:24:08
Janice has only made love
to one boy, Matt, just before he left.
:24:14
Now she's volunteering herself
to all of us...
:24:17
insisting it's what
she wants to do.
:24:20
Of course
we're so guilty and scared...
:24:22
we end up subjecting
this simple, lovely idea...
:24:25
to every kind
of spurious rationale.
:24:32
We wind down before dawn
and sleep.
:24:36
Then just before the morning,
Janice comes quietly...
:24:41
privately to each of us.
:25:26
We pass through
the mythical barrier...
:25:29
between boys and men...
:25:32
men and death.
:25:35
Janice takes us with her.
:25:40
After a luxurious
mass breakfast in bed...
:25:43
we walk Janice to her bus.
:25:46
None of us talk
about what happened.
:25:49
And I think I'll always feel strange
about my first sexual experience...
:25:53
masquerading as a dead boy
named Matt.