A Hatful of Rain Page #3

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bigger than I am.

I think I'm lucky.

I think I'll be able to work

up until, oh,

about the eighth month.

- Hmm.

- Those men down at the office

keep looking at me.

Ah.

Got room for a third?

I don't like those men.

Whoever heard of seeing

people in the hallways?

You got a room right here.

What's all the fuss about?

You don't even know them.

How much money did you lose?

Oh, a couple of bucks.

Who-o-o-oh-oh.

All right. I'm getting up.

I'm getting up there.

Boy, I hate to drink.

Y-You ne--you never get drunk

if you stand up and drink.

It's the sitting down

that gets you.

Whoa, you had enough.

You know what I mean?

- Come on.

- Come on, boy.

Let's get the overcoat on.

Come on.

All right. I'm going to

put the overcoat on,

and I'm going to go

out in the cold.

Out in the freezing cold.

Boy, I hate to drink.

Hey, Polo, do the smart thing.

- What?

- You know.

- Go right home, huh?

- I'm gonna go home.

I'm g-- I'm gonna go

straight home, Eddie.

- Atta boy.

- So long, Eddie.

Hey.

Hey, hey--Hey, you want

a piece of sugar?

It's--it's warmer...

It's warmer.

Hey, hiya, Jack.

- Hey, hiya, Polo.

- H-Hey, wait a minute.

Wait a minute. I got s--

I got some sugar for the horse.

Here.

I'll give him two sugars.

Here.

Whoo. Whoo.

I hate to drink, Jack,

you know that?

Polo, you better go home and sit

down before you fall down.

I-- I'm gonna go home right now.

Come on, horse.

I'm gonna go home.

I'm gonna go home right now.

Ooh, Hey, Jack--

Hey, you silly horse.

I'm gonna cross the corner.

Uh, come on,

let's-- let's go, horse.

We're gonna cross the corner here.

Hey, hold your horses!

Hold your horses.

Come on.

I-- I'm gonna

go across the street.

Hold your horses.

Hold your horses, baby.

Look at my hands.

Mixing pink ladies

and Daiquiris.

- It's embarrassing.

- What's embarrassing?

I got to get them

manicured twice a week.

I'm going to talk to Polo

when he gets home.

I didn't know he had $2,500.

Ah, forget it. Forget it.

What's the difference?

Polo's just like everybody.

I don't know. Everybody seems

to be running nowadays.

Running, running.

Planes, boats, trains,

big cars. Where to?

Every now and then I get

a funny feeling in the air.

Everybody looks

like they're waiting,

just sitting there waiting to

find out what's going to happen.

I don't follow you, Pop.

It's like a fella said in the

club the other night-- a lawyer.

He says this is

the age of the vacuum.

- What does that mean?

- Ah, it's all talk.

When you come right down to it,

nothing's right,

nothing's wrong,

nobody's for, nobody's against.

We're just all waiting around,

waiting for the world

to blow up.

Oh, that makes me sick.

I've heard that before.

The age of the vacuum.

Everybody's waiting,

nobody believes.

It's been said enough for

the last couple of years.

- Look--

- What's the sense of having a child?

Another war may come.

Look out for the white light

when you hear the siren.

Oh. Every time I hear

that kind of talk,

it just makes my blood boil.

Honey, you're getting

red in the face.

Young lady, there'll

always be children.

- No, there will not.

- Ho.

Because people don't believe

in staying married anymore.

If you can't be happy,

why stay together?

All our friends have had 100%

turnover in the last two years.

They're all divorced

or separated,

and they've excused themselves

and just granted

each other's pardons.

All I was trying to say was--

No, there will not

always be children

if people keep talking

about the age of the vacuum.

Honey, you'd better calm down.

You're going to have

all the neighbors in here.

The neighbors should know that, too.

You're talking like a woman.

Darling, if you just

take a good look at me,

you'll confirm the fact

that I am a woman.

And you owe me 16 cents.

It's my pleasure, dear.

Here. Keep the change.

Thank you.

Well, I got to check in

at my hotel.

Oh, I-- I bought half a

dozen shirts down there.

I figured you and your

brother could use them.

Thanks, Pop.

You keep four.

Give Polo two.

Put three in Polo's drawer.

I said keep four for yourself.

Look at this guy, will you?

He's a killer.

You know, he dumped

the champ once.

- Isn't that right, Pop?

- Sure.

I swam the English Channel

both ways, too.

Don't forget, Pop, come

early tomorrow night for dinner.

I won't. See you

in the morning, kid.

- Good night, Pop.

- Don't forget the game.

No, I won't, Pop.

I want to

tell you something, young lady.

You're just as good a cook

as Johnny's mother ever was.

- Isn't that right, Johnny?

- That's right, Pop.

And you know something else?

You look a lot like her, too.

There's no more hot water.

Aren't we speaking

to one another?

The clock stopped again.

I guess we aren't

speaking to one another.

Johnny, I'm sorry

about this morning.

I don't even remember

what it was I said now.

You said I was useless,

something like that.

Why should you be afraid

to tell me you lost your job?

I felt like a fool

when I called there.

Three days out of work,

and I had to find out

by accident.

Fourth job I lost

in the last three months.

All right,

it's not the Depression.

So you lost four jobs.

Gee, I put 15 shafts

into the lathe that day,

and I undercut every one by

20 lousy thousandths of an inch.

Ruined a whole day's work.

I don't know how I did it.

Well, ruining a day's

work and losing a job

is no reason to go into hiding.

Where does this go?

Top shelf.

- Don't start shouting at me.

- I didn't even raise my voice.

I know when you're shouting,

even when you don't

raise your voice.

All right, it goes

on the top shelf.

Johnny, look, let's--

Let's not do the dishes

right now, hmm?

Can't we just go in the living

room and sit down?

Look, just let's for once

sit down and talk.

Please.

Can we try to talk?

What's there to talk about?

I thought it was all settled.

Do you go, or do I go?

I thought we had more

to talk about than that.

I can't talk.

I just can't seem

to talk to people anymore.

I'm not people.

I'm your wife.

I married you to live with you.

Well?

Well, what about her, Johnny?

Is she rich?

Is she pretty?

I told you a thousand times,

I haven't even so much

as shaken hands

with another girl

since we've been married.

That's four years now.

One year, Johnny. That's

all the marriage we had.

Look, I--

I never said this before.

I think I'm ashamed

of it, but...

there were many times while you

were in the Army that...

I just wanted to be near a man.

Sometimes I thought

I'd go crazy, but--

I didn't go anywhere.

I waited for you.

I didn't go anywhere, either.

They told me where to go.

And I can understand

how you might--

I mean, maybe I--

I haven't given you

what you, uh, need

or what you want.

But all right, who is she?

I mean, why do you

have to lie to me?

I'm not lying.

Johnny, you think I've been

stupid these three months?

I've been telling myself

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