Sam Vernon:
[talking to Jerry about Jerry wanting to marry Emily]
Uhh, I remember how I felt when I was your age, I have respect for it. It was 1929... I was 18 and graduated from high school back in Kentucky. I remember saying goodbye to your mother when I went away looking for work. I went clear to Alaska trying to find a job... I knew she was waiting for me... so she waited 8 years. That's how times were then.
Jerry Vernon:
[looks puzzled]
Well, what's that got to do with it?
Sam Vernon:
Now at least it's better, your girl won't have to wait so long.
Jerry Vernon:
No, Emily and I don't want to wait at all.
Sam Vernon:
We better never have anything like 1929 again. Just the same, you *learn* from it... money's a whip. Sometimes it gets to be like a whip on your bare back.
Jerry Vernon:
[looks puzzled]
Well, why do you keep going back over that? Things are different now, it's easy to get a job.
Sam Vernon:
Yeah, but what kind of a job...
Jerry Vernon:
Any kind.
Sam Vernon:
Oh, no! No, not any kind. Kind where you make something of yourself. That's why I done what I could to have something in the bank for you... when you go to Tech.
[Jerry turns away]
Sam Vernon:
Er, you're not thinkin' of givin' it up?
Jerry Vernon:
It depends on whether my grades are good enough.
Sam Vernon:
Well, you're not studying as much as you were.
Jerry Vernon:
So what?
Sam Vernon:
So what! Well, what are yuh gonna do, get some two-bit job and stick to it your whole life?
Jerry Vernon:
No, I'm not gonna do that.
Sam Vernon:
Well, that's what you'll end up doin' if you don't get some *sense* in your head!
Jerry Vernon:
Look, Pa, there's no sense in getting sore.
Sam Vernon:
You *think* you know all the answers, don't you, Jerry, just bec...
Jerry Vernon:
[with attitude]
I'm sorry, Dad. You say you know how I feel but you don't. I *love* her, that's what's important.
[Sam looks at him glaringly and walks away]
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