:42:04
Where's your home?
:42:07
I'm in the army. I'm a major.
:42:12
I've been in the army most of my life.
:42:14
We move a good deal.
:42:19
I was born in New Hampshire.
:42:21
I went to a girls' camp once
on Lake Frances.
:42:25
It's pretty far north.
:42:31
What's your name?
:42:33
Eugénie.
:42:36
- Pardon?
- No kidding. I really mean it.
:42:39
Crazy French pronunciation and all.
:42:43
- It's pretty.
- Well, thank you.
:42:46
I guess your friends call you Jenny.
:42:48
Not yet, they haven't.
For which I am deeply grateful.
:42:51
But you may call me Jenny.
:42:54
What do your friends call you?
:42:57
- Rosie.
- Why?
:43:01
My full name is Eugénie Rose.
:43:07
Of the two names,
I've always favoured Rosie,
:43:09
because it smells of brown soap and beer.
:43:16
Eugénie is somehow more fragile.
:43:22
Still, when I asked you what
your name was, you said it was Eugénie.
:43:28
It's quite possible I was feeling
more or less fragile at that instant.
:43:34
I could never figure out
what that phrase meant, "more or less".
:43:41
- Are you Arabic?
- No.
:43:48
My name is Ben.
:43:50
It's really Bennett.
I was named after Arnold Bennett.
:43:54
The writer?
:43:55
No. A lieutenant colonel. He was my
father's commanding officer at the time.