House by the River

340 00:33:13,635 --> 00:33:14,820 Did you read it? 341 00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:16,929 No, I only picked it up. 342 00:33:17,425 --> 00:33:19,105 What's the matter, Stephen? 343 00:33:19,165 --> 00:33:21,951 Nothing it's... it's not ready to be read, that's all. 344 00:33:22,011 --> 00:33:24,497 You never minded my reading your things before. 345 00:33:24,557 --> 00:33:26,902 I've changed my ideas about a lot of things. 346 00:33:26,962 --> 00:33:27,996 I know. 347 00:33:28,221 --> 00:33:31,379 Just the other night when you went out by yourself— - Don't nag! 348 00:33:31,439 --> 00:33:34,271 A writer needs to be alone to gather experiences. Can't you understand that? 349 00:33:34,331 --> 00:33:35,665 I wasn't nagging, Stephen. 350 00:33:35,725 --> 00:33:38,753 What I started out saying was simply that when I was alone the other night 351 00:33:38,813 --> 00:33:40,862 - and John dropped in - What did he want? 352 00:33:41,099 --> 00:33:42,374 Nothing special. 353 00:33:43,099 --> 00:33:44,813 Seemed so forlorn lately. 354 00:33:45,422 --> 00:33:49,607 We reminisced about those evenings when you used to read your stuff aloud to us 355 00:33:50,448 --> 00:33:53,945 I wish you and John wouldn't discuss me behind my back. 356 00:33:55,850 --> 00:33:58,343 I'm not interested in what my brother has to say. 357 00:33:58,403 --> 00:34:00,328 He's a bookkeeper and will always be one. 358 00:34:00,388 --> 00:34:02,369 He'll never understand the problems of an artist. 359 00:34:02,429 --> 00:34:04,834 I was a fool to let you pick on me and criticize my writings. 360 00:34:04,894 --> 00:34:06,315 No one picked on you, Stephen. 361 00:34:06,375 --> 00:34:08,737 You asked us for our honest opinion and we gave it to you. 362 00:34:08,797 --> 00:34:11,709 Never mind. I didn't need anyone then and I don't need anyone now. 363 00:34:11,769 --> 00:34:13,430 I'm doing very well on my own. 364 00:34:13,490 --> 00:34:15,135 You mean since Emily? 365 00:34:19,127 --> 00:34:20,187 Go on. 366 00:34:24,096 --> 00:34:26,092 Go on, you can say it. 367 00:34:26,521 --> 00:34:28,483 I didn't mean it that way, Stephen. 368 00:34:28,543 --> 00:34:30,682 The success of my books since this Emily thing 369 00:34:30,742 --> 00:34:32,600 proves that they were good in the first place. 370 00:34:32,660 --> 00:34:34,269 All I needed was a little publicity. 371 00:34:34,329 --> 00:34:36,559 In the future they'll not only be good but they'll be great, 372 00:34:36,619 --> 00:34:38,326 because they'll be about things I know. 373 00:34:38,386 --> 00:34:40,427 Like what you're writing now? - Yes! 374 00:34:40,698 --> 00:34:43,540 - Well, what's it about? - Will you stop prying! 375 00:34:48,428 --> 00:34:50,109 Let's have our tea. 376 00:34:50,740 --> 00:34:53,672 I wasn't prying, Stephen. I was only interested. 377 00:34:54,056 --> 00:34:56,668 I don't care for any tea, thank you. 378 00:35:16,184 --> 00:35:20,176 John Byrne's Accounting Office. Walter Herbert, office boy speaking. 379 00:35:21,642 --> 00:35:22,939 One moment please. 380 00:35:24,326 --> 00:35:28,420 It's your housekeeper. She'd like a word with you, Mr. Byrne. - Thank you, Walter. 381 00:35:33,964 --> 00:35:35,735 Check these over, Elmer. 382 00:35:40,158 --> 00:35:42,367 - What is it, Miss Bantam? - Mr. Byrne. 383 00:35:42,547 --> 00:35:44,239 With the cold weather coming on 384 00:35:44,299 --> 00:35:46,795 I told the neighborhood boys to gather some driftwood. 385 00:35:46,855 --> 00:35:48,705 Save you catching cold like last year. 386 00:35:48,765 --> 00:35:51,898 But when I went to get the woodsack I found that your brother hadn't returned it. 387 00:35:51,958 --> 00:35:55,418 I wonder, would you mind stopping there on your way home this evening? 388 00:35:55,478 --> 00:35:57,745 When did my brother borrow it, Ms. Bantam? 389 00:35:57,805 --> 00:36:01,253 <i>Several weeks ago when he was doing the gardening. He sent Emily for it.</i> 390 00:36:01,456 --> 00:36:02,696 All right I'll... 391 00:36:03,948 --> 00:36:06,677 - When did you say he borrowed it? - Several weeks ago. 392 00:36:06,737 --> 00:36:10,469 And even though that Emily isn't with him anymore, you'd think they'd return the sack. 393 00:36:10,529 --> 00:36:12,632 - After all, your name's on it. - My... 394 00:36:19,372 --> 00:36:21,390 - My name is on it? - <i>Yes.</i> 395 00:36:21,450 --> 00:36:24,221 I stencilled everything you owned with India ink. 396 00:36:24,931 --> 00:36:26,668 <i>I'll go for it if you're busy.</i> 397 00:36:26,728 --> 00:36:29,217 No. No. I'll stop by for it, Ms. Bantam. 398 00:36:38,026 --> 00:36:39,899 I hate this river. 399 00:36:43,464 --> 00:36:47,231 We neighbors really should gather a petition, Stephen. 400 00:36:47,558 --> 00:36:50,107 What's the trouble today, Mr. Ambrose? 401 00:36:50,918 --> 00:36:54,302 That horrible thing floated by again. That dead animal! 402 00:36:56,659 --> 00:36:59,095 It couldn't be, must've sunk long ago. 403 00:37:00,550 --> 00:37:01,441 No! 404 00:37:01,80