All language subtitles for East of Eden_TVV_Tt -pt3

l was going to go back
to Connecticut,

face my brother,
demand to know the truth.

But l'm not going
to do that now.

l mean, Charles and l,
we share much the same blood.

Even if Cathy was
telling the truth,

what difference
does it make anyway?

They're my sons.

l'm going to raise them
as my sons.

Well...

don't you have
anything to say?

Good servant not burden master
with oriental wisdom.

So...

that's what it's about.

Well...

do you suppose

you might
be willing to accept

a humble
occidental apology?

l'm ready to admit it,
Lee,

l was wrong,
you were right.

Well, what do you say?

Start packing
the house, Lee.

We're moving.

Moving?

Where?

l don't know.

l only know
l can't live here.

Too many ghosts
creeping around this place.

And besides,

l just haven't got the heart
for farming anymore.

Because your brother's
a farmer?

Maybe. Whatever the reason,
l want to live in town.

Which town?

Now, don't worry.
Not Monterey.

l told you,
she no longer holds

the slightest
fascination for me.

[ Sighs ]

Salinas, l think.

l want to raise my boys

in a place where they
can attend good schools,

go to church on Sunday,

have other children
to play with.

Yes.

We're going to buy
a house in Salinas.

l think you are --

oh, my God.

ls that Cal?
Cal!

Cal!

Don't jump.
Don't jump.

[ Burps ] Hi !

You mind if l hang around?

That's not one bit funny,
Caleb Trask.

My friends call me Cal.

But you, ma'am,
you may call me Caleb.

For cripes sake, Cal,
would you get lost?

? l once was lost,
but now l'm found ?

? Was blind,
but now l see ?

Forgive me losing my temper
in public, Aron,

but l'm convinced that your
brother is a complete lunatic.

That's just what l've been
trying to tell you, Abra.

You don't want to marry
into this family.

We come from a long line
of mental derangement.

'Cause our grandmother...

drowned herself in
the middle of the night

in her
go-to-meeting dress.

lt was an accident, Cal.

Then there's our
Uncle Charles.
Whom you've never met.

Lives in Connecticut.

Bites off the heads
of live chickens.

And then
there's our mother.

our mother's dead.

She's buried back east.

That's what everybody says.

Most everybody.

You want to listen to rumors
and filthy gossip,

that's quite up to you,

but Aron and l aren't interested
in that sort of thing.

What are you
interested in?

Besides holding hands
and swapping spit?

Aron: He stood there in
the middle of the street

singing ''Amazing Grace'' in
a very sacrilegious way

for everyone to hear.

Profaning a sacred hymn,

defiling the gospel
of the Lord.

ls that true, Cal?

lf Aron says so,
it must be true.

Aron never lies.

Then he insulted Abra and l
in a most disgusting way.

''Me,'' Aron.
''Abra and me.''

Direct object, remember?

No wonder you're
not passing English.

ls that so, Aron?

lt is not so.
l'm doing fine, just fine.

He's trying to put you
off the subject.

You know something,
father?

You never have told us
how you got that scar.

l did tell you.

l got it in
the lndian Wars.

Yes, but was it a gunshot
or an arrow?

What battle was it?

Did you get the guy
that did it to you?

Why don't you want to talk
about those things?

Can we stick to
the subject, please?

Father, l want you to tell him
to stay away from Abra and l.

''Me.''
''Abra and me.''

Your brother has made
a fair point, Cal.

Thank you.

[ Sighs ]
Why must you persist

in being such
an off horse?

Maybe it's something
l inherited!

Maybe it's in my blood!

Lee!

Lee?

Why is it l never have
a clean shirt when l --

Thank you.

[ Sighs ]

Cal,

perhaps you ought
to think about

finding a girl
of your own.

Where's he going to find one
that'll live in a tree.

Ha ha.

Well, if you did,

there's no reason
l can't.

You want to know
the truth?

l say he's jealous!

[ Laughs ]

No, l think he likes Abra,
and l think he always has.

oh, skinny old thing
like that?

l wouldn't have her
naked on a plate.

Caleb!

l want you to apologize
to your brother this minute.

No, sir.
l won't do that.

Go to your room.

Don't bother coming
down for supper.

Cal didn't mean anything
by that, Father.

l don't think he --
Did you hear me?

Cal?

Yes, sir.

lf Cal's not having supper,
l'm not either.

[ Chuckles ]

[ Chuckles ]

Do you think we would
have done better

to have raised hogs, Lee?

Well,

as l understand it,

hogs have a shorter rutting
season than boys.

Thank you.

l just don't know

how long you can go on
lying to them.

Ugh.

Did you steal those?

Lee snuck them up for us.

Thanks.

What's your problem?

You're not using
the quadratic formula.

Negative ''b'' plus or minus
square root ''b'' squared

minus 4ac over 2a.

Thank you, Cal.

Want me to finish it
for you?

Nah.

lt'd be like cheating.

l'd better do this.

l sure don't know what
l need all this stuff for.

College!

Me,

l'll probably just
end up a farmer.

But you, Aron,

you're father's bright
and shining star.

He expects you
to go to Stanford,

you know,
and reinvent the wheel.

l'm not going to be
a scientist or doctor

or anything like that.

l have a much higher
calling in mind.

What's that?
Aviator?

That's not funny, Cal.

Guess not.

Except once we get
into this war,

there's gonna be a lot
of jobs open for aviators.

President Wilson
is not going to take us

into any godless
European war, Cal.

l'm tired.

l'm going to turn in.

Night.

Night.

[ Tree branch snaps ]

[ Laughter,
saloon piano playing ]

Man: Shut up.

Cal!

Cal Trask, wait up,
wait up, wait up.

lt's me.

lt's Tom Hamilton.

[ Laughs ]

Remember?

Son of Samuel Hamilton.

Remember, l used to come out
to your place near King City.

Yeah. Right.

Well, how are you?
How are your folks?

Um, um, uh, your dad.

Your brother.

Fine.
They're real fine.

okay. Hey.

Hey, uh, wait up.

Hey, how come
you're out so late?

Does your pa know you go

wandering around town
at night, huh? [ Chuckles ]

Sure he does.

Hey, Tom, when l see him,
l'll say you said hello.

okay.

okay, hey, hey, Cal!

Ask your pa, does he remember
how me and my brothers

dug up a star on
the day you were born?

You were there?

A star fell out
of that sky.

A great blinding light.

And then...

And then shriek
of the seabirds.

And then a thunderous
explosion

as it hit the water,
you know.

ohh.

And then...

there's silence.

The scar.

Tom, you were going
to tell me about

how my father got that scar
on his shoulder.

He told me you knew
the whole story.

l do.

He told me
the whole thing.

Do you think my father
would keep that a secret?

lt's just l forgot
that part.

oh.

Well, uh,

that's where she shot him

before she ran off.

So then she is alive?

Sure.

Why'd she do it?

Who knows?

Tom.

Where was it you
said she was living?

l didn't.

Besides...

you said you knew.

l do.

l do. She's living
in Connecticut.

That's where my
Uncle Charles lives.

He lives in a cave.

[ Both chuckle ]

Wrong.

Wrong.

Tom: This is it.

My brother's company.

Tom, what l wanted
to say was

she wanted
to go to Connecticut.

Then she decided that...

He's a very successful man,
my brother.

Sells automobiles.

