"[SCREAMING]" "What happened?" "[GINNY CRYING]" "CINDY:" "Ben was here!" "No, there were other men here too." "They had guns and bayonets." "Something terrible's happening to him!" "This place gives me the creeps." "I don't know what you're worried about." "The Marines cleared this area last week." "That's what they said about the first camp." "Enemy troops were all over the place." "NORMAN:" "So they made a little mistake." "This came for Cindy a while ago." "Oh, my Lord." "She knew something was wrong." "She knew it." "JOHN-BOY:" "The war with Germany had ended but the fight raged on in the Pacific where our younger brother, Ben, was still serving in a combat zone." "Our family was especially concerned about Ben's wife, Cindy." "As the rumors of an upcoming invasion of Japan grew so did her fears about Ben fears which took on a chilling significance." "Ben?" "[SCREAMING]" "[CRYING]" "MARY ELLEN:" "What's going on?" " I don't know." "JOHN:" "Sounded like it came from outside." "[CINDY SCREAMING]" "Cindy." "What happened?" "CINDY:" "Ben was here!" "I know it sounds crazy, but he was right here at the foot of the bed!" "JOHN:" "Ben is thousands of miles away." "No, there were other men here too." "They had guns and bayonets." "Something terrible's happening to him!" "Honey, you were just having a bad dream." "Now, let's get you settled down and you go back to sleep and have a good dream." "No, Ben needs help." "Listen, why don't you come in the house tonight, you and Ginny?" "Come on." "Erin and I will stay here." "You can use our room." "But what if he comes back?" "I gotta be here for him." "I think she's still asleep." "Cindy, now listen." "Cindy, come on now." "Come on, get up." "Come on." "Come on." "It's gonna be all right, honey." "Come on." "I am looking for John Walton." "Oh, merci." " Monsieur Walton?" " Oh." "Yes." " My name is Simone Berringer." " Have a seat." "Merci." " I know your work." " You read Stars and Stripes?" " I read your novel." " Walton's Mountain?" "Yes, but the French edition is called Promis du Matin." " I haven't seen the French edition." " Oh!" "I have a small bookstore, Le Livre Ouvert." "Near the Champs Élysées." "I go by there nearly every day." " Oh, I am sorry you have not stopped in." " So am I." "I came here to ask you for help." "You're giving me an autograph party where I'll sell hundreds of books?" "How much do you know about minefields?" "I know enough to stay away from them." "Many people do not, especially the children." "There are hundreds of abandoned minefields all over France and thousands of idle soldiers could be put to work dismantling them." "But people, they have to be made aware." "So you'd like me to do an article for you." "I have already done most of the research." "The facts, they are frightening." "The death toll, it mounts every week." "I really got more work than I can handle now and I'm expecting my discharge any day." "Maybe I could talk to Hodges for you." "This story sounds right up his alley." "I sought you out because you have a beautiful feeling for people." "Nobody could write a better article about this than you." "Oh, I'm sorry." "I'm really too busy." "[SIGHS]" "JOHN-BOY:" "Simone?" "Would you have dinner with me?" "I would feel terribly guilty to take such a busy man away from his work." " Hi, Ike." "IKE:" "Morning, Cindy." "CINDY:" "Corabeth." " Any mail?" " Yeah, but it's, uh, mostly from Europe." " Nothing from Ben?" " Sorry." "Maybe tomorrow." "Thanks anyway." "Cindy, when Ben does return I have a charming cottage the two of you should consider." "The owner is most eager to sell and the price is very agreeable." " Have you ever had a premonition?" " I saw George Washington's ghost once." "Mr. Godsey's premonitions usually follow after he's had a visit to the Baldwin ladies' Recipe room." "However, I had an aunt once who woke up in the middle of the night knowing that my grandmother had died." "Had she?" "Precisely at that moment." "See you tomorrow." "Oh, uh, Cindy?" "Aren't you forgetting something?" "I don't think so." "Isn't there a letter going out to Ben?" "No, I didn't write one today." "Bye-bye." "NORMAN:" "Yeah, right