I'll Be Seeing You Page #2

And theres no use pretending it isnt so.

lt just wont be any good

unless everybody says what he thinks...

and doesnt try to cover up.

Youre a fine girl, Mary.

Now go up and see your room.

Thats Moms room.

l dont remember, Mary.

Were you ever here before?

Only once, when you were just a kid.

Here we are.

All the comforts of home.

lts nice, Barbara.

We even have our own bathroom.

This is where l sleep?

l was just thinking,

thats a nice suit you have on, Mary.

Thank you, Barbara.

You were thinking of something else, too.

As a matter of fact, l was.

-Where can l put this?

-lll take it.

You may as well tell me,

so we can both get it off our minds.

Well, l just.... Well, you see...

l hadnt known that they gave

these vacations, or furloughs...

to people that....

You dont have to be shy about it.

l didnt know about it either...

till the warden told me that in this state,

and in a few other states...

they give special furloughs to people

for good behavior.

l think its wonderful

that they have that confidence in you.

Yes. l think so, too.

The soap in the dish is mine,

yours is on the shelf.

-Mary?

-Yes, l heard you.

You must have been

looking forward to it, Mary.

l was looking forward to seeing you,

Aunt Sarah.

Thats sweet of you, dear.

As a matter of fact, selfish.

lve been doing a lot of thinking

in the past three years, Aunt Sarah, and....

What sort of things

were you thinking, Mary?

Coming out into the world and....

Even coming here, l had a feeling that--

Honey, youve got to stop being afraid.

Youve got to stop feeling that youre

branded like people were in the old days.

Youve done something,

youre paying your debt to society.

Most people are willing to let it go at that.

l know, but coming out into the world...

and seeing everybody in uniform,

everybody doing something...

l just dont belong, l dont fit in.

And dreams that lve had for the future...

are just impossible.

Most dreams are, Mary.

lts just the dreaming that counts.

Nobody gets

exactly what he wants out of life.

One of the first things you learn

is to make compromises with your dreams.

But lm not talking about palaces

and rainbows, Aunt Sarah.

lm talking about a home.

A home like this,

with a kitchen and a stove and an icebox...

and a husband, and a child.

Yes, l have all that.

Yet l used to dream

about palaces and rainbows.

But youre happy.

Of course.

Because l didnt hold out for too much.

l accepted what l thought was second best

and made that do.

lts something that everybody learns

sooner or later.

We have to get used to accepting

what you think is second best, and then...

you find out its first best after all.

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