Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Page #6

I'm genuinely fond of that old man.

I really am, you know.

When he finds out...

I wouldn't want to be the one to tell him.

That's why you want to go now.

Yeah, that's why I want to leave now.

You've got to do this for me, Maggie.

And leave the field to Gooper and his wife?

No, sir!

Let's face facts, baby.

You're a drinker. That takes money.

I don't want his money!

Are you ready to settle for ten-cent beer?

That's what Gooper'll dole out to you

when they freeze you out.

They've got a plan, baby.

You should've heard them

laying it on to Big Daddy. A mile a minute!

Big Mama's already on their side.

You're a drinker and I'm childless.

We've got to beat that plan,

we've just got to!

I've been so...

...disgustingly poor all my life.

That's the truth, Brick.

Have you, Maggie?

You don't know what it's like to have to...

...suck up to people you can't stand,

just because they have money.

You don't know what it's like...

...never having any clothes.

That dress I married you in...

...was a hand-me-down

from a snotty, rich cousin I hated.

You can be young without money.

But you can't be old without it.

Where did I fail you?

Where did I make my mistake?

Make that your last drink

until after the party...

...please, honey.

I think I made my mistake

when I tried to tell you about Skipper.

That's my fatal error.

- I never should...

- Shut up about Skipper!

I mean it! Shut up!

The laws of silence won't work about that!

Not about Skipper and us.

It's like locking the door on a fire

to forget the house is burning.

Hey, everybody!

But not looking at a fire doesn't put it out.

This time I'm going to finish.

That night in the hotel room, Skipper...

I don't want to hear about it!

Why won't you face the truth, just once...

...about Skipper, about me, about yourself?

Are you bringing that party up here or not?

Kit and caboodle, son.

That won't do any good.

I'm going to say this...

...and I don't care if it's in front of them.

Do you want to be hit with this crutch?

Are you still blaming me

for Skipper's death?

I could kill you with this crutch.

Good Lord! Do you think I'd care?

Skipper and I had a friendship.

Why won't you let it alone?

- It's got to be told!

- I don't want to hear it!

It's got to be told

and you never let me tell it. I love you...

...and that's worth fighting for.

Not Skipper!

Skipper was no good!

Maybe I'm no good.

Nobody's good.

But Skipper is dead!

And I'm alive!

Maggie the cat is alive!

I'm alive!

Why are you afraid of the truth?

Truth?

Little girl, somebody ought to teach you...

...to knock before you open a door.

Otherwise, people might think

you're lacking in good breeding.

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