:22:00
only I wanted it worse now,
to get rid of the sour taste of her iced tea...
:22:04
and everything that went with it.
:22:06
I didn't want to go back to the office...
:22:08
so I dropped by a bowling alley
at Third and Western and rolled a few lines
:22:12
to get my mind thinking about
something else for a while.
:22:16
I didn't feel like eating dinner
when I left, and I didn't feel like a show
:22:20
so I drove home, put the car away
and went up to my apartment.
:22:25
It had begun to rain outside and I watched it
get dark and didn't even turn on the light.
:22:30
That didn't help me either.
:22:32
I was all twisted up inside,
and I was still holding on to that red-hot poker.
:22:37
And right then it came over me
that I hadn't walked out on anything at all,
:22:41
that the hook was too strong,
that this wasn't the end between her and me.
:22:46
It was only the beginning.
:22:48
So at eight o'clock the bell would ring...
:22:50
and I would know
who it was without even having to think...
:22:53
as if it was the most natural thing
in the world.
:23:00
- Hello. You forgot your hat this afternoon.
- Did I?
:23:05
- Don't you want me to bring it in?
- Sure.
:23:09
Put it on the chair.
:23:20
- How did you know where I live?
- It's in the phone book.
:23:24
- It's raining.
- Yeah.
:23:26
Peel off your coat and sit down.
:23:32
Your husband out?
:23:32
Yes, Long Beach.
They're spudding in a new well.
:23:35
He phoned he'd be late. About 9:30.
:23:38
- It's about time you said you're glad to see me.
- I knew you wouldn't leave it like that.
:23:42
- Like what?
- Like it was this afternoon.
:23:45
I must have said something that
gave you a terribly wrong impression.
:23:48
You must never think anything
like that about me, Walter.
:23:51
- Okay.
- It's not okay.
Not if you don't believe me.
:23:54
- What do you want me to do?
- I want you to be nice to me.
:23:59
- Like the first time you came to the house.
- It can't be like the first time.