Indignation Page #9

is a menace to you, Markie.

And she is a beautiful young

woman, she looks like a goddess.

Obviously she is

well brought up.

Though maybe there is more to her

upbringing than meets the eye.

You never know about those things,

about what goes on in people's houses.

When the child goes wrong,

look to the family.

Regardless, my heart

goes out to her.

I pray for her.

I have nothing against her.

But you, you are my son...

and my only child.

And I am your mother,

who will, who must,

do anything for you.

Do you understand?

[sigh]

I understand.

I understand.

And that means you will promise, no

matter the tears, the pleas from her,

no matter, you promise,

this will end now.

You promise?

I promise...

I promise.

(Sundquist)

By late 1747,

Celeron was marching

with over 200 French troops

and a party of Indians

down through Pennsylvania.

And then Southwest,

over here to the Ohio country,

reaching Pickawillany where the

Ohio and Miami rivers meet

and where Celeron engaged with the

Miami Indian chief known as Old Briton

who he threatened for continuing

to trade with the British.

(Anker) I have a wonderful

weekend planned.

Going to Kenyon

with some brothers.

That prick Harding just

sprang another paper on us.

There goes my weekend.

Harding? What are you

complaining about?

[conversation continues]

(Anker) Had it last year. I

have it upstairs somewhere.

[conversation continues]

(Kessler) That'd be great.

You know I still owe you

for that Nestrick paper

from last year.

(Anker)

No problem, anytime.

Sonny says you're in the

market for a proxy at chapel.

I got it all out of the way

by the end of sophomore year,

and I just polished off

Kessler's last three,

so I'm a free agent.

Sonny says

you're on scholarship.

I'll cut my fee

to a buck and a half. Deal?

Sure.

By definition, the slope

is given by m,

which is the change in y

over the change in x,

or delta y by delta x.

(Marcus on phone) Yes, I'm trying to

reach Miss Olivia Hutton? Is she there?

Uh-huh. Yes, that's me.

I left word yesterday.

I know.

What was that?

Home?

You mean she's visiting home?

[dial tone

over phone]

Is Dean Caudwell free?

If he has a minute.

Why don't you have a seat and

we'll find out if he can see you.

(secretary) Dean Caudwell,

Marcus Messner is here.

(dean)

Bring him in.

You look well, Marcus.

Maybe lost a pound or two

but otherwise you look fine.

Dean Caudwell...

I don't know

who else to turn to

about something

that is very important to me.

I didn't mean to throw up here,

you know.

You fell ill and you were

sick and that's that.

Lucky we got you

to the hospital in time.

What can I do for you?

I'm here

about a female student.

She was in my history class.

And now she is gone.

I told you I'd been on one date,

it had been with her.

Her name

is Olivia Hutton.

Now she's disappeared.

I would like to know

what happened to her.

I'm afraid something

terrible happened.

And I'm afraid I may have had

something to do with it.

What is it you think you did

that makes you think this?

[sigh]

I took her out on a date.

Did something happen on that

date you want to tell me about?

No, sir.

Dean... I'm 'Dean'

to you, please.

The answer is no,

Dean Caudwell.

Nothing happened that I would

like to tell you about.

Did you impregnate

this young lady, Marcus?

What?! No!

You sure?

Absolutely sure.

She wasn't pregnant as

far as you know? No.

You didn't force

yourself on Olivia Hutton?

No, sir. I did not force

myself on her.

She came and visited you in your

hospital room, did she not?

Uh, yes.

Yes, she did, Dean.

According to a member

of the hospital staff,

something occurred between the

two of you at the hospital,

something sordid occurred that

was observed and duly noted.

Yet you say you didn't

force yourself on her.

I had just had

my appendix taken out!

That doesn't answer

my question.

No sir, I did not.

I've never used force

on anyone in my life.

I've never had to.

"You didn't have to."

May I ask what that means?

No. No, you can't.

Dean Caudwell, this is very

hard for me to talk about.

But I do think that whatever happened

in the privacy of my hospital room

was strictly

between Olivia and myself.

Perhaps

and perhaps not.

Especially in light

of the circumstances.

Why?

Olivia Hutton had a nervous

breakdown, Marcus.

She had to be taken away

in an ambulance.

[exhales]

I really don't know what goes

into a nervous breakdown.

You lose control over yourself and

your emotions, like an infant.

You have to be hospitalized

and cared for like an infant

until you recover,

if you ever do recover.

The college took a chance

with Olivia Hutton.

We knew her mental

history, the relapses,

the electroshock treatments.

But her father is

a Cleveland surgeon

and a distinguished alumnus

at Winesburg,

and so we took her in

at Dr. Hutton's request.

Things didn't work out

well for any of us.

They especially didn't

work out for Olivia.

She is where?

At a hospital specializing

in psychiatric care.

[exhales]

She can't possibly be

pregnant, too.

Time will tell.

It's not me.

What was reported to us

about your conduct

at the hospital

suggests it could be, Marcus. I

don't care what it suggests.

[inhales]

Dean Caudwell, I will not be condemned

on the basis of no evidence.

Sir, I resent once again

your portrayal of me.

I did not have sexual

intercourse with Olivia Hutton.

I have never had sexual

intercourse with anyone.

Nobody in this world could possibly

be pregnant because of me.

It is impossible!

Marcus, it is possible...

Oh, f*** you it is!

(Wentz) To what do we owe this

outbreak of moral laxity?

To what do we owe

this shameful fall from grace,

and from Winesburg tradition?

A drunken brawl outside

The Owl this weekend.

Two students

suspended for cheating

on their mathematics

mid-term examination.

Let there be no mistake,

as God looks scornfully down

upon this assembly today,

he regards a community

that has lost its way.

(Wentz) God's all-encompassing

vision will from this day forward

find ample supplement

with a renewed and reinvigorated

supervision from me

and from the entire

administrative staff.

Let there be

no mistake about that.

(Marcus, off) I wonder if

everyone, after they die,

remembers all the little details

and decisions they made,

all the reasons they ended up

ending the exact way they did.

That's how I am...

I remember,

and replay those things,

even if I can't remember how

long I've been remembering...

maybe it's been forever.

And I speak to everyone...

Ma, Pa, Olivia, everyone,

even if they've been dead

already a million years,

but I keep speaking

to them. Forever...

(soldier)

Hey!

[distant shouting

in foreign language]

[groans] [knife

sinking in flesh]

[thud]

(Marcus, off)

Can you hear me, Olivia?

Can you hear me

when I tell you that it's okay,

whatever it is, that it's okay?

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