSY OF ME.

144
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CAN YOU
FORGIVE ME?

145
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NO HARM DONE.

146
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AS LONG AS YOU'RE
ALL RIGHT,

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I'LL LEAVE YOU, THEN,
TO YOUR DINNER.

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LADIES,
YOUR TABLE.

149
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OH. YES.

150
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ELIZA JANE,
ARE YOU SURE
YOU'RE ALL RIGHT?

151
00:08:53,834 --> 00:08:55,869
OH, YES.

152
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DO YOU BELIEVE
IN LOVE AT FIRST
SIGHT, LAURA?

153
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I SUPPOSE.

154
00:09:03,677 --> 00:09:04,912
I THINK THIS
IS GOING TO BE

155
00:09:04,945 --> 00:09:07,748
THE BEST SUMMER
OF OUR LIVES.

156
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AND THEN, BY
THE TIME I WAS 12,

157
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I KNEW THAT WHAT I
REALLY WANTED TO BE

158
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WAS A GREAT INVENTOR.

159
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IMAGINE MY
DISAPPOINTMENT

160
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WHEN I DISCOVERED
THAT EVERYTHING
I WANTED TO INVENT

161
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HAD ALREADY
BEEN INVENTED.

162
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LAURA!

163
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AM I LATE?

164
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NOT YET. WELL,
DID YOU GET A JOB?

165
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YEP.
WASHING DISHES.

166
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WELL, THERE'S NOTHING
WRONG WITH A LITTLE
HONEST LABOR.

167
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ONLY I DON'T GET
PAID FOR 3 WEEKS.

168
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ON THE OTHER HAND,
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG

169
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WITH A LITTLE
HONEST CASH.

170
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WELL, DON'T YOU WORRY
ABOUT A THING.

171
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I BOUGHT THE BOOKS
YOU'LL NEED.

172
00:09:52,292 --> 00:09:54,662
YOU'LL JUST SHARE MINE
UNTIL YOU GET PAID.

173
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-THANK YOU.
-LAURA, IT'S HIM!

174
00:09:57,931 --> 00:09:59,066
IT'S HIM!

175
00:10:04,437 --> 00:10:06,640
MAYBE HE'LL
TAKE OUR SEMINAR.

176
00:10:06,674 --> 00:10:07,808
COME ON.

177
00:10:10,277 --> 00:10:11,879
WAIT FOR ME.

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00:10:11,912 --> 00:10:14,982
[GENERAL CHATTER]

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00:10:30,397 --> 00:10:32,866
HE'S TEACHING
THE SEMINAR!

180
00:10:42,375 --> 00:10:45,112
"GREAT AMERICAN
WRITERS."

181
00:10:45,145 --> 00:10:46,446
I BEG YOUR PARDON?

182
00:10:46,479 --> 00:10:49,416
IS THIS THE GREAT
AMERICAN WRITERS
SEMINAR?

183
00:10:49,449 --> 00:10:50,984
THAT'S RIGHT.

184
00:10:51,018 --> 00:10:52,986
AND YOU'RE
THE PROFESSOR?

185
00:10:53,020 --> 00:10:54,154
YES.

186
00:10:55,355 --> 00:10:57,991
DON'T I KNOW YOU
FROM SOMEWHERE?

187
00:10:58,025 --> 00:11:01,929
WE BUMPED INTO
EACH OTHER LAST NIGHT
AT THE RESTAURANT.

188
00:11:01,962 --> 00:11:04,397
OH, YES.
OF COURSE.

189
00:11:04,431 --> 00:11:06,399
PLEASE
BE SEATED.

190
00:11:14,207 --> 00:11:15,843
THERE GOES
THE BALL GAME.

191
00:11:15,876 --> 00:11:17,044
WHAT?

192
00:11:17,077 --> 00:11:18,411
OH, NOTHING.

193
00:11:22,883 --> 00:11:25,352
GOOD MORNING,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

194
00:11:25,385 --> 00:11:27,354
MY NAME IS
PROFESSOR WOESTEHOFF.

195
00:11:27,387 --> 00:11:30,123
THAT'S 3 SYLLABLES.
DO YOUR BEST.

196
00:11:30,157 --> 00:11:32,860
WELCOME TO "GREAT
AMERICAN WRITERS."

197
00:11:32,893 --> 00:11:36,429
I WAS 14 WHEN I FIRST
DISCOVERED NOVELS.

198
00:11:36,463 --> 00:11:39,833
KNOWING FOR A WHILE
THERE NOBODY COULD GET
MY NOSE OUT OF A BOOK.

199
00:11:39,867 --> 00:11:41,969
I WAS CONVINCED THAT I
WAS DESTINED TO BECOME

200
00:11:42,002 --> 00:11:45,072
ONE OF THE GREAT
AMERICAN WRITERS.

201
00:11:45,105 --> 00:11:48,341
IT TOOK TO ME 3 YEARS
TO REALIZE THAT ALL I
WAS GOING TO BE WAS

202
00:11:48,375 --> 00:11:51,278
ONE OF THE GREAT
AMERICAN READERS.
[LAUGHS]

203
00:11:51,311 --> 00:11:53,380
WELL, I MUST LEAVE YOU,
FAIR LADIES, FOR MY
NEXT CLASS.

204
00:11:53,413 --> 00:11:56,216
WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING
FOR A JOB, YOU CAN'T
MEET TOO MANY PEOPLE.

205
00:11:56,249 --> 00:11:59,152
-GOOD LUCK.
-THANKS.

206
00:11:59,186 --> 00:12:01,054
LAURA, I WANT
TO ASK YOU A FAVOR.

207
00:12:01,088 --> 00:12:02,355
YOU KNOW I WOULDN'T
ASK YOU A FAVOR

208
00:12:02,389 --> 00:12:04,424
UNLESS IT WAS
REALLY IMPORTANT.

209
00:12:04,457 --> 00:12:06,059
SURE. WHAT IS IT?

210
00:12:06,093 --> 00:12:09,196
I WANT YOU TO INVITE
WILLIAM TO JOIN US
FOR DINNER.

211
00:12:09,229 --> 00:12:10,831
ELIZA JANE...

212
00:12:10,864 --> 00:12:13,300
I'D ASK HIM MYSELF, BUT
IT WOULDN'T BE PROPER.

213
00:12:13,333 --> 00:12:16,503
YOU'RE MARRIED. IT WOULD
BE PERFECTLY ALL RIGHT
FOR YOU TO INVITE HIM.

214
00:12:16,536 --> 00:12:19,372
BESIDES, YOU HAVE SUCH
A NICE WAY WITH PEOPLE.

215
00:12:19,406 --> 00:12:22,109
I'D JUST STAMMER AND MAKE
A MESS OF IT, I KNOW IT.

216
00:12:22,142 --> 00:12:23,343
BUT WE DON'T
HAVE A KITCHEN.

217
00:12:23,376 --> 00:12:24,812
HOW CAN WE INVITE
ANYONE FOR DINNER?

218
00:12:24,845 --> 00:12:26,013
WE'LL GO TO
THE RESTAURANT.

219
00:12:26,046 --> 00:12:27,214
I CAN'T
AFFORD THAT.

220
00:12:27,247 --> 00:12:29,883
IT'S MY TREAT.
PLEASE?

221
00:12:29,917 --> 00:12:31,351
I DON'T KNOW.

222
00:12:31,384 --> 00:12:35,255
OH, PLEASE, LAURA.
JUST ONE MEAL.
WHAT COULD IT HURT?

223
00:12:35,288 --> 00:12:36,857
I GUESS IT'LL
BE ALL RIGHT.

224
00:12:36,890 --> 00:12:38,859
OH, THANK YOU, LAURA.

225
00:12:38,892 --> 00:12:40,193
IT WILL
BE ALL RIGHT.

226
00:12:40,227 --> 00:12:41,895
IT'LL BE WONDERFUL!

227
00:12:43,563 --> 00:12:44,965
[GASPS]

228
00:12:44,998 --> 00:12:46,266
THERE HE IS.

229
00:12:51,404 --> 00:12:52,873
GO ON.

230
00:13:13,126 --> 00:13:15,562
WELL?
WHAT DID HE SAY?

231
00:13:15,595 --> 00:13:16,964
7:00.

232
00:13:16,997 --> 00:13:18,331
WONDERFUL!

233
00:13:22,903 --> 00:13:24,071
THANK YOU.

234
00:13:32,512 --> 00:13:36,083
I DON'T KNOW WHY
WE HAD TO ASK MORTIMER
CARSTAIRS TO JOIN US.

235
00:13:36,116 --> 00:13:37,284
I THINK HE'S
VERY NICE.

236
00:13:37,317 --> 00:13:39,252
HE JUST NEVER
STOPS TALKING.

237
00:13:43,490 --> 00:13:46,126
OH, GOOD.
YOU'RE BACK.

238
00:13:46,159 --> 00:13:48,361
ANYWAY, AS I
WAS SAYING,

239
00:13:48,395 --> 00:13:51,298
WHO KNOWS WHAT
THE EFFECT OF STEAM
ENGINE WILL BE,

240
00:13:51,331 --> 00:13:52,900
SAY, A HUNDRED
YEARS FROM NOW?

241
00:13:52,933 --> 00:13:54,467
WHO CAN EVER
KNOW THAT?

242
00:13:54,501 --> 00:13:56,536
IF YOU WANT TO
STAND IN THE WAY
OF PROGRESS,

243
00:13:56,569 --> 00:13:58,271
GO AHEAD AND TRY.

