years of school.
Will you be around for that?
I can't put him
in a private school...
...and take him out again
on every passing whim of yours.
Just tell me this. Do you picture us
getting married sometime?
- When your divorce comes through?
- Muriel...
...marriage is...
I don't know.
You don't, do you?
You don't know what you want.
One minute you like me,
the next you don't.
One minute you're ashamed of me, the next
I'm the best thing to happen to you.
You think you can just
go along like this. No plans.
Maybe tomorrow you'll be here,
maybe you won't.
Maybe you'll just go on back to Sarah.
- All I'm saying is...
- All I'm saying is...
...take care what you promise my son.
Don't go making him promises
you don't intend to keep.
But I just want him to learn
how to subtract.
Shall I dry?
Just tell me this, Macon.
Be honest.
Why can't we get married in the fall?
You'll be separated a year then, Macon.
Hey, Muriel, please,
I'm not ready for this.
I don't think I ever will be.
I don't think marriage
ought to be as common as it is.
I really believe it ought to be
the exception to the rule.
Perfect couples could marry, maybe...
...but who's a perfect couple?
- You and Sarah, I suppose.
- No, no.
You are so selfish.
You are so self-centered!
You have all these fancy reasons
for never doing a single thing I want!
Macon's sister, Rose, is getting married.
You understand that, Alexander?
Now, don't be nervous, honey.
You're it! I'm coming to get you!
- No, you're not!
- You're it!
- Is that right?
- Yes, I did.
- What's this?
- Hey, look! Something for you.
Look out!
Hello, Macon.
- Hello, Sarah.
- Turned out to be a beautiful day.
Yes. Yes.
I worried when it rained last night.
How've you been, Macon?
I've been all right.
How have you been?
Fine.
Well, good.
I know you're living with someone.
Yes, actually.
Yes, I am.
Rose told me when she invited me.
- How about you?
- Me?
- Are you living with anyone?
- Not really.
We're ready now.
Sarah's my matron of honor.
Did I happen to mention that?
No, you didn't.
Let's go.
Welcome, friends.
We are gathered here today
in this lovely garden...
...to join Rose Anne Leary
and Julian Hedge...
...in holy matrimony.
In turbulent, troubling times, a good
marriage can be the one safe place...
...we know we can go.
Once we've been to that place,
known that peace...
...we can never forget it.
I have to be able
to tell you what I want, Macon.
- I have to.
- You can.
But without being afraid
you'll go away.
- I can't be afraid all the time.
- It's all right, I'm not going away.
You are. You're all packed.
I'm going to Canada tomorrow,
remember? It's just my work.
Don't leave me, Macon.
Go to sleep, Muriel.
Sleep.
- Yes.
- Macon?
- Sarah.
- I didn't get you at a bad time, did I?
No. Is anything wrong?
No.
Well, actually...
...my lease runs out
at the end of the month...
...and I haven't found a new apartment.
Yes?
So I was wondering
if it would be all right with you...
...if I moved back into our house,
just as a place to stay for a while.
But...
...the house is a mess. Something
happened to it over the winter.
- Pipes burst, or something...
- Yeah, I know.
I talked to your brothers.
I went over to the house.
- Rose told me she'd been over, and she...
- Rose?
Yeah. She's back at your brothers'.
- She's what?
- She's living there for a while.
Really.
Charles and Porter weren't eating right.
So is Julian living alone now, or what?
Yes. She takes casseroles
over to him at the apartment.
So, what do you think?
- About what?
- About my using the house.
Well, yes. Fine. Of course.
Good. Oh, incidentally...
...the papers came through
from the lawyers, about the divorce.
Yeah, it was kind of a shock,
seeing them in black and white.
Didn't take into account
the feelings of the thing. I...
- I guess I hadn't expected that.
- Yes.
Certainly. That seems
a natural