He and I are stationed out at Schofield. I didn't think you were a soldier. What do you mean? - Well, l... - I'm a 30-year man, in for the whole ride. I suppose it's different when a fellow makes a career of it. Nothing wrong with a soldier that isn't wrong with everyone else. I like you just the same. I liked you the minute I saw Annette bring you in. You did? It's funny, I came in and stood there and saw you sitting over here. Knock it off, buddy. Put a mute in that thing. I'll play as loud as I want, you little wop! 'Little wop'? Mess with me, fat stuff, I'll bust you up. You must be in a hurry for trouble, wop. - Wait right here for me, will you? - Yeah, sure. I will not have this. - Mussolini's telling me how to play. - Busting my eardrums with his noise! - Let's not be cruel. - Break it up. You'll have to go if you can't behave. Only my friends call me 'wop'! - You know who that guy is? - What do I care? Who is he? Fatso Judson. Sergeant of the Guard at the stockade. Let him alone. I seen him nearly murder a guy once. He likes it. Okay, bullyboy, now you won the war. Let's dance, huh? Yeah, we'll dance. First I got to calm my nerves. Let's go to a phone booth where I'll unveil a fifth of whisky... ...I have hidden here under my loose-flowing sports shirt. Don't get hurt, pal. Your balance has got to be letter-perfect. I thought you were gonna wait? Bill was telling me about surfboarding. Hello, friend. Just sit down and listen. He describes it thrillingly. You know anything about surfboarding? No, nothing. Not a thing. You must be stationed inland. At DeRussey I get lots of chances. Yeah, but we got mountains. - Know anything about mountain climbing? - A little bit. - You a mountain climber? - No. - Know about flying a plane? - I've had a few lessons. I can't fly, either. What do you know about deep sea diving? Bill, shall we move into another room? Sure. The air in here seems to have gotten lousy, hasn't it? - I noticed that. - Listen, fella. Come on, let's go. How's the deep sea diver? That was a terrible way you acted. Maybe I was jealous. You're a funny one. What do you dames want? To tease a man to death? Mrs. Kipfer pays us to be nice to all the boys. They're all alike. Is it so important? It is important. We may seem all alike, we ain't all alike. I'm sorry. Look... Let's go sit up in Mrs. Kipfer's parlour. She lets us use it sometimes for somebody special. I'll go ask her. - Then you're not mad? - No, I'm not mad. Because if you're still mad, I'd just rather we call the whole thing off. You certainly are a funny one. I never knew it could be like this. Nobody ever kissed me the way you do. Nobody? No. Nobody. Not even one? Out of all the men you've been kissed by? Now, that'd take some figuring. How many do you think there have been? I wouldn't know. - Can't you give me a rough estimate? - Not without an adding machine. Do you have your adding machine with you? I forgot to bring it. Then I guess you won't find out, will you? Maybe I already know. What's the matter? What are you hinting at? Why? Is there something to hint at? Maybe there's been a long line of beach parties. You must be crazy. Am I? What about when you and Holmes were back at Fort Bliss? Did you ever hear of a soldier named Stark? Maylon Stark? Why, yes. 'Why, yes.' You knew him, too, didn't you? Didn't you? I had to go and forget you were like all the rest of them. Only it's true, ain't it? Well, ain't it? Why don't you tell me about it? Tell me the story. There's always a story. You don't leave a person anything, do you? Come back here, Sergeant. I'll tell you the story. You can take it back to the barracks with you. I'd only been married to Dana two years when I found out he was cheating. But by that time, I was pregnant. I thought I had something to hope for. I was almost happy the night the pains began. ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Дом на Трубной на английском - текст ДМБ на английском - текст Код апокалипсиса на английском - текст Остаться в живых (Затерянные) - Сезон 1 на английском - текст Крулл на английском |