There's so many things I don't understand, like why do the fish stop swimming and lie on top of the tide pools after a heavy rain? Why do you hear the waves inside the big shells? Why are all these funny hairs growing on me? I wish a big book with all the answers to every question in the world would drop out of the sky and land in my hands right now. I'd read it till I knew everything.
Richard
Oh, Richard, you can't know everything. Only God knows everything.
Emmeline
God ? He can't find us any better than Santa Claus.
Richard
What's in them pictures, Richard?
Paddy
It's a story about these funny people who get married. There's a saying in each one.
Richard
Give us a look.
Paddy
Were you ever married, Paddy?
Richard
Seven times. Kids in every port from Clao to Macao. Seventeen at the last count, and never set eyes on a single one of 'em. Slant-eyed little devils, black little devils, even a couple of pink ones like you. And all with my eyes.
Paddy
Paddy, what's "subjugation"?
Richard
Something I've been trying to avoid all my life.
Paddy
We don't wanna go swimming! We don't have our bathing costumes.
Richard
To hell with your bathing costumes. You don't wear 'em when you take a bath, do you?
Paddy
This isn't a bathtub! This is the ocean!
Emmeline
What are you looking at?
Richard
What about them? You're really acting silly lately, Em. Always saying dumb things like that. Always looking at me funny! You're not coming down with something, are you? Don't give it to me.
Richard