:55:00
- At least there you could work.
- I stayed around awhile.
:55:04
Everything seemed OK at first.
I was busy, Tess picked up her old life.
:55:08
Got a fella. A guy who's been in love
with her since kids, probably get married.
:55:13
- Is that what bugged ya?
- I was for it in my head...
:55:17
- But it bugged ya, huh?
- Well...
:55:20
I kept bumping into them.
:55:23
Gittel, when you've been married
to somebody for 12 years,
:55:27
lived together for 12 years,
you don't just break up.
:55:30
You can't just forget it like it was...
Well, anyway, I cut out. Ran.
:55:37
Stop running,
it's the Atlantic Ocean already.
:55:39
- I'm not running any more.
- Don't you see?
:55:42
If you can't talk to her, you're running.
:55:48
Just ask me. Don't try to help me.
Ask me to and maybe I will,
:55:54
- if it's so important to you.
- To you!
:55:56
I don't want to. Do you? Yes or no?
:55:59
- No.
- Take the Bar exam?
:56:01
- No!
- What do you want of me?
:56:04
Not a damn thing!
:56:08
Stop that. You know smoking's bad
for your stomach.
:56:11
I'll keep track of my stomach. We've been
together almost 30 years, we get by.
:56:16
But you don't get by.
You just tell lies to yourself.
:56:25
Sure, you get by all right.
Day-to-day, job-to-job, man-to-man,
:56:30
but nothing ever sticks.
They all take off for Tallahassee.
:56:34
- Did you pay his train fare?
- He was broke.
:56:38
My God, she did!
:56:41
You pay the freight and every bum
crawls aboard for the free ride.
:56:45
You never know why the ride's over,
do you? I'll tell you why.
:56:50
When a man offers you a hand,
you put a donation in it.
:56:53
You might as well spit in it.
They just use you and walk away.
:56:57
It's not a joke any more, you're not
a kid any more. You're all alone.