244
00:13:58,305 --> 00:14:00,373
I DON'T WANT
TO STOP PROGRESS,

245
00:14:00,407 --> 00:14:02,409
JUST SLOW IT DOWN
A LITTLE.

246
00:14:02,442 --> 00:14:04,511
[LAURA LAUGHS]

247
00:14:04,544 --> 00:14:09,249
I CAN'T REMEMBER
AN EVENING I'VE
ENJOYED MORE.

248
00:14:09,282 --> 00:14:11,518
HOW DID YOU EVER GET
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
TO SPEAK HERE?

249
00:14:11,551 --> 00:14:13,286
ARE YOU FRIENDS?

250
00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:16,489
YES, INDEED. WE'VE
SPENT A GOOD DEAL
OF TIME TOGETHER.

251
00:14:16,523 --> 00:14:19,192
Laura:
AND HE'LL BE HERE
IN JUST 3 WEEKS.

252
00:14:19,226 --> 00:14:21,294
WELL, I HOPE YOU
DIDN'T COME JUST
BECAUSE OF EMERSON.

253
00:14:21,328 --> 00:14:23,163
THERE'S GOING
TO BE A GOOD DEAL
OF CLASS WORK

254
00:14:23,196 --> 00:14:27,100
BEFORE HE ARRIVES,
AND AFTER HE LEAVES,
FOR THAT MATTER.

255
00:14:27,134 --> 00:14:28,301
HOW WOULD YOU
LIKE TO GO TO

256
00:14:28,335 --> 00:14:31,171
THE ART EXHIBIT
ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON?

257
00:14:31,204 --> 00:14:33,106
I WORK AFTERNOONS.

258
00:14:33,140 --> 00:14:36,409
WELL, IT'S OPEN LATE.
WE COULD GO
IN THE EVENING.

259
00:14:36,443 --> 00:14:39,179
I GUESS WE COULD.
ELIZA JANE?

260
00:14:39,212 --> 00:14:40,413
WE ACCEPT!

261
00:14:40,447 --> 00:14:42,415
I MIGHT HAVE KNOWN
YOU WOULD APPRECIATE

262
00:14:42,449 --> 00:14:45,953
FINE ART, WILLIAM.

263
00:14:45,986 --> 00:14:48,956
WELL, YOU KNOW,
I'M NO EXPERT
IN THE AREA MYSELF,

264
00:14:48,989 --> 00:14:52,092
BUT I DON'T MIND
TAGGING ALONG.

265
00:14:52,125 --> 00:14:55,428
THAT'S GREAT. I'M
SURE WE'LL ALL HAVE
A WONDERFUL TIME.

266
00:14:55,462 --> 00:14:56,930
I'LL GET THE CHECK.

267
00:14:56,964 --> 00:14:59,232
[BIRDCALLS]

268
00:15:00,968 --> 00:15:03,003
I GUESS YOU
DIDN'T KNOW
I DID BIRDCALLS.

269
00:15:03,036 --> 00:15:05,138
-I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
-[LAUGHS]

270
00:15:05,172 --> 00:15:07,007
[BIRDCALLS]

271
00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:08,208
I DO LOTS OF THEM.
LOOK.

272
00:15:08,241 --> 00:15:10,177
[BIRDCALLS]

273
00:15:22,155 --> 00:15:23,423
[KNOCK ON DOOR]

274
00:15:23,456 --> 00:15:24,657
COME IN.

275
00:15:28,395 --> 00:15:30,197
SHUT THE DOOR.

276
00:15:38,671 --> 00:15:40,273
MRS. PIERCE?

277
00:15:42,109 --> 00:15:44,544
I'M LAURA WILDER,
YOUR NEW DISHWASHER.

278
00:15:53,586 --> 00:15:55,388
YOU DON'T LOOK
VERY STRONG.

279
00:15:58,725 --> 00:16:00,660
WELL...

280
00:16:00,693 --> 00:16:02,162
FOLLOW ME.

281
00:16:09,369 --> 00:16:10,703
BETTER GET
STARTED OUT ON THESE

282
00:16:10,737 --> 00:16:14,241
BEFORE THE LUNCH DISHES
START COMING IN.

283
00:16:14,274 --> 00:16:17,210
THESE ARE JUST
THE BREAKFAST DISHES?

284
00:16:17,244 --> 00:16:18,411
IF YOU CAN'T
DO THE WORK,

285
00:16:18,445 --> 00:16:19,746
YOU'D BETTER SAY
SO RIGHT NOW.

286
00:16:19,779 --> 00:16:23,416
I DON'T CARRY
ANY SLACKERS
ON MY PAYROLL.

287
00:16:23,450 --> 00:16:26,286
I CAN DO THE WORK.

288
00:16:26,319 --> 00:16:27,687
ALL RIGHT.

289
00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:29,656
YOU GET PAID
AT THE END OF
THE FIRST 3 WEEKS

290
00:16:29,689 --> 00:16:32,492
AND THEN AGAIN,
AT THE END OF
THE SECOND 3 WEEKS.

291
00:16:32,525 --> 00:16:36,596
WE LET YOU HAVE ONE
MEAL A DAY HERE--
ONLY THE SPECIAL.

292
00:16:36,629 --> 00:16:38,531
AND YOU ARE
TO REMAIN ON DUTY

293
00:16:38,565 --> 00:16:42,035
UNTIL EVERY LAST
DISH IS SPARKLING.

294
00:16:50,210 --> 00:16:51,578
HI. I'M LAURA.

295
00:16:51,611 --> 00:16:53,046
I'M PAM.

296
00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:54,481
Mrs. Pierce:
MISS WILDER.

297
00:16:54,514 --> 00:16:57,250
DO YOU NEED
AN INVITATION
TO START WORKING?

298
00:17:05,758 --> 00:17:07,827
William:
EMERSON WAS ONE OF
THE FEW LITERARY MEN

299
00:17:07,860 --> 00:17:11,064
TO FIND MERIT IN
WHITMAN'S STRANGE BOOK.

300
00:17:11,098 --> 00:17:14,701
IN FACT, HE WAS THE ONLY ONE
WHO READ IT AT THE TIME
IT WAS FIRST PUBLISHED.

301
00:17:14,734 --> 00:17:16,469
BUT HE'S GIVEN IT
GREAT PRAISE.

302
00:17:16,503 --> 00:17:20,173
AND I THEREFORE FEEL
IT IS WORTH OUR
CONSIDERATION AS WELL.

303
00:17:20,207 --> 00:17:22,575
THE ASSIGNMENT FOR TODAY
WAS "SONG OF MYSELF."

304
00:17:22,609 --> 00:17:25,412
LAURA, WHAT CAN YOU
TELL ME ABOUT THIS POEM?

305
00:17:26,779 --> 00:17:28,215
NOTHING.

306
00:17:28,248 --> 00:17:31,218
DID YOU READ IT?

307
00:17:31,251 --> 00:17:32,419
I STARTED.

308
00:17:32,452 --> 00:17:34,354
[BELL RINGS]

309
00:17:34,387 --> 00:17:37,257
WELL, FOR NEXT TIME,
FINISH "LEAVES OF GRASS,"

310
00:17:37,290 --> 00:17:39,392
BEGIN TWAIN'S
"HUCKLEBERRY FINN,"

311
00:17:39,426 --> 00:17:41,694
AND READ EMERSON'S
"AN AMERICAN SCHOLAR."

312
00:17:41,728 --> 00:17:43,296
IT WOULD BE NICE
IF SOME OF YOU

313
00:17:43,330 --> 00:17:45,798
WERE CONVERSANT
WITH HIS WORK
BEFORE HE ARRIVED.

314
00:17:45,832 --> 00:17:47,867
CLASS DISMISSED.

315
00:17:47,900 --> 00:17:51,104
LAURA, I'D LIKE
TO SEE YOU
FOR A MOMENT.

316
00:17:51,138 --> 00:17:53,773
LAURA, I'M SORRY
I TOOK THE BOOK
WITH ME THIS MORNING.

317
00:17:53,806 --> 00:17:55,375
I THOUGHT YOU
HAD FINISHED.

318
00:17:55,408 --> 00:17:57,377
THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
YOU HAD TO READ IT, TOO.

319
00:17:57,410 --> 00:18:00,580
THIS BOOK-SHARING
IDEA ISN'T WORKING OUT
VERY WELL.

320
00:18:00,613 --> 00:18:02,482
I'LL WAIT FOR YOU
OUTSIDE.

321
00:18:08,355 --> 00:18:10,157
I'M SORRY
I WAS LATE TODAY.

322
00:18:10,190 --> 00:18:12,392
I STARTED A NEW JOB
AND HAD NO IDEA.

323
00:18:12,425 --> 00:18:14,694
I'LL BE WITH YOU
IN JUST A MOMENT.

324
00:18:14,727 --> 00:18:16,095
WHY DON'T YOU
SIT DOWN?

325
00:18:28,608 --> 00:18:30,410
WELL, I DON'T KNOW
IF YOU'VE NOTICED,

326
00:18:30,443 --> 00:18:34,281
BUT WE SEEM TO HAVE
BECOME A FOURSOME.

327
00:18:34,314 --> 00:18:36,316
DINNER,
THE ART EXHIBIT.

