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I'm waiting!

If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times...

not to make me wait in the car.

If you weren't going to camp, I would ground you.

Louise:

Mr. Humble!

These damn stairs gonna be the death of me...

Mr. Humble!

Mr. Humble!

Mr. Humble?

I have something for you.

Humbert:

Oh, yes.

Louise:

I'm leaving, but... I'll be back later.

What the hell you doin' in there?

Charlotte:

"This is a confession. I love you.

I'm a passionate and lonely woman, and you are the love of my life.

Now you know, so please destroy this letter and go.

I shall return by dinner time and you must be gone by then."

"You see, cherie, if I found you at home...

the fact of your remaining would mean only one thing...

that you want me as much as I do you...

as a lifelong mate.

And that you are ready to link up your life with mine forever and ever...

and be a father to my little girl."

Humbert:

Two weeks later we were married in a simple ceremony.

Big Haze made sure Little Haze was not in attendance.

Charlotte:

Mmm, this is bliss. This is heaven on earth, isn't it, Hum?

Humbert:

Hmm.

Charlotte:

Are you working on your book?

Humbert:

Yes.

Charlotte:

Secret drawer... what's in there?

Humbert:

Locked-up love letters.

Charlotte:

Where's the key?

Humbert:

Hidden.

During the six weeks we'd been married...

I successfully avoided most of my husbandly duties.

Through July I'd been offering Charlotte sleeping tablets...

which she gobbled down happily; she was a great taker of pills.

Radio:

"I'm in the mood for love..."

Humbert:

The last dose I had tried had knocked her out for four hours.

But that is not enough to guarantee me an undisturbed night.

Doctor:

Hum...

Humbert:

At last.

I think I must be immune.

What would you give me if you wanted to...

to knock out... say... a cow?

Just, just for... seven or eight hours.

So that...

you know, "the cow"...

would stay asleep?

Even if you were tossing and turning next to it?

Doctor:

Well...

why don't you... try these?

They're new.

My wife takes them, and...

I don't hear a peep out of her all night long.

Humbert:

Sounds like just the thing.

I'm home.

Hello?

Hello?

Hello.

Charlotte:

"The Haze woman."

"The fat cow"?

"The obnoxious Mama"?

Well, the "old, stupid Haze woman" is no longer your dupe.

Humbert:

Charlotte...

Charlotte:

You're a monster.

You're a despicable, criminal monster.

Humbert:

Now...

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