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To the left , from the cooking shed , shone a red glare through the banana plantation she skirted , and the noise of feminine laughter reached her from there in the silent evening . She rightly judged her mother was not near , laughter and Mrs. Almayer not being close neighbours . She must be in the house , thought Nin... |
Okay with you ? ( holds up a notice ) The West Kansas Farm Committee 's offering a thousand dollar reward for information leading to an arrest . Please print that . ( moving to the exit ) Thank you all for coming . The room is immediately noisy as Dewey makes his way to the door , pulling a pack of cigarettes from his ... |
At that point she usually dropped the thread of her narrative , and pulling out the little brass cross , always suspended round her neck , she contemplated it with superstitious awe . That superstitious feeling connected with some vague talismanic properties of the little bit of metal , and the still more hazy but terr... |
I want you for my wife more than anything on earth . I shan't always be a penniless subaltern . One of these days I shall be able to give you a position that is worthy of you ; no , nothing could be that , but one at least that I am not ashamed to offer to you . We 've been very good friends ; you know all about me . I... |
Almayer soothed it with a few words and ordered Ali to bring in some bananas , then while Ali was gone to get them he stood in the doorway of the front verandah looking at the chaos of overturned furniture . Finally he picked up the table and sat on it while the monkey let itself down from the roof-stick by its chain a... |
An hour later , coming out of the glare of the dining-room , she waited in the marble-panelled hall while Mr. Royall , before the brass lattice of one of the corner counters , selected a cigar and bought an evening paper . Men were lounging in rocking chairs under the blazing chandeliers , travellers coming and going ,... |
Yes , of course , you can get it back when you bring me my money .... '' On the way home , she felt an immense and unexpected quietude . It had been horrible to have to leave Harney 's gift in the woman 's hands , but even at that price the news she brought away had not been too dearly bought . She sat with half-closed... |
We're already freaked out , we need you actin freaky like we need a fuckin bag on our hip . Mr. Blonde looks at his two partners in crime , then moves towards them . MR. BLONDE So , talk . MR. WHITE We think we got a rat in the house . MR . PINK I guarantee we got a rat in the house . MR. BLONDE What would ever make yo... |
As it dawned upon him that she did not mean to obey he felt a deadly cold creep into his heart , and , pressing the palms of his hands to his temples , he looked down on the ground in mute despair . Dain took Nina by the arm and led her towards her father . `` Speak to him in the language of his people , '' he said . `... |
I 'm sick . CLAUDIA Get out of here , get the fuck out of my house -- JIMMY Now STOP IT and LISTEN to me right now . I AM DYING , I GOT SICK ... now I fell down and I 'm Not ... DO N'T -- CLAUDIA GET THE FUCK OUT . JIMMY I 'm dying , Claudia . I have cancer . I have cancer and I 'm dying , soon . It 's metastasized in ... |
Was the love that had changed her so completely also making her a coward ? Had even her common-sense been lost in the one great emotion that held her ? She understood perfectly the change that had taken place in her . She had never had any illusions about herself , and had never attempted to curb the obstinate self-wil... |
If you want to know , ask her yourself ; but if I was you I would leave her alone . You are welcome to her passage money , old fellow , if you are short now . '' And the skipper , throwing away his cigar , walked off to `` wake them up on board , '' as he expressed it . Almayer vainly expected to hear of the cause of h... |
He paused and added : `` I 'm ready to answer any she wishes to ask me . '' Mr. Royall turned to her . `` Ask him when he 's going to marry you , then -- -- '' There was another silence , and he laughed in his turn -- a broken laugh , with a scraping sound in it . `` You dars n't ! '' he shouted out with sudden passion... |
He came down lightly on his hands and knees , and scrambled to his feet in an instant amidst a storm of shouts and laughter . Laughing himself he came back to the Sheik with a shrug of the shoulders and outspread , eloquent hands . They spoke together for a moment , too low for Diana to hear , and then Ahmed Ben Hassan... |