328
00:18:36,349 --> 00:18:39,652
OH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO
TO THE EXHIBIT ALONE

329
00:18:39,686 --> 00:18:41,721
WITH ELIZA JANE,
I UNDERSTAND.

330
00:18:41,754 --> 00:18:44,691
TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH,
I COULD USE THE TIME
TO STUDY.

331
00:18:44,724 --> 00:18:48,461
YOU DON'T KNOW
THAT IT'S YOU
I WANT TO SEE?

332
00:18:48,495 --> 00:18:50,330
MR. WOESTEHOFF,
I'M MARRIED.

333
00:18:50,363 --> 00:18:52,832
LAST NIGHT, WE TALKED
ABOUT MY HUSBAND
AT DINNER.

334
00:18:52,865 --> 00:18:54,467
I DON'T UNDERSTAND
THE PROBLEM.

335
00:18:54,501 --> 00:18:56,303
I'M MARRIED, TOO.

336
00:18:57,837 --> 00:19:00,173
PLEASE, DON'T LOOK AT ME
AF IF I JUST ASKED YOU

337
00:19:00,207 --> 00:19:01,674
TO SELL YOUR SOUL
TO THE DEVIL.

338
00:19:01,708 --> 00:19:05,378
I JUST WANT US TO
HAVE A CANDLELIGHT
DINNER...

339
00:19:05,412 --> 00:19:07,380
OR TWO,

340
00:19:07,414 --> 00:19:10,383
ENJOY EACH OTHER'S
COMPANY IN
A ROMANTIC SETTING.

341
00:19:10,417 --> 00:19:13,453
I CAN ASSURE YOU IT
WOULD BE QUITE HARMLESS.

342
00:19:13,486 --> 00:19:14,887
I COULDN'T DO THAT.

343
00:19:18,325 --> 00:19:22,429
YOU ARE JUST ON
THE VERGE OF AWAKENING.

344
00:19:22,462 --> 00:19:24,831
BUT YOU'VE GOT TO
PUT YOUR SMALL TOWN
VALUES BEHIND YOU

345
00:19:24,864 --> 00:19:27,600
AND LEARN ALL
THE WONDERFUL THINGS

346
00:19:27,634 --> 00:19:30,270
THAT THE WORLD HAS
IN STORE FOR YOU.

347
00:19:31,771 --> 00:19:34,207
I'D LIKE TO TEACH YOU
SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

348
00:19:34,241 --> 00:19:37,877
THAT'S NOT WHAT
I CAME HERE
TO LEARN!

349
00:19:37,910 --> 00:19:40,713
SO, YOU TURNED OUT TO BE
A PROVINCIAL AFTER ALL.

350
00:19:40,747 --> 00:19:42,715
IF THERE'S
NOTHING ELSE...

351
00:19:42,749 --> 00:19:44,451
I THINK THAT YOU'D
BE WELL ADVISED

352
00:19:44,484 --> 00:19:46,753
TO GIVE THIS MATTER
SOME MORE THOUGHT.

353
00:19:46,786 --> 00:19:48,721
IT'D BE A SHAME
FOR YOU TO SPEND
SO MUCH TIME

354
00:19:48,755 --> 00:19:52,459
AND EFFORT ON YOUR
SCHOOLWORK ONLY
TO FAIL THE SEMINAR.

355
00:19:54,294 --> 00:19:56,329
FAIL?

356
00:19:56,363 --> 00:19:59,432
IF YOU CHANGE
YOUR MIND, YOU
KNOW WHERE I AM.

357
00:19:59,466 --> 00:20:01,901
LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN
ON YOUR WAY OUT.

358
00:20:11,611 --> 00:20:12,845
[DOOR SLAMS]

359
00:20:24,491 --> 00:20:25,658
LAURA.

360
00:20:25,692 --> 00:20:27,460
ELIZA JANE,
WHAT ARE YOU
DOING HERE?

361
00:20:27,494 --> 00:20:29,362
IF MRS. PIERCE
FINDS YOU, SHE'LL
HAVE YOUR SCALP.

362
00:20:29,396 --> 00:20:30,830
WHAT DO YOU MEAN
WHAT AM I
DOING HERE?

363
00:20:30,863 --> 00:20:32,532
WHAT ARE YOU
STILL DOING HERE?

364
00:20:32,565 --> 00:20:36,536
YOU'RE GOING
TO MAKE US LATE
FOR THE ART EXHIBIT.

365
00:20:36,569 --> 00:20:38,338
I'M NOT GOING.

366
00:20:38,371 --> 00:20:39,906
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
OF COURSE
YOU'RE GOING.

367
00:20:39,939 --> 00:20:41,908
YOU HAVE TO GO!

368
00:20:41,941 --> 00:20:42,875
I CAN'T GO.

369
00:20:42,909 --> 00:20:44,677
BUT YOU PROMISED.

370
00:20:44,711 --> 00:20:47,280
I DIDN'T PROMISE.
I SAID I WOULD GO,
BUT I CAN'T NOW.

371
00:20:47,314 --> 00:20:49,316
IT'S ALL
THERE IS TO IT.

372
00:20:49,349 --> 00:20:51,484
I DON'T UNDERSTAND
WHAT'S COME OVER
YOU, LAURA.

373
00:20:51,518 --> 00:20:53,553
Mrs. Pierce:
MISS WILDER.

374
00:20:53,586 --> 00:20:55,788
THIS IS NOT
A SOCIAL HALL!

375
00:20:55,822 --> 00:20:58,958
YOU KNOW YOU ARE NOT
SUPPOSED TO HAVE
GUESTS WHILE AT WORK!

376
00:20:58,991 --> 00:21:00,593
I'M SORRY,
MRS. PIERCE, I--

377
00:21:00,627 --> 00:21:02,495
-WHY WON'T YOU GO?
-BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO.

378
00:21:02,529 --> 00:21:04,764
I AM SPEAKING
TO YOU, MISS--

379
00:21:04,797 --> 00:21:06,733
DON'T WORRY,
I'M LEAVING!

380
00:21:06,766 --> 00:21:08,401
ELIZA JANE!

381
00:21:08,435 --> 00:21:11,037
I'VE NEVER
KNOWN YOU TO BE
SO SELFISH, LAURA.

382
00:21:14,073 --> 00:21:16,643
IT'S NO WONDER IT
TAKES YOU SO LONG
TO DO THE WORK.

383
00:21:16,676 --> 00:21:18,978
I HAD THOUGHT
THAT YOU WERE JUST
NATURALLY SLOW,

384
00:21:19,011 --> 00:21:21,481
BUT NOW I SEE
THAT YOU'VE BEEN
ENTERTAINING GUESTS

385
00:21:21,514 --> 00:21:22,849
ON MY TIME!

386
00:21:22,882 --> 00:21:24,717
I HAVEN'T BEEN
ENTERTAINING GUESTS!
I JUST--

387
00:21:24,751 --> 00:21:26,018
[CRASH]

388
00:21:26,052 --> 00:21:28,355
AND BREAKING
MY DISHES, TOO,
I SEE.

389
00:21:28,388 --> 00:21:30,990
WELL, WE'LL JUST
HAVE TO DEDUCT THAT
FROM YOUR PAY!

390
00:21:34,727 --> 00:21:35,662
OH!

391
00:21:37,063 --> 00:21:40,400
I STOPPED KICKING
THAT SINK A LONG
TIME AGO.

392
00:21:40,433 --> 00:21:42,469
I HATE THIS SUMMER!

393
00:21:42,502 --> 00:21:43,836
DON'T FEEL SO BAD.

394
00:21:43,870 --> 00:21:45,672
YOU ONLY
HAVE TO DO THIS
FOR THE SUMMER.

395
00:21:45,705 --> 00:21:48,375
I GOT TO DO IT
ALL YEAR ROUND.

396
00:21:48,408 --> 00:21:51,544
IS SHE ALWAYS
LIKE THAT?

397
00:21:51,578 --> 00:21:54,514
NO. SHE WAS BRIGHT
AND CHEERY ONCE.

398
00:21:54,547 --> 00:21:56,749
I THINK IT WAS
ON A TUESDAY.

399
00:21:56,783 --> 00:21:59,352
SOMEBODY SHE HATED
JUST DIED.

400
00:21:59,386 --> 00:22:02,389
[LAUGHING]

401
00:22:17,103 --> 00:22:19,872
HOW GOES
THE WORKING CLASS?

402
00:22:19,906 --> 00:22:21,107
HI.

403
00:22:23,109 --> 00:22:25,478
TERRIBLE.

404
00:22:25,512 --> 00:22:28,748
YOU LOOK LIKE
YOU COULD USE
SOME CHEERING UP.

405
00:22:28,781 --> 00:22:32,719
I HAVE A PRESENT
FOR YOU.

406
00:22:32,752 --> 00:22:34,421
BOOKS YOU NEED
FOR CLASS.

407
00:22:34,454 --> 00:22:35,622
YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE.

408
00:22:35,655 --> 00:22:36,823
I DON'T WANT TO HEAR
A WORD ABOUT IT.

409
00:22:36,856 --> 00:22:38,157
YOU NEED THESE
BOOKS NOW,

410
00:22:38,190 --> 00:22:40,159
NOT SOMEDAY
DOWN THE ROAD
WHEN YOU GET PAID.

411
00:22:40,192 --> 00:22:42,061
YOU JUST PUT THEM
TO GOOD USE.

412
00:22:42,094 --> 00:22:43,496
I'LL PAY YOU AS
SOON AS I GET PAID.

