1:03:00
Doesn't Serena look awful here?
She's not exactly photogenic.
1:03:04
There's one of you and Tom.
1:03:09
There it is.
1:03:19
- Maybe Cynthia's right.
- That's impossible.
1:03:22
Her essential view is experience is good,
and she's set out to acquire it.
1:03:26
I've been just the opposite.
Everything's been in my imagination.
1:03:29
All the romance imaginary,
nothing real.
1:03:32
- She's a slut.
- That's what Nick says.
1:03:34
- He proved it.
- That's unfair.
1:03:37
I don't think so.
1:03:41
I'm catching the dawn train upstate
to East Aurora.
1:03:44
My father's place.
1:03:46
It's the first time
they've invited me in years.
1:03:49
I can't help wondering why my stepmother's
suddenly so willing to have me come.
1:03:55
If I should die while there, would you see
that there's a thorough investigation...
1:04:00
even if it looks like an accident
or natural causes?
1:04:03
- Would you promise me that?
- Yes.
1:04:08
Even if I do return alive, I don't think I'll be
attending any more dances after this one.
1:04:13
With everything that's going on, this is
probably the last deb season as we know it.
1:04:16
I don't want to just hang around,
watching the decline.
1:04:19
- Everyone's going tonight?
- No.Just me.
1:04:23
The International
is an inorganic debutante ball.
1:04:27
The others were natural outgrowths
of local UHB formations.
1:04:30
This was assembled
like a tourist attraction.
1:04:34
Each girl has two escorts -
1:04:37
one, a cadet in uniform
from one of the service academies...
1:04:40
the other a civilian like myself.
1:04:43
And the whole thing's televised
on Channel 9.
1:04:45
- You're kidding.
- No.
1:04:48
I guess you could say
it's extremely vulgar.
1:04:51
I like it a lot.
1:04:54
And these Texas and Oklahoma debs
are really nice...
1:04:58
a real relief from
these hypercritical New York girls.