there!" "Mark it!" "Okay, let's get going." "This place gives me the creeps." "I don't know what you're worried about." "The Marines cleared this area last week." "That's what they said about the first camp." "Enemy troops were all over the place." "So they made a little mistake." "Besides, back at Walton's Mountain, this time of day giant thunder snakes came out." "Man-eaters!" "Yeah, I heard about that." "Lucky for me, they only eat redheads." "That's deadheads, Norm." "That's why I'm worried about you." "Hi." "I wasn't sure I'd find you here this late." "I live in the back." "What do you want?" "I just thought I'd stop by the only bookstore in Paris that carries my novel." "Well, as you can see, we are not open for business." "Unless, of course, you changed your mind about writing the article." "No, but I haven't changed my mind about dinner, either." "These are for you." "There are still a few of us in France who cannot be bought with a box of chocolates." "That wasn't what I had in mind." "Simone" "Simone!" "Jason!" " John-Boy!" " Hi." "[LAUGHING]" "Boy, am I glad to see you!" " Why?" "Too much military for you?" " Ha-ha-ha." "Yeah." "Sit down." "Have some wine." "You look great." "I can't get over two country boys from Virginia having lunch in a French café." "Have you ordered yet?" "Two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches." "The waiter thought I was crazy." "You are, if you didn't order a bowl of vichyssoise too." "I'm not exactly a big fan of cold potato soup." "How can you come to France and not sample some of the greatest food in the world?" "Watch me." "Last time I saw you, you were headed towards Germany." "What happened?" " You haven't heard yet?" "The war's over." " You smart-aleck." "I'm on my way to the replacement depot to wait for my orders." "I think they'll be sending me home, then probably to the Pacific." "Let's hope not." "How long you gonna be in Paris?" "Three days, and I don't plan on sleeping a wink." "That's great." "We'll go fishing." "I'll take a day off." " Who's being a smart-aleck now?" " I'm serious." "The French-- It's good fishing around here." "The French make some of the greatest tackle in the world." " Not to mention girls, huh?" " That's right, yeah." "How come you're so big on France all of a sudden?" "I'm asking to be discharged in Paris." " You're not going home?" " Someday." "But I have an idea for a war novel and I wanna write it here." "I figure I can live pretty well on my mustering-out pay, and if I need to I can take a part-time job as a wire correspondent." "You write home about this yet?" "Wasn't easy." ""I hope you understand how important this is to me." "I will see you someday soon and will keep you in my thoughts and prayers always." "Love, John-Boy."" "I vow and declare, he makes Paris sound like the most beautiful city in the world." "I was there once." "I know how tough it is for him to leave." "But what about us?" "Doesn't he want to see us?" "Sure he does, honey." "He's got things to do first." "I don't see why he can't write his novel here." "Do you remember what his last novel was about?" " Us." " Well, that's why he wrote it here." "Now he wants to write about his experiences in Europe." "It makes sense he'd wanna stay there to do it." "But it took him three years to write his last novel." "Better not take him three years to write this one." "At least the war is over for John-Boy." "He's a grown man now, making his own decisions." "Well, I'm still his sister, and I'm gonna tell him what I think about this." "At least we can count on Ben and Jim-Bob and Jason to come home." "Hope you're right." "[KNOCKING ON DOOR]" "I'm so mad at my older brother." "I'm going to give him a piece of my mind." " What are you gonna say?" " I'll figure that out as I go along." "I remember when John-Boy first moved to New York, we all felt the same way." "You can't expect to keep him on the mountain forever." "It's one thing to go to New York." "It's another thing to not come back." "He'll be back." "France might be romantic and beautiful but you can bet he'd rather be here than there." "Well, good, because as soon as he