413
00:22:43,530 --> 00:22:45,097
YOU DO NOTHING
OF THE SORT.

414
00:22:45,131 --> 00:22:48,034
THEY'RE A PRESENT.
COME ON. I'LL WALK
YOU HALFWAY.

415
00:22:52,472 --> 00:22:56,008
SO, I UNDERSTAND WE'RE
NOT GOING TO THE ART
EXHIBIT AFTER ALL, HUH?

416
00:22:56,042 --> 00:22:57,677
NO.

417
00:22:57,710 --> 00:22:59,078
THAT'S TOO BAD.

418
00:22:59,111 --> 00:23:01,648
WELL, NOT THAT I CARE
THAT MUCH ABOUT ART,

419
00:23:01,681 --> 00:23:05,785
BUT I DO SO ENJOY
TALKING TO ELIZA JANE.

420
00:23:05,818 --> 00:23:09,622
I'VE NEVER MET A WOMAN
WITH SO MANY OPINIONS.

421
00:23:12,892 --> 00:23:14,527
MORT, CAN I ASK
YOU A QUESTION?

422
00:23:14,561 --> 00:23:15,795
SURE.

423
00:23:15,828 --> 00:23:17,063
IT'S SORT OF
A "WHAT IF"
QUESTION.

424
00:23:17,096 --> 00:23:18,465
SHOOT.

425
00:23:18,498 --> 00:23:22,435
WELL, WHAT IF YOU
HAD THIS FRIEND,

426
00:23:22,469 --> 00:23:26,205
AND THIS FRIEND
WAS IN LOVE
WITH SOMEONE,

427
00:23:26,238 --> 00:23:30,009
AND THAT SOMEONE

428
00:23:30,042 --> 00:23:32,879
SUGGESTED
SOMETHING...

429
00:23:32,912 --> 00:23:34,714
IMPROPER.

430
00:23:34,747 --> 00:23:37,584
AND YOU DIDN'T WANT
TO BE AROUND THEM
ANYMORE,

431
00:23:37,617 --> 00:23:40,653
BUT YOUR FRIEND
THOUGHT YOU WERE
JUST BEING SELFISH.

432
00:23:40,687 --> 00:23:42,722
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

433
00:23:42,755 --> 00:23:45,157
WHAT WOULD I DO?

434
00:23:45,191 --> 00:23:48,027
WELL, IT SOUNDS
KIND OF COMPLICATED.

435
00:23:48,060 --> 00:23:51,798
BUT I WOULD TALK IT
OVER WITH MY FRIEND.

436
00:23:51,831 --> 00:23:54,033
I MEAN, THERE'S
NOTHING THAT
YOU CAN'T SOLVE

437
00:23:54,066 --> 00:23:56,168
IF YOU'RE WILLING
TO TALK IT OVER.

438
00:23:57,870 --> 00:24:00,106
IT'S AWFUL HARD
TO TALK ABOUT.

439
00:24:00,139 --> 00:24:03,142
YEAH, I CAN SEE THAT.

440
00:24:03,175 --> 00:24:05,478
BUT IF YOU WANT TO
SAVE YOUR FRIENDSHIP,

441
00:24:05,512 --> 00:24:06,646
I THINK YOU'VE
GOT TO TRY.

442
00:24:08,981 --> 00:24:11,117
YEAH, I GUESS
YOU'RE RIGHT.

443
00:24:11,150 --> 00:24:16,122
NOW, LET ME ASK
YOU A QUESTION
ABOUT ELIZA JANE.

444
00:24:16,155 --> 00:24:17,757
DOES SHE LIKE FLOWERS?

445
00:24:17,790 --> 00:24:19,692
-FLOWERS?
-YEAH.

446
00:24:19,726 --> 00:24:21,093
OF COURSE SHE DOES.

447
00:24:21,127 --> 00:24:22,929
I THINK DAISIES ARE
HER FAVORITE.

448
00:24:22,962 --> 00:24:24,931
WHY DO YOU ASK?

449
00:24:24,964 --> 00:24:28,935
OH, WELL, YOU SEE, I'M
STILL WORKING ON A PLAN
TO GET HER TO NOTICE

450
00:24:28,968 --> 00:24:33,105
WHAT A TRULY SPECTACULAR
PERSON I AM.
[LAUGHS]

451
00:24:33,139 --> 00:24:36,843
BUT SINCE
WASTONHOOFENHOOFER
ARRIVED HERE,

452
00:24:36,876 --> 00:24:38,845
IT'S TAKING
A CONCERTED EFFORT,

453
00:24:38,878 --> 00:24:41,013
LET ME TELL YOU.

454
00:24:41,047 --> 00:24:44,884
WELL, I THINK YOU'RE
A TRULY SPECTACULAR
PERSON.

455
00:24:44,917 --> 00:24:47,720
I WISH ELIZA JANE
WOULD TAKE A LESSON
OR TWO FROM YOU.

456
00:25:00,066 --> 00:25:01,668
I'M GLAD
YOU'RE HERE.

457
00:25:01,701 --> 00:25:04,103
I'M NOT. I'D
MUCH RATHER BE
AT THE EXHIBIT

458
00:25:04,136 --> 00:25:06,939
THAN SITTING HERE
IN THIS TINY ROOM
BY MYSELF.

459
00:25:08,875 --> 00:25:10,009
ELIZA JANE--

460
00:25:10,042 --> 00:25:11,310
I'VE BEEN THINKING
ALL AFTERNOON.

461
00:25:11,343 --> 00:25:13,279
AND YOUR BEHAVIOR
DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

462
00:25:13,312 --> 00:25:15,081
I KNOW I DIDN'T
EXPLAIN THINGS
VERY WELL--

463
00:25:15,114 --> 00:25:16,182
YOU HAVE EVERYTHING.

464
00:25:16,215 --> 00:25:17,850
A HUSBAND
WHO LOVES YOU,

465
00:25:17,884 --> 00:25:20,753
A TEACHING POSITION
NEAR ALL YOUR FAMILY
AND FRIENDS.

466
00:25:20,787 --> 00:25:22,922
YOU'VE NEVER SPENT
A LONELY MOMENT
IN YOUR LIFE.

467
00:25:22,955 --> 00:25:24,056
THAT'S NOT TRUE!

468
00:25:24,090 --> 00:25:25,858
WHY YOU WOULD WANT
TO COME BETWEEN ME

469
00:25:25,892 --> 00:25:29,195
AND MY CHANCE FOR
A LITTLE HAPPINESS
IS ABSOLUTELY BEYOND ME.

470
00:25:29,228 --> 00:25:32,298
I DON'T WANT TO COME
BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR
CHANCE FOR HAPPINESS!

471
00:25:32,331 --> 00:25:34,901
IF YOU WANT TO SPEND
SOME TIME ALONE WITH
WILLIAM, GO AHEAD.

472
00:25:34,934 --> 00:25:36,803
I JUST DON'T WANT
TO GO ALONG.

473
00:25:36,836 --> 00:25:39,338
YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO
WILLIAM IS TOO MUCH
OF A GENTLEMAN

474
00:25:39,371 --> 00:25:41,240
TO SPEND TIME
WITH ME ALONE.

475
00:25:41,273 --> 00:25:43,209
IT WOULD COMPROMISE
MY REPUTATION.

476
00:25:43,242 --> 00:25:46,145
I DON'T THINK HE'S
HALF THE GENTLEMAN
YOU THINK HE IS.

477
00:25:46,178 --> 00:25:48,347
I WON'T STAND HERE
AND LISTEN TO YOU
INSULT HIM.

478
00:25:48,380 --> 00:25:51,017
I JUST DON'T THINK
YOU'RE LOOKING AT HIM
VERY CLEARLY.

479
00:25:51,050 --> 00:25:53,653
HOW I LOOK AT WILLIAM
IS MY OWN BUSINESS.

480
00:25:53,686 --> 00:25:55,121
WHERE ARE
YOU GOING?

481
00:25:55,154 --> 00:25:56,923
I HAVE AN ENGAGEMENT!

482
00:26:03,195 --> 00:26:04,897
SO MUCH FOR TALKING.

483
00:26:07,399 --> 00:26:09,869
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
IT'S TIME, PLEASE.

484
00:26:09,902 --> 00:26:12,171
TAKE YOUR SEATS
AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

485
00:26:16,809 --> 00:26:18,611
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

486
00:26:25,752 --> 00:26:29,689
LAURA, WERE YOU ABLE
TO GET AROUND TO THE
READING ASSIGNMENT TODAY?

487
00:26:29,722 --> 00:26:31,190
YES, SIR.

488
00:26:31,223 --> 00:26:33,125
AND WHAT DOES MR. EMERSON
HAVE TO SAY TO US

489
00:26:33,159 --> 00:26:35,194
ABOUT THE ROLE
OF THE SCHOLAR?

490
00:26:36,896 --> 00:26:39,365
HE SAYS THAT THE
SCHOLAR'S PURPOSE

491
00:26:39,398 --> 00:26:42,735
IS TO OBSERVE LIFE
AND TO HELP OTHERS
SEE THE TRUTH

492
00:26:42,769 --> 00:26:45,271
WHEN THINGS GET
A LITTLE CONFUSING.

493
00:26:45,304 --> 00:26:47,073
INDEED.

494
00:26:47,106 --> 00:26:50,276
AND THAT...
TRUSTING YOURSELF

495
00:26:50,309 --> 00:26:54,380
IS THE FIRST STEP
TO UNDERSTANDING
EVERYTHING.

