The Best Years of Our Lives Page #18

What do they say it is?

"Haunting, provocative, languorous."

Oh, yes, I'm sure it's all of those.

(wind-up toy whirring)

Dexter!

- Don't play with those toys, bud.

- My name ain't Bud!

- Dexter, stop that.

- I just wanted to see how it worked.

Sorry.

You heard what Mommy said.

Ooh, Seduction. How much is that?

This is... It's quite expensive.

It's 16.50. But it's a nice size.

You see what I mean?

- But it's a good, safe bet.

- Just what do you mean by that?

Well, I mean it's...

it's a perfume that fits any mood.

Oh!

- All right, I'll take it.

- Very good, madam.

Mommy! Mommy, look!

Bang, bang, bang, bang!

I shot it down! I shot it down in flames!

I'm very sorry... Oh, hello.

Hello.

Thank you very much.

I'll be with you in just a moment, madam.

Will you take this, please?

This lady will have your package

in a moment.

- Thank you very much. Come in again.

- Thank you.

- You were wonderful.

- I wanted to smack him.

It's against the rules to chat,

unless it's a sale.

Oh. All right, I'll buy something.

- What's this?

- Youth Recaptured, a complexion cream.

But you don't need

any of that phoney stuff.

That's vanishing cream.

This is a vanishing-cream remover.

I'll tell you how you can save money. If

you don't put that on, you don't need this.

How about some lotion?

Here's one at $2.98.

And you'd be overcharged

at half the price.

I didn't really come in to buy anything.

Dad told me you were working here.

I just dropped in to say hello.

Just a minute. I have...

I have an hour off at one o'clock.

Are you doing anything for lunch?

- Why, no.

- Thank you, madam.

I'll meet you outside in 20 minutes.

Come in again.

Thank you.

- The apple pie, she's homemade.

- Good.

Thank you.

It is a nice little place.

I never heard of it before.

I used to come here now and then

in the old days, before the war.

I used to think of this place

when I was overseas.

I thought "When I get back home I'm

never gonna eat in a dump like Lucia's."

What else did you think you wouldn't do?

I never had any clear ideas,

but there were two things I was sure of.

One, that I knew I'd never

go back to that drugstore.

What was the other thing?

That was even sillier.

I dreamed I was gonna have

my own home.

Just a nice little house for my wife

and me out in the country...

In the suburbs, anyway.

That's the cockeyed kind of dream

you have when you're overseas.

You don't have to be overseas

to have dreams like that.

Yeah. You can get crazy ideas

right here at home.

- You have to be back at work at two?

- Yeah.

Well, hadn't you better...?

- Yeah. Check, please.

- 85c apiece for lunch, plus tax, is $1.76.

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