Kill Your Darlings Page #6

"lest we die unbloomed. "

Al?

That was beautiful, kid.

You wrote that?

You asked me to.

Forget Columbia.

Forget Ogden Nash.

Here's the plan, boys. We

join the merchant marines,

sail the world until the war ends,

then jump ship and make it

to Paris for the liberation.

And you don't speak French.

Jack does.

It'll be us together at the beginning.

It'll be the perfect day.

- Jesus Christ.

- Get your hands in the air.

You have managed to

matriculate and drop out

of Tulane, Bowdoin and

the University of Chicago.

Your attendance record

here is abominable.

You've ignored curfew.

Your papers, when you

bother to turn them in,

exceed the assigned page limit.

Can you explain why you're at Columbia?

- Well, the same reason you are.

- What is that?

Loose Barnard girls.

I know about your difficulties,

about what happened in Chicago.

- You told him?

- He's not the enemy.

You see, the university

acts in loco parentis.

You are our responsibility.

We're trying to find some way

to make this all work for you.

Who said anybody could know

anything about anything?

Lucien, your temper.

Things were going fine

and you're just spreading rumours

to get me kicked out of here.

Allen. What the hell's going on?

Who's she?

Hi. I'm Edith Cohen.

What's she doing here?

I've been divorced for some time.

I'll go wait outside.

This is the kind of childish outburst...

So that's why you locked Mom up.

Get back here immediately.

Lucien. Lucien.

- Lucien!

- Did he put you up to this?

No.

I stole the boat.

And it was tremendous.

Where are you going?

You know me now.

I'm only good at beginnings.

What, you're dropping out?

Best of luck.

Okay-

My father showed up

today with some new woman

and in the middle of all the

"Allen's a screw-up" monologue,

all of a sudden, I

realised I don't care.

I've never not cared.

So, I told them it was my idea

to steal the boat.

Why?

Because I don't want to be

the person they think I am.

I am on academic probation

and I could get kicked out.

You can't leave.

You started something and I have no

idea what I'm supposed to do next.

It's our turn.

Let's show them what we can do.

You in?

You mustn't drink while you're

handling it, and no writing in it.

It comes back exactly as you've got it.

Next.

Once you get the book,

treat it very, very well.

And you don't break the

binding. Now follow me.

All right.

Hey, no telling Edie.

Maybe you can help me with something.

You're checking out all these books.

I'm asking myself, do

you ever get checked out?

Twenty-five seconds.

Masterful.

- Hi.

- Hi.

Damn it. Shift's over.

See you tomorrow.

I'll go.

Hi.

I wondered if you could help me.

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