496
00:26:54,413 --> 00:26:58,050
THAT'S A VERY SIMPLE
VIEW OF THE ESSAY,
ISN'T IT?

497
00:26:59,886 --> 00:27:01,654
IT'S MY VIEW.

498
00:27:01,688 --> 00:27:02,889
OH...

499
00:27:04,724 --> 00:27:06,893
RALPH WALDO EMERSON

500
00:27:06,926 --> 00:27:10,763
IS THE MOST COSMOPOLITAN
OF AMERICAN WRITERS.

501
00:27:10,797 --> 00:27:14,701
HIS STYLE IS ALLUSIVE
AND HIS ALLUSIONS ARE
TO A BODY OF LITERATURE

502
00:27:14,734 --> 00:27:16,869
WHICH IS KNOWN TO
BUT A FEW.

503
00:27:16,903 --> 00:27:18,104
AND CERTAINLY
HIS THOUGHTS,

504
00:27:18,137 --> 00:27:20,339
HIS MESSAGES
ARE APPEALING

505
00:27:20,372 --> 00:27:22,709
TO THE COMMONEST
CLASSES AMONG US,

506
00:27:22,742 --> 00:27:24,677
BUT UNDERSTOOD...

507
00:27:24,711 --> 00:27:26,979
UNDERSTOOD
ONLY BY A FEW.

508
00:27:27,013 --> 00:27:29,782
SOMEDAY, LAURA,
WHEN YOU'RE OLDER,

509
00:27:29,816 --> 00:27:33,385
AND YOU'VE HAD
MORE EXPERIENCE,

510
00:27:33,419 --> 00:27:35,688
YOU MAY SEE
FOR YOURSELF

511
00:27:35,722 --> 00:27:38,124
HOW SIMPLISTIC
YOUR ANSWER REALLY IS.

512
00:27:54,473 --> 00:27:57,710
I'M NOT PAYING YOU
TO READ, MISS.

513
00:27:57,744 --> 00:27:59,311
OH, I'M NOT READING.
I'M WASHING.

514
00:27:59,345 --> 00:28:00,713
I MEAN, I'M WASHING
AND READING,

515
00:28:00,747 --> 00:28:03,149
BUT I CAN DO BOTH
AT ONCE.

516
00:28:03,182 --> 00:28:06,452
YOU CALL THIS
PLATE CLEAN?

517
00:28:06,485 --> 00:28:10,122
I'M SORRY. I'M SURE
IT'S THE ONLY ONE.

518
00:28:10,156 --> 00:28:14,226
WELL, I GUESS WE JUST
WON'T TAKE THAT CHANCE,
WILL WE?

519
00:28:14,260 --> 00:28:15,394
BUT...

520
00:28:22,368 --> 00:28:24,837
YOU CAN PICK
YOUR BOOK UP
AFTER WORK.

521
00:28:24,871 --> 00:28:26,238
AND I'VE A GOOD MIND
TO DOCK YOU

522
00:28:26,272 --> 00:28:28,274
FOR THE TIME
YOU'VE WASTED
ALREADY.

523
00:28:31,010 --> 00:28:33,245
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?

524
00:28:33,279 --> 00:28:34,747
NOTHING.

525
00:28:34,781 --> 00:28:36,382
THEN GET BACK TO WORK.

526
00:29:23,462 --> 00:29:27,233
"WAKE THEM
AND THEY SHALL..."

527
00:29:27,266 --> 00:29:29,902
I DIDN'T MEAN
TO WAKE YOU.

528
00:29:29,936 --> 00:29:32,004
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
I HAD TO FINISH
ANYWAY.

529
00:29:32,038 --> 00:29:34,874
LAURA, I'M SORRY
FOR THE WAY I'VE
BEEN TREATING YOU.

530
00:29:34,907 --> 00:29:38,444
I'VE BEEN TERRIBLY RUDE
AND THERE'S SIMPLY
NO EXCUSE FOR IT.

531
00:29:38,477 --> 00:29:41,814
YOU TRIED TO EXPLAIN
TO ME WHY YOU WOULDN'T
GO TO THE ART EXHIBIT,

532
00:29:41,848 --> 00:29:44,050
AND I WOULDN'T
EVEN LISTEN.

533
00:29:44,083 --> 00:29:46,052
WELL, I'M READY
TO LISTEN

534
00:29:46,085 --> 00:29:47,419
IF YOU STILL
WANT TO TALK.

535
00:29:49,889 --> 00:29:51,490
OF COURSE I DO.

536
00:29:53,292 --> 00:29:54,560
I...

537
00:29:56,595 --> 00:29:58,397
THIS ISN'T
EASY FOR ME.

538
00:30:00,266 --> 00:30:02,869
THE OTHER DAY,
WHEN I HAD TO
STAY AFTER CLASS--

539
00:30:02,902 --> 00:30:04,336
[KNOCK ON DOOR]

540
00:30:04,370 --> 00:30:06,172
WHO ON EARTH?

541
00:30:09,341 --> 00:30:10,509
ELIZA JANE WILDER?

542
00:30:10,542 --> 00:30:11,911
YES.

543
00:30:11,944 --> 00:30:13,112
THESE ARE FOR YOU.

544
00:30:13,145 --> 00:30:14,947
OH, THANK YOU.

545
00:30:17,083 --> 00:30:18,417
DAISIES!

546
00:30:22,554 --> 00:30:26,158
"YOUR SECRET ADMIRER."

547
00:30:26,192 --> 00:30:28,060
THEY'RE FROM WILLIAM.

548
00:30:28,094 --> 00:30:29,495
WILLIAM?

549
00:30:29,528 --> 00:30:30,897
ARE YOU SURE?

550
00:30:30,930 --> 00:30:32,631
OF COURSE, WHO ELSE
WOULD SEND THEM?

551
00:30:32,664 --> 00:30:34,166
MORT.

552
00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:36,202
OH, DON'T BE SILLY.
IF THEY WERE FROM MORT,

553
00:30:36,235 --> 00:30:38,537
HE WOULD HAVE JUST
SIGNED HIS NAME
FLAT OUT.

554
00:30:38,570 --> 00:30:41,340
MORT? BUT WILLIAM...

555
00:30:41,373 --> 00:30:43,142
WILLIAM UNDERSTANDS

556
00:30:43,175 --> 00:30:45,945
THE SUBTLE ART
OF COURTSHIP.

557
00:30:45,978 --> 00:30:48,881
ELIZA JANE...

558
00:30:48,915 --> 00:30:53,519
THE OTHER DAY,
WHEN WILLIAM KEPT
ME AFTER CLASS,

559
00:30:53,552 --> 00:30:56,655
HE DIDN'T
WANT TO DISCUSS
MY SCHOOL WORK.

560
00:30:56,688 --> 00:31:00,592
HE WANTED TO TALK
ABOUT CANDLELIGHT DINNERS.

561
00:31:00,626 --> 00:31:02,428
JUST WILLIAM AND ME.

562
00:31:04,663 --> 00:31:06,165
THAT'S NOT TRUE.

563
00:31:06,198 --> 00:31:08,334
I SWEAR IT IS.

564
00:31:08,367 --> 00:31:10,369
LAURA, YOU
MISUNDERSTOOD.

565
00:31:10,402 --> 00:31:11,570
YOU'RE FROM
A SMALL TOWN.

566
00:31:11,603 --> 00:31:13,005
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND

567
00:31:13,039 --> 00:31:14,473
THE WAY MORE
SOPHISTICATED
PEOPLE TALK.

568
00:31:14,506 --> 00:31:18,077
I UNDERSTOOD
WILLIAM.

569
00:31:18,110 --> 00:31:20,546
YOU'RE MARRIED!

570
00:31:20,579 --> 00:31:22,314
YOU'RE LYING!

571
00:31:23,983 --> 00:31:25,117
ELIZA JANE!

572
00:31:46,973 --> 00:31:48,107
Mort: LAURA!

573
00:31:49,108 --> 00:31:50,542
WHERE ARE YOU OFF TO?

574
00:31:50,576 --> 00:31:55,381
I WAS JUST COMING
OVER TO SEE IF
MY FLOWERS ARRIVED.

575
00:31:55,414 --> 00:31:56,548
FLOWERS?

576
00:31:58,650 --> 00:32:00,019
WHAT'S THE MATTER?

577
00:32:00,052 --> 00:32:01,687
DID I DO
SOMETHING WRONG?

578
00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:04,323
NO. I JUST WANT
TO GO BACK TO MY ROOM.

579
00:32:09,328 --> 00:32:11,463
I KNOW WHAT IT IS.
I SHOULD HAVE SENT
YOU SOME FLOWERS.

580
00:32:11,497 --> 00:32:13,732
I'M SORRY. IT
DIDN'T DAWN ON ME.

581
00:32:13,765 --> 00:32:15,601
SOMETIMES I CAN BE
SO INSENSITIVE.

582
00:32:15,634 --> 00:32:18,170
NO. IT ISN'T THAT.

583
00:32:18,204 --> 00:32:19,371
ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

584
00:32:19,405 --> 00:32:22,975
ALL RIGHT, TELL ME.
WHAT DID I DO WRONG?

585
00:32:23,009 --> 00:32:25,077
IT'S NOT YOU.
IT'S ME.

586
00:32:25,111 --> 00:32:26,645
I'VE DONE
EVERYTHING WRONG.

