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-How will you stop me?

-By telling you "no."

By asking you nicely.

Dorinda, honey, please.

Don't be a pigheaded fool.

That is irresistible.

Now you listen to me for a change.

I'll make you a deal. Here's your chance

to get me out of the air.

I'll ground myself in Flat Rock

and be your girl.

-Have you been talking to Al?

-Or...

...I head off on my own

and tonight is goodbye.

I'll find my own piece of sky

and a guy who flies sensible.

I fly sensible.

Not when something is on fire.

That is the deal.

Then it is no deal.

Let's change the subject.

What's going on?

Why are you doing this?

Why?

-Why are you doing this?

-Because I love you.

Fighting fires is what I do

and it is what I love, and you know that!

What the hell is going on

that you want me to quit?

You want me to move to Colorado and...

...teach pretend fires to trainees

like I'm going to an office?

Your number is up.

When my number is up...

...it is up.

Right?

I could just as soon buy it

ferrying bibles to salt Lake City.

When it is your turn,

I don't want to be around.

I think that is very selfish of you.

You should be at the funeral...

...crying and looking terrific

before you enter the nunnery.

You wish!

I'll have better things to do

and better men to do them with.

Forget about these other men, Dorinda.

You'll never be with another man.

I will, too, and he'll be tall.

-No, Dorinda.

-Why not?

-You'll never get over me.

-Don't kid yourself.

No one will ever be as much fun.

Fun?

You think I have fun when you have fun?

When you fly into some narrow canyon...

...you think I'm on the ground going,

"Boy, this is fun"?

I could understand how you fly...

...if you were risking yourself

for civilization.

If you were...

...putting your life on the line

for another life...

...anybody's life.

I love you, Pete.

But I'm not enjoying it.

Every time you take off...

...I wait for the phone to ring.

I go to bed sick and I get up scared.

I don't like being sick inside all the time.

Do think I like being afraid

that you won't come back.

Look...

...I have an idea. Bear with me a second.

Keep an open mind

because it is a pretty radical idea.

Al told me about a training school

in Flat Rock, Colorado.

They need a commanding officer

and I was wondering...

...why don't I take you to Colorado

and you could be my girl...

...and I could teach those geeks

to fight fires.

You know, put out a cigar at 200 feet

and I'd come home every night...

...and we'd have an apartment

with a microwave oven.

Don't answer it.

I won't.

It's not my phone.

Hi, Al.

No.

No, because it is my day off.

Get yourself another pilot.

I'm hanging up my spurs.

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