Hi flat on his back , woozily shaking his head . He weakly raises himself on his elbows to look down the street . HI 'S POV Looking down the length of his own body . His legs stretch away in a V. Crashing down from a wheelie , Lenny 's roaring bike is almost upon him - aiming up the middle of the V. HI He rolls . As th... |
`` I 've told you , have n't I ? You 've got to tell Bash Hyatt . '' He looked away at the blue mountains on the horizon ; then his gaze dropped to the chimney-top below the pasture . `` He 's down there now ? '' `` Yes . '' He shifted his weight again , crossed his arms , and continued to survey the distant landscape ... |
It was awake ever since the early break of day , when Mahmat Banjer , in a fit of unheard-of energy , arose and , taking up his hatchet , stepped over the sleeping forms of his two wives and walked shivering to the water 's edge to make sure that the new house he was building had not floated away during the night . The... |
It came over the wire on Friday . You need to talk to Perry now . He 'll be dead by September . I 'm sorry , I know how much you 've come to care about him . Truman is completely immobile . SHAWN Truman ? TRUMAN Right . Yes . Right . SHAWN I want to set up a reading for you in the fall , in New York . We 'll build some... |
Do Itta ! Betty takes Mary 's money , waves her on and helps the next customer . MARY So no then ? That 's a no ? Betty ignores her . Mary waits , loads the newspapers into her bag . MARY ( V.O . ) Sometimes crosswords are even better than life . Here 's how . They do n't discriminate . Crosswords do n't care if you're... |
I assure you .... '' His distress inflamed her anger , and she regained her voice to fling back : `` If I was you I 'd have the nerve to stick to what I said ! '' The taunt seemed to restore his presence of mind . `` I hope I should if I knew ; but I do n't . Apparently something disagreeable has happened , for which y... |
HOROWITZ HOUSE - DAY It 's house that 's been lived in . Every inch cluttered with old newspapers , family photos , various objet d'art , and books , books and more books . Mary steps out of her boots and marches into the living room where her 50ish mother , MRS. HOROWITZ , sits reading with MR. HOROWITZ ( late 50 's ,... |
Gwenovier remains OC . GWENOVIER ( OC ) Frank ... Frank ... what are we gon na do here ? Are we having a staring contest ? ( beat ) Do you have anything to say ? CAPTAIN MUFFY ( OC ) I think maybe we should rap this up , Chief -- Frank SNAPS his fingers and signals captain Muffy to stay quiet . GWENOVIER ( OC ) I 'm no... |
If not Arizona , then a land , not too far away , where all parents are strong and wise and capable , and all children are happy and beloved ... I dunno , maybe it was Utah . The elderly man drapes an arm around his wife 's shoulder and draws her close . She rests her head against his shoulder , and we : FADE OUT THE E... |
Close on Lucy/ across the room with Miss Costello , finishing the song : LUCY Comes love 's old song Comes love 's old sweet song . . . Her voice trails into silence . MISS COSTELLO That was lovely . ' . LUCY , I learned that song a long , long ( \_y time ago . REV .12/5 /89 ( BLUE ) Pg.1 196B.CONT . |
STEVE We do n't have a relationship . 74 . MARY Sure we do , it 's just in the pupa stage right now . STEVE Mary , go home ! She looks at him , hurt . STEVE Go home . He jumps in the CNN truck as Angus starts it up . Mary looks around , helpless . EXT . SANTA FE STREET - DAY Mary runs to the street behind the CNN truck... |
`` Yes , '' went on Babalatchi , in answer to Ford 's look . `` I told him . That was before he began to smoke . '' `` Well , and what ? '' asked Ford . `` I escaped with my life , '' said Babalatchi , with perfect gravity , `` because the white man is very weak and fell as he rushed upon me . '' Then , after a pause ,... |
All these memories , and a thousand others , hummed through her brain till his nearness grew so vivid that she felt his fingers in her hair , and his warm breath on her cheek as he bent her head back like a flower . These things were hers ; they had passed into her blood , and become a part of her , they were building ... |
LETOUR reaches behind his shirt in the confusion , yanks out the .38 with a painful rip , turning , fires point-blank into the Cuban 's chest . BLAM ! Shirt fabric flares , flies : the CUBAN falls with blank expression . THOMAS , off guard , wheels and fires wildly at LETOUR . JOHN fires back . Both are hit . TIS ducks... |
