On the Beach Page #5

BUT, PETER...

HOWEVER ILL I WAS,

I COULDN'T DO THAT.

WHO'D LOOK AFTER JENNIFER ?

JENNY WILL GET IT TOO.

YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO TELL ME

YOU WANT ME TO KILL JENNIFER ?

MARY, DON'T BE AN IDIOT !

SUPPOSING YOU GET IT FIRST ?

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ?

STRUGGLE BY YOURSELF

UNTIL YOU DROP ?

JENNY MIGHT LIVE FOR DAYS

AND BE HELPLESS IN HER CRIB

WITH YOU DEAD ON THE FLOOR !

DON'T YOU SEE THAT ?

DON'T YOU SEE IT ?

DARLING...

I'M SORRY.

I CAN' BELIEVE IT MYSELF

HALF THE TIME.

LET'S NOT DISCUSS I ANY MORE RIGHT NOW, PETER.

ANYWAY, MRS. HILDRETH'S

HUSBAND WAS TALKING

TO SOMEONE THE OTHER DAY...

WHO SAID IT ISN' COMING HERE AFTER ALL.

HE SAYS IT'S SLOWING--

FOR GOD'S SAKE,

HILDRETH'S A DAMN FOOL !

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LET'S GO.

WOULD YOU LIKE:

ANOTHER DRINK ?

NO, LET'S GO

FOR A WALK.

ALL RIGHT.

[ Traffic Whistle Blowing,

Horses Clopping ]

YOU KNOW,

I THINK I'VE DISCOVERED

WHY YOU FASCINATE ME.

SHALL I TELL YOU ?

UH-HUH.

BECAUSE YOU TAKE ME

FOR GRANTED.

I KNOW WOMEN AREN'T SUPPOSED

TO LIKE THAT SORT OF THING,

BUT SOMEHOW I DO.

I'VE BEEN TREATED

IN EVERY OTHER WAY--

LIKE A CHILD...

AND SOMETIMES LIKE--

LIKE THINGS:

I'VE PROBABLY DESERVED--

BUT I'VE NEVER

BEEN PUSHED AROUND

IN SUCH A NICE WAY...

AND TREATED:

SOMETHING LIKE A WIFE.

I SUPPOSE WHAT I MEAN IS...

LIKE AN AMERICAN WIFE.

MOIRA, THIS ISN' GOING TO DO US ANY--

NO, HEAR ME OUT.

I WAS HURT AT FIRS WHEN I REALIZED YOU WERE

MIXING ME UP WITH SHARON.

AND THEN I REALIZED THA IT WAS ONE OF THE NICEST THINGS

THAT COULD HAPPEN TO ME.

I WOULDN'T REALLY MIND

IF YOU COULD FORGE ENTIRELY WHO I AM.

I DON'T LIKE MYSELF

VERY MUCH ANYWAY.

WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO TRY ?

[ Streetcar Bell Rings,

Traffic Whistle Blowing ]

NO.

IT SEEMED:

LIKE A GOOD IDEA.

I SUPPOSE IT WASN'T.

THERE'S A TRAIN LEAVING

AT 10:
50.

I THINK I'LL TAKE IT.

[ Horn Honking ]

YOU SEE, IN THE NAVY,

DURING THE WAR,

I GOT USED TO THE IDEA

THAT SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN

TO ME, I MIGHT NOT MAKE IT.

I ALSO GOT USED:

TO THE IDEA...

OF MY WIFE AND CHILDREN...

SAFE AT HOME.

THEY'D BE ALL RIGHT,

NO MATTER WHAT.

WHAT I DIDN'T RECKON WITH

WAS THAT IN THIS...

THIS KIND OF A MONSTROUS WAR...

SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN

TO THEM...

AND NOT TO ME.

WELL, IT DID...

AND I CAN'T--

I CAN'T COPE WITH IT.

MY KIDS--

ALL THE PLANNING

SINCE THE DAY:

THEY WERE BORN.

