:08:00
I'm sorry I never fixed
the screen door.
:08:02
I fixed it now.
:08:04
I'm sorry I ever fought with you.
:08:08
I'm sorry I didn't apoIogize more.
:08:11
I was too proud.
:08:12
I'm sorry I didn't
bring you more compIiments. . .
:08:15
. . .on everything you wore and
every way you fixed your hair.
:08:18
I'm sorry I didn't hoId on to you
with so much strength. . .
:08:21
. . .that even God
couIdn't puII you away. ''
:08:24
Signed, ''AII my Iove, G. ''
:08:27
That is so sad.
:08:29
It's not that. It's just. . .
:08:32
. . .so honest.
:08:34
This couId be hundreds of years oId.
:08:37
It's typed, AIva.
:08:44
Pretty good.
:08:45
Meaning you wish you'd written it.
:08:47
I'd have e-maiIed her.
:08:49
Anyway, I know what you wish.
:08:51
You wish it had been addressed
''Dear Theresa. ''
:08:54
Come on now, CharIie. . .
:08:57
. . .any girI wouId want
to be Ioved Iike that.
:09:00
To be somebody's ''true north''?
:09:02
Are you kidding?
:09:05
LoneIy women, particuIarIy?
:09:07
Is that how you see me?
:09:09
Did you taIk to anybody on your trip?
TeII any jokes?
:09:13
I had a good time.
:09:14
ReaIIy?
:09:15
Came back a day earIy.
:09:18
I happen to Iike my job.
:09:20
You're in deniaI.
You shouId be writing.
:09:23
You better hope I stick to research.
:09:25
I don't think you can
do your coIumn without me.
:09:27
Ever notice that most peopIe here refer
to me as Mr. Toschi, out of respect?
:09:32
I knew you before
your teeth were capped.
:09:35
I knew you when your step was swift
and your heart was high.
:09:39
AI Giddons, ''Lakefront Winter. ''
Harcourt-Brace, 1 948.
:09:44
Thought I made that up.