reads this letter, he's coming home." "You know John-Boy as well as I do." "A letter like that won't change his mind." "It'll just make him unhappy." "I'm sure this is one of the hardest decisions he's ever made." "He needs to know we're behind him." "You know, sometimes you really get on my nerves." "Me?" "Why?" "You're so logical." "Just like John-Boy." "[CHILDREN LAUGHING]" " Bonjour, monsieur." " Bonjour." "[BOTH SPEAKING IN FRENCH]" "JASON [CHUCKLING]:" "Pretty good." "I gotta hand it to you, John-Boy you sure know how to pick the fishing spots." "That stream came highly recommended." "Maybe we should have spoken French to the fish." "You mean:" "[IN FRENCH ACCENT] "Bonjour, fish!" "How about a little bite?"" " That's not French." " [IN NORMAL VOICE] The best I can do." " It's not good enough." " Doesn't matter." "It's just nice to be out here." "Kind of reminds me of home." "Me too." "JASON:" "Except back in Virginia, the fish bite." "JOHN-BOY:" "Maybe we used the wrong kind of bait." "JASON:" "Think next time we ought to put béarnaise sauce on the night crawlers?" "Maybe." "Hey, look." "This looks like a good spot." "Let's eat." "Sounds good to me." "[EXPLOSION]" "[SHOUTING IN FRENCH]" "A landmine!" "Afternoon." "I am afraid I sold the last copy of Walton's Mountain." "Simone, I need to talk to you." " I am not interested." " It's about the minefield story." "Then I am interested." "I went fishing today with my brother, outside Épernay." "I watched a little boy die from stepping on a landmine." "I heard on the radio there was an accident." "I want to do the story." "I have done the research already." "You just have to write it." "Give it to me." "I'll get started right away." "[SPEAKS IN FRENCH]" " Do you want to discuss it with me?" " I'll call you." " We could have lunch tomorrow." " Okay." "We have grown used to death here in France." "The grownups, we expect it." "But not the little ones." "This must be your plate, Cindy." "You hardly touched it." "I ate all that I wanted." "ERIN:" "Well, I think I ate too much." "ROSE:" "Erin, the hours you put in at that factory you deserve all the nourishment you can get." "Ben?" "Ben!" "Cindy, Ben's overseas, remember?" "[CINDY PANTING]" "Come on, let's sit down." "Something's happened." "I can feel it." " Cindy, drink this, dear." " Cindy, you've been imagining things." "No, I haven't." "I saw him." "Sometimes I just feel like I'm losing my mind." "I just think you need a good rest." "I can't rest." "I just lie in bed and I worry about it." "Well, maybe you need to go someplace else to rest." " Don't you have an aunt in Richmond?" " Yeah." "Aunt Edna, she's Daddy's sister." "We used to be close." "Well, now that's just the ticket." "You just leave Ginny with me, and you go get yourself relaxed." " I don't know." "I...." " Well, I do." "And I'm just gonna box you off and send you there if I have to." "JOHN:" "Ike?" "Corabeth?" "CINDY:" "Hi." "John!" "Cindy!" "Nice seeing you." " Don't you look pretty!" " Thank you." " What can I do for you?" " I need a ticket to Richmond." "Coming right up." "Ah!" "Now there is an area with excellent suburban potential." "Cindy's not going there to look at real estate, Corabeth." " I just need a few days away." "JOHN:" "You try to get a rest." "And if you wanna stay longer, you just call us." "If anything, I'll come back sooner." "I already miss Ginny, and I haven't even left yet." "We'll keep an eye on her." "You try to have a good time and forget about those nightmares." "Nightmares?" "Were those those premonitions you've been talking about, Cindy?" "This is just a simple family affair, Corabeth." " Here it is." " Okay." " Thank you." " Thank you." "[BUS HORN HONKS]" " I think the bus is here." " Let's get you on it." "Bye-bye." "CINDY:" "Bye." "IKE:" "See you later." " Have a nice trip, Cindy." "CINDY:" "Thank you." "Wonder what's troubling Cindy." "Well, if you don't find out, you could always make something up." "Mr. Godsey, I never before noticed how close together your eyes were." "Uh, a little to your left." "Yeah, right there." "Mark it." "[SOLDIER GROANS]" "Another day of this and I bet you we can