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Will he strike his ebony wood staff angrily on the floor , frightening him by the incoherent violence of his exclamations ; or will he squat down with a good-humoured smile , and , rubbing his hands gently over his stomach with a familiar gesture , expectorate copiously into the brass siri-vessel , giving vent to a low... |
MRS. LOWE ( pause ) What 's here for him after all these years ? ' SAYER You are here . She ponders that and the enormity of the whole situation , all the while staring at the consent form . 79 79 . INT . PHARMACY , BAINBRIDGE - DAY The hospital pharmacy , a subterranean structure built into the basement , cluttered fr... |
His voice had the grave persuasive accent that had moved his hearers at the Home Week festival ; she had a sense of depths of mournful tolerance under that easy tone . Her whole body began to tremble with the dread of her own weakness . `` Oh , I ca n't -- -- '' she burst out desperately . `` Ca n't what ? '' She herse... |
Bam-Bam ! '' with each blow . The track weaves off him and onto Hi , who is bending down to pull a couple of beers from the refrigerator . He raises his voice to make himself heard over the din of all the children boiling around the room : HI Need a beer , Glen ? GLEN Does the Pope wear a funny hat ? Hi considers this ... |
Presently , from high overhead , Charity heard the ring of his axe . She lay on the warm ridge , thinking of many things that the woodsman's appearance had stirred up in her . She knew nothing of her early life , and had never felt any curiosity about it : only a sullen reluctance to explore the corner of her memory wh... |
224 . EXT . EAST RIVER - NIGHT - 224 . Black water . The river . The drone of engines and syncopated rhythms of wheels of unseen cars . Leonard , at the river 's edge , stares into the water . His hand comes out of his pocket holding the bag of L-Dopa capsules , and he lets it fall in . It floats for a moment before a ... |
He had made her nothing , she was his toy , his plaything , waiting to be thrown aside . She shuddered again and looked around the tent that she had shared with him with a bitter smile and sad , hunted eyes .... After her -- who ? The cruel thought persisted . She was torn with a mad , primitive jealousy , a longing to... |
The master of life ! You do not know him , mother . '' Mrs. Almayer condescended to laugh contemptuously . `` You speak like a fool of a white woman , '' she exclaimed . `` What do you know of men 's anger and of men 's love ? Have you watched the sleep of men weary of dealing death ? Have you felt about you the strong... |
LETOUR Where do you live ? ( door slams ) Mari ... She fades into the rain . JOHN watches , aching . DRIVER Sir ? LETOUR Eighty-third Street . The sedan continues uptown . CUT TO : MEMORIES John 's apartment . Pre-dawn . His diary lies open on the desk . LETOUR sits clothed on the futon , drinking white wine . He pages... |
When you walk through the door , you 'll know right where to go for the rich stones . The fellas are good , me and Nice Guy picked em . Nobody knows anybody else . Nobody 's connected . I do n't use connected guys for this shit . VIC What 's the cut ? JOE Juicy , man , real juicy . Toothpick Vic smiles . So does Nice G... |
EARL 'S BODY - THAT MOMENT CAMERA roams around a bit , watching the CANCER eat away at Earl 's lungs . CAMERA MOVES BACKWARDS , pulling out ; QUICK DISSOLVE TO : INT . HOLIDAY INN/BANQUET ROOM - THAT MOMENT CAMERA pulls back from Frank , who heads offstage . The AUDIENCE is applauding him . The sidekick , DOC takes the... |
`` Well , then ... you must know one has to make allowances .... He 'd been drinking .... '' '' I know all that , too . I 've seen him so before . But he would n't have dared speak to me that way if he had n't ... '' '' Had n't what ? What do you mean ? '' `` Had n't wanted me to be like those other girls .... '' She l... |
MOSES An ' momma would frow the live crawdad in a pot of boiln ' water . Well one day I decided to make my own crawdad ... We begin to crane down to tighten on the absently staring Hi . VOICE OVER ... an ' I frew it in a pot , forgettin ' to put in the water , ya see ... Moses ' voice is mixing down as we lose him from... |
Sayer glances back into the fish tank at the eel behind the rock , its rock , its home . ( RE V. 10 /1 6/ 89 ) Pin k _ p. 2 0 31 . EXT . CITY ISLAND - LATER - NIGHT 31. fpl Sayer strolling down a dark side street . He reaches a snail wooden house near the water and climbs three steps to the porch . He gets the front do... |
