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He's here today! I can't wait!

Could you make mine out to Rosemary?

Rosemary. Beautiful name.

Thank you.

Any idea?

Do it again.

Can you put it to Patty?

To Patty?

Well, the cousin named Patty looks a bit like you also.

There you are.

Hi,

Mr. Brookfield.

Hello. My name is Rachel.

That's your number.

Thanks. Any idea?

I love it. Oh, I'm sure you are.

Hi,

I'm Chrissy Spears.

Hi, my name's Mei -Ring.

Ah, Mei -Ring. Korean, by the way.

Wow, interesting.

Thank you.

Hey, could you sing it, Laurel?

What's that song you're humming, Mr. Brickfield?

It's a woman's dream if she'll just take a

chance.

A woman's dream to return to romance.

So tell me, why can't she see that this

dream...

A woman's dream is more than it seems.

It's a woman's dream.

And for all we know.

it come true.

Fraction with this guy to me. He looks like a fake schmuck

My

long long daddy

Enjoy yourself.

Well.

It's a woman's dream, if she'll just take a

chance.

A woman's dream, to return to romance.

So tell me, why can't she see, that this

dream...

It's her only chance.

This woman's dream to return to Rome.

Hi, Ben.

I knew it would happen someday.

I just didn't know when.

The world's not big enough to bend Brookfield anymore, is it?

Once it's been since Whitestone.

Oh, I don't know. Six years.

We sure had it made back there, didn't we?

Sure did.

I wish I was back there sometimes, though.

No worries, no cares.

Plenty of time to just write.

I didn't have to worry about agents or movie deals or whether or not I was

to be the book of the month club selection.

God, Ben, you sound like a Whitestone publicity brochure.

I was really gung -ho when I first started there.

I'd been chewing myself up for weeks wondering if I was really Whitestone

material.

Then when I got there and saw the fanfare they were raising over me, I was

astounded.

be a part of our family here. Oh, Mr. Tanner, I have to talk to you. Oh, I'll

talk to you later. We'll take care of that later.

Old Burgess Tanner had me under his arm, showing me off like a prized calf, and

I guess I even felt like one. Hey, Mr.

Tanner, I ran out of toilet paper two days ago.

Just go talk to the janitor and he'll take care of everything. I'm sorry. I'll

take care of that. Come right this way, Ben.

Yeah, I thought, Ben Brookfield, your star is on the rise.

It never occurred to me back then that parading the new stock for those stuffy

old money bags on the endowment fund was part of the way that Tanner kept his

job as director of the institute.

Oh, yes.

Pleasure. How do you do?

Pleasure to meet you.

You'll be talking to them later? Much later. Please don't forget, Mr. T. I

promise you I won't forget. I promise you. I promise you.

Maybe you should take care of him. Oh, he'll be all right. I'll take care of

him. He has a little problem that can be taken care of very easily. Oh, Mr.

Sloan. I'd like you to meet Mr. Ben Brookfield. This is Sloan. How are you?

We'll have a lot in common. Really a pleasure. Okay, we'll talk to you later.

And then... She's a lovely young lady.

Oh, yeah, we'll introduce you to her later.

She's a very talented young lady.

Sure. Among others, of course.

But first, we want to get you settled here, Ben.

You've done some great work.

We're very proud of you. Thank you very much. We are proud of you.

Appreciate it, really.

I just hope I fit in here.

There's so much talent here.

Oh, yes.

Among many. Among you, especially.

Humble writer of the moment.

I'm trying hard. I know. You're doing a wonderful job.

Mr. and Mrs.

Wiggins, I'd like to introduce you to Ben Brookfield. I told you about him.

We have great expectations.

Thank you very much. I hope I've fulfilled those expectations for you.

You too, Mrs. Wiggins.

nice to meet you again. Thank you very much. We're very proud of you.

Very, very proud indeed.

Ah, where's Dana?

Well, isn't it nice to see that we have romantic poets visiting us at White

Star?

It's just amazing to me that we could get people that continue to leech off

path instead of coming up with some new original stuff.

Like, for instance...

It's

the Twilight Twinkles.

Upon your repugnant visages, my bowels stir in anticipation

of the shit -encrusted values you will rain upon my aura.

But nay, I refuse to be flushed into the abyss of upper -class

sewage, for the scumbag of truth shields my body.

For the scumbag of truth shields my body from the clapped, diseased minds that

would render my life to a worthless pool of pus.

So do not tempt me with your cultured cunts and assholes, for I will enter

when I choose.

And at the time our entities merge, your lusty chamber is about to explode.

I will withdraw.

And puke on your pubes.