start building us a road." "You know, I think I'd rather look at all these pretty trees through this funny telescope." "[TWIG SNAPS]" "Oh, Lord." "Amen." "JOHN-BOY:" "Hi." " Good afternoon." "JOHN-BOY:" "I'm sorry I'm late." "I had to finish going through this material." "This is sensational stuff, it really is." "Merci." "I am glad you finally came to know that." "I talked to Major Sawyer." "He's in charge of the mine clearance in this area." "I already met him." " He's enthusiastic about the article." " Ah!" "I told him I didn't think I could write it unless I knew what it was like to deactivate a mine." "So we're going out on a minefield next week." "I did not expect you to risk your life for this assignment." "You worried about me?" "It wasn't easy to get these." "There must not be a chicken left in Europe." "[SIMONE LAUGHS]" "After the way I treated you the other night I am surprised these are not hard-boiled." "Yeah, it occurred to me." "I cannot get involved with an American soldier especially one who is so soon to return home." "I'm staying in France after my discharge." "I've heard that story ever since my days in the Resistance." " You worked in the Resistance?" " Surprised?" "I'd like to talk to you about that sometime." "I want to write a book." "About the war?" "I have an idea for a novel, set mostly in France, about a war correspondent." "Hemingway used to sit at Le Dome for hours papers spread out all over his table, writing The Sun Also Rises." "F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote short stories for the Saturday Evening Post at another little café across town." "Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, the Murphys they've all worked in Paris at one time or another." "Somerset Maugham too." "I get excited just thinking about it." "I guess that's one reason why I didn't want to do your story." "I was anxious to get started on my own." "You are serious about staying here?" "You're becoming another reason why I want to stay." " You just wish to flatter me." " No." "[SIMONE GIGGLING]" "SIMONE:" "Somebody's really drunk." "Sometimes you have to watch it, because they are really drunk." "This is Monsieur Bubon, the puppeteer." "Sometimes I think he was born with a bottle of wine in his hand." " Poor guy." " No." "He's wonderful." "We used to come here all the time when I was a child every time my family visited Paris." "The puppets, they would make us laugh and we could stand at the fountain and make wishes." "A friend of mine wrote about this puppet show for the paper." "Oh, yes?" "I guess the Germans put it to good use." "During the Occupation, they had little Hitlers out there parading around, glorifying the Nazis." "It was a disgrace." "But I would still come here when I felt troubled." "For me, this park, it has always been a place to think." "Have you seen the puppet show since Paris was freed?" "No." "We shall have to see it together sometime." " How about right now?" " It is in the daytime, the show." " I'll wake the puppets up." " John!" "Hey!" "Oh!" "JOHN-BOY:" "Good evening, Simone." "There is no use to bow, John." "We are friends." "JOHN-BOY:" "I was just making sure my shoelaces were tied." "You are very small for being a newspaper reporter." "JOHN-BOY:" "So I've been told." "But what I lack in size, I make up for in feelings." "How is that?" "JOHN-BOY:" "I am in love, and wasting away because of it." "A beautiful French girl has stolen my heart." " Oh!" "I do hope she gives it back." " I will never allow that." "It is hers to keep, even if I shrink to the size of a thimble." "SIMONE:" "Do I know this woman?" "JOHN-BOY:" "Can't you see?" "It is you I love." "SIMONE:" "Well, I am sorry." "I have bad news for you." "I am already attracted to another man." "He is five feet taller than you." "Now, he is also a newspaper reporter, and, uh, his name is John too." "JOHN-BOY:" "Oh, no!" "Oh!" "[SOBBING] Oh, no!" "Oh!" "Oh, no!" "Don't" " Don't try to comfort me!" "It's no use!" "I shall just remain alone forever with my pain." "John." "I think you better come out." "JOHN-BOY:" "What?" " John!" "What?" "Oh." "SIMONE:" "I wonder how many people