She winced as if the hurt had been her own when Saint Hubert 's gentle , dexterous fingers touched the Sheik 's bruised head . And when it was over and Raoul had turned aside to wash his hands , she slipped on to her knees beside him . Would he live ? The courage that had kept her up so far had not extended to asking S... |
Diana looked at him incredulously , for his tone was casual and his manner did not indicate any undue feeling . `` He ought to be shot , '' she said indignantly . The man shrugged . `` Monseigneur is fond of him , '' he said quietly . And so because Monseigneur was fond of him the vicious animal was surrounded with eve... |
She rolled over on her face with her head in her arms and tried to sleep , but she was too excited , and soon gave up the attempt . And in any case , she argued with herself , she might sleep too long and lose precious time . She stretched luxuriously on the soft ground , thankful for the shade from the burning sun . T... |
At the edge of it , it lifts off and thunders over Sayer and Leonard and the parked Toyota . Exhilerated , Leonard waves . The music CONTINUES OVER : 110 . OMITTED 110 111 . EXT . THE BRONX / CITY ISLAND - DAY 111 An expressway . The Toyota traveling at `` astounding '' speed , passing a sign that reads CITY ISLAND . R... |
He told her how it held men slaves of its charm for a lifetime , and then , regardless of their devotion , swallowed them up , angry at their fear of its mystery , which it would never disclose , not even to those that loved it most . While he talked , Nina 's head had been gradually sinking lower , and her face almost... |
On , over the rising and falling ground along which Gaston had stumbled , blind and faint with loss of blood and the pain of his wounds , past the dead body of The Dancer , ghostly white in the moonlight , lying a little apart from the semicircle of Arabs that proved the efficiency of Gaston 's shooting where Diana and... |
JIM KURRING Well if you keep listenin ' to the music that loud you 're not only gon na damage your ears but your neighbors ears . CLAUDIA I did n't realize it was that loud . JIM KURRING And that could be the sign of a damaged ear drum , you understand ? CLAUDIA Yeah . JIM KURRING You got the TV on too , keep those on ... |
Crouching low on the mud in the black darkness amongst the piles , she heard the whisper in the boat that made light of toil , of privation , of danger , of life itself , if in exchange there could be but a short moment of close embrace , a look from the eyes , the feel of light breath , the touch of soft lips . So spo... |
RAY Maybe the acid in the orange juice , neutralized it . SAYER Or maybe it 's not enough . . * · ^·· , -N . Ray tosses Sayer a look that says , `` do n't push it . '' Sayer \0 `` n od s . · . `` '· `` SAYER I 'll try it in milk . 82 . INT . LEONARD 'S WARD - NIGHT 82 . An empty milk glass on a night table. `` Leonard ... |
Diana turned to the little bookcase , snatching at the opportunity it offered for further silence , and took a book at random . She did not know what she was looking at , she did not care . She only prayed fervently that she might be left alone , that the sudden silent fit that had come over him might continue . Near h... |
A groom was walking The Hawk slowly up and down , and Yusef , whose gloomy eyes had been fixed reproachfully on his chief , chafing against the order to remain behind to take command of the reinforcements should they be needed , went to him and took the horse's bridle from him and brought him to the Sheik . Even as he ... |
CLAUDIA I 'm gon na run to the bathroom real quick . JIM KURRING Okey-doke . She exits . HOLD A BEAT with him . CUT TO : INT . CLAUDIA 'S BEDROOM - MOMENT LATER She enters , gets the coke from the laundry basket -- and sets some up , snorts it back -- CUT TO : INT . CLAUDIA 'S KITCHEN NOOK - THAT MOMENT Jim Kurring loo... |
UPSTAIRS HALLWAY The floor-level wide-angle shot shows a baby crawling toward the camera in the foreground . Behind him , in the background , just rounding the open door from the nursery , yet another baby is making a mad dash for freedom . Hi emerges from the nursery and , stepping around the background baby , trots t... |
SMILING PEANUT BAR - THAT MOMENT . Donnie sits in his booth after two tequila 's . He 's slightly fucked up . He gets up , stumbles over to the bar and takes a seat uncomfortably close to Thurston , who 's now holding court among three or four other PATRONS . Brad the Bartender is washing glasses , keeps half an eye on... |
