Splendor in the Grass Page #5

...then you come home telling me

you want to marry some little girl!.

It's what I want that counts.

Son, a boy your age doesn't even know

what he wants.

After you've had a college education,

you might change your mind.

A college education

will take me four years.

- Trust me.

- I do trust you, but-

- Trust me this time, Son.

- I trust you, Dad.

I do trust you, but four years-

Listen to me now.

But, Dad...

Son, all I'm asking you to do is

to finish Yale.

Then if you still want to marry her,

return and marry her with my blessing.

I'll send you both off to Europe

for a honeymoon.

Bud, please wait, Son.

I just don't know if I can, Dad.

I feel like I'm going nuts sometimes.

I understand, Son.

Your old man understands, Son.

What you need for the time being is...

...a different kind of girl.

When I was a boy, Son,

there was always two kinds of girls.

Us boys, we'd never even mention them

in the same breath...

...but every now and then one of us boys

would sneak off with a girl...

...and we'd get a little steam

out of our system.

No girl looks good to me except Deanie.

I know, Son.

I know.

I love her, Dad.

I know, Son, I know.

See, I don't want to do that.

Okay, I'll go to Yale.

But I want to tell you now,

I'll marry her as soon as I get out.

That's a promise.

- I want you to remember that.

- It's a promise.

It's a promise, Son. I'll send you both

off to Europe on a honeymoon.

- That's a promise.

- Okay.

Bud, I'll wait for you.

I'll wait for you forever.

I'll do anything you want, Bud.

Yes, it's a time of great prosperity

for us all, and we must give thanks.

But let us not forget Christ's warning

to the multitude.

"Lay not up treasures for yourselves

on earth...

"... where moth and rust doth corrupt...

"... and where thieves break through

and steal:

"But lay up for yourselves treasures

in heaven...

"... where neither moth nor rust

doth corrupt...

"... and where thieves do not

break through and steal:

"For where your treasure is,

there will your heart be also. "

Fine sermon. Fine sermon.

Let us pray.

Take my advice, Del.

Hang onto those stocks of yours.

This comedian said,

"You ain't seen nothing yet. "

We're hanging on.

Fine sermon, Reverend, fine sermon.

Wonderful passage.

Don't light a cigarette

in front of all these church people!

Do you want me to be a hypocrite?

Who would've thought that one day

our kids would be, well, engaged sort of?

I'm mighty proud

of my son's choice, Frieda.

I'm mighty proud of your boy, too.

Excuse us, honey.

I'll see you at dinner tonight. Don't forget.

Dad, I'm no spy.

All I'm asking you to do is keep an eye

on her while I'm in New York.

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