tried to buy books today." "They'll be back." "I worry much." "They might take their business to Madame Moulin's shop down the street." "If she has a copy of Walton's Mountain, I may go there myself." "Now, that is a very dangerous thing to say." "You think I am jealous about my customers watch how I am with my friends." "This has been a wonderful day." "[SIMONE SIGHS]" " I have to tell you something, John." " What's that?" "I'm not going to fall in love with you and you are not going to fall in love with me." "All right." " It's late." " I know." "We had an awful lot of casualties in this area during the war." "Only now it's civilians instead of soldiers who are the casualties." "Yes as your friend Mademoiselle Berringer has a habit of reminding me." "How long do you think it'll take to clear the area out?" "A week, if we don't have any accidents." " Good morning, Major Sawyer." " Sergeant." " Do we have a mine ready for Walton?" " Yes, sir." "It's all yours." "The sergeant will walk you through it." "Right this way." "All right, here it is." "Now you're gonna need this." "That's a safety fork." "Stick in your pocket for now." "Now roll up your sleeves." "All the way up." "Here, you're gonna need this." "Hook the chin-strap." "We don't want a loose helmet falling on a mine." " Are you ready?" " I'm ready." "Okay, come on down here." "Now, lift the cover off the mine and be careful." "Go ahead." "Careful." "Steady." "Steady." "Let him finish it." "Come on down here." "Come on!" "Now pick it up." "It's not gonna bite you." "This is a pretty big mine." "Six pounds of cast TNT." "That ain't no anti-personnel mine you're working on." "That thing is made to blow up tanks." "Now, check under and around it for booby traps." "Not with your hands!" "Just eyeball it." "It's not booby-trapped." "If it was, we'd know it by now." "Look, I don't wanna blow anybody up here." "I'm think I'm in a little bit over my head." "All right, now check the fuse." "It's right there, dead-center." "Check it for damage." " It looks practically brand-new." " Good." "Now take the safety fork and put it in the slot right under there." "The safety fork, I put it in your pocket." "Careful." "Careful." "Careful!" "All right, I think that's enough." " Thank you, sergeant." "You're dismissed." " Yes, sir." "[JOHN-BOY SIGHS]" "Mine's a dummy, Walton, the kind we use in training." "If it weren't, I'm afraid I wouldn't be speaking to you right now." "Why did you put me through that?" "I could have had a heart attack." "A lot of people, including you, including Mademoiselle Berringer and even including my superiors have had the attitude that anyone can defuse a mine." "Perhaps now you can help me change that attitude." "I need demolition experts, men who can train other men." "I'm counting on you to get them for me." "Okay." "IKE:" "Hello, Rose." " Hi there." " Is something the matter?" " Uh, is...?" "Is John around?" "No, no, he went in to Richmond to pick up Cindy." " They won't be back till suppertime." " Oh." "Well, uh, this came for Cindy a little while ago." "Oh, my Lord." "She knew something was wrong." "She knew it." "We always think the worst these days when a telegram comes and it's not always bad news." "News from a cousin, a birth in the family even a note from her father." "Oh...." "I'd like to believe that but I just keep going back to those nightmares of hers." "I think we'd all rest a lot easier if we knew what was in there." "I just can't do that." "It's addressed to Cindy." "Want some help?" "No, thanks, Elizabeth, I'll take care of it." "Well, at least you can let me set the table." "Sure hope Daddy and Cindy make it home in time for supper." "You know, um, Drew invited me to spend the weekend in Virginia Beach with him and his family." "Is that so?" "Yeah, we're gonna go sailing." "Mr. Cutler used to be in the Navy, you know." "Rose, are you sure you're all right?" "Well, I'm just feeling a little peaked." "You know how you do this time of day." "Well, why don't you let me finish?" "[ERIN YELPS]" "Look who we found walking down the road." "Jim-Bob!" " Hey!" " Hello!" "What's for dinner, Rose?" "I'm starved." "Nothing