I flew home to New York -- terribly distraught -- but when I got to the apartment I could see that Joe was in even worse shape than I was . He grabbed my hands and sat me down at the kitchen table , and he said to me , `` Talk . Talk about anything , any subject in the world . Do n't worry whether it will interest me o... |
`` Mustafa Ali , or one of the caravan men may have given the alarm already in Biskra -- if you have not -- murdered them all , '' she whispered jerkily . `` I have not murdered them all , '' he rejoined shortly , `` but Mustafa Ali will not give any alarm in Biskra . '' `` Why ? '' She tried to keep silent , but the q... |
`` Do as I tell you . Go on ! '' Deference was gone in the fear that roughened his voice . He looked back and his face grew grey . For himself he had no fear , but for the girl beside him he dared not even think . They were Ibraheim Omair 's men who had trapped them , and he cursed his folly in allowing Diana to come s... |
The garden palings had fallen , but the broken gate dangled between its posts , and the path to the house was marked by rose-bushes run wild and hanging their small pale blossoms above the crowding grasses . Slender pilasters and an intricate fan-light framed the opening where the door had hung ; and the door itself la... |
I am listening . '' `` If the Orang Blanda come here , Babalatchi , and take Almayer to Batavia to punish him for smuggling gunpowder , what will he do , you think ? '' `` I do not know , Tuan . '' `` You are a fool , '' commented Lakamba , exultingly . `` He will tell them where the treasure is , so as to find mercy .... |
Insane or retarded and unaware of the dead woman , she mumbles , just barely audibly , a melody . SAYER 'S VOICE Can you hear me ? . 16 16 . INT . EXAMINATION ROOM/OFFICE - BAINBRIDGE - DAY Distant music of children 's laughter . Perhaps real , emanating from outside ; perhaps imagined , remembered , playing in a remot... |
She addressed the envelope , and on the sheet of paper she wrote : I 'm married to Mr. Royall . I 'll always remember you . CHARITY . The last words were not in the least what she had meant to write ; they had flowed from her pen irresistibly . She had not had the strength to complete her sacrifice ; but , after all , ... |
Even the evident kindness of the terrible old man must spring , she thought , from admiration for his captive , and the flattered vanity eased for her the pangs of sorrow after such an awful calamity . Perhaps had she known of the high walls , the quiet gardens , and the silent nuns of the Samarang convent , where her ... |
Her suave , subservient guide had been leading her the whole time , not in the direction that had been mapped out in Biskra , but towards the man who had bought him to betray his trust . Mustafa Ali 's shifting eyes , his desire to hurry her from the oasis where they had rested at mid-day , his tone were all explained ... |
The Sheik sprang to his feet with flashing eyes , his hand dropping heavily on Saint Hubert 's shoulder . `` Stop , Raoul ! Not even from you -- -- ! '' he cried passionately , and then broke off abruptly , and the anger died out of his face . He sat down again quietly , with a little amused laugh . `` Why this sudden ... |
`` I will see , '' said Dain , preparing to go . The thunderstorm was recommencing outside , the heavy clouds hanging low overhead now . There was a constant rumble of distant thunder punctuated by the nearer sharp crashes , and in the continuous play of blue lightning the woods and the river showed fitfully , with all... |
She could not fail to realise the significance of those visits to the gay , vicious little towns . The inference was obvious . His thoughtless words would only add to her misery . Her sensitive mind would shrink from the contamination they implied . If Ahmed was going to die , she would be desolate enough without forci... |
A hand on the windpipe , you know . Sure you will excuse . I wanted to say -- a little gold for a little powder . What 's that ? '' `` I know , I know , '' said the lieutenant soothingly . `` No ! You do n't know . Not one of you knows ! '' shouted Almayer . `` The government is a fool , I tell you . Heaps of gold . I ... |
SHERIFF 'S RESIDENCE , FOYER - CONTINUOUS Truman walks into the residence . To the left is the kitchen ; to the right is the living room . Truman looks back at Dorothy -- she 's still on the phone . He heads for the kitchen . INT . SHERIFF 'S RESIDENCE , KITCHEN - CONTINUOUS Truman walks slowly through the doorway of t... |