587
00:32:26,678 --> 00:32:28,180
I MEAN, I INSISTED
ON COMING HERE,

588
00:32:28,214 --> 00:32:30,116
EVEN WHEN WE DIDN'T
HAVE THE MONEY.

589
00:32:30,149 --> 00:32:32,151
NOW I'M EXHAUSTED
AT WORK,

590
00:32:32,184 --> 00:32:33,685
I CAN'T EVEN KEEP UP
WITH MY STUDIES,

591
00:32:33,719 --> 00:32:38,190
AND ELIZA JANE
ISN'T SPEAKING
TO ME ANYMORE.

592
00:32:38,224 --> 00:32:40,026
I JUST WANT
TO GO HOME.

593
00:32:40,059 --> 00:32:41,994
I SEE.

594
00:32:42,028 --> 00:32:45,164
BUT IF I GO HOME,
EVERYBODY IS GOING TO
THINK I'M A FAILURE.

595
00:32:45,197 --> 00:32:46,765
NO ONE IS GOING
TO THINK YOU'RE
A FAILURE.

596
00:32:46,798 --> 00:32:49,101
JUST BECAUSE
YOU WANT TO GO
HOME, LAURA.

597
00:32:49,135 --> 00:32:50,302
NO?

598
00:32:50,336 --> 00:32:51,537
NOT A SOUL.

599
00:32:51,570 --> 00:32:53,672
WELL, NOT A SOUL
EXCEPT YOU.

600
00:32:53,705 --> 00:32:55,207
YOU KNOW
WHAT I THINK?

601
00:32:55,241 --> 00:32:57,076
I THINK THAT YOU'RE
BRIGHT ENOUGH

602
00:32:57,109 --> 00:32:59,245
AND DETERMINED
ENOUGH TO SUCCEED

603
00:32:59,278 --> 00:33:01,713
IF YOU JUST
KEEP TRYING.

604
00:33:01,747 --> 00:33:05,017
BESIDES, WHAT
ABOUT EMERSON?

605
00:33:05,051 --> 00:33:06,385
EMERSON?

606
00:33:06,418 --> 00:33:08,687
YOU CAN'T LEAVE
TILL HE GIVES
HIS LECTURE.

607
00:33:10,789 --> 00:33:14,726
I HOPE I CAN LAST
UNTIL HE GETS HERE.

608
00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:18,430
WELL, I GUESS
YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE
THAT CAN DECIDE THAT.

609
00:33:37,516 --> 00:33:39,218
WELL!

610
00:33:39,251 --> 00:33:42,154
THIS IS
MORE LIKE IT.

611
00:33:42,188 --> 00:33:45,124
I SEE YOU'RE
FINALLY GETTING
THE HANG OF THINGS.

612
00:33:51,197 --> 00:33:53,832
VERY NICE.

613
00:33:53,865 --> 00:33:55,334
THANK YOU.

614
00:33:57,769 --> 00:34:00,772
HERE'S YOUR PAY
FOR THE FIRST 3 WEEKS.

615
00:34:00,806 --> 00:34:04,776
OF COURSE, I HAVE
TAKEN MONEY OUT FOR
THE DISH YOU BROKE.

616
00:34:04,810 --> 00:34:06,678
BUT I DIDN'T DEDUCT
ANYTHING FOR THE TIME

617
00:34:06,712 --> 00:34:09,815
I CAUGHT YOU READING
ON THE JOB.

618
00:34:09,848 --> 00:34:11,550
THANK YOU.

619
00:34:11,583 --> 00:34:13,485
YOU KNOW, NOW THAT
YOU HAVE FINALLY LEARNED

620
00:34:13,519 --> 00:34:15,587
HOW WE DO THINGS
AROUND HERE,

621
00:34:15,621 --> 00:34:19,258
I THINK YOU'RE GOING
TO BE VERY HAPPY
WORKING IN THE KITCHEN.

622
00:34:19,291 --> 00:34:20,692
I'M SORRY,
MRS. PIERCE.

623
00:34:20,726 --> 00:34:21,660
BUT YOU'RE GOING
TO HAVE TO FIND

624
00:34:21,693 --> 00:34:23,429
SOMEONE TO
REPLACE ME.

625
00:34:23,462 --> 00:34:25,364
WHAT?

626
00:34:25,397 --> 00:34:27,366
I'VE FOUND THAT I
JUST DON'T HAVE TIME
FOR MY SCHOOL WORK.

627
00:34:27,399 --> 00:34:29,468
AND TO KEEP A JOB, TOO.

628
00:34:29,501 --> 00:34:32,271
YOU CAN'T QUIT
HALFWAY THROUGH.

629
00:34:32,304 --> 00:34:34,140
I CAME HERE
TO GO TO SCHOOL,

630
00:34:34,173 --> 00:34:35,574
NOT TO SPEND
ALL OF MY TIME
IN A KITCHEN.

631
00:34:35,607 --> 00:34:38,377
I CAN DO THAT
IN WALNUT GROVE.

632
00:34:38,410 --> 00:34:40,512
DON'T YOU GET
IMPUDENT WITH ME,
YOUNG LADY!

633
00:34:40,546 --> 00:34:41,480
GOOD-BYE,
MRS. PIERCE.

634
00:34:41,513 --> 00:34:43,415
JUST A MOMENT.

635
00:34:43,449 --> 00:34:47,419
I SAID THAT YOU CAN'T
QUIT UNTIL I FIND
SOMEONE TO REPLACE YOU!

636
00:34:47,453 --> 00:34:48,620
LET GO OF MY ARM!

637
00:34:48,654 --> 00:34:50,489
NOT UNTIL I'M FINISHED!

638
00:34:50,522 --> 00:34:51,890
YOU ARE FINISHED!

639
00:34:51,923 --> 00:34:53,292
AAH!

640
00:34:55,794 --> 00:34:56,928
OH!

641
00:35:00,799 --> 00:35:02,168
BYE, PAM.

642
00:35:02,201 --> 00:35:05,237
BYE.

643
00:35:05,271 --> 00:35:06,638
GOOD LUCK TO YOU.
[LAUGHS]

644
00:35:09,641 --> 00:35:12,744
WOULD YOU
LIKE TO DRY?

645
00:35:12,778 --> 00:35:16,515
SHUT UP.

646
00:35:16,548 --> 00:35:17,716
OH!

647
00:35:31,730 --> 00:35:33,299
Mort: LAURA!

648
00:35:33,332 --> 00:35:35,767
SO MRS. PIERCE
DECIDED TO LET HER
SLAVES OUT, HUH?

649
00:35:35,801 --> 00:35:38,937
OH, NO. I NOW HAVE
TOTAL FREEDOM.
I QUIT MY JOB.

650
00:35:38,970 --> 00:35:41,273
WAIT A MINUTE. THAT
DOESN'T MEAN IT'S
TIME TO GO HOME, ISN'T IT?

651
00:35:41,307 --> 00:35:43,809
I MADE IT THIS FAR.
I GUESS I CAN MAKE IT
TO THE FINAL EXAM.

652
00:35:43,842 --> 00:35:45,244
GOOD! SHALL WE?

653
00:35:45,277 --> 00:35:46,678
WE SHALL.

654
00:35:50,716 --> 00:35:51,883
OH, LOOK,
THERE'S ELIZA JANE.

655
00:35:51,917 --> 00:35:54,320
MAYBE WE COULD
SIT WITH HER.

656
00:35:54,353 --> 00:35:55,654
I DOUBT IT. SHE
HASN'T SPOKEN TO ME

657
00:35:55,687 --> 00:35:57,589
SINCE THE DAY THOSE
DAISIES ARRIVED.

658
00:35:57,623 --> 00:36:01,393
THAT WAS TWO WEEKS AGO.
SHE HASN'T SPOKEN TO
YOU IN TWO WEEKS?

659
00:36:01,427 --> 00:36:02,594
THAT'S RIGHT.

660
00:36:02,628 --> 00:36:03,895
COME ON.

661
00:36:20,779 --> 00:36:23,349
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

662
00:36:23,382 --> 00:36:25,651
IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE
TO INTRODUCE TO YOU TODAY

663
00:36:25,684 --> 00:36:29,455
THE GREATEST OF ALL
AMERICAN WRITERS,

664
00:36:29,488 --> 00:36:31,757
MR. RALPH WALDO EMERSON.

665
00:36:31,790 --> 00:36:34,226
[APPLAUSE]

666
00:36:48,607 --> 00:36:51,410
THANK YOU,
MR., UH...

667
00:36:51,443 --> 00:36:52,611
WOESTEHOFF.

668
00:36:52,644 --> 00:36:54,613
OF COURSE.
MR. WOESTEHOFF.

669
00:36:57,783 --> 00:36:59,885
I THOUGHT WILLIAM
SAID THEY KNEW
EACH OTHER.

670
00:36:59,918 --> 00:37:02,854
I WOULDN'T TAKE MUCH
OF WHAT WILLIAM SAYS
AT FACE VALUE.

671
00:37:06,892 --> 00:37:11,930
MEN ARE ALL INVENTORS

672
00:37:11,963 --> 00:37:16,835
SAILING FORTH ON
A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY.