special, I'm afraid." "It doesn't have to be a turkey as long as it's better than what they serve at Langley." "Well, you don't look too starved to me." "Because all those cute girls keep feeding me." " I'll bet." "JIM-BOB:" "No, it's true." "I've got dinners booked till Christmas, unless I go overseas first." "Elizabeth, I think I will turn supper over to you." " I believe I'll go and lie down for a bit." " I'll take that, Rose." " Aren't you feeling well?" " Just a little tired." "Maybe I should have a look at you." "I'd just as soon be left alone right now, Mary Ellen." "Something wrong with Rose?" "She's been acting that way all afternoon." " Well, I hope she's not getting sick." " Yeah, me too." "You know what that means." "I'll have to eat your cooking." " Oh!" "ERIN:" "Your cooking." " Then here, take this." " Uh-huh." "And you can have this too." "Come on, what is this?" "I just got home." "I only have a three-day pass." "That's good." "You'll even have time to clean up when you're through." " Let's go." " Come on." "Give me a break." "JOHN-BOY:" "The place is empty." "That means nobody is pushing a deadline but me." "SIMONE:" "Does that happen often?" "JOHN-BOY:" "Only when I'm distracted." "It's from my sister, Elizabeth." " Elizabeth, which one is she?" " The youngest." "Oh!" "She's the one with the red hair and the eyes, they hold all the secrets of the world?" "I get the feeling there is a special bond between you two." "It's the first-born and the last." "Everybody else is just as special but they're all kind of sandwiched in between." "Let me read part of this." " "Dear John-Boy..." " John-Boy." "...you should see the mountain this year." "It's never been more beautiful." "Everything is in bloom, daffodils, honeysuckle, wild roses." "The air smells like Corabeth's perfume counter." "I've been taking Pepper, my horse, on long walks through the hills." "It takes me hours to get the brambles out of my clothes and Pepper's legs but it's worth it to go up and sit by the Rockfish River and listen to the CO rumble by in the distance." "With everything changing the way it is it's nice to know that there's a part of the world that always stays the same." ""All my love, Elizabeth."" "Your mountain, it sounds lovely." "It's a wonderful place to sit and think and dream." "And write." "Well, we have work to do." " That's them." " Good." "I'm starved." "Jim-Bob!" "Daddy's home!" "You feeling better, Rose?" " Well, look who's home!" "CINDY:" "Hi!" "JOHN:" "How long you home for?" "JIM-BOB:" "Three days." " I feel a lot better." "Hi!" "ELIZABETH:" "Hi!" " You look rested." " Oh!" "Thank you!" "You were right, a vacation was all that I needed." "Thanks." "Rose, what's the matter?" "This came today." "Telegram for Cindy." "Read it." ""The Secretary of the Navy deeply regrets having to inform you that your husband, Seaman First Class Benjamin Walton was taken prisoner by the enemy in the Pacific Theater of Operations."" "Dear God." "I put supper in the refrigerator." "Seems like we've been down this road so many times before." "Curt, John-Boy, now Ben." "One of my best buddies just got shipped off to the Pacific." "Two of his brothers are already in military hospitals." "It makes you wonder how much more we're gonna have to go through." "Makes me wonder why." "There's a whole lot of people out there want to turn this world into rubble." "At least we got the consolation that Ben is fighting against them." " I hope nothing happens to him." " I know, honey." "Ben's gonna be all right." "Of course he is." "CINDY:" "I'm not just saying that." "I know that." "This is the letter that I got from him today." "It was written three weeks ago." ""I don't have much time to write, but I wanted to tell you how much I miss you and Ginny and the rest of the family." "For the last couple of weeks, I've been having the same dream over and over." "I picture myself getting off a ship and walking onto the docks at Norfolk." "The sudden, you're standing there looking more beautiful than you ever have." "It seems like we stare at each other for hours without moving." "Next thing I know, you're in my arms."" "I had