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for nearly two years,

and that if I don't

- turn in some chapters soon...

- By Christmas.

By... by Christmas!

That... um. You will have

to seriously consider...

I will almost certainly.

That you... alright, that you

will almost certainly...

recommend that I, um,

be asked to withdraw

from the program.

Very good.

Apparently you were paying

closer attention than ya let on.

(DEEP BREATHING)

JEN:
Paul?

What are you doing babe?

Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you.

What's the matter?

I can't sleep.

Come back to bed.

Come on.

JEN:
What's the matter?

(PAUL GRUNTS)

PAUL:
You have work tomorrow.

Tomorrow morning.

JEN:
Don't worry about it.

JEN:

Just tell me what's the matter.

PAUL:
Just... (SIGHS)

JEN:
Do you want me to tell

you about the Dark Crystal?

Or Ladyhawk?

PAUL:
Ladyhawk.

JEN:
Okay.

Close your eyes...

In medieval France,

there once lived a

young man and a mouse.

The mouse was a thief.

He was about to be executed.

(CLATTERING)

(CHAIR SCRAPES ON WOOD FLOOR)

(WINDOWS START UP SOUND)

(MUSIC CHANGES)

Nancy! Hi, it's Paul.

Listen, sorry to bother you,

but um, I'm calling cause

I think... I prob...

pretty sure I left a

book in the apartment

of my hardcover copy

of Little Dorrit.

Charles Dickens? Um...

I probably left it

in the living room,

on the table, but it...

it might be...

on the floor in my old room.

Anyway, um, I really need it,

so if you could let me know

when would be convenient

to come by and get it

that'd be great! Um...

Give me a call. Thanks a lot.

Nancy, hey, it's Paul again.

I'm sorry to bombard you

with messages, but I...

don't know if I mentioned

the uh, Little Dorrit

the book I left, is pretty urgent.

I actually need it

for my dissertation.

So, it's not like a regular book.

Let me know, uh, when would

be a good time to come by...

(CLAMORING)

(AGGRAVATED RUSTLING)

(WOOD DOORS BANG)

(RATTLING, FALLING ITEMS)

(RATTLING)

(SQUEAKING, RATTLING)

It is incontestable,

that the fragments of a work

that have found their way

into the popular memory,

are not jewels of

realist description.

Realist description

being, of course,

what Elliot is most noted for.

But general humanist

observations such as

the much beloved

remark about what lies

on the other side of silence.

This much is no surprise,

jewels of realist description

can hardly be expected

to retain any sense outside

their supporting context.

Indeed...

The relentless

particularity of realism,

the constraint implied by

that very particularity,

is one of its most

defining characteristics.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER, PARTY MUSIC)

Bannister's looking

very elegant tonight.

- Very... delicate.

- Mmm.

Makes you want

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