Lots of property.

very proud of my brother.

Will!

You lousy,
tightfisted bastard!

Tom!

Ugh.

Ah.

Ugh.

Tom.

You don't care
that he's dead.

You never care
that he's dead!

l miss him.

My dad.

You know what l mean?

Tom, come on, we got
to get out of here.

Somebody's going to come.

Why'd he have
to go and die?

Will doesn't care
that he's dead,

but l miss him.

l do, l miss him.

[ Sobs ]

Tom,

that was 1 4 years ago.

What?

oh.

How much money
you got left?

Huh?

Couple of bucks.

oh.

That's too bad.

lf l had 1 0 bucks,

l swear l'd take you
over to Kate's tomorrow night.

[ Groans ]

lt's a lot of money.

lt's worth it.

They got a circus
over there.

Damnedest thing.

You ever been to
a whorehouse circus?

No, l haven't.

Funny what they say.

Whores making
the best wives.

[ Chuckles ]

Who'd have ever
thought that

the opposite is true?

Guess old Adam Trask just
never really thought about it,

you know?

About his own wife.

You said you knew.

Y-You said you knew.

oh, God.

[ Bottle shatters ]

Get out of here.

Go on, get --
Get away from me.

Go on!

[ Abra laughing ]

[ Music stops ]

What? What?
[ Laughs ]

Devil's machine.

lt's going to corrupt
the youth of America.

And you see
if it doesn't.

My goodness, Lee,
don't be so antediluvian.

[ Laughter ]

Here.

Mm.

There something
on your mind, Cal?

Well, the truth is

Aron and l had this idea
we've been kicking about.

Aron, do you want
to tell him?

[ Laughs ] What?

Well, you see,

with Mother's Day
coming up real soon,

Aron and l thought
we'd like to

send a wreath, have it placed
on our mother's grave.

Well, l've never --

l think it's a fine idea.

What do you say, Father?

l think it's most commendable
that you and your brother

feel you'd like to make
that kind of gesture.

But, see,
we don't know

where the grave is,
what state even.

We thought you could help.

You could tell us
where to send it.

Give us the address.

A wreath is a very
fragile thing, son.

Wouldn't stay fresh
all that way.

l've thought about
how to keep it fresh.

l've figured it out.
Look.

Adam: What's that?

Mastodon.

A what?

Prehistoric elephant.
Yes.

1 00,000 years old.

They found it in Siberia
frozen in the ice.

They cut off a piece,
and they ate it.

Yuck.

No foolin'!

The meat was still fresh,
sweet as a pork chop.

And l thought we could do
the same thing with the wreath.

We could pack it in ice,
and it would keep it fresh.

So what do you say,
Father?

Should we do it?

You let me study
this a bit, hmm?

l'll let you know later.

Why don't you
tell me now?

l mean, we're both willing

to pay the freight cost,
Aron and l.

Darn it, Cal.
You let it go.

Why, Aron?

What are you getting
so peevish about?

[ Chuckles ]
She's your mother, too,

even if she is dead.

l mean,

she's not going
to bite you.

Unless, of course,
you're afraid of ghosts.

Why don't you
shut up, Cal?

Why don't you just
shut up?

Who asked you?

l didn't notice anybody

make you a member
of this family -- yet.

And that will be quite
enough out of you, Caleb.

Yes, Father.

Aron,
where are you going?

Abra?

[ Door opens, closes ]

lmagine all that fuss
over a little wreath?

You're going
to tear my pants.

And l won't
stop there either

if you don't
give me your hand.

l know that must have been
painful for you back there.

l'm sure it wasn't easy
growing up without a mother.

Why do you say that?

How could l miss
what l never had?

l've watched you.

l could tell.

She was a beautiful lady,
you know.

Pure and fine.

Have you seen
pictures of her?

No, no pictures.

l guess father couldn't bear
to keep them around.

But even now, even after
all these years,

he still thinks about her.

Sometimes l'll see him
when he doesn't realize

anyone's watching, looking off
kind of lost and sad,

and l'll know he's
thinking about her

and remembering the short,
sweet time they had together.

And how she died
and was taken from him.

That's why, sometimes,

if he seems kind of
cold or distant...

Aron, you listen to me.

l'm sorry for your father

and his life,

but it's you
l care about,

And l'm sad for you

having to grow up
all alone like you did.

l'm going to spend my life
making it up to you.

l'm not exactly
an orphan, you know.

Adam: Cal tries to vex me.
That's the whole of it.

Cal needs you.

lf he can't get your
attention in good ways,

he'll try other ways.

All right.

Maybe l'll take him
into business with me.

Business?

What business?

Refrigeration.

l believe it's
the coming thing.

Here, read this
if you get a chance.

oh, yes, don't forget.

order that new icebox.

And just charge it
to my account at Allison's.

[ Thud ]

Whoo! Shoo.

Lee.

What are you doing?

Your mastodon meat

has begun to stink.

This is a very important
undertaking.

A true scientific
advancement.

l have a very important
undertaking for you.

The cellar hasn't been
cleaned out in three years.

Good thing
l never remarried,

or l'd have two old women
bossing me around now.

How could you take
another wife?

You never bothered
to divorce the first.

Father.

Aron.

l didn't hear you
come in.

Where have you been?

With Abra?

No, sir.
Father, there's some place

l would like you
to come next Sunday.

Certainly, son.

Where is that?

You too, Lee.
You're invited also.

''St. Paul's Episcopal Church

''most cordially
invites you to attend

the confirmation
of Master Aron Trask.''

? ...God ?

? Through all our life
be near us ?

? With ever joyful hearts ?

? And blessed peace
to cheer us ?

? Amen ?

Do ye, here,
in the presence of God...

Nice to see you.
Nice to see you.

Congratulations, Trask.

l didn't realize your boy
had a religious bent.

Yes, well, it came as
a pleasant surprise to me.

Not me.

Why, us Trasks have always
walked in the way of the Lord.

My maternal grandfather was
a missionary in Africa.

l didn't realize that.
ls that so, Trask?

Sure thing he got eaten up
by pygmy cannibals.

They bit him off
at the knees,

he just fell to the ground.

Gobbled him up like
vanilla pudding.

Excuse me.
l see Will Hamilton over there.

l must speak with him
for a moment.

Will?
Talk to you a minute?

Aye.

[ Engine won't start ]

Congratulations, Adam.
lt was lovely.

Thank you.

Will, l wonder if l might get
your opinion on something.

My opinion?
[ Grunts ]

You are the most
successful businessman

with whom l am acquainted,
maybe the only one.

As l keep telling you, Adam,
if you just come down

and join our Masonic lodge,

you'll meet any number
of successful --

l've been thinking
about just that.

l've been
thinking a lot about it,

but l wonder if just now

l could prevail upon you for
a few moments of your time.

lt is Sunday, you know.

[ Grunts ]

lt's a wonderful car.
Really, it is.

[ Engine starts ]

l'll tell you what.

Meet me in my office
in half an hour.

Thank you.
Now, l'll be there.

Thank you very much.

Mr. Trask.

We are all very,
very proud of Aron,

as l know you must be.

Yes.

Yes, l am.
Son.

Thank you, Father.

l understand you're not
an Episcopalian.

l was told my mother
was a theosophist,

but l never knew her.