XIV NORTH DORMER 'S celebration naturally included the villages attached to its township , and the festivities were to radiate over the whole group , from Dormer and the two Crestons to Hamblin , the lonely hamlet on the north slope of the Mountain where the first snow always fell . On the third day there were speeches... |
Like , like there 's somethin ' big pressin ' down ... GLEN ( solemnly ) Eeeeeyep ... I do know the feelin ' . Hi shakes his head . HI Dunno- GLEN And I told Dottie to lose some weight but she do n't wan na listen ! He roars with laughter and slaps Hi heartily on the back . As he chuckles sympathetically : GLEN ... No ... |
Only the worst might be expected from the wild , lawless tribesmen towards a woman alone amongst them . She had fled from one hideousness to another which would be ten times more horrible . Her face blanched and she set her teeth in desperation . The human beings she had prayed for were now a deadly menace , and she pr... |
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So I got together with her and told her , `` Hey , I 'm sick of this shit . I'm comin through for everybody , and nobody 's comin through for me . So , either I 'm gon na tell all my friends to find their own source , or you give me a bunch of weed , I 'll sell it to them , give you the money , minus ten percent , and ... |
Almayer hid his face in his hands as if to shut out a loathsome sight . When , hearing a slight rustle , he uncovered his eyes , the dark heap by the door was gone . CHAPTER XI . In the middle of a shadowless square of moonlight , shining on a smooth and level expanse of young rice-shoots , a little shelter-hut perched... |
I will not let him endanger the health of other patients . He 's resolute ; it feels like a threat , or ultimatum . Trying t remain calm , Sayer changes tacks - SAYER I 'll talk to him , I 'll explain t he problem . He 'll listen to ( m e ) - ( Kaufman has to laugh ) Without the drug , he 's dead . Th e sta teme nt do ... |
`` It was fate . Look at your feet , white man . I can see a ring on those torn fingers which I know well . '' Saying this , Babalatchi stepped carelessly forward , putting his foot as if accidentally on the hand of the corpse and pressing it into the soft mud . He swung his staff menacingly towards the crowd , which f... |
- be f or e se t t li n g o n M i s s C o st e ll o wi t h a ma n wh o se e ms l os t in a w or ld o f hi s ow n , h is he ad n od di ng s li gh tl y t o mu si c fr om a n unseen radio . M I SS C OS TE LL O Ca n you s pe ak to me , Ro lan do ? Ro lan do , it ' s M iss Co ste llo . C an yo u u nde rsta nd me ? |
Hold on , and wait for Joe . I ca n't do anything for you , but when Joe gets here , which should be anytime now , he 'll be able to help you . We 're just gon na sit here , and wait for Joe . Who are we waiting for ? MR. ORANGE Joe . MR. WHITE Bet your sweet ass we are . Mr. White gets up from over Mr. Orange and star... |
He rose , and , approaching the table , leaned both his elbows on it ; Lakamba responsively edged his seat a little closer , while Babalatchi scrambled to his feet and thrust his inquisitive head between his master 's and Dain 's . They interchanged their ideas rapidly , speaking in whispers into each other 's faces , ... |
HECTOR At least let me give you a lift wherever you 're going . LEONARD No , I think I ' d like to walk . . ( to Hector 's wife ) Thank you . She nods , Your welcome , from the doorway of the kitchen . Leonard offers his hand to Hector to shake . HECTOR What 's wrong with you , Len ? REV.12/15/89 ( GREEN ) Pg.122 222.C... |
`` By the way , a little air and sun would do this good ; it 's rather valuable . '' He gave her a nod and smile , and passed out . II The hours of the Hatchard Memorial librarian were from three to five ; and Charity Royall 's sense of duty usually kept her at her desk until nearly half-past four . But she had never p... |
That youthful look had been noticeable often when he was asleep , and she had watched it wondering what Ahmed the boy had been like before he grew into the merciless man at whose hands she had suffered so much . And now the knowledge of his boyhood seemed to make him even dearer than he had been before . What sort of m... |
