:59:03
Sort of a long-distance love,
wasn't it, Mother?
:59:08
Fanny, I never wanted you to leave me.
:59:11
It was just that...
:59:13
Well, just that you
loved your father so much.
:59:16
And it was just that my father
loved me so much.
:59:24
Oh, I know you had
a difficult choice to make.
:59:27
You couldn't be both
a beauty and a mother.
:59:40
Oh, Mother, I used to worry
about my looks too...
:59:43
...when I was 13 and all arms and legs.
:59:46
I used to hate
that brace I had on my teeth.
:59:49
But Father would always comfort me.
:59:51
"A woman is beautiful
only when she's loved," he'd say.
:59:56
Yes, he said that to me once too.
:59:59
So you see, Mother, you mustn't blame
your illness for no longer being beautiful.
1:00:04
You haven't really been beautiful
since the day you sent Father away.
1:00:08
Because since that day there's been
no man who's really loved you.
1:00:12
Don't you see if they had,
it wouldn't matter to them now?
1:00:27
Goodbye, Mother.
1:00:34
Fanny, darling.
1:00:36
Do you suppose it's too late for me
to be a real mother to you now?
1:00:41
It would have to be
a long-distance love again.
1:00:46
I'm willing to try.
1:00:48
It wouldn't work out, Mother.
1:00:50
We're leaving for Seattle tonight.
1:00:53
Johnny's opening a branch office there.
1:00:59
Well, I suppose you wish me luck.