And l'm sure my father prayed
directly to the god of war.

l've always
thought of myself

as a soft-shelled
Methodist.

[ Chuckles ]
And you, Mr. Lee.

l'm a heathen, thank you.
Just visiting.

Best of luck to you.

Thank you.

l imagine once your son
has a church of his own,

you'll be moved
to join the fold.

Church of his own?

Yes, of course.

Aron has already
discussed this with you?

oh, yes, of course.

Naturally, there's college
to be thought of first.

What l want to say is,

Aron, l think it took
a lot of grit

to do what you
did in there.

More than l would have had,
converting and all

and not knowing
how father would react.

Well, what l want
you to know is

l'm very proud
of you, too, Aron.

You mean it, Cal?

Sure l do.

Thank you.

Thank you.

[ Chuckles ]

Listen, uh, maybe you'd like
to stick around awhile.

l know Reverend Rolf
would love to talk to you.

l can't.

Father and l, we've got
a business appointment.

What kind of business?

Lettuce.

Lettuce?

lt's what we grow the most of
in this valley, isn't it?

Think about it, Will.

What wouldn't the folks
back east give

for a nice, fresh head of
lettuce in the middle of winter?

or peas, or cauliflower.

All right.
l'm thinking about it.

Now, l've been down

to look at those fruit cars
the railroad built.

They stand empty most
of the winter.

And l've been thinking

l could buy the ice plant
here in Salinas

and try
and ship some things.

l don't know how
l got into this.

l know better.

Man comes to me
for advice about an idea.

l know he doesn't want advice.

He wants me to agree with him.

lf l want to keep
his friendship,

l tell him to go ahead with
his idea, that it's fine,

and to go ahead
with it and be damned.

Adam: l don't know what you're
getting so upset about, Will.

lt's only an idea.

ldea.
Don't tell me about ideas.

l was raised on ideas.

ln my family,
we had ideas for supper.

Lots of times, we had ideas
instead of supper.

And every time we'd
get a little ahead,

put a little money by,
my father or Tom

would go out
and patent something.

l'm the only one in
my family except my mother

who didn't have ideas,

and l'm the only one
who ever made a dime.

Don't tell me about ideas!

Don't you make
Sam Hamilton

sound like some
kind of criminal.

Right.

He was my father,
and l loved him.

l just wish to God
he had let ideas alone.

How do you know this
isn't a good idea

about the lettuce?

Because people back east

aren't used to vegetables
in the winter.

Because your cars could
get stuck on a siding.

Because the market's
controlled.

You know, it really makes
me angry when babies

think they can ride into
business on an idea.

Don't you understand, Will?

l won't be doing this
for the money.

lt's just something
l feel could be useful.

lmportant.

Fine.

You got 40,000 or 50,000 to
throw away in a good cause.

Welcome to the Communist party,
brother Trask.

l'll take
an automobile, Will.

How's that?

l said l would
like to buy a car.

Unless, of course, you feel
that's not a good investment.

oh, it is.
lt is indeed.

outlast a horse by 1 5 years,

and l've never known of one to
come down with a twisted gut.

Except, uh...

Well, l just
would have thought

you'd be the last man in
the valley to buy a car.

ls that so?

And if your father
were still alive, Will,

do you suppose he would
have an automobile?

oh, yes.

oh, yes.

Probably have an idea

how to make it double
as a milking machine.

Well, that settles it then.

l'll take this one.

l'm afraid this one's
already sold.

ln fact, all of these
are spoken for.

To tell the truth,
l'm having one hell of a time

getting enough cars
to fill my orders with.

l have a whole list of people
waiting for them.

Perhaps you could put
my name on the list.

Hmm.

l'll tell you what
l'm going to do.

The first
cancellation l get,

that car's yours.

That's very kind
of you, Will.

Shall l give you
the money now?

Certainly not,
certainly not.

A 25% deposit will be
more than sufficient.

Adam, wait up.
Adam!

Listen, you've been a good
friend to my family,

so let me give you what you
came here for, some free advice.

What's that, Will?

Beans.

Beans.

This war in Europe's going
to go on for a long time,

and once
we get into it --

Ah.

Now,
l don't believe we will.

Be realistic, man.

How long do you think
Wilson can go on

letting the Kaiser sink
American merchant ships?

We're getting
into it all right,

and when there's war,
there's hungry people.

And you think there's a profit
to be made out of that, hmm?

There's going to be fortunes
made in imperishable foods.

Rice, corn, beans.

They don't need ice,
they keep,

and people can
stay alive on them.

Beans are up to 3 cents,

and l wouldn't be surprised
if they went up to --

Will.

You bring my automobile over
when it's ready, hmm?

Sure thing, Adam.

Sure thing.
Thank you, Will.

Let's go, Jim.
[ Clicks tongue ]

Sir, what are you
going to do?

Hmm?

What are you going to do
about Mr. Hamilton's advice?

l think l'll buy
the ice plant.

[ Laughs ]

[ Cheers ]

[ Band playing ''Give My Regards
to Broadway'' ]

[ Train whistle blows ]

Yeah.
All right, hold on.

Hey, Dan. Dan!

Yeah?

You know anything
about those three cars

standing over there
in section seven?

l see the paperwork
on them when they come in.

l don't know
what happened to it.

Yeah.

All right, Charlie,
we'll take care of it.

Dispatcher says they've been
consigned to New York.

Should have rolled out
of here five days ago.

He wants us to go over
and check them out.

Ugh. Smells like something
crawled in there and died.

Ugh.

Ugh.

Whoever owns this slop

better send someone out
to clean it up.

Adam: Am l wiped out?

Lee: Close.

You've got about
$9,000 left.

Are you all right?

l'm fine.

You were a long time
rejoining the human race.

You're not going
to crawl back

down into your hole
because of this.

lt was a good idea.

Just some bad breaks
ruined it, that's all.

Some folks just love
to see a rich man fail.

They're going to cackle
like corbies.

l don't care.

Cold does preserve things.

l still believe refrigeration
is going to revolutionize --

Cal: lt's here!
Father!

Aron! Lee! lt's here!

They delivered our car!

Father!
Where's Aron?

Aron! Aron!
lt's here!

They delivered our car!

Aron!

Aron: What?

The automobile's here.

oh, boy!

Come on!

oh, look at that.
Look at that.

Adam: Hello, Will.
Hi, Mr. Hamilton.

How long can we
get by on $9,000?

Depends.

The ice plant
brings in a little.

lf we live carefully,

don't buy anything
we don't need,

like automobile...

You don't want me
to tell Will

l can't afford to take
the car l ordered.

l've given a deposit,
and that is as good as my word.

lt's better.

Aron: What's this?

What would you
like for supper?

Roast pig or roast pride?

Abra: ls it brand new?

Will: oh, of course
it's brand new.

Well, here she is, Adam,
just as l promised.

Congratulations.

What do you think, Father?
Pretty nice.

Any word on your lettuce?

Bit overdue, isn't it?

Excuse me.

Nothing yet.
oof.

But l expect l'll hear
by tomorrow.

Let's go for a drive.

[ Bell jingles ]

Hi.

Aron: Why did he have
to mess with things

he doesn't know about?

Now, don't you blame
your father.

lf his scheme had worked,

everybody in town
would be bowing to him.

Well, it didn't work.
He sure fixed me.

l can't keep my head up
in this town.

You know what they go calling us
around town, Cal and me?

