From Here to Eternity Page #31

KAREN:

Oh, I am sorry.

ALMA:

(quickly, as if rehearsed)

He was a bomber pilot. He tried to

taxi his plane off the apron and

the Japs made a direct hit on it.

Maybe you read about it in the

papers. They awarded him a Silver

Star. They sent it to his mother.

She wrote me she wanted me to have

it.

160.

KAREN:

(tossing the last of leis

over)

That's very fine of her.

ALMA:

They’re very fine people. Southern

people. He was named after a

General. Robert E. Lee -- Prewitt.

Karen looks at Alma numbly. Alma is looking out across the

water.

KAREN:

Who?

ALMA:

Robert E. Lee Prewitt.

(on verge of tears)

Isn't that a silly old name?

LONG SHOT LEIS IN WATER

They are floating on the water behind the ship. They are

being carried out to sea.

CLOSE SHOT SINGLE LEI

A choppy wave washes over it, submerges it.

FADE OUT.

THE END:

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