Five Nights in Maine Page #3

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Hi.

Sherwin.

Uncle George.

It's good of you to come.

I can't imagine it's easy.

It's a horrible thing.

You meant a lot to her.

She tell you we went fishing?

She hated fishing.

Well, she probably just

wanted to get out on the lake.

And to get away

from her mother.

Well, they-- if you ask me,

they're both a little dramatic.

It's wild here.

You think?

Yeah.

Huh.

It's home.

Look what I just hung.

Nice.

That's gonna drive

Lucinda crazy.

I hope she can hear it.

From her bedroom

and think about me.

How is she today?

She's-- never great

in the morning.

Oh, um-- she would like

to have lunch with you.

Would you mind

eating in her room?

Is that what she wants?

I think so.

What?

That's weird.

Is it?

In her room?

Is egg salad ok?

Oh, I make a mean egg salad.

You sure?

What, that my egg salad's good?

No, i-- um.

Great.

Um, I'll let you know

when she's ready.

All right.

Thank you.

Come in.

Ann said you made lunch.

I don't remember

hearing that you cook.

They're just sandwiches.

Where were you?

Uh, I went for a

walk down to the lake.

Um, I should have changed.

I'm sorry.

It's

beautiful down there.

Yeah.

Um.

Do you-- do you mind if i--

no, no, no.

Yeah, it's very, uh--

it's very quiet down there.

How many people live here?

In the town?

Not many.

Yeah, I can tell.

You don't mind

being so isolated?

I don't think of it that way.

It's peaceful.

What do you do all day?

Right now I'm trying

to eat my lunch.

I always liked

swimming down there.

Fiona always

preferred the ocean.

I never understood it.

It's punishingly cold.

Yeah, she loved the water.

Yeah.

I haven't run an

obituary here yet.

I was wondering if

you'd like to write it.

My sister sent one from Atlanta.

Did you get it?

Probably.

There's been too much mail.

Well, you can modify that.

Do you want to

take it down to the paper?

No.

Um, I, uh, found this

just before I left.

Oh.

Darling.

She never talked

about cheerleading.

She was only a cheerleader

for a little while.

That's probably why she

didn't mention it to you.

And she became embarrassed, you

know, when she found feminism.

I, uh-- met George.

He's a

pain but attentive.

Thank god he shaved that beard.

He looked like a troll.

--Did you

tell him to shave it?

I let him know it

wasn't attractive.

He has a nice face.

Did he tell you the joke?

No, he didn't, uh-- he

didn't tell any jokes.

Do you wanna hear it?

Sure.

George is from here, you know.

Ok.

Well, there was this man.

We'll call him bill.

And he moved here from another

state when he was an infant.

Let's say New Hampshire.

And he lived to be 93.

And when he died, his tombstone

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