The Human Stain Page #5

becomes almost too great to bear.

Come on, dance with me.

Come on, dance with me!

- I'm not making a pass at you. Come on.

- No-No-No.

Loosen up. Live a little!

Take it easy. Come on,

loosen up, relax!

Just don't sing in my ear,

all right?

- All right, all right.

- Come on.

This is good.

It's good for you.

Turn around. Beautiful.

Good. A little spin.

Away!

Get away!

Really good. You're really good!

I'm having an affair, Nathan.

I'm having an affair with

a thirty-four year-old woman

and I can't tell you

what it's done to me.

I think I have

a pretty good idea.

When this stuff comes back

so late in life

completely unexpected

completely unwanted

it comes back

with such force

there's nothing

you can do about it.

There's nothing

to dilute it.

And when

she's thirty-four?

And ignitable, Nathan.

Ignitable.

Ever hear of something

called Viagra?

Well, without Viagra

I could continue into

my declining years

and still draw profound

philosophical conclusions

and still have a steadying

moral influence on the young.

Without Viagra

I would not be doing something

that makes no sense at all

something that

is ill-considered

and potentially disastrous

for all concerned.

Just where exactly did you

find this astounding woman?

- We're closing.

- Two minutes, that's all I need.

- I said we're closing.

- Two minutes, I promise.

It's okay. Thank you.

Couldn't wait until tomorrow, huh?

No, it's my sister's birthday.

Good. Thank you.

Hi, Phil.

Are you telling me, Mr. Starr,

you believe the President of

the United States was lying?

You know as a witness

when you take an oath,

it's a sacred obligation

if you are a believer,

that you're going to tell the truth,

and you say, "So help me, God."

I mean, this is

very serious business.

- You got car trouble?

- Every other day.

Can I give you a lift?

- Where can I drop you?

- Uh, Nickerson's.

- That's the dairy farm.

- Yeah.

- You mind if I smoke?

- No. Go ahead.

Yeah, two dykes run it.

They give me a room in exchange

for doing the milking.

So you work at the post office

and the dairy farm?

And the college.

Faunia Farley

custodial staff.

It says so on my name tag.

Like to keep busy, huh?

Action is the enemy of thought.

Who said that?

- Thanks for the lift.

- Okay.

Want to come in?

- You mean now?

- Mm-hm.

I haven't been

this close to a woman for

Since your wife died.

I know.

Listen, um, we should

get something straight.

If you're looking for sympathy,

you've come to the wrong place.

I'm...

I don't do sympathy.

Uh-huh.

Hey...

Whatever.

- Thanks for the ride.

- Okay. Take care.

Oh, God.

- Hi.

- Hi.

It's nothing personal, but,

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