[ Chuckling ]
Lettuceheads.
Lettuceheads.

oh, you think that's funny?

l've heard.

l think
l hate him for that.

You stop
talking like that.

lt's just that l want
to get out of here.

Everybody's sneering at me.

l can't stand it here.

You graduate soon.
You'll go away to college.

Sure. And how am l going

to go to college now
without money?

You mean
he lost everything?

Pretty damn near.

Well, l'll help.

l'll quit school,
and l'll work.

l can't let you do that.

Why not?
lt would be for us.

oh, Aron.

l do love you so.

[ Falsetto ]
oh, Aron, l love you so.

[ Laughter ]

Aron, l don't care
if you're poor.

lf you marry me,
we'll live on lettuce.

[ Laughter ]

And we'll go to Alaska,
where the ice never melts

and the lettuce never wilts,

and we'll change our names.

And we'll be
Mr. and Mrs. Lettucehead.

[ Laughter ]

Hey, Mick.

oh! oh!

Pretty funny, huh, Mick?

What's the matter?

Don't you know any
good ice cream jokes?

Maybe something
about baked Alaska.

Aron!

out! l said get out!

That's no fair now.

Two against one.

Sorry.

l don't know what happened.
l guess l just lost my head.

Aron,
this one's all yours.

All right,
get out of here! Get!

Come on.

Get out!

[ Sobbing ]

[ Laughing ]

Aron, we did it!

What the hell did
you do that for?!

l don't need
you mixing in.

l could have handled them
myself without fighting.

Aron, they had it coming.

Turn the other cheek,
is that what you had in mind?

Listen,
if it wasn't for you,

none of this would have
happened in the first place.

Your lousy frozen mastodon
and that stupid idea

to send a wreath
to our mother's grave!

So?

What if she's
not moldering

in some graveyard
in Connecticut, Aron?

What's if she's --
Don't do it.

[ Engine starts ]

[ Snaps fingers ]

[ Piano playing ragtime ]

[ lndistinct shouting ]

Woman: Whoo!

Kate: What do you want?

Cal: Kate?

What are you saying?

Are you Kate?

Who do you suppose l am?

Mother Goose.

What do you want?

Who are you?

[ Whistle blowing, shouting ]

Get out.

Go on, beat it.

Man: Settle down, everybody!

Place is surrounded.
There's no place to go.

[ Gunshot ]

Don't let him get away!
Get him, get him!

All right, all right.

ln you go.
Keep it going.

okay, you guys line up quiet
now, line up straight now.

Name.

John Smith, sir.

ln. Name.

Joe Smith, sir.

ln. Name.

Greg Smith, sir.

Seems as though we rounded up
every Smith in town tonight.

Step in.

Name.

Woodrow Wilson, sir.

President of the United States
caught in a whorehouse raid.

Now, how do you
suppose the press

would treat
a thing like that?

Well, they won't know if
you don't tell them, sir.

Sounds fair.
Step on in there, Woodrow.

Name.

Mike Smith, sir.

Smith. [ Chuckles ]

Anything else?

Do what
you're going to do.

Go ahead,
get it over with.

l've failed you,
haven't l?

What do you mean?

Do you go out
often at night?

Yes, sir.

Why do you go?

l don't know.

l get restless at night.

Like an alley cat,
l guess.

When l can't sleep,
l just walk around.

Does your brother
walk around, too?

No.

Aron wouldn't think of it.

Aron's not restless.

l don't know.

l don't know
anything about you.

l'd have told you
if you'd asked.

But l didn't, did l?

No, l'm as bad a father
as my father was.

We don't think
you're a bad father.

How would you know?

You've never had
any other kind.

You have a right
to be angry.

l was in jail.

Well, did you
do anything wrong?

No, sir, l swear.

But l was just there.

l guess just
being there is wrong.

ls it?

once l was just there.

Just passing through.

l went to jail for it.

l don't believe it.

Sometimes l don't either.

lt was after l got
out of the army.

l did a year on
a chain gang in Florida.

That's how they got
their roads built,

arresting vagrants.

You were a vagrant?

Well, l'd like to think of
a better name for it,

but l can't.

And they would have kept me in
that place for another year,

but l escaped.

Robbed a store,
and l stole some clothes.

l don't believe it.

Well, later l sent money

to pay for the stolen
clothes of course.

So, you see?

Just a pair of jailbirds,
you and l.

Yeah.

l guess we are.

And l'd like
to think now that,

maybe, now that we have
that in common,

well, we will be able
to talk more.

About you.

About your brother.

Sure.

[ Clears throat ] Lee?

Lee's gone up to his room.

l'll heat up
the coffee for you.

Lee can do it.
Lee!

l'd like to.

[ Clears throat ]
All right, l'm asking.

About?

You.
Tell me about yourself.

You said you would?

Well...

l'm...

This is not so easy
when you try.

l understand.

Your brother then.

Maybe that's a better
place to start.

Aron? Well, that's easy.

He's not like me.

He's good.

l mean, he's really good.

He's not me.

He never complains.

He's brave.

He doesn't like to fight.

But he will when
he knows he's right.

Do you love your brother?

Yes, sir, l do.

Sometimes l hurt him for
no reason at all.

Sometimes l cheat him

and trick him.

Sometimes...

You hate him.

Yes, sir.

How did you know that?

l grew up with a brother.

[ Water boiling over ]

Uh, uh-oh!
Grab it!

Aah!

oh!

[ Laughs ]

oh, l'm sorry!

That's all right.

lt has to boil over
to taste good.

[ Laughs ]

oh.

l don't hate my brother now.
l don't think l ever will again.

l don't think
l'll ever hate anybody,

not even my mother.

You know about your mother?

Yes, sir.

All about her?

Yes, sir.

Does Aron know?

oh, no.

No, sir, he doesn't.

Why'd you say it
like that?

l wouldn't dare tell him.

Why not?

l don't think
he could stand it.

l don't think
he has enough...

badness in him to stand it.

But you do?

Aron doesn't go near
places like that.

You've been there?

Yes, sir.

l --

l had to know.

Suppose someone
were to tell Aron.

He probably
wouldn't believe it.

He'd just knock down
whoever told him

and tell himself
it was a lie.

Father,

l've thought about it.

l know how we can keep
Aron from finding out.

We're graduating
in a few months.

lf Aron went off to college,
lived away,

never came back here.

l know.

There's not much money
for that now.

But l can help.
l really can.

But you...

Don't you want
to go to college?

Cal.
Sir.

Son.

He knows
about his mother.

Didn't seem to have hurt
his disposition much.

Good morning, Cal.

Good morning,
Mr. Hamilton.

Shouldn't you be, uh,
in school or something?

Yes, sir,
l suppose l should.

l need some advice.

lt's a lot more important than
being at school right now.

That's why l've come
to talk to you.

Well, l'll be glad
to help you

if l can, Cal.

What is it
you need to know?

l want to make
a lot of money.

l want you
to tell me how.

Well, everybody
wants that, son.

What do you mean exactly

by ''a lot of money''?

$20,000 or $30,000.

Good Lord.

And can you tell me
why you need so much?

My father lost a lot.

l know.

l warned him.

l want to make enough

to give him back
what he lost.

Why?

'Cause l want to.

Are you fond of him?

Yes, sir, l am.

How do you expect
to make this money?

