A Hatful of Rain Page #8

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We're going to get

out of here alive.

Johnny.

Johnny, this is Polo.

It's Polo, Johnny.

You don't know what it's like to

need something, Sarge,

all alone and not a crumb

in the whole cave.

Don't leave me, huh, please?

No. No, I--

I won't leave you, Johnny.

I won't leave you. Come on.

Get up and try to walk.

- Just walk, Johnny.

- Yeah, I'm all right, Sarge.

I'm all right. Sure.

You go to sleep, Sarge.

I'll watch for you.

$20. That's all I need, Sarge.

$20.

I'll be the night watchman.

$20. I'll go to the desk.

I'll turn myself in, huh?

Just $20. I'll turn

myself in, Sarge.

What are you doing that--

What are you taking

my shoes for?

Hey, operator.

Leave me something

to eat, do you hear?

What are you

taking my shoes for?!

Give me the phone!

Yeah, you go. Run out.

Go on, get out of here.

You run.

I can't move, but you run out

and leave me to die by myself.

Johnny.

Johnny.

Johnny, hey, listen--

Go ahead, hit me. Hit me!

I don't have to tell you anything!

Corporal John Pope, 122036617.

Name, rank, and serial number.

That's all I have to tell you.

- I don't know who was with me.

- Hey, Johnny.

I don't know who took my shoes!

- Johnny, it's Polo.

- Shh. Quiet.

Go ahead and run.

Run, Sarge.

Here they come, Sarge.

Run for it.

Oh, God, here they come.

Hit it! Hit it!

Hey, Mother--

Mother, do something for him.

I-I'll make good for him.

Please do something for him.

I'd like to laugh, but I can't.

The pocket's in trouble.

No, no! Name, rank,

and serial number.

That's all I know.

I don't know who took my shoes!

Mother, please.

Please, quiet him down.

I'll make good for him, please.

He must think you're the Chase

National Bank, Mother.

Nobody with me!

Nobody!

Mother, I'll make good for it.

On my word of honor,

I'll make good for it.

How much you carrying now?

Go ahead. Count it.

You're the Mother

of them all, huh?

Don't hit me anymore!

Don't hit me, please!

I didn't have a gun.

I don't know who took my shoes!

Take it easy, Corporal.

The general is here.

12 bucks?

Yeah, that's--

that's all I've got.

I tell you what I'm going to do.

I'll set him straight

for your 12 bucks.

Mother's got

a piggybank mentality.

Nickels and dimes,

right, Mother? Huh? Right?

Oh, you're going to get

yours some day, Mother.

I'm going to see that you

get paid in full some day.

Straighten out the corporal.

There's nobody here with me.

There's nobody here with me.

I don't have

to tell you anything.

Johnny--

Let's let the boys fix him up.

That's all I have to do.

I don't know who took my--

Ohh! Watch my back!

Watch my back!

You got a nice car down there.

But you don't need a car in the city.

There's no place to park.

What's taking them so long?

You got the pink slip?

Yeah.

Go sell that car.

I want $500.

We'll be back tonight.

We don't get that money,

we'll put your brother

in the hospital

with Willie de Carlo.

Heh heh heh.

I'm sorry, Polo.

Polo, I'm quitting.

Yeah.

No, I am.

I'm going to kick it,

Polo, tomorrow,

as soon as the old man goes.

You've tried it before, Johnny.

- You know it won't work.

- You got to help me.

Take me to a hotel room

and lock me up.

I'll kick it, I tell you.

I'm going to kick it.

No. No more.

I can't watch you

go through it again.

You've got to, Polo.

You're the only one.

This is my last chance.

I know it is.

Three days. That's all it

takes is three days.

Yeah.

- Where are you going?

- Out.

Polo, I got to tell Celia.

How am I going to tell her?

Tell her, Johnny.

Just-- Just tell her.

What will I say?

Just say "I'm a junkie."

That's what you are,

isn't it, Johnny?

All right.

All right, Johnny.

All right.

All right.

Pop.

I don't want you to worry

too much about Johnny

- because I had--

- Aw, forget it.

I pushed him,

and he blew his top.

I know how to handle Johnny.

I know Johnny better than you.

Oh, no!

Oh, he's not gonna kick.

He kicks!

Two minutes to go,

and he kicks on second down.

- A bunch of Vassar graduates, huh?

- What is this?

Don't run with it! Pass it!

Pass it! Pass it!

Ohh! The butterfingers!

It's right in his hands,

and he misses.

What do you think you're

playing, water polo?

I've seen high school

kids do better.

Polo.

Yeah?

The flowers are beautiful.

Did Johnny go to the game?

Hmm.

What smells so good?

What are you doing

in the kitchen?

What are you doing?

Surprise?

What's the surprise?

Me.

I thought you were at

the game with your father.

How was your day?

Like any other day. Why?

Boy, I thought you're the one

that said a day

wasn't just a day.

Oh.

I guess I'd better

make the salad.

It's in the icebox.

You see, the dressing's

in there, too.

I mopped the floor.

W-Would you like to sit

in a tub of hot water?

I'll rub your back with alcohol.

What is all this?

Flowers and the floor mopped

and meat in the oven.

I mean, what's the occasion?

What's it all for?

Don't you like the flowers?

Of course I like the flowers.

I didn't expect

to find you home.

Flowers and the floor mopped.

- You just said that.

- I just said what?

"Flowers and the floor mopped."

- You said that twice.

- Suppose I did.

What difference does it make?

It doesn't make

any difference. I was--

Can't we just forget it, please?

What is it, Celia?

I was out again last night.

Is that it?

How many more guesses do I get?

- It's over.

- What's over?

Why?

Because I lost my job?

Because I don't love you.

So we just snap our fingers

and say that's that, huh?

Now, Johnny, I don't want

to get emotional about it.

I just refuse to.

But I've made up my mind,

and it's not easy.

It's just something

that has to be done.

I refuse to get

emotional about it.

I don't want to blame

you for anything,

and I don't want to be

blamed for anything.

But we have to concede the fact

that the marriage has failed--

not you, not I, but we have.

I refuse to get

emotional about it

because emotion

won't settle anything.

Celia, it's not just

you and I now.

If I understand you correctly,

you're talking about the baby.

You understand me correctly.

- That's amazing, honestly.

- What's amazing?

All these months, I've just been

waiting for you to say something,

one word,

one syllable about the baby.

Celia, today isn't yesterday.

Things can change, you know.

Johnny, I don't

want to talk about it

because I don't want

to get emotional.

Celia, honey, I'm home now.

Don't you understand?

I'm home now.

Wait a second. Here.

I bought something today.

- What is it?

- It's a dress.

You said it was going

to be a girl, didn't you?

Thank you, Johnny.

Thank you very much.

Honey, you reached

out your hand to me,

and I turned my back on you.

You looked at me,

and I closed my eyes.

Oh, honey, you're not

listening to me.

I am listening, Johnny.

Celia, there must

have been something

worthwhile in me

loving at one time.

You must have loved me

for some reason, Celia.

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