Content that the bile of enlightened wisdom will seep through to your

brains and set you free.

Very good, Lenny.

Lenny.

You know, Ben, it's good to see a more conventional poet around here.

Someone that can speak the English language, articulate.

Very nice. I'm more of the conventional school myself, you know. Yeah, I feel

the same way about that.

I've been listening to this stuff that's been going on around here for so long

now. It's really been bad for me.

I'm very delighted to have you here.

Oh, yeah, Bubba. Liz.

Have a good time, kids.

Oh, well, they're into interpersonal relationships. They're trying to develop

the perfect relationship.

You know, something that sub -rows the comment between people.

Something you can say without words.

They seem to be doing quite well with it. Oh, yes.

I like what they're doing. They're more fun to watch, I think, than most anybody

around here.

I was so

fortunate,

Liz, that Whitestone allows us to work out our relationship this way.

They're really going to like it around here at Whitestone.

There's a lot of stuffed shirts around, but you'll get used to them.

Work around them.

Well, they don't seem so bad, but there are a few weird characters here.

Can you talk to me now?

Where's your jacket? Where are the others?

The others are in there rehearsing.

Well, go get them. They just don't want to contribute any more service to a

Mickey Mouse outfit like this. Mickey Mouse outfit? Do you realize who's here?

It's like a circus.

Mr. Stanford Wiggins is here. Don't you realize who that is? Now go back and get

them. What's the story with this?

Let's go here.

That's Sondra Jo.

She used to be a nun.

She's real shy.

She's here studying dressage.

Really into horses, and every time anybody tries to get near her, they kind

frighten her away.

Real shy.

Look, maybe I'll go talk to her for a minute.

Hello. Okay, I'd probably scare her away, but, yeah.

I'll see what I can do. Sure.

See ya.

Hi there.

Go on away.

Wait a minute.

Uh, miss.

Does this one fuck you?

Sorry. Oh, my dear Dana.

Dana. I've been talking to you about Dana. I would like to introduce you to

and Mrs. Stanford Wiggins.

Oh, money bags.

Our, uh, shall we say, uh, New wave artist, right, dear?

Well, you're a very unusual young lady.

At least.

And I've got someone else I want to introduce you to, Mr. Ben Brookfield.

We'll get him. Ben?

Ben? A new guy? Now, where did he go?

Ben?

Never mind, dear. We'll find him later. New guy, huh?

Some of them are, aren't they? There you go.

Lovely lady.

um

Mmm.

Oh, Baba, wouldn't it be wonderful to stay at Whitestone forever?

Oh.

Oh.

Got to get used to it.

They never stop.

I was just looking for Sandra Jo. She wandered through here, and I just

where she went.

Later for you, Dad.

I don't know.

I think it was the sight of you walking back from that party with Jane for a

sparkler out.

Ben, you're blushing.

You're not so shy, are you?

I guess it's true what they say about the little boy never leaving the man.

Probably. I mean, intellectualizing your emotions doesn't necessarily make them

go away.

Well, I was really shy then, too.

Probably seemed like I was aloof.

Always spending all that time by myself, reading, sculpting.

Let me tell you, from that day on, my pencil moments took on a new and

texture.

Yes, I was definitely infatuated with you, Ben.

You were the centerpiece for my first sexual awakening.

Well, isn't this nice?

Thoughts of a romantic. Well, we have our own little Lord Byron right here at

Weiser.

How would you like to model for one of my true -life paintings?

Do you have the nerve?

Dana, Dana.

Who needs you anyway? I already have a model.

Everybody's going out having fun.

I'm a fool.

Come here, boy.

Come on.

Come on over here, White Stone. Come on.

Come on. I got something for you.

Come on, boy.

That's it.

Come on.

Attaboy.

Yeah, looks like it's me and you, buddy.

Just don't seem to fit in here yet, you know?

Yeah, you know, huh?

Sure got a bunch of strange people up here, though.

I should talk. I'm standing here talking to you like an idiot.

Well, at least you get to have Dana up on top of you every once in a while.

can't be too bad, huh?

With all the money they got here, you'd think old Tanner would get you a nicer

setup than this.

It's a little bit more like a pig pen than a stable.

The way he takes all his money and gets his offices and his clothes and his cars

and everything.

The least he could do is get you a nice custom stall or something.

Yeah If we just have to go back to my writing, you know see what I can come up

with At least I got you for a friend. Anyway, I do have to bribe you

Yeah, I want you take some more of this Go back up and see if I can

come up with another masterpiece, huh?

I'll see you buddy Be a good boy now, huh?

Well, just strip and get in there or no 20 bucks.

Oh, Dana, do I have to?