a premonition and it came true." "Ben's had one too." "And I'm just gonna have to trust it." "John, I missed you the last few days." "I haven't had a chance to breathe." "My phone hasn't stopped ringing ever since the story hit print." " The article is wonderful." " I'm glad you like it." "I think it will do a lot to clear out the minefields." "I especially liked this part." "Um.... "One of the leaders in the effort to rid the countryside of these terrifying dangers is a beautiful, young industrious Frenchwoman named Simone Berringer."" "Too bad we couldn't get a plug in for the store." "[JOHN-BOY SIGHS]" "Is something the matter?" "Yeah." "This came from my family." "My brother Ben has been taken prisoner by the Japanese." "The war goes on, doesn't it?" "I used to hate to have him tag along after me." "I wouldn't mind turning around and seeing him there now." "You're going home, aren't you?" "My family needs me." "So do I." "The brave Resistance fighter." "All the promises I made to myself and I have fallen in love with an American soldier." "I want you to come back home with me." "I want you to marry me." "I can't stand the thought of being without you, but marriage?" "We don't know each other well enough for that." "Time has nothing to do with it." "We belong together." "We love each other." "When will you leave?" "As soon as possible." "I'm making arrangements today." "I need to think." "I need to be alone." "This is sudden for both of us." "I don't expect you to make up your mind now." "Take some time." "We can meet this evening." " At our park?" " Yeah, at our park." "I don't wanna lose you, Simone." " Sergeant Walton reporting, sir." " Good afternoon." "I suppose you gentlemen know why you're here?" "No, sir." "If you'd read the latest issues of Stars and Stripes, you'd know there's a very fine article in it about active minefields in this area." "Your camp commander saw it and volunteered you men for duty deactivating mines." "Excuse me, sir, but my squad was waiting to be shipped home." " In the meantime, we need you here." " Yes, sir." "Sir, it's been months since we had any demolition training." "By the time we're through, you'll be able to defuse mines in your sleep." " Yes, sir." " Sergeant Norton will be right with you." "I was just beginning to like this Army." "Loafing around, waiting for transports, three-day passes in Paris." "I was kind of getting to enjoy it myself." "Love to get my hands on the jerk who wrote that article." "So would I." "Did you make the arrangements?" "I'm leaving tomorrow." "You can follow in a week, if you'd like." "All you have to do is get in touch with Hodges at the office." " Just" " John...." "You've been crying." "I wish you could hold me like this always." " Just say the word." " If only I could." "This park and I, we have been friends for a long time now." "We have seen this country fall and rise up again." "I made some hard decisions here, but never anything like this." "I love you, John but I cannot go with you." "Not now." "You are needed in your home, and I am needed at mine." "That's not the answer I wanted to hear." "It's not the one I wanted to give." "Oh, Simone, I'm sorry I put you through all this." "I have no regrets." "I would not trade our time together for anything in the world." " We'll see each other again, I promise." " Uh-uh." " No promises." " No, I'm gonna come back for you." "We're gonna get married, I promise." "I'll write that novel I've been dreaming about." " I love you." " I love you too, with all my heart." "JOHN-BOY:" "Simone and I corresponded after I came home but gradually the time between letters grew longer and longer." "The next time I went back to Paris was in 1956." "Simone's bookstore was gone and so was she." "Someone on the street thought she may have married and moved to London but I never did find out for sure." "ELIZABETH:" "I'm glad you decided to come home, John-Boy." "JOHN-BOY:" "So am I." "ELIZABETH:" "Do you think Ben's gonna be all right?" "JOHN-BOY:" "Cindy says he is." "That's good enough for me." "ELIZABETH:" "Good night, John-Boy." "JOHN-BOY:" "Good night, Elizabeth." "[ENGLISH" " US" " SDH]"