:18:01
Ended up longer than l thought.
:18:02
Water's warm.
:18:04
You'll want a nice, hot bath. l got this.
:18:06
l spent an hour tracking down
this goddamn radiologist...
:18:08
...just so that he could tell me
he won't go on record.
:18:10
ls that your new story?
:18:15
You say there's hot water?
:18:18
Why don't you go on up
and get yourself fresh?
:18:22
Go on.
:18:23
lt won't bite you.
:18:57
Must be a lot of pressure.
:19:00
All them famous people...
:19:01
...talking to them.
:19:03
l framed the picture.
:19:05
You and Richard Nixon.
:19:06
He was selling a book.
:19:08
l got a scrapbook.
:19:09
Saved all your articles.
:19:11
Drugstore in Jonesport puts them aside
for me.
:19:14
l used to read them to Vera...
:19:17
...when she was clear enough to listen.
:19:19
You've done so well for yourself.
:19:22
ls that what you think?
:19:24
How well l've done?
:19:26
Hell, even Miss Vera Kiss-My-Back-Cheeks
Donovan couldn't help but be impressed.
:19:30
The look on her face the day you wrote
that first picture-on-the-cover story....
:19:33
You would've thought she passed a brick.
:19:37
Maybe you ought to slow down.
:19:38
Believe me, l know my limit.
:19:43
Don't that sound familiar?
:19:48
l'd leave it alone if l were you.
:19:51
l've seen my share of drunks, is all.
:19:53
That's all l'm sayin'.
:19:56
What did he have to be happy about?