All right, Dana. Stop bitching.

Get in there.

From the beginning of time, ancient Rome, Greece, Africa, there was never

anything that man did.

of the art of creation.

I can hear.

Oh, yeah.

Suck it. Suck it.

Men and women have lusted with sex in their hearts.

And what have they created? Nothing. But nothing like what I feel

right here.

Thank you.

Cataclysms of time.

I think it's great.

It's fantastic.

Great piece of art.

Uh -huh.

Let's bring out the artist, huh?

Dana, come out here.

Take a bow.

It's people like you that keep this institution alive. Do you know that?

That and the endowment fund?

Yes, my dear, yes, yes.

But how about a nice little hand for the lady, huh?

I think it's a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful idea. So proud of you, my

so proud of you.

Keep up the good work.

So this is the pride of the institution, huh?

It's real good, babe. I'm telling you, real good.

Hey, what kind of watercolor is this, Dana?

What a nasty little boy you are, Lenny. No wonder you write such dirty poems.

Why don't you use your creative talents to bring a little flower like this into

bloom?

That's one of the things that always fascinated me about Dana.

Brushes and paints were just secondary tools for her.

People were a real medium.

Yeah, and life was her canvas.

Is, was, you mean.

No. No matter where she wound up, I'm sure she's not manipulating people the

she used to.

Funny.

No matter what her subject matter was, she usually just painted trouble.

He should talk.

I guess she did manage to plant some interesting ideas into Lenny's burnt

though.

Once she got his mind onto sex and off those filthy poems he used to write, he

was a different person.

Hey, Sandra Jo.

What's happening?

Um... So nice to see you. Wow, you know, you're looking great.

Um... Um... I'm taking a bath.

Hey, you know, like when I was reading my poem yesterday, I noticed that you

left. That really upset me a lot. You know, that came from the heart.

Well, uh... I mean, what's the matter? I mean, did something upset you about it?

I mean... Um... I'm taking a bath.

Hey, you... Uh, no, nobody's ever seen me naked before.

Hey, you know, that's a great idea to take a bath, Sandra Jo.

My hands need cleaning themselves.

Oops.

I'm sorry.

I thought I heard you screaming.

I'm sorry.

woman, Sandra Jo.

Oh, yeah.

Pussy, Sandra.

Babe,

take that cock and put it in me. Oh, baby, yeah.

I want it.

Sorry, I was just looking through the library. Not at all. I'm glad to show

what's happening here. How are you?

Very well, indeed.

Interesting, you know.

We're doing a hot bath and a cold blunt for Burgess.

Oh, you are? He likes to travel a lot, and this is going to go behind the

that you've seen outside.

Mr. Wilson, is all this for Burgess Tanner's personal use? Well, of course,

all part of the Whitestone Project. We have an opportunity to do the kind of

work like this that we wouldn't ordinarily have.

So we're glad to be involved.

Yeah, Dana.

Life was a scroll upon the beach.

It was near the ocean's edge she could go.

Well, Thoreau.

At least she wasn't a common whore, unlike certain other budding artists of

time. Common whore? What do you mean?

Oh, Ben.

Quit acting like you never compromised that well -documented Brookfield

integrity.

Burgess Tanner was no more than a pimp.

He offered you up to that horrible Mrs. Wiggins like a temple sacrifice.

Now, don't tell me you did anything other than trot meekly along to the

slaughter.

But had you... I mean, I'd always thought you were oblivious to

those lifeless statues of yours... God, I must have been naive.

How did you ever find out?

You forget, Ben, that I was at Whitestone before you were.

I'd watched that Mrs. Stanford Wiggins in action on previous occasions.

She made it perfectly clear to everyone that her husband was in charge of the

endowment fund.

The White Stones' very existence could cease at her whim.

She seemed to specialize in young poets like herself.

She must have sensed my interest in you because part of her game was to stir my

emotions to the boiling point.

That's very nice, Emily.

That's really very nice.

Thank you, Mrs. Wiggins.

You know, you really have talent, Emily.

I'd like to see you work and develop that talent.

A young girl with talent like yours could really go far in the field of art.

If you concentrate on your work, practice, practice makes perfect,

you know.

You think so?

Absolutely. Of course, the important thing to remember here is not to ever

yourself to become distracted from your work, you know.

Distractions like, oh, boys, for instance, can be very harmful for your

work.

You know, I couldn't help but notice you...

watching that young boy the other day.

What's his name?

I think he's a writer or something like that.

Ben? I don't know what you're talking about.

Well, anyway, we wouldn't want Ben to interfere with your sculpting. You

do such a lovely job, my dear.

