:44:02
Nick: ''So we beat on,
boats against the current,
:44:05
borne back ceaselessly
with the past.''
:44:08
F. Scott, Great Gatsby.
:44:10
That's a book he wrote.
:44:12
We don't
actually read
:44:13
anything we teach.
:44:14
The department chair
gives us Cliff Notes
:44:16
at the beginning
of the semester,
:44:17
and we just say
whatever's in those.
:44:18
That's convenient.
:44:21
[Beeping]
:44:22
Can you shut
the door?
:44:24
Thanks.
:44:28
A tad excessive.
:44:29
The guy I'm
house-sitting for--
:44:31
a tad retentive.
:44:33
Bryce: Can you believe
this place?
:44:36
Mr. Beaumont's a local
guy who made good.
:44:39
He built this house
overlooking Tropico
:44:41
to remind everyone.
:44:43
Visual.
:44:45
Liquid.
:44:47
Jesus Christ.
:44:49
Here we have
the corridor of wonder.
:44:52
The man likes carpet.
:44:54
Even on
the toilet seat
:44:56
for those prolonged
stays of leisure.
:44:57
Oh, and observe
the cabinet of whimsy.
:45:01
Huh.
:45:03
Isn't that great?
:45:04
Oh, that reminds me--
:45:07
How's your dad?
:45:08
You still live
with him, right?
:45:10
No. He's dead.
:45:12
Jesus. I'm--
I'm sorry.
:45:15
It's OK. It was
a few months ago.
:45:19
Weird.
:45:21
Hey, I've got
:45:22
something
to show you.
:45:34
It's a stay of execution
for a Union deserter
:45:39
during the Battle
of Vicksburg--
:45:41
Mr. Beaumont's great-
great-somebody-or-other--
:45:42
but check out the sig.
:45:44
Honest Abe. Didn't
he ever get tired
:45:46
of emancipating
people?
:45:48
Supposedly the stay
was last-minute,
:45:50
and it was the only
paper around.
:45:52
Anyway, I remember
:45:54
you used to dabble
in history, so...
:45:56
I thought
I'd give you a show.