The Life of Hope (1996)
“Hope, Ontario, 1983 Wherein our Biographer has Discourse with His Better Half.
“Elspeth?”
“What’s the matter?”
“Whaddya mean, what’s the matter? You’re supposed to say, ‘You’re drunk’.”
“All right. You’re drunk. What’s the matter?”
“Damn right, I’m drunk.”
“We’ve established this. You’re drunk. Now tell me what’s the matter.”
“Well, things are a little weird out here.”
“How so?”
“Lemme ask you this. Did Jonathon just see what was gonna happen, or did he have something to do with it? See what I’...m getting at?”
“Who’s Jonathon?”
“That is what I’d like to know! Fucking guy has been alive for about 170 years, for one thing!”
“Paul …”
“They got some secret out here. There is a mystery! And I think it’s got something to do with Joseph Benton Hope. And they don’t want me to find out what it is.”
“Who’s they?”
“Mona and Jonathon and the Bernies and the Kims and even Edgar the axe-murderer!”
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“Elspeth?”
“What’s the matter?”
“Whaddya mean, what’s the matter? You’re supposed to say, ‘You’re drunk’.”
“All right. You’re drunk. What’s the matter?”
“Damn right, I’m drunk.”
“We’ve established this. You’re drunk. Now tell me what’s the matter.”
“Well, things are a little weird out here.”
“How so?”
“Lemme ask you this. Did Jonathon just see what was gonna happen, or did he have something to do with it? See what I’...m getting at?”
“Who’s Jonathon?”
“That is what I’d like to know! Fucking guy has been alive for about 170 years, for one thing!”
“Paul …”
“They got some secret out here. There is a mystery! And I think it’s got something to do with Joseph Benton Hope. And they don’t want me to find out what it is.”
“Who’s they?”
“Mona and Jonathon and the Bernies and the Kims and even Edgar the axe-murderer!”
“Edgar the axe-murderer?”MoreLess
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