Ivбn, I know your wife dumped you and l'm all alone, so, what the hell, huh? This is Alice Detroit. Bye. If I were you, l'd spend 50 minutes dressing and a minute and 12 seconds... ...sprinting to the corner of 7th Avenue and West 4th Street. Taxi. There weren't a whole lot of Armenians in Bridgeport. I mean, not what you'd call a huge Armenian community. I actually wasn't an Armenian till I was 7. - What? You weren't Armenian till 7? - Till 7. You weren't born Armenian? You converted to it? Yeah, sort of. I was an orphan. I was adopted. Really? I was what they call an abandoned child. I was found in an apple crate... ...on the steps of a police station in West Bridgeport. What'd your daddy do? - He was in the apple crate business. - No, no. - That's a joke, right? - Yeah. He taught fifth grade. - Really? - Yeah. Were you in his class? - No. - No? I don't think l've ever known an Armenian. I mean, besides you. How do you know if someone's Armenian? Well, you can always tell an Armenian... ...because his last name rhymes with the word Armenian. Armenian! See that? A game can go on too long, you know. - You wanna go up? - I could, I suppose. I think we should. Yeah. You planning to do it with me? I have hope in that direction, yes. Quickie, or are you spending the night? Lady's choice. Up here with me? My hunch is it's a quickie. You're sensational, Alice. Can I help you? We're just going up to her house for a quickie. I beg your pardon? - You said you lived here. - No. - Yes, you did. - No, I didn't. - She didn't say she lived here? - She doesn't live here. See? I never said I did and I don't. Listen, he's really insistent. Would you maybe just let us use somebody's place for 10, 20 minutes? Are you kidding me? - Where do you live? - 10485th. - Give me the key. - What about me? I don't know. I'm very anxious. Whoa! I guess everybody figures: New York playwright, sleeps all over the place, right? - Right. It isn't true? - It's true, it's true, of course. It's just that I never feel at ease, Alice. I always feel l'm cheating on my wife. - Even now. - Really? She lives with Larry. How can you feel it's cheating? I felt that way before I was married. I mean, l'm never at ease. Are you at ease? - In sexual relationships? - Don't tell me. I don't wanna hear it. Oh, I don't know. I don't know. I feel as though every woman I sleep with over 10 times... ...I have to marry. - I know about that one. I mean, that's a problem. - What do you do? Leave the woman? - I marry them. You... Really? I went over 10 with Estelle, Gloria... Otherwise, nine. That's my limit. Ivбn, this is only once for us. Double or nothing? - What's the occasion? - Oh, l've gotta go to a charity ball. Get my picture taken in front of Roseland among the beautiful people. What I will do to sell tickets for my play. What do you think? Lggy? Depends. If you're singing with a big band and it's real late, say 2 a.m., it's fine. Perfect. Yeah, that's funny, lg. Thank you. Are you gonna marry this actress you're sleeping with? This Alice Detroit? Are you gonna marry her or what? If I wasn't a major, major playwright, l'd be a professional ballroom dancer. There wasn't an orphan in all Connecticut could out-dance me. - I haven't done this in 10 years. - Ballroom dancer. Well, you know what? If we lived together, we could dance like this every night. - Live together? - Yeah, live together. - You mean, like, together? - Together. - Same house kind of thing. - My place. I have a huge sublet. Listen, we don't have to make a big commitment. We could just try it. I got kids at home, Alice. You just don't try out living with kids at home. I have strong, strong feelings for you. You know that. We've slept together many, many times, way over 10... ...which is a significant thing. - I've got it! I could move into your place. Alice. Alice, ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Джо на английском - текст Судьба человека на английском - текст Искушение Б. на английском - текст Eorin shinbu на английском - текст Человек-Амфибия на английском |