Dancer In the Dark Page #3

if I told youa secret?

What secretcould you tell me?

I'm going blind.

Not yet, but...

Soon.

Maybe sometimethis year.

Blind...

It's not as badas it sounds.

It's, uh...

It's a family thing.

But, blind?

I've always known it.

From... when I wasa little girl,

I knew.

And you're okay?

Well, I came to America

because in America,

they can give Genean operation.

You know?

Gene?

He doesn't knowabout it.

You... youmustn't tell him,

because thenit could get worse.

I just have to save upmoney, you know,

enough money to...

Oh, I almost got it.

To, uh...

For the operation.

They can operate on Genewhen he turns 1 3.

And you made up that storyabout your father?

Huh.

I never had a father.

I made uphis name, too.

And that's why youput in all these hours

and do all these pinsand do everything you do.

For him.

For his operation.

Well, it is my fault.

I guess...

How is it your fault?

Because l...I knew he would...

he would havebad eyes like me.

But I had him...

all the same.

You're very strong.

I'm not strong.

I've gotlittle games I play

when it goes really hard.

When I'm workingin the factory...

and the machines,they make these...

rhythms...

And I just start dreaming,

and it all becomes music.

But you like movies,don't you?

- I love the movies.- Yeah?

I just lovethe musicals.

Oh, when they'reall tap dancing?

All of themtap dancing,

all of them, thishuge, long line.

I... wouldn't youlike to be

in that big,long line?

Yeah.

Kicking your feetup there?

Yeah.

When they're,like, spiraling up

the huge,enormous wedding cakes

to the top?

Yeah.

But isn't that annoying

when they do the last songin the films, though?

Why?

Because you just knowwhen it goes really big,

and the camera goes,like, out of the roof,

and you just knowit's gonna end.

I hate that.

I really hate that.

I used to cheat on thatwhen I was a little girl

back in Czechoslovakia.

I would leave the cinema

just afterthe next to last song,

and the film wouldjust go on forever.

It's lovely, isn't it?

That is lovely.

Selma...

Yeah?

Thank you fortelling me your secret.

Thanks fortelling me yours.

Mum's the word, right?

"Mum"?

We don't tell anybody?

Oh, yes.

I won't tellanyone.

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

Oh, thank you.

So, can I get youanother?

Yeah, sure.

How about a big one?

How many is therein a big one?

I'll have a big one.

What's thisguy's name again?

Who?

The old man,your old man,

the guy we're cardingthese pins for.

Her father?

I know.Oldrich.

Right?

Yeah.

Oldrich Novy.

He used to dancein Prague.

You commiesmake a big deal

out of sharingeverything.

Yeah.

It's--It'sa good thing.

What are you doinghere if, uh...

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