East Of Eden Page #5

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Yeah, I know. I heard about that.

I wanna make enough to pay him back.

What's the matter with him?

Can't he make any money?

Yeah.

Only...

Only he's too good to bother with money.

Okay.

What makes you think I'd give you $5,000?

I don't know who else to ask.

You got a lot of nerve coming to me.

Why? I didn't do anything to you.

It's a good business venture.

I'll pay you back. I'll give you interest.

You're a business woman, ain't you?

One of the best, Son.

You know, Sam told me that you think

I ought to be run out of town.

You're afraid that your father and Aron

might find out about me, is that it?

This $5,000, now.

That wouldn't be

any kind of blackmail, would it?

I never thought about that.

But now that you do, it's a good idea, huh?

- I guess, maybe.

- It's not.

Anyway, I'm not gonna hurt

your precious father or your brother.

- Do they know anything about me?

- No.

Father thinks you're in the East...

and Aron thinks you're dead.

Then, there's no reason to think

that they ever will find out about me.

We don't exactly move in the same circles.

What are you staring at?

How come you did it?

Did what?

Shot my father?

Did he tell you that?

How come you ran away from all of us?

How come you shot him?

- Ran away and did all that kind of stuff?

- None of your business.

I shot him because he tried to stop me.

I could have killed him if I'd wanted to,

but I didn't.

I just wanted him to let me go.

- Why?

- Because he tried to hold me.

He wanted to tie me down.

He wanted to keep me

on a stinking little ranch...

away from everybody.

Keep me all to himself.

Nobody holds me.

- But he loved you.

- Love.

He wanted to own me.

He wanted to bring me up

like a snot-nosed kid...

and tell me what to do.

Nobody tells me what to do.

Always so right himself.

Knowing everything.

Reading the Bible at me.

- What are you grinning at?

- Nothing.

Maybe you know what I'm talking about?

Always so right himself?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

Maybe like you said out there,

maybe you are more like me.

Yeah, you got sense.

Maybe you don't fall for that slop

any more than I do.

Maybe you know what people

are really like. What they want.

I got the toughest house on the coast...

and the finest clientele.

Half the stinking city hall go there.

They sneak in at night...

and I walk in this front door

in the daytime, see.

And I built it up from nothing.

Now you want $5,000 of my money...

to go into business

to pay your father back what he lost.

You know, that's funny.

I don't think he'll know where I got it.

No, but it's funny just the same.

Your father.

He's the purest man there is, isn't he?

He thought he had me all tied up

with his purity.

And now I give you $5,000

of the money that I made...

to save him his purity.

If you don't think that's funny,

you'd better not go to college.

Okay.

Tell Will Hamilton to come and see me.

He's a good businessman.

How'd he ever happen to let you go

into this bean business, anyway?

I don't know.

I do. Maybe he likes you.

Maybe.

You're a likeable kid.

You give this to him.

If he wants to gamble

that we get into the war...

it's okay with me.

You're a likeable kid.

Go on, get out of here.

Go on, get out. I'm running a business.

- Them Germans can't fight.

- No.

Hi, partner.

Every day in every way,

we're getting richer and richer.

Kaiser.

All we have to do is call his bluff.

He'll come to heel like a dog.

We'll be there to clean up this mess

for those foreigners in a couple of weeks.

Cal, stop it.

There's Cal.

- Hi, boy. Hey, want some?

- Hello, Cal.

Thanks.

Your own Woodrow Wilson said you gotta

make the country safe for democracy.

- Didn't he say that?

- Yes, he said that.

Will you go?

I think the war will be over. I don't think...

If you believe in all this, why don't you?

If you really think it's right.

I didn't say it was right, Aron.

No, I guess you didn't.

Why don't you go back

and join the parade?

Nothing'll ever make me go. Nothing.

I just don't believe it's right.

- Did you water them good?

- Sure, lots of water.

- Not too much, though.

- No, just right.

Marty Hopps got a telegram today.

His boy was killed.

I remember the day we sent him off.

A lot of troop ships have sunk

they don't tell us about.

- It's gonna be a long war.

- Those Germans got an army.

They're a military nation.

Go back where you came from, German!

Go on home, German!

This is just the start.

That rock through the window

is just the beginning.

The German people don't want this war.

And the stories they tell

of what the Germans are doing...

it simply is not true. Not the good ones.

I've been wondering lately

if we shouldn't all go back to the ranch.

You can't get away from it there, Dad.

I don't know, somehow, on a ranch,

I don't know...

War seems to be

city people's business somehow.

Farmers. What's a farmer got to do

with war?

You tired, Dad?

My eyes, I guess.

I work too hard at the Draft Board.

Better have my glasses looked at,

see if they're all right.

I had a look at the bank account

the other day...

not much left after my great fiasco.

Let's not worry about money, Dad.

Let's not worry about money, Dad.

Let's don't worry about money.

Hey, Rantani!

Ain't this some sight?

Beans!

Yeah, boy, some beans.

You come here everyday, boy,

what do you think...

you gonna make them grow quicker?

He's crazy.

Hey, where have you been?

Come on.

We're gonna have lots of fun tonight.

- You won another cigar.

- Wait a minute.

You wanna try one? No?

Pick up my cigar.

- I'm waiting for somebody.

- You're waiting for me.

No, I'm not.

Why don't you let me

take you for a nice ride?

If you don't stop bothering me,

I'll have to call someone.

- Hello, Cal.

- What's the matter?

I was trying to tell this gentleman

that I was waiting for somebody.

This is a lousy place

to keep your girlfriend waiting for you.

- Sir, it won't happen again.

- I hope not.

Lots of lousy characters around here.

Sorry, miss.

Here I am, lady.

That's the first time

that ever happened to me.

- What're you doing out here?

- I'm meeting Aron.

I thought I'd come out early

and look around.

- You never been out here before?

- Not at night, no.

- What time you gonna meet him?

- At 8:
00.

Thought I'd try and cheer him up.

He's been so depressed lately.

Yeah, I know.

I'm so glad you happened to be here.

You got a half hour?

How are you, Cal?

We never see you around anymore.

I'm around.

I've been over to the house several times,

but you were never there.

- I never go home anymore.

- Aron says he hardly ever sees you.

I feel awfully sorry for him.

You're terrible.

That's the first time

that ever happened to me, too.

Wonder if we can see Aron from here.

I feel awfully sorry for him.

He's right, you know.

I mean, it's awful, the war and people

killing each other.

Why feel sorry for Aron?

Feel sorry for the people.

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