She grabs Charlie and presses his head against her bosom.
"He's going to be normal, whatever we have to do, whatever it costs."
"It's not something money can buy." "It's Charlie I'm talking about. Your son... your only child."
She rocks him from side to side, near hysteria now.
"I won't listen to that talk. They don't know, so they say nothing can be done."
Dr. Guarino explained it all to me. They won't sponsor his invention, he says, because it will prove they're wrong.
Like it was with those other scientists, Pasteur and Jennings, and the rest of them.
He told me all about your fine medical doctors afraid of progress."
Talking back to Matt this way, she becomes relaxed and sure of herself again.
When she lets go of Charlie, he goes to the corner and stands against the wall frightened and shivering.
"Look," she says, "you got him upset again." "Me?" "You always start these things in front of him."
"Oh, Christ! Come on, let's get this damned thing over with."
전체재생
다음페이지
문장검색