1:07:02
YOU'RE NOT LIVING,
YOU'RE JUST KILLING TIME !
1:07:05
WELL, I THINK
IT'S TIME TO GO.
YES, I--
1:07:08
THANK YOU.
IT WAS A LOVELY
AFTERNOON.
1:07:10
REALLY FUN.
YES.
[ Montag ]
SIT DOWN !
1:07:12
- COME ON, SIT DOWN.
IT'LL ONLY TAKE A MINUTE.
- WHATEVER IS THAT ?
1:07:15
DARLING.
IT'S NOT A BOOK ?
1:07:18
THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
IT'S A NOVEL.
1:07:20
OH, IT'S A BOOK !
OH, YOU MUSTN'T !
IT'S AGAINST THE LAW !
1:07:22
- QUIET. SIT DOWN AND LISTEN.
- SINCE MONTAG REALLY INSISTS.
1:07:26
BUT WHEN HE'S THROUGH,
I HOPE WE CAN DO AS WE PLEASE.
1:07:32
[ Montag Reading ]
"THERE CAN BE NO DISPARITY
IN MARRIAGE...
1:07:34
"LIKE UNSUITABILITY
OF MIND AND PURPOSE.
1:07:37
"I HAD ENDEAVORED
TO ADAPT DORA TO MYSELF
AND FOUND IT IMPRACTICABLE.
1:07:41
"IT REMAINED FOR ME TO ADAPT
MYSELF TO DORA, TO SHARE WITH
HER WHAT I COULD AND BE HAPPY.
1:07:45
"IT MADE MY SECOND YEAR
MUCH HAPPIER THAN MY FIRST,
1:07:48
"AND, WHAT WAS BETTER STILL,
MADE DORA'S LIFE ALL SUNSHINE.
1:07:52
"BUT AS THAT YEAR WORE ON,
DORA WAS NOT STRONG.
1:07:55
"I HAD HOPED THAT LIGHTER HANDS
THAN MINE WOULD HELP
TO MOLD HER CHARACTER...
1:08:00
"AND THAT A BABY'S SMILE
UPON HER BREAST MIGHT CHANGE
MY CHILD-WIFE TO A WOMAN.
1:08:04
"IT WAS NOT TO BE.
MY PRETTY DORA.
1:08:07
"WE THOUGHT SHE WOULD BE
RUNNING ABOUT AS SHE USED
TO DO IN A FEW DAYS.
1:08:10
"BUT THEY SAID WAIT
A FEW DAYS MORE, AND THEN
WAIT A FEW DAYS MORE,
1:08:14
"AND STILL SHE NEITHER
RAN NOR WALKED.
1:08:16
"I BEGAN TO CARRY HER
DOWNSTAIRS EVERY MORNING
AND UPSTAIRS EVERY NIGHT.
1:08:19
"BUT SOMETIMES WHEN
I TOOK HER UP, I FELT THAT
SHE WAS LIGHTER IN MY ARMS.
1:08:24
"A DEAD, BLANK FEELING
CAME UPON ME,
1:08:26
"AS IF I WERE APPROACHING
SOME FROZEN REGION...
1:08:29
"YET UNSEEN
THAT NUMBED MY LIFE.
1:08:33
"I AVOIDED DIRECT RECOGNITION
OF THIS FEELING BY ANY NAME,
OVER ANY COMMUNING WITH MYSELF.
1:08:37
"UNTIL ONE NIGHT WHEN IT WAS
VERY STRONG UPON ME...
[ Doris Crying ]
1:08:41
"AND MY AUNT HAD LEFT HER
WITH HER PARTING CRY,
1:08:43
"'OH, GOOD-BYE,
LITTLE BLOSSOM.'
1:08:45
[ Crying Continues ]
"I SAT DOWN AT MY DESK,
ALONE, AND TRIED TO THINK.
1:08:51
"OH, WHAT A FATAL NAME
IT WAS.
[ Continues Crying ]
1:08:54
"AND HOW THE BLOSSOM...
1:08:55
WITHERED IN ITS BLOOM
UP IN THE TREE."