Evening Page #4

That's very impressive.

Only to Buddy.

Harris, would you consider dancing

with the bride-to-be?

My pleasure.

Ann, Buddy, come on. Let's dance.

I think I'm gonna sit this one out.

Harris served in Korea,

and came back here to practice medicine

in this dying little mill town

where he grew up.

He's like a goddamn knight or something.

He's Lila's only love.

She is about to wreck her goddamn life.

That's enough.

It never seems like enough.

It's enough, trust me.

She keeps talking

about somebody named Harris.

He might have been the love of her life

or might just be a fantasy.

Now, at the very end,

that's who she's talking about.

Nina.

Mmm-hmm?

You seem to be...

Okay.

The love of my life.

I don't know why, you're a mess, but I...

I seem to love you.

Luc, that's so sweet.

Sweet?

I didn't mean it like that.

I love you, too.

I just...

I still need some more time.

Nina, I...

I can't do this much longer.

You know, I can't be

hanging around your mother's deathbed,

wondering if I should even be here or not.

There's something I have to tell you.

I have to tell you, this may be it.

I mean, this may be just me,

all unsure and confused

and messed up.

So if you're hanging in,

waiting for me to metamorphose

into the woman you want,

I've got to tell you,

you might be waiting a long, long time.

Lila, is that you?

I'm fine, Ann.

Open the door, okay?

Honey, what is it?

Nothing. It's nothing.

It can't be nothing.

Just jitters.

Lila, are you sure

you want to go through with this?

So Carl announces, quite proudly

that when he grows up,

he's not going to marry Mum after all.

He's going to marry Jean Harlow.

Well, he's done a lot better

than Jean Harlow, in my humble opinion.

Welcome to the family, Lila.

Thank you.

I hope you know

what you're getting yourself into.

Hear, hear, hear.

Well, I am the very proud father of...

Hey, Sis! Hey, Sis!

You know what you've got, Sis?

You have got a talent for love.

You're like a love genius.

And there's too many statues of generals

and politicians,

and there's not enough statues

of someone like you.

You know.

But in this world, in this world

there's so much of what looks like love,

and sounds like love, and it calls itself love

but it isn't.

It's just people saying and doing

what they think

that they ought to say and do.

And you...

You're the greatest.

You're the greatest.

So here's to love.

And here's to you.

Buddy, how about we put you to bed?

Party's not over is it?

Come on, son.

We were just gonna go

for a little walk, weren't we?

Buddy and me.

A walk would be just exhilarating

right about now.

Excuse me, sir.

...Lila listens to reason.

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