And, of course, I know you'd never want to interfere with his work either.

No, I wouldn't want to do a thing like that, would you?

You know, he really is a talented boy.

He could really become a successful writer as long as no one distracts him.

I'm sure you wouldn't want to do that.

You really do a lovely job, my dear.

Keep up the good work.

There you are. I've been looking all over for you. How are you? Fine, how are

you? You're looking very well. Thank you.

Listen, I want you to know something about Mrs.

Stanford Wiggins. Mrs. Stanford Wiggins? Sure, I know her.

Endowment fund?

Of course. Okay, well, I've taken the liberty to let her read some of your

poems. Mr. Tanner, you didn't... No, no, no. She's very impressed. Very

impressed. Yeah, but that's my personal work. You don't understand.

So impressed, as a matter of fact, that she wants to see you in my office right

now. I'm still rewriting them. How could you possibly do that to me? I know, I

know. She's very impressed. Nevertheless, she wants to see you.

Listen, she's done a lot of work for poets.

Don't believe me. I'm not prepared to see her now. I'm still...

That doesn't matter. She knows what she's doing. She knows what she's

She is impressed with you. What does she know about poetry?

She is a patron of the arts. That's what she knows.

And she's helped a lot of young poets. Now go up there and do your thing.

She's waiting in my office. Five minutes of your time won't... What does she

want to talk about?

You and your poems.

Believe me, you will not disappoint her.

Now be a good man. Well, I suppose I could spend a few minutes, but...

You really shouldn't have showed my poems to her.

You'll find out.

That's a boy.

Come in, Ben.

Hello, Mrs. Wiggins.

I've been reading your poetry.

Yes, I know. I just came to collect it.

You know, it's really very good.

Thank you very much. I'm not done yet, but Mr. Tanner did say he wanted to see

me, and I thought I'd come up.

We'll have it all here.

Yes, Ben, there's something I wanted to talk to you about. Why don't you sit

down, Ben? Well, I'm running kind of late now.

Just sit down for just a minute.

About a minute, I guess.

You know, Ben, I don't know if Mr. Tanner told you or not, but I've helped

several of the young poets here at the Institute.

Really? That's quite nice to hear. I'm sure when I'm finished with my poetry,

I'll be able to use it.

all the help I can get.

Mrs. Wiggins, I really don't have that much time. I just have so many things to

work on now, and I think maybe perhaps we'd be better off if we had

some kind of meeting later, really. I have many things I have to go over,

and I just hate to have...

Mrs. Wiggins, is this the type of talk that Mr. Tanner had in mind when he sent

me up here?

Mrs. Wiggins, what if Mr. Wiggins finds out about this?

I'd really like to stay at Whitestone, you know.

I appreciate you helping me out.

I don't know if this will really inspire me to the work that I aspire towards,

but...

I

suppose any help you can give me, I appreciate.

I've had worse treatment.

I would really like to stay at Whitestone's. If this will help, I

finish it out.

Yes, I seem to be meeting your expectations.

I hope I can meet your husband's expectations.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

Further education.

Yes.

Let's take these pants down.

Do we have to?

No.

Mrs. Wiggins, I think you're getting your point across.

Oh, God.

Oh, Mrs. Wiggins.

Oh.

Oh. Oh, yeah.

Very enlightened.

Sizzling with wild talk after all.

It's the juice of knowledge.

Why, Emily, my dear, what happened to your statue?

It was so lovely before.

You know, sweetheart, you're going to have to concentrate a lot more on your

work.

Yes,

I can see that.

That's the key word here, concentration, honey.

Concentrate.

What fools men be.

I remember thinking that Tanner would be horrified if he ever knew what was

going on in his office.

Little did I know that he arranged everything.

You were aware of a lot more than I gave you credit for, Emily.

Well, it wasn't hard to maintain a little profile.

Half the school stood in the shadow of Dana. Yeah, you're right about that.

She always had the presence of someone who knew.

So I've always wondered what happened to her after they shut the school down.

She was always pushing the rules to the limit.

Always trying to see just how far she could go.

I'll never forget how far she went on that last day.

Old Tanner was out in Washington trying to coax more money from Wiggins.

I think he wanted a new wing or a larger personal staff.

Anyway, it was a perfect opportunity for Dana to create her greatest work.

Everybody, come on in.

Bring it on in, all of you, on the steps.

Dana, where am I supposed to be? On the steps. Just alternate.

That's right. Oh, yeah, that's right. Move on in.

Get your bodies together.

There. It's beautiful. Okay.

Get your head down by here. Come on, Dana.

Love it.

Come on in. I'm glad you suggested it.

Dana, Harvey's blocking me.

