The Prisoner of Second Avenue Page #4

All right?

Bang back.

Bang back.

Bang back!

Go on!

-Hi, Helen, any calls for me?|-No, Mr. Edison. No calls.

What's wrong?

-Mr. Brockman was fired this morning.|-Jim Brockman? Jesus.

Mr. Durstan called him into his office|about an hour ago.

Guess you'll be sharing me|with Mr. Durstan now.

Yeah, yeah. Sure.

Yes, Mr. Durstan?

Yes. Right away. Yeah.

Mel?

-Are you all right?|-What?

-What are you doing?|-Just thinking.

-About what?|-Nothing.

That's not possible. lf you're thinking,|it's about something.

-Otherwise, you're just staring.|-l was just thinking.

Why don't we relax this weekend?

Your brother Harry invited us|out to the country.

l'm not going.|Four-hour drive each way.

Another four hours listening|to how big his pool is.

A day away from this|might be wonderful for you.

-Fresh air--|-He'll give me breathing lessons.

Every time l go to the country,|Harry gives me breathing lessons.

l told him we'd come.

Then why ask me? Just say|we're going to Harry's on Sunday...

...to look at his pool|and learn how to breathe.

We're going to Harry's on Sunday to look|at his pool and learn how to breathe.

Christ, l forgot about those dogs.|They're killers.

Oh, they're not.|They're sweet like their own kids.

l'm afraid of their kids too.

-Hello.|-Here they are.

-Hello! Hello!|-Welcome to the country, city folks.

-Hello. Hello.|-How are you?

-Harry. Harry!|-Hello, Harry.

Oh, Harry!

Be careful.|There's some poison ivy around here.

-Why are we walking here?|-Because it's beautiful.

This is all my property we're walking on.|These are my bushes, my trees, my earth.

-These your mosquitoes?|-Gnats. They're not mosquitoes.

-Gnats?|-We don't have mosquitoes.

l'm glad they're just gnats.|They don't bother you, huh?

They don't bother me,|l don't bother them.

-They bother people from the city.|-ls that poison ivy?

-Where?|-Right there.

No, no, no. That's weeds.|That's just weeds.

Where you're standing is poison ivy.

Organic. This is all organic.

You don't get organic vegetables|in the city, do you?

l don't know what it is. l boil it, we eat it,|l throw the paper away and we feel rotten.

Well, of course.|l'm gonna teach you to grow vegetables.

You can do it on your terrace.

Now, first thing you have to learn...

...is to get yourself into the soil.

Come on, now.|Just get right into the soil.

lt's wonderful.

-Feel like a little swim, Mel, huh?|-Maybe later.

Maybe later, a little swim.|How big you think that pool is, Mel?

-Go on. Take a guess.|-You told me last time.

lt's 40 by 1 5.

Fifty by 1 5. l had it enlarged.

l could get 1 60 people in there.

You really want to, Harry?

You're upset about something.

You look pale, Mel, tired. You should have|come out here weeks ago.

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