Maybe farming.

l thought -- l graduate soon
from school,

and my father might let me
take over our ranch

when the lease is up.

l want to ask you a question,
and l want the truth.

Will you tell me
the truth?

l don't know.

l like that.

How do you know till you've
heard the question, right?

lt's honest.
And it's smart.

Listen,
you've got a brother.

Does your father like him
better than you?

Why do you ask me that?

l just asked, that's all.

ls it because
your father

liked your
brothers better than you?

You've asked me
for something.

Now, l'm a businessman.

l don't give things away,
l sell them.

Do you understand
that?
Yes, sir.

Good.

Now, if you should
get this money

and give it to your father,
would it cross your mind at all

that you were trying
to buy his love?

Yes, sir, it would.
And it would be true.

Let's got for a drive.

Look at it now.

Did you -- did you know
l built that?

With my father
and my brothers.

My father.

You know, he didn't make a damn
penny on the whole thing.

Will:
Fellow down there, Antoni,

your father's tenant,

he's a good farmer.

Think he makes
any money at it?

The man who buys
from him and sells,

he's the one
who makes the money.

What do you suppose

the present price
of beans is?

How much could you sell
1 00 sacks for in Salinas?

3, maybe 3 1 /2 cents
a pound.

You've been doing
your homework, good.

Now, if we were to guarantee
Mr. Antoni down there,

say, 5 cents a pound
and give him a seed loan,

don't you think he'd put
his whole 500 acres into beans?

Sure.

You bet he would.

So would every other
farmer around here.

We could contract for
5,000 acres of beans.

But what, you ask,

would we do with 5-cent beans
in a 3-cent market?

Well,

if Mr. Wilson was to take
us into this war --

There's a smart boy.
Smart boy.

l just happen to have

a contract with the British
purchasing agent.

And a friend in
the Quartermaster Corps.

Cal, would you like to be
partners with me?

Yes, sir.

Yes, Will.

Yes, Will.

l don't like to take
a partner without money.

l could lend you the money,
but there's trouble in that.

l can get the money.

Can you? Where?

l won't tell you
where l can get it.

l may be a fool,
but l believe you.

And l'm no fool, partner.

Partner.

Shall we go down and have
a little chat with Mr. Antoni?

Would you get
the ignition?

[ Car starts ]

$5,000?

Short-term loan.

Return guaranteed.

lnterest compounded monthly.
Whatever rate you say.

And what makes you think
l've saved that much?

You never buy anything except
books and Chinese brandy.

Unless you've taken up
opium and bad women.

[ Sighs ]

l'm afraid l'm too young
for the one

and too old for the other.

[ Chuckles ]

So...

you've caught me
at the right moment.

Good.

This is a business venture,
you say.

Do you care to tell me
the nature of it?

lt's okay, Lee.

lf you can't see your way clear,
there's someone else l'll ask.

oh, and who's that?

My mother.

Your...mother?

My mother.

[ Laughs ]

You know,

if it were
Adam Trask asking,

l'd say ''no'' and count
myself the richer for it.

But you,

l have a feeling

l'll be seeing
my money back.

[ Laughs ]

You and l will go to
the bank in the morning.

What do you want?

This isn't the first time
you've followed me around.

What do you want?

Nothing.

Hmm.

You're the one that came
upstairs the night of the raid.

Who told you to come here?

Nobody.

You're not going to say
the truth, are you?

You're my mother.

l just wanted to see
what you looked like.

What are you
talking about?

Who are you?

l'm Cal Trask.

Come with me.

Ralph, tea, two cups.

Close that door.

Bring that chair
with you.

[ Door closes ]

Close the door.

Don't stare.

So you want to see?

There.

Look at it.

lt's arthritis.

God, these gloves
hurt my hands.

You'll probably get it.

Great aunt had it.

My mother was just beginning
to get it when --

[ Knock on door ]

Ralph?

ls that you?

Ralph: Yes, ma'am.

Leave the tea tray
out there and go.

Yes, ma'am, l'll set it
right out here for you.

Go outside and bring
in the tea tray.

Ralph.

Theres a litter in the parlor.
Clean it up.

Ann hasn't
cleaned up her room.

Give her one more warning.
Tell her it's the last.

Eva got smart last night.
l'll deal with her.

And, Ralph,

tell the cook if he serves
carrots again this week,

he can pack up, you hear?

Ralph: okay, ma'am.

The pigs would rot if
l didn't watch them.

Pour the tea.

What's the matter?
You don't like my room?

Not much.

l do.

The light outside
hurts my eyes.

l come in here to rest.

Had it built special.

Pour the tea.

lt hurts my hands.

What about you?

l don't like tea.

But what do you want?

Did you just come here
to look at me?

Yes, ma'am.

Well...

are you satisfied?

How do l look?

All right.

All right.

Might have known
you'd cover up.

Where's your brother?

At school, l guess.

or at home.

What's he like?

He looks more like you.

He does, does he?

Hmm.

Well...

is he like me?

He wants to be a minister.

Hmm.

He looks like me and wants
to go into the church.

Slick way to turn a buck.

Might have gone into that line
myself if l were a man.

Aron is serious

about doing
the Lord's work.

oh?

He's studying with
the Reverend Mr. Rolf

at St. Paul's
Episcopal Church.

Where's that?

What do you care anyway?

l said where is that?

Right there in Salinas.

Hmm.

You're smarter than he is,
aren't you?

You torture him,
don't you, your brother?

You cheat him and trick him

and make his life miserable
every chance you get.

What makes you think that?

Because you have me
in you.

l don't.

l don't even know you.

Don't you?

How's your father?

Why did you shoot him?

You like him, don't you?

l love him.

Why did you shoot my father
and run away from us?

Did he tell you that?

No.

He never told us.

lt must have been
the Chinaman.

Does your father
have any women,

No. any girls come
to the house?

No.
Does he see anyone?

[ Chuckles softly ]
l thought not.

l want you to tell me
why you shot my father!

Because he tried
to stop me!

l could have killed him,
but l didn't.

l just wanted him
to let me go.

Did you ever wish
you'd stayed?

God, no.

He thought he could
tie me down

just because he took me in
when l was all hurt

and broken up.

And he cooked for me,

and he waited on me,

and he counted
on my gratitude.

oh, how he counted
on that

to make me his drudge
and his own free whore.

But he couldn't hold me.

Not him...

and his Chinaman...

and his Sam Hamilton
all together.

Even when
l was a little girl,

l could do
anything l wanted.

They never knew
how l did it.

They never knew
how to handle me.

They never
understand our kind,

do they, Charles?

My name is Caleb.

lt's in the Bible.

Caleb got to
the promised land.

Well, Caleb,

l believe you are my kind.

l'm not.

Why shouldn't you be?
You're mine.

of course you are.

You know what l think?

The light outside
doesn't hurt your eyes.

You come in here
because you're afraid.

Get out.

l'm going.

l don't hate you.

But l'm glad
you're afraid.

Go on!

Get out!

[ Door slams ]

Aron: The Lord be with you.

Congregation:
And with Thy spirit.

Let us pray.

oh, Lord,
show Thy mercy upon us.

And grant us thy salvation.

oh, God, make clean
our hearts within us.

And take not Thy
Holy Spirit from us.

[ organ plays chord ]

? Savior, again ?

? To Thy dear name we raise ?

