Carnal Knowledge Page #6

Round John Virgin

mother...?

Holy infant

so tender and mild

All right,

gunshee.

Gunshee?

G-u-n-s-h-y,

gunshee.

Gun-shy...

I always thought

it was gunshee.

Susan, do the one

about the bear.

You'll love

this, John.

Oh, yeah, the hymn

we used to sing in church

about the bear

with crossed eyes?

Whose name was Gladly.

Gladly the bear?

Don't you know it?

Gladly the cross-eyed bear.

Gladly the cross-eyed

bear, get it?

Gladly the cross...

oh, Gladly the

cross-eyed bear!

( laughing )

All right,

pronounce this:

c-h-o-p-h-o-u-s-e.

Chophuse...

Chophus...?

( laughing )

Chophouse.

( laughing )

This has to stop.

I don't know

how to tell him.

You don't

have any trouble

telling him a lot

of other things.

- What does that mean?

- The way you talk to him.

I don't ever hear you

talking to me that way.

What way?

I don't know.

He's very

vulnerable.

I don't want

to hurt him.

You're hurting me.

He loves me.

That's no reason

to go to bed with him.

You would have just

gone on, wouldn't you,

if he hadn't told me?

I don't know.

I would have never

known a thing about it.

I don't know,

maybe.

Boy, you're

really something.

I don't feel

like something.

I feel

like nothing.

How much longer do you

expect me to take this?

I'm trying

to tell him.

I see how

you're trying.

It's not my fault.

I don't enjoy

these fights.

Listen, it's me you're

supposed to be in love with.

- I'm gonna tell him.

- What?

- I'm gonna tell him

about you and me.

- No, Jonathan!

Why don't you

give me some of

the understanding

that you give to him?

You're stronger.

You tell him

everything else.

You can

tell him about us.

What do you mean,

I tell him everything?

Who says so?

He tells me,

he's my best friend.

Are you

going to tell him?

He's so helpless.

Susan, I love you.

Why can't you be

more with me

like you

are with Sandy?

( chuckling )

She says she's

no good for me.

Maybe she's trying

to let you down easy.

( laughing )

Go ahead and laugh.

It adds up.

( laughing )

Go ahead and laugh.

You know every mood

of mine like you know

every mood of his.

- No.

- How come?

- I don't know.

- You don't tell me

thoughts I never knew I had.

- Does he say I do that?

- Yes.

- Then I guess I must.

- You do it all right,

so do it with me.

I can't.

You can do it with him,

you can do it with me.

Now tell me my thoughts.

- I can't.

- Why can't you?

I can't with you.

This has gone

far enough.

I cannot stand

any more ultimatums.

This is my last one.

Now, tonight,

you tell him about us,

or tomorrow, I tell him.

Look at me, Susan!

Now tell me

my goddamn thoughts!

Hello.

You didn't do it,

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