The Breaking Point Page #4

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Fishing season's almost over

and I'm in a hole for a payment...

I owe Phillips 2 months now.

Don't look at me...wasn't my idea

taking your boat away from you.

I worked 10 years tryin' to get a boat of my own...

and now I'm losin' it.

All anybody can say to me is

"Don't look at ME."

Anything else you want to do?

No...

Let's go.

If you need something done,

give me a ring.

Thanks for letting me work on it.

It's your boat.

Please don't talk about me

when I'm gone..

Oh honey, though I've been

to places on my own...

And if you can't say

anything real nice...

It's better not to talk at all

it's my advice.

We're parting...your way...

How are things, Harry?

Great!

Bit of a daunt?

You know it is.

Have you seen Johnny Cooley?...

Tell him I've got a job for him.

Sure.

Well! What's the good word?

Crud! That's a good word.

What happened to the boat?

You know what happened to it.

What went wrong?

Plenty. Shut up about it.

Why don't you retain me

to do something about the boat.

Retain you to throw yourself

off a building!

You need some good advice.

I like you.

I'll take care of it for you.

Free.

I don't need any advice.

If I did, I wouldn't ask you...

You crock!

Don't call me names...I was just

trying to do you a favour.

Go do Johnny Cooley a favour.

Hey, never saw you drinkin'

in the afternoon before.

Take your finger out of your mouth

and shove off, will you.

Look...you're up the creek...

I wanna help you.

I might have something for you

in a week or so.

A party might want to

charter the boat.

Some friends of mine.

Go talk to the Coast Guard...

I don't have a boat.

And I had friends of yours on it.

Took to long to blow the stink off.

Now get away from me...

You smell bad.

You shouldn't talk like that to people

who are trying to help you.

Tell Johnny Cooley to give me a ring.

What kind of place

do you run here, anyway?

Oh, he's harmless.

He's 2 pounds in a 1-pound bag...

that's what he is.

Charlie...I got any credit here?

I want to turn myself loose.

Go ahead.

Thanks.

Hello...

I asked around...they said

this is where you hang out...

If you ever hang out.

You never called me.

There was never anything

to talk about.

Supposing I found Hannagan

Where is he?

I don't know.

But if I did, it'd be something

to talk about...wouldn't it?

It's a very funny joke.

I'm sorry...

Do you wanna act nice to me?

What are you doing down here

in Newport, anyway?

Down here with some friends...

one of them owns a yacht...

Naturally!

Would have thought you'd had

enough of boats by this time!

It depends upon whose boat it is.

Turn it off...turn it off!

Don't forget who your friends are.

I been a good little girl,

keeping my mouth shut...

...and speaking only when spoken to.

You can afford to be polite to me.

You know, you got a point there.

They sent somebody

to interview me.

About the trip.

And you said...?

I said it was a nice uneventful trip.

You're a good kid.

Sure...I'm dreaming.

You do everything so hard...

No matter what it is,

you do it hard.

Have you always been like that?

Yeah.

I guess you have.

Guys like you, don't get like that

overnight, do they?

This is a wonderful conversation.

What's a guy like you doin'

rentin' boats anyhow?

You could o' been anything.

Horseshit! All I know is boats...

I can see a marlin half a mile off...

That's my talent.

We're leaving, honey.

Goodbye.

Ivor's getting mad.

So it's bad for his ulcers.

You know, you're the prettiest...

I can see a marlin a half a mile off, too.

There's always another one.

That's my talent.

You know, one of these days

you're gonna get your arm broke...

reaching for something

that don't belong to you.

So long as it's for a good cause!

You kinda wear a guy down!

You getting worn down?

Are you?

I'm getting used to you!

Morgan...you stink!

Hey!...Look who's here!

I didn't know

you were with company.

Charlie called me...

He said he thought you'd need

somebody to take you home.

That is...that's what he thought.

Sure...sure!

Two drinks, and you can't tell one house

from another in our street.

Leona...this is my wife, Lucy.

Lucy...this is Leona...Leona...

Leona Charles, Mrs Morgan.

I came back from Mexico

on your husband's boat.

Oh, you're the girl

he told me about?

I had you pictured

a little different.

I'm with some people...

I just thought I'd say hello to Harry...

We wound up having a drink.

- Will you have a drink?

- No thanks.

It gives her a headache.

You look like you got a headache now.

I was doing the housework...

I didn't know...

That is I didn't...

I think I WILL have a drink.

I envy you Mrs Morgan...

It must be wonderful to have a place of your own

and a family to look after.

- Try it.

- I will some time.

Were you in Mexico with your husband,

Mrs Charles?

I'm not married.

Oh, I'm sorry.

We don't have to go on like this.

There's no reason for it.

None at all.

One of the few bad habits I have

is telling the truth.

Yackety-yackety-yack...!

What are you two talkin' about?

She's just telling me that nothing happened

with you two in Mexico.

And I believe her.

I told you that.

- Men!

- Women!

Well, I guess it's late enough

for me to say it's late.

I have to meet those people...

So long!

Excuse me.

It's a present.

It was a sample.

It's lovely.

It's too fragile, maybe.

You have to hold it gently.

But anything worth having

should be held gently.

It wouldn't do for me then.

I hold on tight

to what I have.

Well...

You know something...

You two were talking...

yacking away...but...

If I remember right, what you said was...

"Not more than 40."

Is she?

If that wasn't silly enough...

Moles!

For all i know, she's covered with 'em.

Got pretty hair, though...

Nice legs.

They're alright...for walking.

Yeah...

Let's go home...

I've got my headache.

I knocked it pretty hard.

Well, forget it!

I'll fill it up with water.

Thanks for calling, Charlie.

Hey!...

Let's go.

Sorry!

Hey!...Kids...

Havin' fun?

He's loaded!

Your father's loaded!

Hey...don't go away...

What's the matter with 'em?

They're young...

they don't understand.

They snubbed me...

They snubbed their old man...

They snubbed me...

They're at that age...

They expect us to be perfect.

I can't take it anymore.

A lot of things

I can't take any more.

I used to think

I was a pretty tough guy.

You're a man...You're more of a man

than anybody I ever met.

Not any more...

I wake up in the night sweating.

I'm in trouble, and there's no way out...

No way out!

You'll get it back.

It isn't the boat...

I'm not thinking of that.

It's that guy...

What guy?

The one I killed...in Mexico.

What happened down there?

You have to tell me!

Harry!...

What happened?

A guy pulled a gun on me

and I shot him.

It's been eatin' on me

ever since...

I can't get it out of my mind.

If they started it,

it wasn't your fault.

Harry...

Hey, Morgan!...

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