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... deeply unthinkable.

Could I use your phone, please?

Arthur Cleary.

Arthur, where's Glady?

I called your house and she didn't answer.

Hy, is that you?

Yes.

What's wrong?

Is Glady with you?

No. She must be out shopping. James didn't...

No, he's still here, I just...

I need someone to come pick me up.

I've got to get back to the office soon.

- What if I take you to our house?

- No.

All right. Okay.

I have to lie down before I go back.

You know, find me a tree.

I need some peace before I go back.

I was at the hospital today.

James didn't know where you had gone.

I told him you had to go to town

for something. He was quite upset.

I know. He told me.

I just find it odd that you just left the hospital

without even leaving him a note.

That you just took off

for a ride with my husband.

Glady, what are you doing?

Honey, what are you doing?

Come on.

Glady!

I don't want to hear a word out of either of you!

You stink of her perfume!

Oh, sh*t.

Glady?

Glady?

Can't we work this out?

If you want me to go away, I'll do it.

But if you want me to stay, that's what I want.

What's happened to our marriage?

I mean, it's been so long

since we even shared the same bed.

It's been hard on me, sugar.

What do you want me to do?

She's my sister!

She's my sister!

Glady?

Oh, sweetheart.

Glady?

What the hell are you doing?

I'm trying to find something I haven't smashed.

Honey, I'm going to work now.

As you wish, dear.

Sweetheart, this is really

kind of creepy, you know.

Can't you just toss all that junk out?

Self-expression heals the wounded heart.

Glady, for God's sake.

Here, you can iron your own.

Glady...

- Aren't you ever going to forgive me?

- You made your own bed.

Don't you understand why I did it?

Frankly, the reason eludes me.

Your sister was the closest...

...I could get to you.

Get out! Get out!

You must have been angry

for a really long time.

Your grandmother won't come in here,

so I'm stuck with doing all the laundry.

Did Grandpa ever find out?

I had decided to tell him everything.

Let the man die enlightened.

I was crazy, Finn.

I would've done anything.

Dr. Walton,

please call the operator.

Sweetheart.

That's my darling.

I brought ice cream.

Thank you.

Did you ever forgive Uncle Arthur?

Yeah. I forgave him.

That's what you do when someone dies.

Did you ever forgive Grandma?

Well...

I let her move in with me.

That is not necessarily the same thing.

I'm sleepy. I'm going to bed.

- 'Night.

- Good night, honey.

Yeah.

By the way, it was so good of you to take me in.

Good night, dear.

Honey, it's too hot to work.

Come on. Come swimming with us.

Good girl.

I just have to grab my bathing suit.

"Baby, love me

"Yes, yes she does

"Ah the girl's outta sight, yeah

"Says she loves me

"Yes, yes she does"

Come on.

"Gonna show me tonight, yeah

"She got the way to move me, Cherry

"She got the way to groove me

"She got the way to move me

"Cherry baby

"She got the way to groove me"

Look at that. That old dog.

- Dean, I'm watching you.

- Just talking, Glady. Just talking.

Just talking. Just talking, my foot.

Nice 'do.

Hi.

Cute hair, Em.

Em, you look beautiful.

Just imagine what he's talking about.

There you go.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Oh, man, what's going on?

What is he doing up there?

I've been standing here...

It seems it's been about 15 minutes.

You know what I just did?

I just did 30 laps doing the butterfly stroke.

- You know what my arms feel like right now?

- No.

They feel like I could take off and fly.

- So are you in training?

- Yeah. I'm gonna be an ocean swimmer.

Yeah?

What's your name?

Finn.

Like on a fish?

No, with a double "n."

It's one of those weird hippie names.

No, it's a beautiful name.

Finn.

That's the thing that slices through the water.

That's the thing

that gives the fishes their speed.

Finn.

Why have I never seen you here before?

I'm just here for the summer.

- You're from the city.

- Berkeley.

- Where the smart people live.

- Not really.

I can tell you're one of them.

- Long line.

- Yeah.

You know, I'm really hot.

I'm gonna go jump in the water.

My name's Leon.

Okay, Leon. See you later.

Hey, you want to go in the deep end?

- Who was that young man we saw you with?

- Just someone who wanted to talk.

Little girls!

That's not allowed!

- Sophia is still scaring children.

- That's how she lives so long.

You should've seen her when she was your age.

My God, she had a stunning figure.

Well!

I'm Preston Richards.

What's your name?

Sophia.

Sophia.

Sophia Darling.

- Did you say "darling"?

- Yeah. Like the family in Peter Pan.

I thought...

I thought that...

What?

I thought that you called me darling.

- Oh, God, no.

- "Oh, God, no."

I like your name. I like it very much.

Do you now?

When we marry,

we'll break tradition so you can keep it.

Excuse me?

Do you dive competitively?

No.

I just do it for myself.

I like the sensation of falling.

You swim like a mermaid, you know.

I do?

So, what do you want to do with your life?

I don't know.

Marry you, I guess.

A college boy, that's good.

But listen, honey,

you let him do most of the talking.

Men, especially smart men,

they like a good listener.

Ma, don't!

It's all right to shine a little, though.

Men like to think

that they've found a treasure.

- It's only a date. I'm not gonna marry him.

- You never know.

You never know if this is the one.

I love you, baby,

but you're just not pretty enough...

...to be on your own.

Good night.

Good night, Mrs. Darling.

These bugs

are gonna eat you alive.

You keep your delicate parts covered.

I'll get my door.

It's a hotsy-totsy night tonight.

I made a dinner reservation for 7:30.

Is that all right?

I've got a better idea.

Be careful!

Good night, Preston.

This is where I usually come to swim.

You like it?

I'm a geologist. I mean, that's my major. Rocks.

God! I'm sorry, I didn't even ask.

No, that's all right.

No, I shouldn't have been doing

all the talking.

So tell me more.

Well, all right.

This is what I'd like to do.

I'd like to travel over the whole planet,

and study every part of her.

Especially where rock is met up with water.

That's where you get

the most spectacular effects.

That's when you get the Grand Canyon.

There's nothing like water

to wear down a mountain...

... and open up its secrets to you.

You know, in Arizona they...

Stay right there.

Don't move.

Let's go around the world together.

I'll study rocks.

You can swim down to the bottom of canyons.

Swim across the middle of old volcanoes.

Get me away from here.

Where you going this time?

They want to send me up to Colorado

to check out the site of a dam.

Pres, I'm not gonna raise this child alone.

You have to get a job in town.

Sophia, I can't spend my life

doing soil tests for farmers.

And I can't be left behind like some old bag.

Look, as soon as the baby gets a little older,

you can come along, too.

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