The Swimmer
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:25:00
And you never had a word to say.
:25:03
- l thought plenty, though.
- About what?

:25:06
- Oh, daydreamed.
- What about?

:25:10
- Lots of things.
- What sort of things?

:25:13
- lt's so silly, it was such kid stuff.
- Come on, tell me.

:25:19
l bet you never knew
l had a big crush on you.

:25:23
You did?
:25:25
- l was mad about you, out of my head!
- You were?

:25:30
lf Mrs. Merrill called me to babysit,
even at the last minute...

:25:35
...l'd cancel out whoever l promised
and come to your house instead.

:25:39
You must have lost
a lot of customers.

:25:41
l'd spend an hour getting myself fixed
up. My mother thought l was nuts.

:25:47
l mean, l was just a kid to you,
but you were a god to me.

:25:52
- Now you're putting me on.
- Know what l'd do as the girls slept?

:25:57
l'd go up to your room and open
your closet and touch your suits.

:26:01
Then l'd go into your bathroom and
smell your shaving lotion. One time...

:26:07
- This is a terrible thing to admit.
- Tell me.

:26:10
l stole one of your shirts.
:26:12
Then when l was doing my homework
up in my room, l'd put it on.

:26:17
lt made me feel as if
you were all around me.

:26:20
Julie, l didn't know.
:26:23
And when you'd drive me home
at night, l'd pretend like mad.

:26:27
Pretend what?
What was it you used to pretend?

:26:31
l... After all,
l was just a child in those days.

:26:36
l want to know.
:26:39
That you were desperately
in love with me.

:26:45
You were too honorable to say so,
because you were married.

:26:49
So l had to go to Paris.
You know, put an ocean between us.

:26:54
And no matter how many divine
Frenchmen begged me, l'd never marry.

:26:59
l'd just live there, all pale
and mysterious, huge tragic artist.


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