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(KNIFE CHOPPING)

(KNIFE SHARPENING)

CHARLES:

Too cold down there?

No.

(CHOPPING)

EVELYN:
Ahem. You know, there was a time

Richard used to cook meals

like this. Ahem.

Wasn't there, India?

Oh. I'm sorry, of course.

That was before you were born.

Where did you learn

to cook like this, Charlie?

Madame Jacquin.

She ran a Michelin-starred

restaurant

outside of Toulouse

called "L'Institution."

Hmm. A female chef.

Mm. In her opinion, there was

nothing a man could master

that a woman couldn't make.

What do you mean?

It sounds better in French.

Did I tell you on the way home?

Your French accent is perfect.

One of the perks

of a first-class education.

I could stay locked up in this

house for the rest of my life

yet still speak

impeccable French.

CHARLES:
I know you're not

gonna spend the rest of your life

locked up in this house.

How do you spend your days?

I want to know

my brother's wife.

Oh, I don't know

where to start. Heh-heh.

Charlie, you didn't even

touch your food.

Did you put poison

in the food just for us girls?

(CHUCKLING)

But India ate everything.

Practically licked it clean.

(INDIA DROPS UTENSILS)

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Now, can I get you

anything else?

Maybe some ice cream?

No.

"No, thank you."

I mean, no, thank you.

Would you like to play something

for us after dinner?

I don't think so.

Would you?

India.

I mean, no, thank you.

Why didn't you tell me

I had an uncle?

Because I barely knew about

Charlie myself.

I mean, he's been traveling

the world

for as long as I've known

your father.

CHARLES:

You know, he used to say to me:

"What kind of family is family

that never comes home?"

Let's stop talking

about Richard. Excuse me.

I'm sorry.

(DOOR OPENS)

(DOOR CLOSES)

CHARLES:

The year you were born.

What do you want from me?

To be friends.

We don't need to be friends.

We're family.

(CLOCK CHIMING)

FELDMAN:
It takes time

to observe attentively.

Wait for the moment

that our eyes

finally penetrate the inside

of the subject.

Look, Marv,

see that flower?

The way it just hangs there?

My eyes are penetrating

the inside of you.

FELDMAN:
Observe carefully and

you'll note that this plant...

(STUDENTS LAUGHING)

BOY:

Check out Pitts.

FELDMAN:
I want you to really...

Hey.

(BOYS LAUGHING)

(GROWLS)

FELDMAN:

Pitts.

PITTS:
Yes, Mr. Feldman?

(SCHOOL BELL RINGS)

FELDMAN:
Is there something

you'd like to share

with the rest of the class?

PITTS:
Yeah, I've got

something I'd like to share.

With India.

(STUDENTS LAUGHING)

(GIRLS CHATTERING)

GIRL:

He's gorgeous.

(GIRLS CHATTERING)

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GIRL 1:

Hey.

(GIRLS SQUEALING)

GIRL 2:

Come back.

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