? With one accord ?

? our parting hymn of praise ?

? Guard thou the lips ?

? From sin ?

? The hearts from shame ?

? That in this... ?

Wait up!

Hurry up!
l'm coming.

You, boy.

Come here.

Does your brother
know about me?

No.

l don't want him to know
about me, is that clear?

Sure.

Ralph, give
the kid some money.

[ Footsteps receding ]

What's all
that racket, Lee?

Where are the boys?

over in the square,
probably.

They won't be home
for a while.

l hear there's going
to be a big war rally

at the gymnasium.

Humph.

[ Clears throat ]

Well,

wouldn't you be pleased
to see this day, hmm?

[ Sighs ]

You...

You...

[ Sighs ] You got shot out
of one war,

waited your whole life
for another.

[ Scoff ]

Expect you'd be
putting that up now.

He was a thief.

What are you talking about?

l have seen the portfolio
of clippings.

Your father's
buried at Arlington,

the vice President
of the United States

was at his funeral --

He was a thief.

l told my brother he wasn't,
but he was.

He stole from
the G.A.R.

l don't believe it.

lt doesn't matter.

? The home of the brave
and the free ?

? The shrine of each
patriot's devotion ?

? A world offers homage
to thee ?

? Thy mandates make heroes
assemble ?

? When Liberty's form
stands in view ?

? Thy banners make
tyranny tremble ?

? When borne by the red,
white, and blue ?

? When borne by the red, white,
and blue ?

? When borne by the red,
white, and blue ?

? Thy banners make
tyranny tremble ?

? When borne by the red,
white, and blue ?

Abra!

Abra!

We're gonna whip them,
ain't we, boy?

[ Laughs ] Whoa!

Wilson, he was right!

That's what l say.

one American is worth 20
of them damn foreigners!

Why, we're gonna be in and out
of that war in 1 5 minutes,

and l'm a damn speckled egg
if we don't.

[ Laughs ]

You're damned no matter
what you do.

Hey! What are you,
some kind of a kaiser --

Hey, there you are.
Come on.

Come on!

l got to talk to you.

Later, okay?
Come on.

? Three cheers for
the red, white, and blue ?

[ Cheers and applause ]

Cal! Cal!

Cal!

Will!

1 0 cents a pound!

And going up!

When do we sell?

1 2, 1 2 1 /2, 1 5 maybe.

oh! That's great!

We're rich!
We're rich!

Whoo!

Attention, please.
May l have your attention?

Let's form a parade.

[ Cheers and applause ]

[ ''Columbia, the Gem of
the ocean'' resumes ]

Will!

You seen my boys, Will?

l -- l just saw Cal.

He's swimming downstream
someplace.

Uh, say,
Adam, wait a minute.

l need to talk to you.

There was a meeting
this afternoon

in Henry Stratton's office.

We got orders to put together
a draft board for Salinas.

We'll want you
to be on it.

Me? Why me?

You were in the army,
weren't you?

You know what it takes
to be a soldier.

You do it, Will.

You've got
no sons to pass on.

Leave me out.

You'll be on that board.

lt's your duty.

You decided what?

l have to live
a life of purity

in body as well as spirit.

l will not give in to
the pleasures of the flesh

as other do.

lt's my particular
ministry

to lead a life
of abstinence.

You're joking, right?

Y-You're just teasing me
to see how l react.

[ Laughs ]

No, l'm not.

l've discussed this with
the Reverend Mr. Rolf,

and while he doesn't entirely
agree with my decision,

he does feel
that if the Lord

has touched me
in this way, that...

Aron,

l've planned half my life
to have your children

and to marry you.

l know this will be difficult
for both of us.

oh, l don't think it'll be
difficult for you at all.

l think you're scared
to death of sex.

Abra, l will not have you
speaking like that.

l'm sorry, Aron.

l'm sorry.

Abra.

Cal: How do l know why Aron
would say a thing like that?

Maybe somebody told him
you talk in your sleep.

l might have known
you'd make

some sort
of smart-aleck remark.

l only ask you

because Aron loves you
and respects you so much.

Why, l swear
l don't understand.

Abra, wait up.

That was a rotten thing to say.
l don't know why l said it.

l do.

Because, for some reason,
you seem to hate me.

l don't know what
l ever did to you.

Come on.

Where?

Cal, don't.
Where are you taking me?

Cal!

Cal, don't!

Cal! Cal!

Where are you taking me?

Someplace
where we can talk.

That's what you want to do,
isn't it, talk?

l know all about
the places where you go.

l don't want to go
any place with you.

Do you?

You stop this thing,
and you let me off.

Too late.
Put you in a box.

Here.

Ladies first.

Lettucehead.

You're a lettucehead.

oh. Cal.

Sort of a phase Aron's
going through.

See if he's worthy
of his church.

or if he's truly gotten
the vocation from God.

You'll see.

He'll go to college,

they'll knock the starch
right out of him,

he'll come back
randy as a billy goat.

Cal.

Yes?

lf l ask you
something personal,

would you tell me?

l might.

You do bad things,
don't you?

l mean, you --
you go around at night.

You even go
to...bad houses.

That's not something
l'm proud of.

That's not something
l want to brag about.

But you've been
with women?

l know this must
sound terribly wicked,

and l know Aron would
turn into a pillar of salt

if l ever said it to him
straight out,

but l was kind of
looking forward to...

There can't be anything
wrong about two people

who love each other
being close, can there?

l mean, even ministers
do it, don't they?

Some do.

Except l know for a fact

that the Reverend Mr. Rolf

doesn't even
go to the bathroom.

Really?

You see, he has no body.

only false hands and feet
sticking out of his sleeves.

That's a terrible
thing to say.

lt's true!

[ Laughs ]

He doesn't even go
to bed at night.

They have to hang him
up on a hook,

put him in the vestry.

lt's true.

[ Laughs ]

Does Aron know
his mother's alive?

lt's okay, Cal.
l know.

Does Aron know?

l think part of him knows.

l think part of him
doesn't want to know.

How could
he admit to himself

that his own mother just
packed up and left him?

You did.

We're different,
Aron and me.

We're not true twins.

We both come
from separate eggs.

You've seen her,
haven't you?

ls she beautiful?

Yes, she is.

Beautiful.

At least she
must have been.

She's like Aron.

Beautiful.

Maybe that's why.

Why what?

Nothing.

Tell me.

Maybe that's why my father
always loved Aron best,

because he reminded him
of her.

Cal.

Abra.

Have you gone up to
the Alisal in spring

when the wild azaleas
are in bloom?

No, l haven't.

There's a stream up there.

Sort of bumbles over
the round stones.

Can see
the Gabilan mountains

east of the valley.

Those pink flowers
are everywhere.

l never would have thought
you'd be interested

in something like that.

Maybe you'll take me
to see it sometime.

Get Aron to take you
in the spring.

Get Aron
to take you there.

l'll ask him.

We were only talking,
that's all.

About what?

About you,
if you must know.

All afternoon?

Aron, she loves you,
she wants to marry you!

She just doesn't know why
you're such a wet sock.

Why don't you just
butt out of my life?

You don't know what
you've got there.

That girl, she'd sleep
with you right now

if you
only asked her!

You are disgusting!

Sorry! l didn't mean
to offend you.

lt's not me
you've offended.

But you'll find out

when your immortal soul
goes spinning off to hell.

