: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.
:15:02
There's a, uh--
:15:04
a woman in Montauk,
she's a fishmonger.
:15:07
She collects the squid ink for me.
Should l go today?
:15:10
Ah, you can go tomorrow. You see her
husband over there, don't mention my name.
:15:15
Also, I have to tell you--
because it's a little complicated--
:15:20
you've arrived here during what is
a sad time in a long, happy marriage.
:15:25
Uh, Marion and l, we're separating--
:15:29
temporarily, on a trial basis.
:15:32
And l've, uh--
l've rented a small apartment in town,
:15:35
and every other night one of us
will be spending the night there.
:15:38
Uh, during the day, you'll work there
at the apartment while l'm working here,
:15:43
but you'll sleep here.
:15:47
l know it seems
unnecessarily complicated, but...
:15:50
it's hard to know what's--
what's best for my daughter.
:15:54
Anyway, your bedroom is in the main
house, upstairs, second door on the left.