673
00:37:16,868 --> 00:37:20,906
THE POWER AND RESOURCES
OF MAN ARE BENEFITED

674
00:37:20,939 --> 00:37:23,542
BY THE OBSERVATION
OF EVERY TRIUMPH

675
00:37:23,575 --> 00:37:25,911
OF MAN OVER NATURE,

676
00:37:25,944 --> 00:37:29,715
BY EVERY OPPORTUNITY
OF SEEING THAT WISDOM

677
00:37:29,748 --> 00:37:32,384
IS BETTER THAN STRENGTH.

678
00:37:38,324 --> 00:37:39,925
TO THINK I ALMOST
MISSED THAT LECTURE.

679
00:37:39,958 --> 00:37:41,860
YEAH.

680
00:37:41,893 --> 00:37:43,028
I'M GLAD YOU
DECIDED TO STAY.

681
00:37:43,061 --> 00:37:44,896
ME, TOO.

682
00:37:44,930 --> 00:37:46,965
YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN
DOING A LOT OF FIGURING
SINCE WE TALKED.

683
00:37:46,998 --> 00:37:48,767
AND IF I'M
VERY, VERY CAREFUL,

684
00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:50,769
I OUGHT TO BE ABLE
TO MAKE IT THROUGH
THE REST OF THE SEMINAR

685
00:37:50,802 --> 00:37:52,771
ON THE MONEY
I'VE EARNED SO FAR.

686
00:37:52,804 --> 00:37:54,440
I'VE GOT TO SPEND
MORE TIME ON MY STUDIES

687
00:37:54,473 --> 00:37:56,007
IF I WANT TO GET
A PASSING GRADE.

688
00:37:56,041 --> 00:37:57,943
YOU KNOW, YOU GOT
A MUCH BETTER GRASP
ON THE MATERIAL

689
00:37:57,976 --> 00:38:00,379
THAN MOST PEOPLE
IN THE CLASS.

690
00:38:00,412 --> 00:38:01,613
THAT'S NOT
WHAT WILLIAM SAYS.

691
00:38:01,647 --> 00:38:03,315
YEAH, I KNOW.

692
00:38:03,349 --> 00:38:05,517
I DON'T KNOW WHY
HE TURNED ON YOU
LIKE THAT, LAURA.

693
00:38:05,551 --> 00:38:08,053
YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT IT
HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
THE WORK YOU'RE DOING.

694
00:38:08,086 --> 00:38:11,857
TAKE IT FROM ME.
I USED TO TEACH
THIS CLASS.

695
00:38:11,890 --> 00:38:13,859
I JUST HOPE I PASS
THE FINAL.

696
00:38:26,405 --> 00:38:28,740
I WONDER IF I MIGHT
HAVE A WORD WITH YOU.

697
00:38:28,774 --> 00:38:30,075
CERTAINLY.

698
00:38:30,108 --> 00:38:33,679
I JUST WANTED
TO THANK YOU
FOR THE DAISIES.

699
00:38:33,712 --> 00:38:34,980
THE DAISIES?

700
00:38:35,013 --> 00:38:36,482
I KNOW I SHOULD
HAVE SAID SOMETHING

701
00:38:36,515 --> 00:38:37,683
WHEN THEY FIRST ARRIVED,

702
00:38:37,716 --> 00:38:41,052
BUT I'M A BIT
ON THE SHY SIDE

703
00:38:41,086 --> 00:38:43,822
WHEN IT COMES
TO MARRIED MEN.

704
00:38:43,855 --> 00:38:47,459
-MISS WILDER, I--
-PLEASE, LET ME FINISH.

705
00:38:47,493 --> 00:38:50,095
I KNOW YOU'RE MARRIED,

706
00:38:50,128 --> 00:38:53,499
BUT I'VE DECIDED
IT DOESN'T MATTER,

707
00:38:53,532 --> 00:38:56,368
NOT WHEN YOU REALLY
CARE ABOUT SOMEONE.

708
00:38:56,402 --> 00:38:58,737
WILLIAM.

709
00:38:58,770 --> 00:39:01,973
I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU
WERE HAVING A CONFERENCE.

710
00:39:02,007 --> 00:39:05,777
EMILY, I'LL BE WITH YOU
IN JUST A MOMENT.

711
00:39:05,811 --> 00:39:08,780
OF COURSE,
DAISIES ARE MY
FAVORITE FLOWER.

712
00:39:08,814 --> 00:39:11,717
THAT'S FINE.
FINE!

713
00:39:11,750 --> 00:39:13,452
I'M GLAD
YOU LIKE THEM.

714
00:39:13,485 --> 00:39:15,654
I REALLY CAN'T KEEP
MISS POWERS WAITING
ANY LONGER.

715
00:39:15,687 --> 00:39:17,022
SO IF YOU'LL
EXCUSE ME.

716
00:39:17,055 --> 00:39:20,025
OF COURSE.

717
00:39:20,058 --> 00:39:22,728
YOU DID SEND
THE FLOWERS,
DIDN'T YOU?

718
00:39:24,696 --> 00:39:27,466
MISS WILDER...

719
00:39:27,499 --> 00:39:30,502
I DON'T HAVE THE
SLIGHTEST IDEA WHAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

720
00:39:30,536 --> 00:39:32,604
EXCUSE ME.
I'M SORRY.

721
00:40:06,838 --> 00:40:09,575
[SIGHS]

722
00:40:09,608 --> 00:40:12,544
I THOUGHT
I'D FIND YOU HERE.

723
00:40:12,578 --> 00:40:16,515
YOU KNOW,
LAURA IS WORRIED
HALF SICK ABOUT YOU.

724
00:40:16,548 --> 00:40:19,518
I SUPPOSE I SHOULD HAVE
LEFT HER A NOTE.

725
00:40:19,551 --> 00:40:20,719
I SUPPOSE SO.

726
00:40:23,121 --> 00:40:26,792
YOU WANT TO TELL ME
WHY YOU'RE LEAVING TOWN
IN SUCH A HURRY?

727
00:40:26,825 --> 00:40:29,661
IT'S COMPLICATED.

728
00:40:29,695 --> 00:40:32,631
TRY ME.

729
00:40:32,664 --> 00:40:36,101
WELL...SUPPOSE
YOU HAD A FRIEND,

730
00:40:36,134 --> 00:40:38,470
AND YOU THOUGHT
THIS FRIEND HAD DONE
A TERRIBLE THING,

731
00:40:38,504 --> 00:40:40,105
AND YOU WERE RUDE
AND AWFUL TO HER,

732
00:40:40,138 --> 00:40:41,640
AND THEN YOU
FOUND OUT YOU
WERE THE ONE

733
00:40:41,673 --> 00:40:45,176
WHO HAD DONE
THE TERRIBLE THING
TO BEGIN WITH.

734
00:40:45,210 --> 00:40:48,013
WOULDN'T YOU WANT
TO GO AWAY?

735
00:40:48,046 --> 00:40:50,649
NO.

736
00:40:50,682 --> 00:40:53,018
I'VE BEEN SO
TERRIBLE TO LAURA.

737
00:40:53,051 --> 00:40:56,522
I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT TO SAY TO HER.

738
00:40:56,555 --> 00:40:58,123
YOU KNOW, ELIZA JANE,
YOU'VE NEVER BEEN

739
00:40:58,156 --> 00:41:01,660
AT A LOSS FOR WORDS
AROUND ME.

740
00:41:01,693 --> 00:41:02,828
YOU'LL THINK OF SOMETHING.

741
00:41:05,096 --> 00:41:06,565
YOU WILL.

742
00:41:20,612 --> 00:41:23,114
LAURA, I'VE BEHAVED
ABSOLUTELY ABOMINABLY.

743
00:41:23,148 --> 00:41:25,784
AND I WOULD UNDERSTAND
IF YOU NEVER WANTED TO
SPEAK TO ME AGAIN,

744
00:41:25,817 --> 00:41:29,588
BUT I HOPE
YOU'LL FORGIVE ME
SO WE CAN BE FRIENDS.

745
00:41:29,621 --> 00:41:31,189
I'VE MISSED YOU.

746
00:41:37,629 --> 00:41:39,765
I'M SO GLAD
TO SEE YOU.

747
00:41:39,798 --> 00:41:41,199
YOU WERE RIGHT
ABOUT WILLIAM.

748
00:41:41,232 --> 00:41:43,168
HE WAS NEVER
INTERESTED IN ME.

749
00:41:43,201 --> 00:41:45,804
I MADE SUCH A FOOL
OUT OF MYSELF.

750
00:41:45,837 --> 00:41:49,174
I DON'T KNOW HOW I
CAN EVER GO BACK
INTO THAT CLASSROOM.

751
00:41:49,207 --> 00:41:51,309
WE'RE GOING TO GO
BACK TOGETHER.

752
00:41:51,342 --> 00:41:53,779
AND WE'RE GOING TO
WORK HARD AND STUDY,

753
00:41:53,812 --> 00:41:56,247
AND WE'RE GOING
TO PASS THAT FINAL.

754
00:41:56,281 --> 00:41:58,850
YOU'RE NOT GOING
TO LET HIM RUIN OUR
SUMMER, ARE YOU?

755
00:41:58,884 --> 00:42:00,986
NO.
NO, I'M NOT.

756
00:42:14,299 --> 00:42:17,803
I'M GOING TO PASS OUT
YOUR FINAL EXAM PAPERS.

757
00:42:17,836 --> 00:42:19,871
SOME OF YOU DID VERY WELL.

758
00:42:19,905 --> 00:42:22,841
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS,
I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

759
00:42:28,947 --> 00:42:30,115
NERVOUS?

