:07:04
What's wasted?
:07:05
Well, this evening. My performance.
:07:08
All my preparations.
:07:10
Oh, Lily, we sent the letter to that agency
in Chicago.
:07:14
That's all we could do.
:07:15
If your mother doesn't come,
don't be too disappointed, will you?
:07:20
Well, what else could I be?
:07:22
If she were here tonight,
my performance would be like
:07:24
Mr Halley's comet
streaking across the autumn sky.
:07:34
If she wouldn't come back for this,
I suppose she'll never come back.
:07:39
Maybe she will, maybe she won't.
Who can figure her?
:07:42
Well, why should she come back?
She was smart to get out.
:07:45
Maybe she was smart,
maybe she wasn't at all.
:07:49
And I'm just like her.
I won't stay put here either.
:07:53
"Either".
:07:55
Who could endure
this silly town with all the silly little people?
:07:58
Thank you!
:08:00
- Not you, Lena, you understand me.
Lily, are you coming?
:08:04
Ill be there in a minute, I told you.
:08:08
They're not going to bury me
in this provincial burg.
:08:11
Someday, somehow, Lily Murdoch
is going to give her talent to the world.
:08:16
Miss Harper told Daddy I was
the best drama student at Riverdale High.
:08:31
Come in.
:08:33
- Oh, I'm sorry.
- Come in, I'm all through with Henry.
:08:36
If I know Colonel Underwood,
he's just beginning with me.
:08:38
Just so you don't start teaching that
progressive nonsense
:08:41
they're spouting in Washington.
:08:43
See? A principal gets his knuckles rapped
for being too progressive
:08:46
or he gets criticised for
not being modern enough.
:08:48
I hope the other councilmen
don't give me as much trouble as you.
:08:51
You just satisfy me, Henry, you'll find being
superintendent of schools no trouble.
:08:55
Happy to recommend you.
You've done a fine job.
:08:58
- Thank you.
- Goodbye, Miss Harper.