Jimmy P. Page #3

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He was big and tall.

That much I remember.

Was this man an Indian or a white?

The man was white.

He was an American.

He wore blue overalls.

- Well, do your brothers dress like that?

- No.

My brothers wear dressy

clothes to go into town.

How about your father?

My father wore a blue

serge suit to go to church.

I was very young when he died.

I don't remember much about him.

Do you see any connection

between the two dreams?

They both have knives.

The Blackfoot believe that

dreams foretold the future.

We think that dreams shed

a little light on the past.

That is why I am interested in them.

Come on, just say anything

that goes through your mind.

I wonder about going back to school.

They offer an AAD in leatherwork.

I got a good record in college.

My sister brought the records.

They're with my papers.

I got a daughter, you know.

I saw that in your file.

I had her very young.

Her mother died three years ago.

Her family is from Spokane.

I married another woman.

What did you call her, the

woman who had a child by you?

I called her Jane.

It tsi kay sha pini akii.

It means:

"Bright Eyed Girl".

Very nice.

I want my daughter

to come and live with me.

She's in high school.

She doesn't like being with her

grandmother, though she doesn't complain.

The two of them live all

alone way out in the country.

Later on, maybe

I'll get married again.

What is her Indian name?

She has none.

- Well, tell me what is her English name?

- Mary Lou.

How old is Mary Lou?

Thirteen.

Is she already a woman?

I mean, is your daughter

passed her puberty?

She visited us...

Two years ago, I lived

with a Kaini woman.

She got along very well with Mary Lou.

Afterwards she went back to Canada.

How old was this Kaini woman?

She was my age.

Do Blackfoot usually marry

a woman their own age?

I never thought about that.

What kind of a wife do you want?

Okay.

I have to leave you now.

It is four thirty.

I come to see you tomorrow.

Doctor...

In the last few days, I

haven't had any headaches.

Well, you see!

Not only are you not going crazy here,

but even your headaches have stopped.

That's right.

I'm .

Good day.

Tomorrow.

Hello Jimmy!

Dr. Devereux asked me to tell you,

he cannot see you today.

He is not feeling well

and need some bed rest.

But not to worry, he'll

be on his feet tomorrow.

Desmond?

Is that where the French doctor lives?

All the new doctors stay there.

Look at this.

Good Lord.

Peace time!

Anyhow, he was on borrowed time.

I'm not getting up.

Please have this chair.

You don't look any better.

No, I'll be perfectly fine,

thank you. Please, sit.

I've been divorced for years.

Yet I feel like I'm just loafing

around waiting for my ex-wife.

What do you feel you

lost with this woman?

I'm sorry about my house.

Well, do you mean house or home?

House and all that land.

900 acres.

You see when I left, Lily got

the house... and all that land.

And she had no kids to worry about.

Then... when I came

back from the war

I got off the train,

I had no place to go.

She had taken up with another man.

And this man was

living off my army pay.

I felt like killing him.

I know how it feels.

My brother-in-law told me not

to ruin my life over a woman.

So instead,

I got Jack's car,

went to the lawyer,

and the divorce came

through in nine days.

I miss her...

How about sexual relations?

I had girls back home.

That's a nice pen, doctor.

Oh, I write down all that you say

to think about it afterwards.

You don't worry, do you?

It's exactly what I said.

Yes.

Lily...

I'm not proud of it, but...

I'm afraid from time to time I've had to

give a woman a good slap, you know.

It helps to clear

the air, doesn't it?

Me, I could never hit a woman.

In olden times a Blackfoot

could beat his wife

and cut off her nose.

Granted, that's pretty violent.

- He could also beat his sister, right?

- Yes.

What kind of woman was

a man not allowed to beat?

My mother's first husband

was Chief White Calf.

But they had no children.

I read that White Calf

was a great chief!

Then he died and my

mother married my father.

My sister also had a

first husband who died.

They had no children either.

What about your ex-wife?

Lily?

She was sterile.

Oh rubbish!

Well I think she was.

Lily said that she

didn't want children.

No one uses it, except during parties.

I don't know if it is in tune.

The day of the partition of Palestine

Jokl was beating away

at it like a madman.

Oh uh. The administration

received a telegram. It's for you.

Please read it.

It's Madeleine.

That's great!

"Believe it or not I'll be

in Topeka in three days."

- Do you know how the war went for her?

- Tough!

She was stuck in

Paris with her husband.

Ligez Lukasz must have

spent three years in the cellar.

Her family?

Madeleine is Christian.

And her family stays in Sheffield.

They won't even change.

You know, I never dared to ask you...

about your mom and dad.

Anyone deported?

It's easy to hide in Romania.

I will tune it.

Focus again.

Better or worse?

- Better.

- Oh, good.

So, we're making him some glasses?

Indeed we are.

Are you happy?

Yes, thank you.

All is well with Mr. Devereux?

Yes, ah...

He's feeling much better.

Good!

I wouldn't have missed

this, for the world.

I brought your English saddle.

It weighs a ton!

Thank you a million!

Is this car yours?

Classy, ain't it?

How's the big city without me?

All your friends love me!

It's... Spartan!

Well, I'm going to teach

some Indian anthropology.

Menninger promised me.

It's for you.

I don't like surprises.

Doctor Freud...

Tell me now, what the

hell are you doing here?

I was curious to see your new place.

Why?

I'm not going to tell you.

Oh, I'll book a nice

hotel room in Topeka.

It's too late!

Everyone in the hospital

knows that a "friend" is visiting.

Menninger even opened up

a bungalow just for you.

Good evening.

A welcome treat.

Compliments of Winter Hospital.

Gorgeous!

Come closer.

I want to kiss you.

Your Indian?

It's a secret, madam.

Looks like a plan.

You wrote all this?

My... what else do you

want me to to do here?

They just give me one session a day.

So after I'm back here,

I pace through and through in my

bed, like a criminal on probation.

Yes, I start to write.

You don't remember everything?

Every single line.

I have all his words

going in my head.

I was worried about your eyes.

To tell you the ophthalmologist

wasn't very optimistic.

My vision keeps getting worse.

For once, not to be, I couldn't read.

Do you see me?

Blurry? Double?

Triple.

I see you very well.

We are at the end of the world.

No, this is not the end of the world.

It is.

What?

And we're lost.

- Good morning.

- It's nice how empty it is on Sunday.

To what church do you belong to?

I don't belong to any church.

You don't believe in God?

I just believe in doing good.

I want to send some

money to my daughter.

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