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he's making me feel guilty.
Why do you feel resentment?
Well, look. I didn't marry Harry
because he had a good head for business.
Okay. So it turns out that I do,
or maybe I was lucky. I don't know.
The point is, I don't love him any less
just 'cause he's a failure as a provider,
so why should he love me less
just 'cause I'm a success?
Have you told him you
still love him? Love him.
What's he think I've been
hanging around for 27 years for?
Would it be so hard to let him
know you understand how he Feels?
Right now it would,
yes.
Do you
want him back?
I don't know.
But ask me again tomorrow, and I'll
probably give you a different answer.
Why?
Because tomorrow
I won't have you.
- I'm always with you in spirit.
- Thanks a lot.
It's kind of difficult to put your
cold feet on somebody's spirit,
especially when
they're 400 miles away.
Is that a proposal,
Doris?
Are you interested?
Are you?
I've always thought
we'd make a nice couple.
You didn't
answer the question.
I was the one
who proposed.
Well, don't look
so panicky, George.
I was only
three-quarters serious.
Well, when you're completely
serious, ask me again.
I bet you say that
to all the girls.
No.
Thank you.
You hungry?
Yes.
Well, you're in luck.
Because today, your lunch is
being catered by the chicest,
most expensive French delicatessen
in all fan Francisco.
How did we swing that? The
owner's got a thing for ya.
It's out in the trunk
of my car. Can I help?
Why, you could set the table
and turn on some nice music...
and when I come back,
make me laugh, huh?
I'll try.
Don't worry.
If you can't make me
laugh, just hold my hand.
Hello?
Uh, no, she's not here
right now. Who's this?
Harry? Um-
Uh, would you
- would you just hold on for a minute, please?
Hello?
Harry, we're two mature adult human
beings, and I've decided to be honest.
No. Doris is not here right
now, but I'd like to talk to you.
Because I know that you and Doris are
having a pretty rough time right now, and-
Uh, we're
very close friends.
I've known Doris for 20 years, and
I feel that through her, I know you.
We've been meeting this
same weekend for 20 years.
The retreat?
Uh, yeah.
I'll, uh
- I'll get to that in a minute, but, um,
first I'd like to tell
you something, Harry.
She loves you.
Well, I just know. Look. Maybe if I told
you a story she told me this morning,
maybe it would help you
understand.
Uh, a few months ago, Doris was
supposed to act as den mother...
for your 10-year-old daughter
She was hung up at the store,
and she got home
about two hours late.
When she walked into the house, she looked
in the living room, and you know what she saw?
A rather overweight, balding, middle-aged
man with a feather on his head...
sitting cross-legged on the
floor, very gravely and gently...
telling a circle of totally
absorbed girls what it was like...
to be in a World War II
Japanese prison camp.
And she turned around and went
outside and got in her car...
and thanked God for being
married to a man like you.
Are you still there, Harry?
Yeah, well, look. Sometimes married
people get into an emotional straitjacket,
and it's kind of hard for them to express
how they truly feel about each other.
Total honesty
is the key.
Yes, I've known Doris
for 20 years,
and I'm not ashamed to admit that
it's been one of the most intimate,
satisfying experiences
of my life.
My name?
My name is
Father Michael O'Herlihy.
Right. Oh.
It never changes, does it? About
the only thing that doesn't.
I find that comforting.
Even old Chalmers
hasn't changed.
He must be 75
by now.
You remember when we first met? Even
then, we called him old Chalmers.
He must've been the same
age then that we are now.
That I don't
find so comforting.
We were very young.
Yeah.
Have we changed much?
Oh, sure we have.
I grew up with you. Remember all
those dumb lies I used to tell?
Yeah. How about me?
Have I grown up too?
I had the feeling you were
already grown up when we met.
Why is it every time I look at you,
I want to put my hands all over you?
That's another thing that hasn't
changed. You always were a sex maniac.
I'll start a fire.
Okay.
You know, I figured out with
the cost of firewood today,
it's cheaper to buy furniture,
break it up and burn it.
Are things that tight?
No. I'm okay.
I've been doing some
teaching at U.C.L.A. Ah.
What? Music?
Accounting.
With the way things
are happening out there,
it seems that figures are still
the only things that don't lie.
Doris, why'd you
sell your business?
How did you know about
that? I'll tell you later.
What made you do it?
It was just the right offer
at the right time.
But what do you do with yourself
now? Oh, I read and watch TV...
and visit my grandchildren,
play a little golf.
You know,
all the jet set stuff.
I thought
you loved working.
Well, there
was another factor.
Harry had a heart attack. It
turned out to be a mild one,
but he needed me
at the time, so-
Besides, it's not like I'm
in permanent retirement.
There's a local election in a couple of
months, and I've been approached to run.
On what ticket?
Independent.
Figures.
Harry's okay now?
Oh, yeah.
He runs four miles a day and
has a body like Mark Spitz.
Unfortunately, he still has a
face like Ernest Borgnine, but-
How's everything with
you and Harry emotionally?
Comfortable.
Comfortable?
Well, that's not such a bad state to be in.
That word's been given a
bad reputation by the young.
Where's your luggage?
Still in the car?
I didn't bring any.
I can't stay.
Why not? Look, I have a lot to say...
and a very short time to
say it, so I'd better start.
In the first place,
it turns out that...
Helen found out
about us 10 years ago.
When did you learn that?
Two months ago.
And she never confronted
you with it before?
No. What made her tell you now?
She didn't. We have
a very close friend, Connie.
- Did- Have I ever
mentioned her? - No.
Well, Connie told me.
All those years, and she never
even hinted that she knew.
I guess that's the nicest
story I've ever told about her.
- Your wife is an amazing woman.
- She passed away, Doris.
I lost her six months ago.
It was very fast.
I'm sorry to blurt it out like that. I
couldn't think of a graceful way to tell you.
It's so strange.
I never even met Helen, and I feel
like I've just lost my best friend.
Are the kids okay? The kids are
great. If it weren't for them,
I don't know if I'd have
gotten through this whole thing.
I wish you'd tried to
reach me. Well, I did.
That's how I found out
you'd sold the store.
They gave me
your home number, and I-
I let the phone ring four
times, and then I hung up.
But I felt better knowing
you were there if I needed you.
Oh, I wish you'd spoken to me.
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