Ball of Fire Page #14

Before I was two, I could read fluently.

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People like that just, well...

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You see, dust just piles up on their hearts.

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And it took you to blow it away.

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Yeah, but I...

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I didn't mean

to blow it smack into your eyes.

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Well, that's what happened, look.

Look inside the ring.

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Oh, yeah, there's writing.

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- "Richard III." Who's Richard III?

- Richard III.

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Act 1, Scene 2, line 204.

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- There wasn't room for all the words.

- What words?

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Well, they go like this, quote,

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"Look, how this ring

encompasseth thy finger.

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"Even so thy breast

encloseth my poor heart.

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"Wear both of them,

for both of them are thine."

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Unquote, I suppose.

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I hope you don't think it's too corny.

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(KNOCKING AT DOOR)

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- Pottsy, I...

- Come in.

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- There is a telephone call for you.

- For me?

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We didn't want to interrupt, but the man

on the wire said it was from your daddy.

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- Daddy?

- That's what he said.

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Oh.

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- Oh, yes, Daddy!

- It's long distance.

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Yeah, I'll get it.

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- How did it go, Potts?

- She seemed quite overwhelmed.

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That was to be expected.

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You see, excuse me,

you see, the customary procedure

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is to approach

the parents of the young lady first.

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- Yes.

- Yes, I realize that.

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- Hello?

- Hello, hello, it's Asthma, Sugie.

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The boss wants to talk to you,

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only we're relaying the call

so it won't be traced, dig me?

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Here she is, boss. Ready?

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Okay, Sugie, don't use no names, though.

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Oh, boy, did you call at the right minute.

Where are you?

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Some whistle snort in New Jersey.

Rancocas, it's called.

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Well, how you been, Sugie? I hear

you're hiding out with the seven dwarfs.

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Eight. And it's kind of indicated

I'd better get out of here quick.

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Oh, no, nothing like that, it's just that one

of the professors got off the beam a little.

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Yeah, a slight case of Andy Hardy.

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Why don't you just take his umbrella

and whack him over the knuckles?

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Well, everything's all set, babe.

The license comes through this afternoon.

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I got a justice of the peace all lined up.

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Yeah, that's what we're trying

to figure out, how to get you here.

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No, I don't want you to take a train.

They'd spot you like a lead dime.

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They'll be watching everything,

Holland Tunnel, Washington Bridge.

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I don't even trust the highways.

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I don't care

if I have to hook a ride on a hearse.

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I want to get out of here.

I don't like it. I want to blow.

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(DOOR CLOSES)

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Well, what other news is there, Daddy?

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Everything fine at home? Is Mom all right?

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For Easter? Well, I don't know, Daddy.

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Just a minute.

I won't be long, just wait in the library.

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Do you mind if I have a few words

with your father?

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Sure.

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Daddy, this is the professor

I was telling you about.

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Mr. O'Shea? My name is Bertram Potts.

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I judge your daughter has already

told you of my aspirations in her regard.

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Hey, are you crazy?

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You're quite right, Mr. O'Shea.

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It's inexcusable for one

to introduce oneself

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to one's future father-in-law

over the telephone.

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But before even considering

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entrusting your daughter's

future happiness to my care,

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I'm sure you want to know all about me.

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Well, as character references,

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you might get in touch with the head

of the Rockefeller Foundation,

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and the President of Princeton,

my own university.

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Well, except for occasional trouble

with my left sinus,

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I am in excellent physical condition.

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- How's your digestion, son?

- Good.

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I draw a salary of $3,200 per year.

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In the last election,

I voted the straight Republican ticket.

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That's fine, that's fine.

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I just had a brain flash, McNeary.

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What did you say your first name is, son?

Bertram.

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Well, Bertram,

I don't know if Sugarpuss told you,

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but she's our only child.

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We kind of never figured

on having a professor in the family,

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but if that's what she wants,

then that's fine with us.

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Well, I shall do everything I can,

Mr. O'Shea, to make her happy.

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Just one thing more, Bertram.

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Mom is kind of an invalid,

doesn't do any traveling.

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But it would just break her heart

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