760
00:42:30,148 --> 00:42:31,349
YEAH, A LITTLE.

761
00:42:31,382 --> 00:42:34,019
I DON'T THINK I DID
VERY WELL AT ALL.

762
00:42:34,052 --> 00:42:35,220
I DON'T CARE HOW
I DID AS LONG AS

763
00:42:35,253 --> 00:42:37,188
HE RECOMMENDS ME
FOR A JOB.

764
00:42:43,261 --> 00:42:45,864
A "B."
THAT'S NOT SO BAD.

765
00:42:45,897 --> 00:42:47,332
HOW'D YOU DO, LAURA?

766
00:42:53,739 --> 00:42:56,608
MR. WOESTEHOFF,

767
00:42:56,642 --> 00:42:58,644
I'D LIKE TO TALK
TO YOU ABOUT MY GRADE...

768
00:42:58,677 --> 00:42:59,845
AFTER CLASS.

769
00:42:59,878 --> 00:43:01,046
IF YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS, LAURA,

770
00:43:01,079 --> 00:43:03,181
YOU MAY
ASK THEM NOW.

771
00:43:05,951 --> 00:43:07,118
I DON'T
UNDERSTAND--

772
00:43:07,152 --> 00:43:09,220
THAT'S CORRECT.
YOU DON'T.

773
00:43:09,254 --> 00:43:11,089
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND
WHITMAN, YOU DON'T
UNDERSTAND EMERSON,

774
00:43:11,122 --> 00:43:12,891
AND FROM YOUR
FINAL EXAM,

775
00:43:12,924 --> 00:43:15,260
IT'S QUITE CLEAR
THAT YOU DO NOT
UNDERSTAND MARK TWAIN,

776
00:43:15,293 --> 00:43:17,629
WHICH IS WHY
I HAD TO FAIL YOU.

777
00:43:17,663 --> 00:43:20,031
UH, EXCUSE ME.

778
00:43:20,065 --> 00:43:22,200
BUT I THINK YOU
MADE A MISTAKE.

779
00:43:22,233 --> 00:43:24,235
I'VE MADE
A WHAT?

780
00:43:24,269 --> 00:43:27,773
UH, WELL, SEE, I WAS
JUST LOOKING OVER
LAURA'S PAPER HERE,

781
00:43:27,806 --> 00:43:29,407
AND, UH...

782
00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:31,943
WELL, IT'S PERFECT.

783
00:43:31,977 --> 00:43:33,344
I DON'T KNOW
HOW COULD YOU SAY

784
00:43:33,378 --> 00:43:35,346
THAT SHE DOESN'T
UNDERSTAND TWAIN.
I MEAN--

785
00:43:35,380 --> 00:43:38,817
CERTAINLY ENTITLED
TO YOUR OPINION,
MR. CARSTAIRS,

786
00:43:38,850 --> 00:43:40,318
BUT I AM
THE PROFESSOR

787
00:43:40,351 --> 00:43:45,023
AND, I MIGHT REMIND
YOU, A GRADUATE OF
YALE UNIVERSITY.

788
00:43:45,056 --> 00:43:47,225
OH. WELL, THAT
EXPLAINS IT.

789
00:43:47,258 --> 00:43:48,827
SEE, I'M A HARVARD
MAN MYSELF.

790
00:43:48,860 --> 00:43:50,428
[GIGGLES]

791
00:43:50,461 --> 00:43:53,932
AND I DID MY
POSTGRADUATE
WORK AT CAMBRIDGE.

792
00:43:53,965 --> 00:43:58,069
OH. I WAS AT OXFORD.

793
00:43:58,103 --> 00:43:59,370
I THINK IT'S
PRETTY CLEAR THAT

794
00:43:59,404 --> 00:44:01,773
I KNOW MORE ABOUT
THIS THAN YOU DO.

795
00:44:01,807 --> 00:44:03,775
CAPTAIN OF THE
DEBATING TEAM--

796
00:44:03,809 --> 00:44:06,377
TWO YEARS.

797
00:44:06,411 --> 00:44:07,779
LITERARY MAGAZINE--

798
00:44:07,813 --> 00:44:09,781
EDITOR, 3 YEARS.

799
00:44:09,815 --> 00:44:13,118
[LAUGHTER]

800
00:44:13,151 --> 00:44:18,123
PERHAPS YOU'D LIKE
TO STEP OUTSIDE AND
SETTLE THIS LIKE A MAN?

801
00:44:18,156 --> 00:44:19,991
NOT REALLY.

802
00:44:20,025 --> 00:44:21,693
I THOUGHT NOT.

803
00:44:21,727 --> 00:44:23,028
BUT I WILL.

804
00:44:23,061 --> 00:44:24,329
Students: OH.

805
00:44:33,338 --> 00:44:35,774
WELL, I GUESS
I INSULTED HIM.

806
00:44:37,175 --> 00:44:39,210
WE'VE GOT
TO STOP HIM!
HE COULD GET HURT!

807
00:44:57,863 --> 00:44:59,364
MORT, DON'T DO THIS.
IT'S CRAZY.

808
00:44:59,397 --> 00:45:01,066
I'VE MADE UP
MY MIND.

809
00:45:01,099 --> 00:45:03,902
HOLD MY COAT.
OH, MY GLASSES.

810
00:45:33,799 --> 00:45:35,801
I HOPE THIS IS GOING
TO BE A LESSON
TO YOU, CARSTAIRS,

811
00:45:35,834 --> 00:45:38,336
BECAUSE YOU'RE
AN INSUFFERABLE,
ODIOUS LOUT!

812
00:45:40,238 --> 00:45:43,842
UH, I MAY BE
AN INSUFFERABLE,
ODIOUS LOUT,

813
00:45:43,875 --> 00:45:45,443
BUT I'M ONE HECK
OF A BOXER.

814
00:45:52,884 --> 00:45:57,322
IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING
THAT YOU'LL BE GETTING NO
RECOMMENDATION FROM ME!

815
00:45:57,355 --> 00:46:00,291
YEAH, OF COURSE.
IT'S THE STORY
OF MY LIFE.

816
00:46:03,094 --> 00:46:05,196
Students: AWW!

817
00:46:08,399 --> 00:46:09,935
I'M REAL SORRY.

818
00:46:09,968 --> 00:46:11,136
DON'T WORRY.

819
00:46:11,169 --> 00:46:13,905
SOMETHING
WILL TURN UP.

820
00:46:13,939 --> 00:46:16,474
THERE'S A POSITION
OPEN AT MY SCHOOL...

821
00:46:16,507 --> 00:46:20,311
IF YOU DON'T MIND
MOVING TO MINNEAPOLIS.

822
00:46:20,345 --> 00:46:21,980
WILL YOU BE THERE?

823
00:46:22,013 --> 00:46:25,416
OF COURSE
I'LL BE THERE!
I TEACH THERE!

824
00:46:25,450 --> 00:46:28,253
THEN I'D BE HONORED
TO APPLY FOR THE JOB.

825
00:46:28,286 --> 00:46:30,989
AND I'D BE HONORED
TO RECOMMEND YOU.

826
00:46:43,501 --> 00:46:46,337
LAURA, I DO HOPE
YOU'RE NOT SORRY
THAT YOU CAME.

827
00:46:46,371 --> 00:46:48,606
I WOULDN'T HAVE
MISSED THIS SUMMER
FOR THE WORLD.

828
00:46:48,639 --> 00:46:51,109
EVEN THOUGH
YOU FAILED
THE SEMINAR?

829
00:46:51,142 --> 00:46:54,279
WELL, IT WOULD HAVE
BEEN NICER IF I'VE
GOTTEN A BETTER GRADE,

830
00:46:54,312 --> 00:46:56,447
BUT LEARNING IS MORE
IMPORTANT THAN GRADES,

831
00:46:56,481 --> 00:46:58,249
AND I HAVE LEARNED
A LOT.

832
00:46:58,283 --> 00:46:59,851
ALL ABOARD!

833
00:46:59,885 --> 00:47:02,220
I DO HATE LEAVING
YOU HERE ALL ALONE.

834
00:47:02,253 --> 00:47:04,255
MY TRAIN LEAVES
IN JUST AN HOUR.

835
00:47:04,289 --> 00:47:06,591
YOU BETTER GO.

836
00:47:06,624 --> 00:47:08,259
GOOD LUCK IN
MINNEAPOLIS, MORT.

837
00:47:08,293 --> 00:47:10,328
THANKS.
I HAVE A FEELING

838
00:47:10,361 --> 00:47:12,830
EVERYTHING'S GOING
TO WORK OUT JUST FINE.

839
00:47:15,466 --> 00:47:17,235
-GOOD-BYE, LAURA.
-GOOD-BYE.

840
00:47:18,569 --> 00:47:19,938
-BYE.
-BYE.

841
00:47:26,111 --> 00:47:28,313
LAURA, DON'T
FORGET TO WRITE!

842
00:47:28,346 --> 00:47:29,981
I WON'T!

843
00:47:33,518 --> 00:47:35,921
I'D LIKE ONE TICKET
TO WALNUT GROVE, PLEASE.

844
00:47:35,954 --> 00:47:37,322
WOULD THAT BE
A ROUND TRIP TICKET?

845
00:47:37,355 --> 00:47:40,992
OH, NO. ONE WAY.
I'M GOING HOME.

846
00:47:41,026 --> 00:47:42,961
[STEAM WHISTLE]