Dana, my knees are killing me.

This is ridiculous.

How long do you want us here? How long are we going to have to be here?

Still,

life's just so boring.

Mosquitoes are biting.

Can't we change positions?

I can't get it up without a drink.

At least I can unflex my knees.

It's got to be perfect, Kitty.

Perfect.

Okay, Lily.

Now you're getting it.

Now you're getting it. Now I can block you.

Can't do anything.

Fuck Dana, just do it. Where am I? I don't care what she wants.

We could fuck on a bucket.

Okay.

This is harder on the back.

This is a screwy idea.

It really is.

Get on in there. She's not even looking.

We're trying to contribute in our own little way, Dana.

Liz, you'll love it.

I'm telling you it won't hurt. That's hard on your knees, isn't it?

This is not going to ruin your relationship.

I'm telling you, nothing will happen to your relationship.

Now, don't jostle, you guys. I know you're here to work things out with each

other. Just move on in. You're going to love it. You're going to love it.

I'd really rather not, Dana.

I mean, I think this is... You know, Liz and I are in this together, and we want

to stay together.

Oh, quit complaining.

It's not going to be that long.

All you fellas, all the fellas on your backs with those nice little tripping

hands. Those tongues just out.

Get them out. Come on, guys and girls.

Snake right over the top.

I just got comfortable.

All right, boys, down on your back.

Let's go.

We have to do this too?

Bubba, Lynn.

You don't expect me to take part in this, do you, Dana?

Just another minute.

Just

join

in. It won't take long. It's got to be perfect.

You'll love it.

Just simmer down.

Just get your arm out of the way. Can I eat her, please?

That's what they want.

This

is

ridiculous.

Ladies, keep moving.

That's right.

When you get to the end, start again.

That's right.

Just like leapfroggies. Keep going.

Keep going. Once you're at the end, just start again. That's right. Keep going.

Little leapfroggies. Don't be afraid.

Lenny, get your head in there, Lenny. Tongue is out.

Dana, I have a school of ants here who are trying to make my penis their home.

Can we please leave?

in the cushions.

Bring in the cushions.

That's really easy.

Okay,

Sondra

Jo.

Would you, Sondra Jo, stay in one, just for a few minutes.

relationship with Liz, Dana.

It'll be on your head if it does.

He's so uptight about this thing. We should offer him counseling or

He's so worried.

Oh, this is great.

That's not right.

Liz.

Liz. You don't want her.

Oh, don't worry. Listen. Liz.

Liz.

That's it, Dana.

Little lovebirds.

I can't do any more with these other people.

Get inside, Joe.

You can't separate artists from reality.

They lose their inspiration.

On white stone clothes, it was the best thing that ever happened to me.

I buckled down, got to work, wrote my book.

Here I am.

I feel kind of bad that we all got parted in the rush, though.

Should I kiss you goodnight here?

Sherry, it's good to see you again, Ben.

Good to see you, Emily.

Why

don't

you pour us a sherry?

There's some glasses in the cupboard and the sherry's on the counter.

Okay.

Meet me outside, okay?

Mm -hmm.

Um, bring an extra glass.

Extra glass.

Extra glass.

Dana.

I should have known.

Unbelievable. So this is why you're so vague about Dana, huh?

That's a nice surprise.

Why don't you join us?

Not in, Ben.

Come on, take your clothes off.

Emily, I never thought you'd see it this well.

But I will join you.

After six years, I finally returned to romance.

Going down?

You've gotten so mature over the years.

Oh, look what we've got here. A little submarine.

What have we got?

A periscope.

I bet

Mrs.

Wiggins was never this hot. Oh, no, no.

She wasn't bad for a...

I wouldn't quite go that far. But this way, I'm sure Tanner would have kept you

two after class, had he known.

Hey, I would have touched that puppy.

I just think they should have had that course in sexual awareness, you know?

definitely. Not that I wasn't aware of you two sexually.

No way.

I don't know what grade I would have gave you.

Ew, you seem to have mellowed right out, Dana.

Don't believe it. She used to be quieter than her own body.

Of

course,

Emily's no stick in the mud either.

As serious as she was and as loose as she was. I never was, and you're giving

a chance. Serious little artiste.

You know, she was a wonderful person.

I was busy. Jeez.

And you, I was evil can evil.

Oh, God.

Oh, God.

Oh, doubleheader. Oh,

yes.

You guys are so beautiful.

Antonio, I am so glad I returned to romance.

I can see you two have been busy the past six years.

It's a woman's dream if she'll just take a

chance.

A woman's dream to return to romance.

So tell me, why can't she see that this

dream...

To return to...