An Unmarried Woman Page #9

Yeah. Patti said you have a boyfriend.

Yeah. We're goin' steady.

Well, I'll call you.

Bye.

Bye, Martin.

Patti's gonna have to spend

more time alone.

Oh, she can cope with that.

Yeah. I worry about her.

I have to. I have to.

- You don't have to.

- I do.

I have enough money for both of us.

I don't want your money, Saul.

Look, I'd take your money,

if I needed it... and if you had it.

But, youyou're an artist.

Oh, yes.

What's Patti doing this summer?

Oh, she wants to go

to summer school.

Well, you know what would be nice

what would be very nice indeed

would be if both of you

came up to Vermont...

for the whole of the summer.

I can't leave the gallery.

I can't.

He'd let you go for the summer.

Well, maybe for a week,

but not for the whole summer.

- It's very beautiful.

- Oh.

Want one?

- Yes, sir.

- Oh, um, one lemon, please.

- Make it two.

- I'm sorry. No lemon. Vanilla.

- Okay. That's all right.

- Fine. Good.

- Your children will be there, won't they?

- Yes, they certainly will!

Yes. Well, we'd have a lot of fun.

- Madame.

- Fine.

I can't.

You keep saying you can't.

How much are these, please?

- Twenty cents each, please.

- Twenty cents each.

- "I can't."

- Thank you very much, sir.

- Well, I can't.

- Oh, you can.

What am I gonna do up there?

Watch you paint?

Go fishing? Go swimming?

Well, it sounds nice, doesn't it?

Ah, yeah.

I'll come up

for a couple of weekends.

Life is very complicated.

I've been on vacation for 16 years.

Oh, look, listen. I-I know you want

to get out on your own.

And I approve.

I wouldn't try to stop you.

- What do you mean, you approve?

- What?

- I don't understand that word.

Why are you saying you approve?

- Oh, look.

- I'm not doing this

for your approval, you know.

- No, listen. Let me finish.

- No, that's really not what I have on my mind.

- Please. All I meant was

- I hate that.

- Yes. All I meant was that if

Well, spending a few weeks with someone

you like that's not out of line.

How do you know?

How can you say that?

How do you know what I need,

what I want to do for myself?

I think we need

a marriage counselor.

Why don't you come back here

every weekend?

Because if I stop painting

for a few days...

I may stop painting altogether.

Do you really believe that?

Absolutely.

Men!

Women.

You know what I did yesterday?

I threw out a whole new

jar of blackberry jam.

Martin loved blackberry jam.

I think the problem was that I didn't

do things as myself, you know.

I did things as this

Martin and Erica,

Martin and Erica.

It wasn't his fault.

L I liked it.

Saul and Erica will be different

from Martin and Erica.

- You want to see other women?

- I want you!

- You're free to.

- I don't want to.

Then don't.

Do you want to see other men?

Not today.

I'm getting a headache.

I have to go back to work.

So do I.

Would you rather go back to bed?

Mm-hmm.

Yes?

This thing needs oil.

See, I'm gonna put those pillows,

you know, from the sofa around there.

- Mm-hmm.

- Carpet.

- Has a lot of outlets.

- Yeah, a lot of outlets.

Ta-da!

Another fireplace!

It's nice, isn't it?

- I can afford it.

- Then take it.

I don't know what to do

with Saul, you know.

He wants me to go to Vermont.

He goes there for five months!

- Then don't take it.

- You're a lot of help.

Why don't I go to Vermont?

You stay here,

work your ass off and be sensible.

I'll go pick berries

and dance in the woods with Saul.

It's confusing, Elaine.

Since I started taking Lithium,

I feel more sensible

than this month's Good Housekeeping.

No more black, moody lows.

But I sure as hell miss my highs.

- You want my advice?

- Yeah.

Do you know how rare

a man like Saul is?

You know how many jerks

there are out there?

He's smart. He's funny.

- Is he a good lover?

- Eh.

Start packin', honey.

I finally settled down.

I gotta tell you this.

Oh, it's crazy.

It's okay, honey.

It's really okay.

You're looking very beautiful.

But you're traveling awfully light.

How do you pack pickled herring?

I'll definitely come up for holidays.

Do you know what it's like

up there in the woods all alone?

- Paint.

- Hmm.

Perhaps I'll find some nice,

warm moose to keep me company.

Am I only a sexual object to you?

No.

No, you're a bright,

willful, curious woman...

who is also a sexual object.

I hope it's the hottest...

muggiest, most miserable

summer on record.

You're so damn stubborn!

I'm not. I'm really not.

Come with me, for Christ's sake!

I can't.

- Independent.

- Trying to be.

Woman.

- Vicious.

- No. Honest.

You're driving me crazy.

Okay, Mario, I've got it!

- Will you hold this a minute?

- Yeah.

- Have you got it?

- I got it.

- Bye.

- What about this?

- Oh, that's for you.

- How the hell am I gonna get it home?

Take a taxi.

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