Take the Money and Run Page #3

I think is what happened.

And uh, they got me.

I misspelled a note.

Virgil.

Can you bake?

I need a cake, a big cake.

A chocolate cake.

Virgil, you're allergic to chocolate.

I need a cake with a gun in it.

I'll bake you a cake

and put a gun in it.

I need a dozen chocolate chip cookies

with bullets in each of them.

How long are you going to be here?

Oh, well, uh,

I estimate a neighborhood of...

What's today, Monday?

Tuesday... Wednesday... 10 years.

Virgil!

Is it possible you can wait for me?

Yes, if you want me to.

With Louise to inspire him,

Virgil works hard

and becomes more optimistic.

She comes frequently

for the next few months.

He complains about the food,

and she brings home-cooked meals.

Louise's impact on Virgil is discussed

here by Dr. Julius Epstein,

a one time prisoner psychiatrist,

who recalls Virgil.

Louise meant a great deal to Virgil

from a psychiatric point of view.

His love for her was

the healthiest thing in his life.

It was genuine and clean.

Not like some patients I know.

She ain't gonna wait Virgil.

They think they can,

but they never do.

You know I become eligible

for parole in a year and a half.

Yeah, well that's nice.

With any luck, maybe two or three

years you'll get out of here, yeah.

Could be a lot shorter.

What do you mean?

Means we got this proposition

we want to talk over with you.

What kind of proposition?

Like next week five of us are

going to make it out of here.

Now we need another man.

It's all set. By next week,

we can be miles away from this zoo.

You guys gotta be kidding.

We'll never get out of here.

They'd kill us.

We've got out of rougher places

than this.

Why don't you just think

about it, alright?

Ain't no broad gonna wait around

for years for you.

No matter what she tells you

in prison and all.

Well, I think the conflict

in this personality,

uh, sorta started from

his formative years.

I think it gives evidence

in his choice of the cello.

For instance, studying the cello

at the age of six.

Is just coming out of

the formative years,

but the conflict is there in his choice.

Because it is generally assumed

the cello is a phallic symbol,

I mean with the grasp

and the lowest structural forms

certainly a feminine,

if anything motherly.

In fact, the utilization of the bow,

I would imagine is the sublimation

of the stroking the torso.

So between the grasping, the phallic

and the stroking of the torso,

would create,

I would imagine great conflict.

Even at the age of six.

Virgil Starkwell becomes part

of an escape plot.

His every move becomes

tense and strained.

Think our guard on our floor is with us.

So be ready just in case there's trouble.

I still don't understand how we are

going to get past the main tower.

We are going to dress as guards.

That's why Friday at noon

because you work in the laundry,

you're going to steal

the guards underwear.

What?!?

We've already got some uniforms

stashed in the dark room.

I don't understand

If you got the guard's uniforms,

why do you need their underwear?

We want to do this

as realistically as possible.

I'm known for my detail work.

- Sir, we can't find our underwear!

- I think something's up.

Um, we'd better keep our eyes open.

The warden knows something.

We'd better call off the break.

What?!

I said, the warden knows

something is up. Call off the break.

- Everything is up for tonight.

- We can't take a chance.

Tell Charles.

Hey Charles, the warden knows

something is up.

We'll try again next week.

The warden wants to see you.

- What for?

- Come on!

Michael Sullivan, an ex-convict

and one of the leaders

of the ground break describes

the faithful day.

I told all the other guys,

that the break was off.

But I forgot to tell Virgil.

I don't know why I forgot.

Nobody ever told him.

Already!

What?!

There's a break in the north cell block.

Notify the warden immediately.

Hey where is everybody?

They called the break off!

- They called the break off?

- Yeah!

- Why didn't somebody tell me?

- Virgil tried to escape by himself!

Could somebody possible sneak

downstairs and let be back in?

Look I got your daughter!

Hold you fire men!

Let me go or she gets it!

What is she doing down there?

She was kissing Kowalsky.

- Is Kowalsky a midget?

- No!

He is not a midget.

- Can I have a taxi, please.

- Try someone lines next.

On July 11, Virgil and Louise marry.

It is a simple ceremony

following what he later describes

as a deeply moving blood test.

This was the happiest

moment of my life.

I just wish my parents

could have been there.

We weren't aware...

Am I right!! Be honest!! Say it!!

He turned out to be a punk.

They took up residence

in another State.

And living on

Louise's small savings,

they moved into

a cheaply furnished flat.

They are poor, but for the moment

at least they were save from the law.

When these innocent pictures

were taken,

they were both unaware of the series

of events that were to come.

Oh!

What's the matter Virgil?

- I got a cramp in the arch of my...

- What?

I got another hardball

in the arch of my foot.

How come that always happens

when we try to make love?

Oh Jesus!

As a wanted criminal, Virgil finds

it harder than ever to find employment.

He secures a little work selling

encyclopedias door to door.

But the job proves too much for him.

He is forced to take into the streets

and for a while he earns

a meager living selling meagres.

We're going to have a baby!

Get out of here!

No, no, we're going to have a baby.

I went to the doctor and

we are going to have a baby.

That's my present for Christmas.

All I needed was a tie.

- Aren't you happy?

- I don't believe it.

- No, Virgil, really.

- But how did it happen?

What do you mean,

how did it happen?

You mean because we, at night,

when the two of us...

and that's what happened?

Then that spring Virgil and Louise

are blessed with a son.

They name the baby Jonathan Ralph

Starkwell, after Virgil's mother.

Virgil and Louise move to a new State

and try to start over.

Virgil has the usual trouble

finding work.

Finally he hears of an opening

in an insurance office

and is back against the wall.

He attempts to lie his way into the job.

Please sit down.

Name please.

John Q. Public. P-U-B-L-l-C.

Mr. Public, have you any experience

working in an office before?

Yes, I have.

What kind of office was it?

Rectangular.

Have you any experience

in running a high-speed

digital electronic computer?

Yes, I have.

Where?

My aunt has one.

And what does your aunt do?

I can't recall.

You said before you

worked in an office.

Did you deal in products or services?

Products.

Is this something found in the home?

No, it's not. One down and nine to go.

Is this product edible?

No, it wasn't.

I think our time is running out

and I'm sorry you haven't guessed

my occupation.

So I'm going to flip all the cards

and tell you what I have used to do.

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