:13:09
Aren't you coming in?
:13:11
Not tonight.
:13:31
Did it
hurt? Does it hurt much?
:13:34
No, l'm all right. l'm all right.
Don't worry about me. Eddie!
:13:37
lt is an honor to meet you, sir.
Ah.
:13:39
l want to thank you in advance for this
experience. Ah, well, l hope you find it worthwhile.
:13:44
Ed, this is Doctor Loomis.
Eddie's my new assistant. Hi.
:13:47
Hi.
Yeah. Exeter, '05.
:13:50
l was class of'61.
Good stuff.
:13:52
So, Tuesday, yeah? Right.
See you then. Tuesday, yeah.
:13:55
Nice to meet you, Eddie. Ciao.
:13:58
l've read all your novels and
all your children's books-- 3:30?
:14:00
Yeah, 3:30.
Got it.
:14:04
l've-- l read all your novels
and all your children's books,
:14:07
and my favorite is The
Door in the Floor. Ahh.
:14:09
Well, you're probably one of the few
people on earth who have read all my novels.
:14:15
So, uh, what makes you think
you want to be a writer, Eddie?
:14:18
Oh, l wrote something,
and l brought it with me.
:14:21
l'd be extremely honored if you might read
it, whenever you're not busy, of course.
:14:25
Well, writing is rigorous work.
l keep myself incredibly busy.
:14:30
Yeah. Many of my books contain
500 words or less, so...
:14:35
every word must be examined and
re-examined thoroughly. Okay.
:14:39
You're going to be spending the whole summer
looking for le mot juste, as Flaubert says. Oh.
:14:43
- The right word. The true word.
- Okay. Well,
:14:45
l'm prepared to throw myself in headlong
and do whatever you need me to do.
:14:48
Yeah, because l'm sure there'll be
many different tasks that will come up.
:14:52
Oh, all right.
For example, l need squid.
:14:55
l'm, uh, using squid ink for my new book,
:14:59
and for all my drawings now.