She had realised the meaning of Raoul 's carelessly uttered words and they had hurt her poignantly , but it was no new sorrow . He had told her himself months ago , callously , brutally , sparing her nothing , extenuating nothing . She pressed her cheek against the hand she was holding . She did not blame him , she cou... |
A lizard , disturbed by the noise , emitted a plaintive note and scurried through the long grass growing on the bank . Almayer descended the ladder carefully , now thoroughly recalled to the realities of life by the care necessary to prevent a fall on the uneven ground where the stones , decaying planks , and half-sawn... |
Her heart was beating so violently that she was afraid to speak , and stood looking at him with tear-dilated eyes ; then she became aware of what her silence must betray , and said quickly : `` Yes : come in . '' She led the way into the dining-room , and they sat down on opposite sides of the table , the cruet-stand a... |
He approached his daughter and passed his hand caressingly over her hair . `` It is bad to have to trust a Malay , '' he said , `` but I must own that this Dain is a perfect gentleman -- a perfect gentleman , '' he repeated . `` Did you ask him to come here , father ? '' inquired Nina , not looking at him . `` Well , o... |
Then , while Nina ran off , he remained in the chair , very still and quiet , astonished at the noise he had made . Nina returned with a tumbler half filled with gin , and found her father staring absently before him . Almayer felt very tired now , as if he had come from a long journey . He felt as if he had walked mil... |
I do n't care about how you look , what car you drive or what your last bank statement says : `` Seduce and Destroy , '' is gon na teach you how to get that naughty sauce you want - fast ! ( dramatic stop , then : ) Hey -- how many more times do you need to here the all too famous line of : `` I just do n't feel that w... |
TRUMAN I 've hardly written anything . One of the six guards CLANGS Andrews ' cell bars with his stick . GUARD # 1 Ready . The ROW GUARD opens the cell door . Andrews is led out , arms and legs shackled , into the corridor . HICKOCK Keep your head high , buddy . ANDREWS Alright now . HICKOCK ... or they wo n't be able ... |
It was like the dreary tranquillity of a desert , where there is peace only because there is no life . And now he had returned . She had recognised his voice calling aloud in the night for Bulangi . She had crept out after her master to listen closer to the intoxicating sound . Dain was there , in a boat , talking to B... |
I will do anything you want , only be kind to me , Ahmed , '' she whispered unsteadily . She had never called him by his name before ; she did not even know that she had done so now , but at the sound of it a curious look crossed his face , and he drew her into his arms with hands that were as gentle as they had been c... |
HARTMAN Me , of course me , but every once in a while some of them try to land Steve . It 's true . Sure he 'll go for a few skanks here and there but it 's all just a sad attempt to hide his fear . All he wants is to love but he 's afraid of opening up , afraid of putting himself out there , afraid of somebody like yo... |
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`` Down from where ? '' she questioned , stooping to gather up the petals his foot had scattered . He jerked his thumb toward the heights . `` Been cutting down trees for Dan Targatt . '' Charity sank back on her heels and looked at him musingly . She was not in the least afraid of poor Liff Hyatt , though he `` came f... |
Dain Maroola , dazzled by the unexpected vision , forgot the confused Almayer , forgot his brig , his escort staring in open-mouthed admiration , the object of his visit and all things else , in his overpowering desire to prolong the contemplation of so much loveliness met so suddenly in such an unlikely place -- as he... |
MR. BLONDE ( slowly ) I said : `` Are you gon na bark all day , dog , or are you gon na bite . '' MR . PINK Both of you two assholes knock it the fuck off and calm down ! MR. WHITE ( to Mr. Blonde ) So you wan na git bit , huh ? MR . PINK Cut the bullshit , we ai n't on a fuckin playground ! ( pause ) I do n't believe ... |
MR. WHITE No shit , he 's gon na fuckin die on us if we do n't get him taken care of . MR . PINK We were set up , the cops were waiting for us . EDDIE What ? Nobody set anybody up . MR . PINK The cops were there waitin for us ! EDDIE Bullshit . MR . PINK Hey , fuck you man , you weren't there , we were . And I 'm telli... |
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