:03:01
And I walked out on them. My husband, too.
:03:04
1900, it wasn't going to be
a Happy New Year for me,
:03:06
it was going to be a happy new century.
:03:08
Not much to be proud of, is it?
:03:10
And you haven't seen them
in all these years?
:03:12
I had a reason. Lots of reasons.
:03:14
You should have seen me trying to be
a wife of a schoolteacher
:03:17
back there in the great big town
of Riverdale, Wisconsin.
:03:20
I don't think the town approved of me.
After a while, he didn't either.
:03:24
He always said
I'd wind up disgracing him and the kids.
:03:27
- I guess, maybe I did.
- Another man?
:03:30
I pulled out before
there was a scandal that would have...
:03:33
I guess I did the right thing.
:03:36
There's somebody back there
who lets me know how they're doing.
:03:39
She says they're doing just fine.
:03:41
Sure be fun to go up there
and see how they all look.
:03:43
The catch is they'd see me,
the great big star.
:03:47
I'm supposed to be in Europe
doing Shakespeare.
:03:50
- Is that so?
- That's my story and I'm stuck with it.
:03:53
- It'll be great going back. You gotta, Naomi.
- Oh, Belle.
:03:56
The kid's counting on it.
They don't have to know how you're doing.
:04:00
Let your hair go back to natural.
Act real classy.
:04:02
Why, you'd be their idea
of a perfect lady and a big star.
:04:06
- I've done it on the stage.
- Do you need a few bucks?
:04:08
No, I've got enough for a quick trip,
what I saved to see me through the summer.
:04:13
I could get a couple of outfits and...
:04:15
Oh, sure, what do I need
with a bank account?
:04:18
Something will turn up before August.
Something always does.
:04:21
- Belle, it would be fun.
- Yeah.
:04:23
Oh, I never thought I'd see that town
of Riverdale, Wisconsin again.
:04:28
What a burn. What a burn.
:04:31
I'll bet it isn't changed a bit.
Population must still be under 5,000.
:04:36
Not a new building on the town square
since I left
:04:39
and where a buggy ride in the country
is a big thrill.
:04:42
The same solid white frame houses
in the residential district,
:04:45
the feel of the wind in the dusty streets.
:04:47
The lawns the husbands were so proud of.
And those carriage steps. Golly!
:04:52
I wonder if the old granite one
in front of the house is still there
:04:56
with "Murdoch" chiselled in it.