Jeanette 2022-03-22 09:01:49
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Mr. X: I thought I heard a stranger. We've got chicken tonight. Strangest damn things. They're man-made. Little damn things. Smaller than my fist. But they're new! I'm Bill.
Henry Spencer: Hello. I'm Henry.
Mrs. X: Henry's at LaPelle's Factory.
Mr. X: Oh. Printing's your business, huh? Plumbing's mine. For 30 years. I've seen this neighborhood change from pastures to the hellhole it is now! I put every damn pipe in this neighborhood!
Mary X: Dad!
Mrs. X: Bill!
Mr. X: People think that pipes grow in their homes. But they sure as hell don't! Look at my knees! Look at my knees!
Mrs. X: Bill, please!
Mr. X: Are you hungry?
[first lines]
Beautiful Girl Across the Hall: Are you Henry?
Henry Spencer: Yes?
Beautiful Girl Across the Hall: A girl named "Mary" called on the payphone in the hallway about an hour ago. She said that she's at her parents' and that you're invited to dinner.
Henry Spencer: Oh, yeah?
[after a long pause]
Henry Spencer: Well... thank you very much.
[Henry enters his apartment, while the girl slowly closes the door to hers]