SHARON--

SHARON AND I, WE--

WELL--

SEE, WE WERE THE SOR OF PEOPLE WHO--

WE WOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPY

TO GROW OLD TOGETHER.

I-I CAN'T ACCEPT IT.

I CAN'T--

DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE ?

DO YOU UNDERSTAND ?

YES.

IT MAKES SENSE.

[ Horn Honks ]

I UNDERSTAND.

GOOD NIGHT.

[ Horn Honks,

Whistle Blows ]

[ Train Departing ]

[ Chuckles ]

I AM SORRY:

TO SEE THIS.

AND YOU WERE DOING

SO MUCH BETTER TOO.

I WOULD LIKE TO COME IN,

WHATEVER THIS IS.

AN OPIUM DEN:

MORE THAN LIKELY.

HOW ON EARTH:

DID YOU FIND ME ?

[ Chuckles ]

WHAT IS IT ?

IT'S A FERRARI.

DOES IT RUN ?

"DOES IT RUN ?"

SHE WON THE GRAND PRIX

LAST YEAR.

BOUGHT IT FROM:

SIMONELLI'S WIDOW. GAVE HER

A HUNDRED QUID FOR IT.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING

TO DO WITH IT ?

RACE IT, OF COURSE.

YOU ?

ME.

YOU NEEDN'T SOUND

SO PESSIMISTIC.

I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO,

JUST NEVER COULD AFFORD IT.

SIXTH OF AUGUST,

IF THE COMMANDER GETS ME

BACK IN TIME.

YOU'RE GOING

TO KILL YOURSELF.

IT'S POSSIBLE.

JULIAN ?

HMM ?

WHEN WAS IT YOU WERE

IN LOVE WITH ME AND I--

AND YOU WERE SO STUPID

ABOUT IT ?

[ Chuckles ]

AND I WAS SO STUPID

ABOUT IT.

YOU SHOULD HAVE GRABBED ME.

I'M ABOUT TO BE EXTINCT.

I CAME HERE TONIGHT, JULIAN,

BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW...

ARE YOU STILL--

I'M SERIOUS.

IN A NORMAL WORLD,

I THINK I WOULD STILL

BE IN LOVE WITH YOU.

YES OR NO, JULIAN ?

BUT LATELY,

WITH SO LITTLE TIME LEFT,

MY SENSE OF VALUES

SEEM TO HAVE CHANGED.

NO, THEN ?

I'M SUCH A FAKE, SUCH A LO OF MEANINGLESS TALK.

NOW, NOW,

DON'T SAY THAT.

YES, IT'S TRUE.

THERE HAVE BEEN MEN,

LOTS OF MEN.

EVERY TIME ONE FELL OUT,

THERE WAS ALWAYS

A REPLACEMENT.

BUT NOT ONE OF THEM

MEANT ANYTHING TO ME.

I CAN'T PRETEND

ANY LONGER, JULIAN.

I'M AFRAID.

I HAVE NOBODY,

AND I'M AFRAID.

WHAT ABOUT DWIGHT ?

HE'S MARRIED.

HE'S MARRIED

TO A GIRL NAMED SHARON,

AND THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN.

MM-HMM, I KNOW.

[ Sighs ]

BUT IF THINGS WERE DIFFERENT,

IF SHE WERE ALIVE,

I'D DO ANYTHING...

ANY MEAN TRICK I KNOW

TO GET HIM.

[ Sighs ]

EVEN IF I COULD MAKE HIM FORGET,

THERE ISN'T TIME.

NO TIME TO LOVE...

AND NOTHING TO REMEMBER.

NOTHING WORTH REMEMBERING.

[ Sighs ]

I CAN'T GO HOME TONIGHT,

JULIAN.

MAY I STAY HERE WITH YOU ?

IT'S LATE, AND I HAVE

TO PICK UP SOME THINGS

BEFORE WE LEAVE.

LEAVE--

YOU'RE LEAVING ?

AT 6:
00 THIS MORNING.

HE DIDN'T TELL YOU.

COME ON.

I'LL TAKE YOU HOME.

DEPTH:
56 FEET, SIR.

