Henry: It? Or us?
May: It. I meant it.
Henry: We can't.
May: Why not?
Henry: Because then there isn't enough for us to have retired here, anywhere, comfortably. It works because we're together.
May: Together to do it your way?
Henry: Our way, but we have to do it together.
May: But you have veto power.
Henry: No.
May: Yes! You just used it. You said, NO. Not, I don't think we should.
Henry: I don't think we should.
May: And I do. We're stuck.
Henry: How did a passing though become so important that you're willing to throw us away?
May: I think I've shown that it's more than a passing thought.
Henry: Once it occurred to you, you pursued it; you do that. But it's not like we chose this place because you always wanted an orchard.
May: So now I can't develop new interests?
Henry: Can we just let it go, for a week. We don't discuss it, we don't do further research, we just let it be for a week and come back to it?
May: We don't do further research?
Henry: May, please?
May: Fine, one week. I'm going to visit Jessie.
Henry: What?
May: You want me to let it be, then I need to get away from it. Or am I now not allowed to visit our children?
Henry: . . . give her my love.
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