The Lord takes note, Cal.

Well, at least one
of us is saved.

At least!

l don't know why
you're so damn smug!

lt doesn't seem
to me any big thing

to triumph over a sin
that's never even tempted you.

l've been tempted plenty.

Have you?

Then why don't you
just try it once

so you know what
you're giving up first?

Where does it
come from, Cal?

How did you ever get
such rottenness in you?

Do you really want to know?

[ Door slams ]

[ Softly ]
Because l'll tell you.

See you at Thanksgiving.

Lee.

Look out for those
Stanford girls, Aron.

Bye.

Bye, Aron.

[ Talking indistinctly ]

See you later.

Lee!

Lee!

Lee.

You get your mop,
mister,

and take that water
up off my floor.

Would you settle for...

your money back?

What did you do,
hold up a train?

[ Laughs ]

l told you
l didn't want interest.

l know, but l may want to
borrow it back.

Cigar?

Aron's coming home
for Thanksgiving.

l've already had a letter
from him

ordering chestnuts
in the turkey stuffing.

order champagne, Lee.

l'll pay for it.

Really, Mr. Rockefeller?

Any special vintage?

No fooling.

l want this to be
a terrific party, Lee,

because l've got
a surprise for my father.

Sort of a present
l want to give him.

An offering?

Not the fruit of the ground,
l trust.

l don't understand.

A poor joke.

Forget it.

Cal: What kind
of thing is that,

you don't want to
go back to college?

Did you tell Father that?

Not yet.

Well, don't.
lt would break his heart.

l can't help that.

l'm not suited.

l just don't like it.

What you're trying to tell me
is your grades

aren't going to be
too terrific, huh?

l didn't say that.

lt's just college isn't what
l thought it would be.

Mostly it's a bunch of kids
in dirty corduroys

and a bunch of
horsing around.

l just want to
come home.

What happened to your plans,
Aron?

Becoming a minister,

doing the Lord's work.

Think l'd rather
take over the ranch

and run it,
me and Abra.

Listen to me, Aron.

l think l'm
onto something.

lf you'll go back
to college,

l can get started
laying a foundation.

Then when you're finished,
we could be partners.

l'll have one cut of a thing,
you can have another.

lt could be
pretty good.

l don't know, Cal.

[ Sighs ]

l just don't know.

Do me a favor.

Don't bring it up today.

At least not until
after the party.

[ Laughter ]

of course,
that only happened

after the dean discovered
his horse was missing.

[ Laughter ]

Then, Saturday nights,

especially after
a football game,

some of the fellas and l
go into Palo Alto,

and, well, l'm afraid
you're going to have to

hear about this one
sooner or later, Father.

Adam: oh?

We have a couple of beers.

All right, all right,
sometimes more than a couple.

Uh-oh!

[ Laughing ]
Uh-oh!

Well, l expect l did
worse things at your age.

[ Laughs ]

oh, by the way, Father,
l've been thinking about

joining this fraternity
because of this

terrific bunch of guys
l've been hanging around with.

oh, well, a toast.

[ Clears throat ]

To Aron's new fraternity.

[ Laughter ]

And to about
the best Thanksgiving

we've ever had.

Yeah, l'll toast to that.

What's this?

[ Laughs ]

lt's a present
for you.

Not even Christmas,
and l'm getting presents?

[ Laughs ]

l wonder what it is.

[ Laughter ]

l'll bet
it's a handkerchief.

Must be a handkerchief.

? What is it? ?

[ Laughter ]

Cal...

Cal: l made it

to give to you

to make up for
losing the lettuce.

You made it?

How?

Will Hamilton.

We made it.

on beans!

[ Laughter ]

We bought futures
at five cents a pound

and then when
the prices jumped...

[ Snap ]

lt's for you.

$1 5,000!

lt's for you.

Those are new bills.

Brand new.

Monterey County bank
had to send all the way

to San Francisco
for them.

But l told them it was
a present for my father

and l didn't want any of those
dirty old bills.

You'll have to give it back.

Give it back?

[ Laughs ]

''Give it back.''

To who?

[ Laughs ]

To who?

[ Laughs ]

To the people
you got it from.

The British Purchasing Agency?

They can't take it back.

They're paying
1 2 1 /2 cents a pound

for beans
all over the country.

Then give it back
to the farmers you robbed.

Robbed?

We paid them
two cents a pound

over the market price.

We didn't rob anybody.

At the draft board,
l sent boys off every day.

l sign my name,
they go off.

And some will die.

Some will lie helpless
without arms and legs.

Not one will come back
untorn.

l know because
l've seen it.

Son,

do you think l could take
a profit on that?

l did it for you, Dad.

l wanted you to make back
the money that you lost.

l don't want the money,
Cal.

Thank you for the thought.

Cal: l'll put it away.

l'll keep it for you.

l won't ever want it.

You could've made me so happy
if you had just

given me something like
what your brother has.

Pride in the things
he's doing.

Gladness
in his progress.

Money, even clean money,

can never stack up to that.

Have l made you angry,
son?

Don't be angry.

You want to give me
a present?

Give me a good life.

That would be
something l could value.

Don't be angry with me,
son!

[ Glass breaks ]

[ Door slams ]

l brought you some coffee.

Thank you, Lee.

Don't do this, Cal.

Don't do what?

Lee, l'm all right.

So he doesn't want
the money.

l'll find something
to do with it.

lt doesn't matter
if you lie to me, Cal.

But you mustn't
turn your anger inward

or it will fester
and grow.

What do you
want me to say?

That l know
why she shot him?

And l know because,
just like she said,

l've got her in me.

Stop that,
you hear me?

of course
you've got her in you.

You've got him, too.

You've got some of each.

Everyone does.

Yeah,
l guess you're right.

Did Aron take Abra home?

Yes.

Thank you for the coffee,
Lee.

You can go now.

TimsheI, Caleb.

''Thou mayest.''

What are you
talking about?

lt's from the old Testament.

''Thou mayest triumph
over sin.''

For God's sake,
listen to me, Cal.

From here on,
whatever you do,

it's not your father
and it's not your mother.

lt's you.

You do have a choice.

[ Aron singing indistinctly ]

Aron!

Hi.

l've been waiting for you.

Cal, l'm really sorry
about this afternoon.

He couldn't help it.
Forget it.

What are you doing?

l want to
take you somewhere.

l want to show you
something.

What is it?

lt's a surprise.

lt's very interesting.

l think you'll be
very interested.

okay.

We'll take the car.

okay.

[ Piano playing ragtime ]

lt's something
you're really gonna like.

[ Chattering ]

Hi, kid.

oh, come on...

Cal...

Come on.

Mother.

What?

oh, no.

l'd like to introduce you
to your son -- Aron.

Aron, say hello
to your mother.

No...

No...

No.

No!

l said,
say hello to your mother!

No! No!

Aron!

Aron, wait!

[ Screaming ]

Aron, wait!

[ Ragtime continues ]

They don't know

that l can make myself
so small.

So small...

[ Knocks ]

Miss Kate?

Are you all right?

Go away.

Leave me alone.

So small...

They can't even see me.

So small...

Small...

Small...

Cal: ? There's a rose that grows
in no-man's land ?

? And is wonderful to see ?

[ Retches ]

You were with me.

[ Clock tolls hour ]

[ Door opens ]

[ Sighs ]

Adam: Caleb?

