The Whales of August

00:30:41,798 --> 00:30:43,590 Been keeping busy, Joshua? 396 00:30:43,675 --> 00:30:46,260 Busier than a goddamn bee, Mrs. Doughty. 397 00:30:46,344 --> 00:30:48,595 There certainly are a lot of newcomers... 398 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:50,097 on the island these days. 399 00:30:50,181 --> 00:30:51,265 Yes. 400 00:30:51,349 --> 00:30:53,267 Yeah, too many, if you ask me. 401 00:30:53,351 --> 00:30:55,769 These biscuits are rather dull. 402 00:30:55,812 --> 00:30:58,689 Glory, I never seen so damn many people in all my life. 403 00:30:58,731 --> 00:31:00,399 Or cars, for that matter. 404 00:31:00,483 --> 00:31:02,734 Some of these summer people bring down two. 405 00:31:02,819 --> 00:31:03,902 Lord knows why. 406 00:31:03,987 --> 00:31:05,571 I don't even need one. 407 00:31:05,655 --> 00:31:07,239 You can't walk more than a mile... 408 00:31:07,323 --> 00:31:08,740 before you fall into the damned ocean. 409 00:31:08,825 --> 00:31:09,992 Oh, Joshua. 410 00:31:13,997 --> 00:31:17,583 Someone tells me you're seeing Myrtle Jackson again, Joshua. 411 00:31:17,667 --> 00:31:20,085 Ayuh. When I can, when I can. 412 00:31:20,169 --> 00:31:21,837 Well, you two make a lovely couple. 413 00:31:21,921 --> 00:31:25,090 Well, you see, Myrtle's a lady, Mrs. Doughty... 414 00:31:25,174 --> 00:31:28,594 and she don't go parading around like a living beach ball... 415 00:31:28,678 --> 00:31:31,513 all squeezed into them Bermudey shorts. 416 00:31:32,682 --> 00:31:34,850 Quit a job on a woman like that last week. 417 00:31:34,934 --> 00:31:36,435 I left my tools right there. 418 00:31:36,519 --> 00:31:38,270 Well, you went back for them, I hope. 419 00:31:38,354 --> 00:31:39,396 Nope. 420 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:41,398 I got plenty of tools. 421 00:31:41,482 --> 00:31:43,901 But I ain't got time for people like that. 422 00:31:43,985 --> 00:31:47,404 People like that won't even spend the time of day with you. 423 00:31:47,488 --> 00:31:49,489 They won't even offer you a cup of tea. 424 00:31:51,159 --> 00:31:54,995 You know, them people are gonna be the ruination of this island. 425 00:31:56,581 --> 00:31:58,248 What happened, Joshua? 426 00:32:00,668 --> 00:32:04,546 That woman told me I was too slow, Mrs. Webber. 427 00:32:05,757 --> 00:32:07,633 The idea! 428 00:32:07,717 --> 00:32:10,093 So I told her she could get somebody else... 429 00:32:10,178 --> 00:32:11,887 if she thought she could do better... 430 00:32:12,013 --> 00:32:13,639 and I ain't been back. 431 00:32:13,723 --> 00:32:15,766 -Good for you. -That'll show 'em. 432 00:32:15,850 --> 00:32:17,017 Ayuh. 433 00:32:20,146 --> 00:32:21,897 You know... 434 00:32:21,981 --> 00:32:23,982 can't imagine what I'd do... 435 00:32:25,151 --> 00:32:26,443 if I retired. 436 00:32:26,527 --> 00:32:28,570 Well, of course you can't. 437 00:32:28,655 --> 00:32:31,198 Or what would we do if you did? 438 00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:33,075 Oh, I'd always do neighborly favors... 439 00:32:33,159 --> 00:32:34,493 for you ladies, anyway. 440 00:32:35,662 --> 00:32:37,579 You're a kind man, Joshua. 441 00:32:37,664 --> 00:32:38,914 Some wouldn't agree. 442 00:32:38,998 --> 00:32:40,916 Well, they just don't know you. 443 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:42,584 Won't, neither. 444 00:32:42,669 --> 00:32:44,920 We're seeing the future, ladies. 445 00:32:45,004 --> 00:32:46,755 Don't like it much. 446 00:32:46,839 --> 00:32:49,091 A mighty nice cup of tea. 447 00:32:49,175 --> 00:32:50,550 Best this end of the island. 448 00:32:50,593 --> 00:32:54,596 Oh, Joshua Brackett, you are a flatterer. 449 00:32:54,639 --> 00:32:57,015 Ayuh. That, too. 450 00:33:01,604 --> 00:33:03,230 You know, a big picture window... 451 00:33:03,314 --> 00:33:06,566 sure would look nice right there, Mrs. Webber. 452 00:33:06,651 --> 00:33:09,069 I don't know, Joshua. 453 00:33:09,153 --> 00:33:13,740 Libby says we're too old to be bothering about new things. 454 00:33:13,783 --> 00:33:16,576 Oh, there's nothing wrong with new, Mrs. Webber... 455 00:33:17,662 --> 00:33:20,080 if it makes something good better. 456 00:33:20,164 --> 00:33:21,915 A-yuh. 457 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:23,166 Bye, ladies. 458 00:33:26,170 --> 00:33:27,963 You know, he's right, Sarah. 459 00:33:29,674 --> 00:33:31,967 The whales should be back. 460 00:33:33,344 --> 00:33:36,179 I keep hoping we'll see them. 461 00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:43,895 Well... 462 00:33:43,980 --> 00:33:45,480 let's have a look. 463 00:33:52,321 --> 00:33:55,490 We're just going down to the point, Libby. 464 00:33:55,575 --> 00:33:58,160 To look for whales, no doubt. 465 00:34:07,420 --> 00:34:09,212 Look out there, Sarah. 466 00:34:09,255 --> 00:34:11,214 Is that a porpoise? 467 00:34:11,257 --> 00:34:14,593 Well, I haven't seen any all summer. 468 00:34:14,677 --> 00:34:18,597 Remember how many there were before the war? 469 00:34:18,681 --> 00:34:19,931 Which war, dear? 470 00:34:20,016 --> 00:34:21,933 Why, the war with Germany. 471 00:34:22,018 -->