The Stepford Wives Page #3

Walter?

You all right?

Yeah.

It's awfully late.

Everything go OK at the initiation?

It wasn't an initiation.

This is not a college fraternity.

They just showed me

around the place,

and they asked me if I wanted to join.

And I said, yes, I did.

Good.

Walter, I was worried.

I wake up,

it's the middle of the night.

You're sitting here alone, drinking.

Why are you sitting here?

Why didn't you come to bed?

I'm coming to bed.

Did anybody say something

to upset you?

I'm not upset.

There's nothing to be upset about.

- Everything's fine.

- It's not fine.

I was worried. Walter, I love you,

but you expect me to be a mind reader.

I love you.

I really love you.

Do you...? Do you know that?

I really do. And I know

I've screwed this whole thing up.

- You didn't wanna move here.

- Look...

- I know that, no.

- I'll get over it.

I've already gotten over it.

That's not what I'm talking about.

Do you understand that

I really love you?

Yeah. Yes.

Let's go to bed.

I feel like I'm getting old.

You're not getting old.

I feel like it.

Hi.

- Are you Joanna Eberhart?

- Yes.

The Joanna Eberhart?

Avid shutterbug, ex-Gothamite who

misses the noise of the naked city?

Yes.

Hey, boy, am I glad to see you.

Hi, I'm Bobby. Bobby Markowe.

That's upward mobility for Markowitz.

I'm also an ex-Gothamite, who's been

living here in Ajax country

for just over a month now,

and I'm going crazy.

You see, doctor, my problem is that,

given complete freedom of choice,

I don't wanna squeeze

the goddamn Charmin.

Anyway, I saw your name here.

- I hope you don't think...

- Oh, no.

Yeah, it was fantastic, fantastic.

Here you are. Wait a minute, I think

you got a headline. Wait a minute.

- No.

- You got a headline on this page.

Here she is.

"Eberhart moves to Stepford."

- I wish they'd use one of my...

- "Avid shutterbug."

I knew you were fantastic,

you are.

Have I seen any of your pictures

in magazines? I know I must have.

- I doubt it.

- Right? You're terrific.

I know you are. Eber... I don't know,

but I think I do know you.

- Anyway.

- No, but I'm glad to have a friend.

Me too. How do you do?

Listen, you wanna go

and have something to drink?

- Eat.

- Eat?

- Yeah.

- OK.

- I got all this junk here.

- Got any smokes?

I dropped my best camera on my foot.

Have you really got film

in those things?

Oh, yes.

I'm the very avid shutterbug.

Yeah, listen, I really...

To tell you the truth,

ordinarily, I don't pay

any attention to that newspaper,

- because it's full of it, you know.

- I know.

I saw your name,

and it stood out for some reason.

Whatever made you

choose Stepford?

- Oh, I didn't. Walter did.

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