East Of Eden Page #6

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But it just seems to affect him

so personally.

I'll agree with that.

He's right.

He's always right.

And he has always been right.

Now let's talk about something else.

All right.

We got a lot to see.

Will we be back in time for Aron?

All right. I'd love to.

Easy.

Here's your cigar,

and where have you been hiding?

- Who was that?

- Who?

- That girl.

- I don't see nobody.

She was standing right...

Girls follow you around, don't they?

What are girls like that like?

All right, never mind.

These Huns have been the aggressors

in every war in Europe...

since the time of Julius Caesar.

I couldn't attempt to describe to you

the horrors committed by the Germans.

Look.

Would we have time?

...after the Germans had been through...

- the women of the town...

- That German's here again.

It is not true. It is lies, all lies.

Come on, Cal. Is it scary?

Here we go.

It is lies, all lies.

I'd like to give that guy

a piece of my mind.

See over there. That's Castroville.

Everything looks so small down there.

Higher and higher and higher and higher

What?

Growing and growing

and growing and growing

- What are you talking about?

- I'll tell you sometime.

Does Aron really love me?

I seem to have sort of lost him.

I mean, we're going

to be married someday, but...

Well, if he does love me, he doesn't...

I can't tell anymore.

Cal, can I ask you something?

Yeah, go ahead.

These girls that you always

go around with.

You know, remember there was

that little Mexican girl once.

What are girls like that like?

You don't really love them, do you?

Why do you go out with them?

Is it because you're bad?

You're not angry, are you?

- Well, why do you, then? Are you bad?

- Do you think I'm bad?

I don't know.

I guess I don't know

what is good and what's bad.

I mean, Aron is so good...

and I'm not.

Not good enough for Aron, anyway.

Because sometimes when I'm with Aron...

Aron likes to talk about our being in love...

and think about it

and that's all right, but...

These girls that you go out with, do you...

Maybe I don't know what love is, exactly.

I know love is good the way Aron says...

but it's more than that, it's got to be.

I shouldn't talk to you this way...

but I don't know who else to talk to.

Sometimes I think I'm really bad.

Sometimes I don't know what to think.

- Aron'll knock that out of you.

- Will he?

He's got to.

The way I figure it out...

Aron never having had a mother...

he's made her everything good

that he can think of...

and that's what he thinks I am.

That's who he's in love with.

It's not me at all.

'Cause I'm not a bit like that made- up one.

Not a bit.

I don't mean I think I'm really bad.

Look at that star.

It must be a planet, it's so bright.

Probably.

I bet that girl's waiting for you

down there somewhere.

She can just wait.

She was pretty.

You've been awfully nice, Cal,

taking care of me.

I love Aron. I do, really I do.

I do.

To give these fiends a lesson that...

Have you seen Abra, Mr. Albrecht?

Lies. All lies.

What's the matter with you tonight, Gus?

Gus, come on.

There's Aron.

You're a good shoemaker.

There's Aron, down there.

Major, why don't you stay out of politics?

Mr. Albrecht.

They're pushing him around.

What are they doing?

That'd kill Dad if he knew that.

Hey, operator,

when does this thing move again.

Hey!

Cal, don't!

Watch yourself, get back!

Please. Somebody pull him back.

Don't bother me!

Come on.

- Gus, come on, have a drink.

- No, Charlie, no drink.

What are you waiting for?

Mr. Albrecht, calm down.

They're not bad fellows.

Aron, you are a child.

All I tried to do was buy him a drink.

Gustav.

Silence.

You all loved him a few weeks ago,

what's gotten into you?

I'm sick of him sticking up

for the Germans.

- You a friend of the Germans?

- I'm a friend of this German.

There are rose plants in that border there.

Please be careful where you step.

We liked him. He made us laugh

because of his funny German accent.

Let him read this

in his funny German accent.

- What is it?

- Let him come down and read it.

- He doesn't have to read anything.

- I will read it.

Here, give it to me.

"The Government, with deep regret,

informs...

"that your son was killed in action,

"He died a hero and an American."

I'm sorry, Mrs. Hopps. I did not...

You're not sorry enough.

- I don't think he's sorry.

- He's not sorry at all.

- Listen, why don't we all go on home...

- You're not sorry enough.

Why aren't you in the war?

This will make you sorry.

Hello, Charlie.

Danny, what are you fellows

doing here, anyway?

Get up.

Loretta, I didn't expect to find you here.

Evening, Rose.

Looks like they messed up

your rose garden a little here, Gus.

Somebody owes you an apology.

How about you folks all going home now?

I think this'll do for tonight.

Good evening, Mrs. Albrecht.

- May I?

- Come in.

This place will be fixed up

just like it was before.

- I'm gonna see to it.

- Ja. He will see to it.

Where were you?

Where did you get his coat?

You all right?

You had to start slugging, didn't you?

Were you showing off for her?

You had to start slugging.

- I was trying to help you.

- I don't need your help.

If you want to slug people,

do it for yourself and not for me.

- And don't lie to me about trying to...

- Aron, I tried to help you!

- Great big Aron.

- You finished?

- No!

- Cal, stop it! Don't.

- Don't.

- Don't do that.

- Don't.

- Abra, don't do that!

Wait here.

I was trying to help him.

Who am I kidding?

I tried to kill him.

Mike, give me a drink.

- Don't drink any more.

- Why?

- No, please. It's not good for you.

- It's good for me.

- No, you're gonna get drunk.

- Yeah, I'm gonna get drunk.

Please forget it, what happened up

on the ferris wheel.

It didn't mean anything, really.

Please, forget it. It didn't mean anything.

Say it didn't. Please, say it didn't.

Someday he's gonna know

who his real son is.

What?

Someday he's gonna know.

I don't understand you. You scare me.

- I know. I scare myself.

- Abra.

Fix me another drink.

- I want that money. Now you give it to me.

- You know I haven't any money here.

Okay.

- When will you get it?

- In the morning, I suppose.

Okay. I'll sleep here.

Come on. You've gotta go home.

If you still feel the same way

in the morning...

you come back, we'll go to the bank...

and I'll see that you get everything

that's coming to you.

I'll buy out your share.

I'll go on and make a fortune with it.

Okay. That seems fair to me, Will.

Abra.

What?

- Who is it?

- Cal.

- Cal?

- Yeah.

- What on earth are you doing here?

- I want to see you.

Wait till I put something on.

I gotta tell you something.

Can you keep a secret?

Yes. What is it?

What's the matter? You look terrible.

- I got it.

- What?

Remember that money? Dad lost?

On that lettuce business?

- I got it.

- You mean you earned it all back?

- I've earned every cent.

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