Ball of Fire Page #17

1423

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at intervals of not less than two

or more than three years.

1424

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Gentlemen, gentlemen. Please.

1425

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You are all speaking very glibly

about a subject

1426

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of which you know practically nothing.

1427

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No, I know what I'm saying.

1428

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If you feel the need of any guidance,

may I suggest that you turn to me.

1429

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That's right.

You were married, weren't you?

1430

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Oh, yes. Genevieve has been dead

for some 24 years but...

1431

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I have relived every moment

of our happiness so many times.

1432

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And my experience

is entirely at your disposal, Bertram.

1433

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Thank you, Oddly, but I really...

1434

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I judge I do not have to start

with basic principles.

1435

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Being...

1436

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Being a botanist,

I find an astonishing parallel

1437

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between a woman's heart

and the wind flower

1438

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or Anemone nemorosa.

1439

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Perhaps you know the plant,

how it waits for the warm sunshine

1440

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and soft winds before it unfolds its petals.

1441

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Sensitive and delicate.

1442

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One rough, impetuous bee

can completely destroy the bloom.

1443

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Come out of the garden, will you, Oddly?

1444

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- Jerome.

- Have a heart.

1445

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I'm much obliged to you, Oddly, but I...

1446

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Please, please, Bertram.

Think of me as an elder brother

1447

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or father, anxious to send you off properly.

1448

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As we all are. Of course.

1449

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Now, tenderness,

1450

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that is what I advocate.

Tenderness and patience.

1451

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Genevieve was a watercolorist.

1452

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Therefore, after the wedding reception,

we went straight to the Catskills.

1453

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We spent there a beautiful week

filled with promise.

1454

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And returned to New York

with 14 excellent watercolors.

1455

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Fourteen watercolors.

1456

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Back in New York, I flung my enthusiasm

into preparing a lecture,

1457

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"The Flora of the Catskills,"

1458

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whilst Genevieve painted

a flight of swallows

1459

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around the walls of our living room.

1460

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Ah, me.

1461

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I remember for three months,

every time I bade her goodnight

1462

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I would kiss the palm of her little hand,

1463

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astonished at my own boldness.

1464

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What did you say

the name of the flower was?

1465

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Anemone nemorosa,

of the buttercup family.

1466

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Genevieve was a blonde.

1467

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Here is a lock of her hair.

1468

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- Very lovely.

- Yes.

1469

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I remember, it used to shine a great deal.

1470

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And there was a song at that time

everyone sang.

1471

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Unfortunately, I can never carry a tune.

1472

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(HUMMING)

1473

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That's it.

1474

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Please sing it all.

1475

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(SINGING SWEETGENEVIEVE)

1476

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Does anyone else know it?

1477

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Please sing it again.

1478

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(PROFESSORS SINGING

SWEETGENEVIEVE)

1479

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Please, go on.

1480

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Thank you, thank you so much.

1481

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(HUMMING)

1482

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Good boy.

1483

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(ALL SINGING)

1484

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Robinson, what did you make

of what Oddly was saying?

1485

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Don't ask me, Potts. He's the expert.

1486

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- What's his bungalow number?

- I don't know. Ask Peagram.

1487

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Peagram, what's the number

of Oddly's bungalow?

1488

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He's in six.

1489

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Oddly?

1490

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I'm sorry, Oddly,

but I've got to talk this out.

1491

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I must get this off my chest

before it stifles me.

1492

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If you don't mind,

we won't turn on the light

1493

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while we're discussing

these things extremely personal.

1494

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What you said,

1495

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I recognize the beauty and delicacy

of the relationship you described.

1496

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But I'm... I don't trust myself.

1497

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I'm afraid

I'm a lot bolder than you are, Oddly.

1498

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You don't think that would necessarily

endanger everything? Do you?

1499

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Why, the very idea that I should

have to spend my honeymoon

1500

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watching her paint in watercolors

1501

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just because she's like somebody

from the buttercup family, I...

1502

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I'm a man in love.

It's the first time in my life.

1503

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I want to take her in my arms.

1504

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I thought because I was young,

I had self-control but that's not true.

1505

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I think of her every waking moment.

1506

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Why, if this marriage had been delayed,

I mean, should have been delayed,

1507

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I mean, should be...

1508

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Listen to that.

Oddly, I don't know my tenses anymore.

1509

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I've gone goofy, completely goofy,

bim-buggy, slap-happy.

1510

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Can a man like that keep his mind

on the Anemone nemorosa?

1511

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- Pottsy.

- What...

1512

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I'm sorry, I don't know

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