:08:04
It might do some good
if you had another talk with Jim.
:08:06
I certainly intend to.
:08:08
Parker's given him a job anyone in town
would grab, and what does he do?
:08:13
Checks in day after day late from lunch.
:08:16
Loitering around that new bridge
for no reason at all.
:08:20
He'll come out of it...
:08:23
but it worries me, too.
:08:26
Is that you, Jim?
:08:28
It's me, Mom.
:08:29
Maybe you could speak to him now.
:08:37
- Hello, Clint.
- You're quite a stranger here.
:08:40
- Had your supper?
- No, I'm not hungry.
:08:42
- But you should have a bite of something.
- I can't, Mom. I don't feel like it.
:08:46
Well, anyway, sit down.
I want to talk to you.
:08:55
Jim, Mr. Parker's very disappointed in you.
:08:59
You haven't shown him anything.
:09:01
You know your duty is to your job.
:09:04
I know it, but I just can't help it.
:09:06
Maybe you're not well, dear.
:09:07
It isn't that, Mom. I'm all right.
:09:10
I try my best when I get there,
but I just can't concentrate.
:09:14
It's not the kind of work I want to do.
:09:16
I said so when I came home.
It's too monotonous.
:09:18
But you don't seem to realize...
:09:20
That's it, realize. No one seems to realize
that I have changed. I'm different now.
:09:24
I've been through hell.
:09:27
Folks here are concerned with my uniform,
how I dance.
:09:30
I'm out of step with everybody.
:09:32
All this while I was hoping to come home
and start a new life, to be free...
:09:37
and again I find myself under orders.
:09:39
A drab routine, cramped, mechanical.
Even worse than the Army.
:09:42
And you, all of you trying your darnedest
to map out my future...
:09:46
to harness me and lead me around
to do what you think is best for me.
:09:51
It doesn't occur to you that I've grown...
:09:53
that I've learned life is more important
than a medal on my chest...
:09:56
or a stupid, insignificant job.
:09:58
- Appreciation. Why, you've...
- Clint.