Yeah.

[ lnhales ]

You smell like a bar rag.

Have you been drinking?

Yes, sir.

Do you know where
your brother is?

No, l don't.

Weren't you with him
at all?

No!

He hasn't been home
all night.

Where is he?

How do l know?

Am l supposed
to look after him?

Go on.

Clean yourself up.

Perhaps he just
went on back to Stanford.

He wouldn't do that.

Aron would never leave
without telling me.

And l'm going to
go into town.

l'm going to see if
anyone's seen him.

[ Sniffs ]

You know what l did,
don't you?

l can guess.

Does burning the money
make you feel better?

Not much.

Why did l do it,
Lee?

Why did l do it?

Because...

your father
hurt your feelings.

Because your mother's
a whore.

Because you're...

just plain mean.

Take your choice.

l don't want to be mean.

l swear, Lee, l don't.

Help me, Lee.

Do you think Aron
will ever forgive me?

Do you think
my father will?

[ Front door opens ]

Adam!

What's the matter
with you?

Nothing.

l'm...

tired.

That's all.

Just a little tired.

Did you hear
anything about Aron?

Strange,
my hand seems numb.

Aron?

Yes.

l was down
at the post office.

And there was a telegram.

They were about to deliver it.

l think l read it.

l must have read it.

Maybe l need glasses.

Here, Lee.

You can tell me
what it says.

''Dear Father,
l've joined the army.

''l'll be all right.

''Don't worry about me.

Love, Aron.''

Funny, l --

l thought l read it.

l guess l didn't.

Woman: Nitric acid
is usually purchased,

but it may be made
in the laboratory,

as we'll do today,
by distilling

sodium nitrate
and sulfuric acid.

Now, the nitric acid
condenses in the --

Caleb!

Caleb Trask,
what are you doing here?

Where are you going?

Ma'am, this is sort of
a family emergency.

But...

Didn't he graduate last year?

Let's continue with the class,
shall we?

Now, as l said,

the nitric acid
condenses in the...

What is it, Cal?
What's the emergency?

The azaleas are in bloom!

My brother isn't here,
so l figured

it's my place
to do this for him.

Gee, l hope l'm not
taking you out of your way.

No.

No, you're not.

My father,
he just goes between

the ice plant
and the draft board.

Waits around
for letters from Aron

that never seem to come.

l know -- l haven't heard
from Aron in over a month.

We know he's somewhere
in the middle of France

with General Bullard's
1 st Division.

But l think that war's
going to be over.

Before he gets into
any kind of real trouble.

l still don't understand
why he just

ran off
and joined the army.

Do you?

Maybe his grades
were just too lousy.

Maybe he just got patriotic
all of a sudden.

Some people say,

those big guns they're
shooting off in Europe

are spoiling the weather
all over the world.

Do you believe that?

l don't know.

[ Seagulls calling ]

Abra.

Yes?

oh, nothing.

l was just thinking,
that's a funny name, Abra.

No, not funny.

only, l've never known
anyone else

by that name.

l know.

My father read it
in a poem by Matthew Prior.

''Abra was ready
when l called her name.

And though l called another,
Abra came.''

See?

He wanted a son
and l came instead.

Now he'll be getting one.

oh, he will?

l could hardly wait till
my mother finds out about that.

When Aron comes back.

And you both get married.

lt's not going to
happen anymore.

l don't love him.

l tried to figure it out.

When Aron and l
were children,

we lived in a story
that we made up.

But when l grew up,

the story wasn't enough

because it wasn't
true anymore.

You see, Aron, he
not only wanted the story,

but he wanted to know
how it was going to come out.

l think that's why

he didn't really want to know
the truth about his mother.

Because that's not the way
he wanted the story to go.

What about you?

oh, l don't want to know
how it's going to come out.

l just want to be there
while it's going on.

l think l love you, Cal.

No, Abra.

Yes, l do.
No, you don't love me.

Yes, l do.
No, you don't.

What'd you do
with the money?

Money?

You know, the $1 5,000.

What'd you do with it?

l burned it.

You did what?

[ Laughing ]

You did?

All --

All of it.
All of them?

one after another,
just burned them right up.

l think l do love you,
Cal.

[ Doorbell rings ]

Lee: l'm coming!

[ Doorbell rings ]

Yeah, l'm coming.

Adam: Lee, who was it?

Well, who is it?

Cal: Lee, get some vases,
hurry!

Before these flowers die!

Abra: Lee?

Lee, where are you?

We need two --

What is it?

ls it Aron?

Your brother is dead.

Your father has had a stroke.

Don't let anyone
stay too long.

Yes, doctor.

There is a leakage of blood
in the brain.

The right side is paralyzed
and the left side, partly.

There's probably no sight
in the right eye,

but we can't determine that.

Your father is
practically helpless.

Can he talk?

A little,
with difficulty.

Don't tire him.

Will he get well?

Could live a week
or a month.

He could recover.

or he might die tonight.

We don't know.

Will he know me?

That you'll have to
discover for yourself.

Lee: Doctor.

Thank you.

l'm sorry.

Father?

Can you hear me, Father?

Can you understand me,

Father?

l did it.

l'm responsible for Aron's death
and for what happened to you.

l took him to Kate's.

l showed him --

him his mother.

That's why

he went away.

l don't --

l don't want to do
bad things, but l do.

l can't stand it,
l just can't --

Why is your sorrow

more unbearable than mine?

l told him what l did.

l killed my brother.

[ Exhales ]

l'm a murderer.

And now he knows it.

He didn't say it.

He didn't have to.

He said it with his eyes.

lt's in his eyes.

There isn't anywhere
l can get away.

There's no place.

Cal...

Listen to me.

Adam's brain centers
are affected.

You don't know
what he sees.

You don't know
if he accused you.

He accused me!

Go after him.

What will l tell him?

Do you love him?

Yes.

Go after him.

Adam?

My brother's dead

and my father's paralyzed
because of me.

Didn't you hear me?

l heard.

My mother's a whore.

l know.

l've got her blood,
Abra.

Doesn't that
mean anything to you?

No.

Where are we going?

How far do you think
you can run?

Not far enough.

My father's going to die.

But l'll always
remember his eyes.

Looking at me.

Telling me
l killed my brother.

l don't know what to do.

l don't know
where to hide.

You tell me what to do.

Would you listen?

l don't know.

We're going back.

Back where?

To your father's house.

Come on.

We'll cut across the field.

Come on.

He's awake now.

Lee: Abra,
you'll come, too.

Adam.

l don't know
what you can hear

or understand.

There is damage
in your brain.

But try, Adam.

Try to understand.

Here is your son.

Caleb.

Your only son.

Look at him, Adam.

l don't know how long
you're going to live.

Maybe a long time.

Maybe an hour.

But your son will live.

He will marry,

and his children will be
the only remnant left of you.

He did a thing in anger,
Adam,

because he thought

you had rejected him.

But the result

of the anger is that
his brother is dead.

Your son
is marked with guilt.

Almost more than
he can bear.

Don't leave him
with his guilt.

Adam?

Can you hear me?

Give him your blessing.

Help him, Adam.

Give him his chance.

Give him your blessing.

Thank you, Adam.

Thank you, my friend.

Lee: Can you...

move your lips,
Adam?

Make your lips
form his name.

TimsheI.