I RECOMMEND COURSE 045,

CAPTAIN.

RIGHT RUDDER,

NEW COURSE:
045.

[ Helmsman ] RIGHT RUDDER,

NEW COURSE:
045, SIR.

CHECK SONAR.

FOGERTY,

HOW'S IT LOOK TOPSIDE ?

ALL CLEAR FOR ABOUT A MILE,

SCATTERED ICEBERGS.

WELL, THIS LOOKS

LIKE THE SPOT.

ALL STOP.

[ Helmsman ]

ALL STOP.

UP PERISCOPE.

OKAY.

I GOT POINT BARROW.

BEARING:

130 RELATIVE.

DISTANCE:

ABOUT SEVEN MILES.

AYE, AYE, SIR.

ALL RIGHT, MR. OSBORNE.

YOU CAN TAKE YOUR

READINGS NOW.

CHIEF,

RAISE THE E.C.M.

AYE, AYE, SIR.

E.C.M. FULLY EXTENDED, SIR.

[ Buzzing ]

[ Continues Buzzing ]

IT'S HOT,

ISN'T IT ?

IT'S HOTTER THAN IT IS

IN MID-PACIFIC,

AT LEAST 30 POINTS

IN THE RED.

THAT TAKES CARE:

OF JORGENSON'S THEORY.

WELL, WE'VE GO ANOTHER JOB TO DO.

LET'S GET THE HELL

OUT OF HERE.

WHAT'S THE COURSE, BOB ?

UM, 225, SIR.

DOWN PERISCOPE:

AND E.C.M.

COURSE 225.

ALL AHEAD, STANDARD.

TAKE HER TO 100 FEET.

[ Helmsman ] COURSE 225.

ALL AHEAD, STANDARD.

JUST LIKE THAT ?

[ Helmsman ]

TAKE HER TO 100 FEET, SIR.

FOGERTY, WILL YOU GET US

OUT OF THIS DEEP FREEZE ?

WHEN WE'RE CLEAR

OF BERING STRAIT,

SET A COURSE:

FOR SAN FRANCISCO.

AYE, AYE, SIR.

JULIAN ?

HMM ?

YOU EVER BEEN:

TO SAN FRANCISCO ?

YES, I HAVE.

A WEEK ON THE WAY DOWN.

MET A LOVELY GIRL.

LONGEST, LOVELIEST LEGS

I'VE EVER SEEN.

FULL OF MARTINIS,

BOTH OF THEM.

THE LEGS, I MEAN.

IT GOT TO YOU,

DIDN'T IT ?

YOU KNOW...

I'VE, UH,

BEEN TRYING TO...

GET MARY:

TO FACE UP TO IT...

TO MAKE HER UNDERSTAND

WHAT HAS TO BE DONE

WHEN THE TIME COMES.

BUT, UH...

SHE WON'T.

SHE JUST WON'T.

AND I DON'T KNOW

WHAT I'M GONNA DO.

I DON'T THINK YOU'LL HAVE

TO WORRY ABOUT MARY.

OH, YOU DON'T KNOW, JULIAN.

YOU JUST DON'T KNOW.

YOU DIDN'T SEE HER FACE

WHEN I TOLD HER...

SHE'D HAVE TO GIVE JENNIFER

ONE OF THOSE PILLS IF I HAPPENED BEFORE I GOT BACK.

YOU'D HAVE THOUGHT I WAS

A MURDERER OR SOMETHING.

ALL I WAS DOING WAS

WHAT I FELT I HAD TO DO.

HOW DO YOU TELL A WOMAN

YOU LOVE THAT SHE HAS TO

KILL HERSELF AND HER BABY ?

HOW DO YOU DO IT ?

I ENVY YOU.

YOU ENVY ME, DO YOU ?

YOU HAVE SOMEONE

TO WORRY ABOUT.

I NEVER ENVIED ANYONE BEFORE.

NEVER REALLY BELIEVED IN IT.

BUT YOU, YES, I DO.

I ENVY YOU.

YOU HAVE A WIFE AND A CHILD,

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