Lois I'd just hate to see you marry him, that's all. You wouldn't be rich anymore, and in about two months...
I don't care about money...
Lois ...he'd quit flattering you.
Lois Well, you're pretty stupid then.
Well, you married Daddy when he was poor. And he got rich, didn't he?
Lois I scared your Daddy into gettin' rich, beautiful.
Well, if Daddy could do it, Duane could too.
Lois Not married to you. You're not scary enough.
Well, you're rich and you're miserable. I sure don't want to be like you.
Lois Not much danger of that.
Oh, he's just awful, Momma. Why do you fool with him? Daddy's a nicer man than him, isn't he?
Lois He sure is, beautiful. Your Daddy's a very nice man. I oughta been givin' Abilene hell, instead of him.
I don't know what I'm gonna do. Bobby was the last one - I'm just gonna be an old maid.
Lois Oh no, honey, that's just the way it goes sometimes, you know. You win a few, you lose a few.
What do you do? Nothin's ever the way it's supposed to be at all.
Lois You're right, come on. I wanna tell you somethin'. What I've done has not worked out too well. I think maybe we better think of somethin' else for you.
Lois You won't believe this, Sonny, but you're lucky we got you clear of her quick as we did. You'd have been a lot better off staying with Ruth Popper.
Does everybody know about that?
Lois 'Course. Sounds like a good deal to me, kiddo. You shouldn't let Jacy turn your head.
Well, she's prettier. I guess I shouldn't have, though. I guess I treated her terrible.
Lois Guess you did.
Nothin's really been right since Sam the Lion died.
Lois No, no it hasn't. Oh God, I get sad if I think of Sam for long. Did you know he had beautiful hands?
I guess you liked him, didn't you? Aw, I guess everybody did.
Lois Well, I tell you, it was different with me, Sonny. I loved him. He loved me, too.
Are you - are you the one he used to take swimmin'? Out at the tank?
Lois He told you about that, huh? Yeah, I was the one. I guess if it wasn't for Sam, I'd just about have missed it, whatever it is. I'd have been one of them Amity types that thinks that playin' bridge is about the best thing that life has to offer. Old Sam the Lion. Sam the Lion - you know, nobody knows where he got that name. I gave it to him. One night, well, it just came to me. He was so pleased. I was 22 years old then. Can you imagine? I'll tell you, Sonny, it's terrible to only meet one man in your whole life who knows what you're worth. Just terrible. I've looked, too. You wouldn't believe how I've looked.
Well, now I know why Sam liked you.
Lois Loved me.
Lois Do you? Well, I can kinda see what he saw in you, too. Nope, I'll just go on home. Go on, get out.
Think I can - think I can learn to drink?
Lois You might. You'd better keep on practicing.
