Period of Adjustment

Mrs. Slovatny!

Alright, alright!

Break it up.

You're going on our honeymoon with me.

Come on.

Bye-bye!

Good-bye!

Bye!

Bye-bye!

Bye!

Bye-bye!

Bye-bye!

Isabel...

This is a 1939

black Cadillac station wagon.

It's not a hearse.

But if it...

If it comes from Burt Myers' mortuary--

Then it's a great buy at 500 bucks,

'cause it stands to reason

that whoever drove it for Burt Myers' mortuary

was no hot-rodding kid.

Look, little bit,

say you carry coal a couple of times in a--

In a thunderbird.

Doesn't necessarily

make the thunderbird a coal truck, does it?

No.

But if...

But if this car...

Has gone 147,000 miles...

What was carried in it

was carried in it more than a couple of times.

It's not that I mind, George,

it's just that...

It was such a surprise.

I mean, at first glance, right after getting married.

Oh, you sure were happy about that, too.

Bawling over that head nurse

like she was your last friend in the world.

And after telling me 100 times

what a blood-sucking old harpy she is.

Well, I'm sorry you think I'm a hypocrite.

No, little bit, I didn't call you--

It's just I had a moment of feeling lonely--

Getting married without daddy

or poor mama being there

and going off to a strange place...

Wait. You picked Miami!

With a strange man I'm not even related to...

In a hearse!

All of a sudden,

I thought at least I know Mrs. Slovatny.

Maybe you should be going to Miami, Florida

with Mrs. Slovatny.

I don't wanna go with Mrs. Slovatny.

I wanna go with you 'cause I love you--

Which is why I married you!

Only that little fact

would be a little easier to remember

if you'd stop shouting at me!

Who's shouting?!

'Cause I'm not used to being shouted at!

A radio in a...

I guess they must've played it

on the way back.

Ohh. Think it'll be a white Christmas, honey?

Won't matter to us.

We gonna be lying on the nice, warm sand

in Miami, Florida.

Hey, little bit,

take a look back at St. Louis.

May be your last look.

I did it, honey.

I quit my job yesterday.

George haverstick.

Yep.

I don't think that's one bit amusing.

I'm tellin--

George, I...

I thought married people were supposed to...

Discuss important decisions with each other.

4:00 yesterday afternoon,

when I made that particular decision,

we weren't married.

Well, we are now.

Oh, that's the truth.

Mind telling me what we are gonna do?

We're gonna go to Miami, Florida

and lie on the nice, warm sand.

Oh, no we are not.

We are gonna find you a job.

We'll talk about what kind of a job tonight.

Oh, I...

I mean...

No, I mean, like while we're having dinner?

And then we'll start looking tomorrow.

And we won't stop

until we find what we are looking for.

Honey, I was just trying to sh--

George: INFORMATION?

I'd like the number of Mr. Ralph bates.

High point, Tennessee.

Will you get it for me?

Thank you, operator.

Hello.

This is George haverstick.

Is Mr. Bates at home?

He's at the Christmas party at the office?

You tell him I'll call him in the morning when he sobers up.

Thank you.

yeah, that's me.

Lucky.

Something to warm you up, mack, you know?

I don't need that!

I just like it.

well...

It'll make a cute story to tell, uh,

tell people, won't it?

I mean,

having our wedding dinner in a place like this.

What's a matter with a place like this?

I just mean it's, uh,

a little unconventional.

That's what so cute about it.

Might do us some good at that.

It's getting cold in that car.

A little cold all over.

I noticed.

Well, down the hatch.

You aren't gonna get intoxicated,

are you, honey?

I--I mean,

you've already had quite a lot of beer, dear.

When we were going around, you didn't keep a tally on what I drank.

I'm not keeping a tally. I--

That's good, because nobody is gonna count drinks

on George haverstick.

That-a-boy!

You tell her!

Alright, kid.

You want some ketchup?

No, thank you.

Looks...

Looks like quite a good steak.

There is nothing like a good steak.

Did you get your friend Ralph bates?

No, I talked to the baby-sitter.

See, Ralph was out at a party with his frau.

What kind of child do they have--the bates'?

Mmm. A boy or a girl?

One or the other.

Mmm. You gonna be crazy about old Ralph.

When we were in Korea together,

every guy in the air force would go to him, when things got fouled up.

There's something I wanna talk to him about.

It's not a job, actually. It's more of a--

Of an opportunity.

One that'd set me up for life.

We gonna stop off there tomorrow.

You're rousing my curiosity.

After I talk it over with Ralph.

If I can only wait till tomorrow to discuss the aspects with him.

My goodness. If it's all that important,

we should just drive all night

to high point, Tennessee.

I'd like to, but I don't know his wife.

To barge in on them in the middle of the--

Oh, that would be inconsiderate, wouldn't it?

Almost as inconsiderate

as driving all night would be to me!

And you--and you don't know me very well, either.

Or want to, it looks like.

What's a matter with you?

With me?!

Most men in your position

would be thinking about their brides right now,

not life opportunities or anything else--

About if I was cold or nervous or tired.

About finding a nice place to stay.

I picked a place on the way to Miami, Florida.

Most men on their wedding night would show a little interest in that wedding night.

That's why I say if there's something the matter with one of us,

George haverstick, that one is not me.

Come on.

George, uh... I got upset because--

I know. Get up. I thought you just raring to go.

Go where?!

I am not gonna go just anywhere.

I wouldn't dream

of taking you just anywhere.

Hey, mister, can you--

Shh. Folks is sleeping.

I just want to know if--

Are we gonna stay here?

in the morning.

You want us to keep driving?