:20:01
defying me not to like what I read,
:20:03
or maybe begging me
in her own proud way to like it.
:20:08
It meant so much to her.
:20:16
It sure was a cosy set-up.
:20:19
That bundle of raw nerves and Max
and a dead monkey upstairs,
:20:24
and the wind wheezing through
that organ once in a while.
:20:34
Later on, just for comedy relief,
:20:38
the real guy arrived
with the baby coffin.
:20:42
It was all done with great dignity.
:20:45
He must have been
a very important chimp.
:20:48
The great-grandson
of King Kong maybe.
:20:55
It got to be eleven, and I felt
a little sick at my stomach,
:20:59
what with that sweet champagne
and that tripe I'd been reading,
:21:03
that silly hodgepodge
of melodramatic plots.
:21:08
However, by then, I'd started
concocting a little plot of my own.
:21:14
- Well?
- This is fascinating.
:21:19
Of course it is.
:21:22
Maybe it's a little long and repetitious,
but you're not a professional writer.
:21:27
- I wrote that with my heart.
- Sure you did.
:21:32
That's what makes it great.
:21:36
- But it needs a little more dialogue.
- What for?
:21:40
- My eyes can say anything I want.
- It could use some shears.
:21:45
- I will not have it butchered.
- Of course not.
:21:49
But it ought to be organised, edited.
You can find somebody.
:21:53
Who? I'd have
to have somebody I could trust.
:21:57
When were you born?
What zodiac sign?