Kathleen：I was thinking about it.Hey，you put me out ofbusiness……
Joe：Uh，yes，I did.
Kathleen：Did you e to gloat？
Joe：No.
Kathleen：To offer me a job……
Joe：I would never……
Kathleen：Becau I have plans，I have plenty of offers，youknow？I got offered a job by……
Joe：My former？
Kathleen：Oh，yeah，actually by……Oh，your former？
Joe：We broke up.
Kathleen：That’s too bad.You were so perfect for each other.Idon’t mean to say things like that.No matter what you have doome，there is no exy saying anything like that.But everytime I e you……
Joe：Things like that just fly out of your mouth.
Kathleen：Yes.
Joe：I bought you flowers.
Kathleen：Oh，thank you.
Joe：Why don’t I put the in some water？And，hey，you’resick，you should sit down.
Kathleen：All right.
Joe：Okay，I need a va，a va.
Kathleen：Above the refrigerator.
Joe：Here it is.Hey，Gee says hello by the way.
Kathleen：Oh.
Joe：He’s the one who told me you were sick.
Kathleen：How’s Gee？
Joe：Great！Really great！He’s revolutionizing the place.Soyou ’t work in his department unless you have a P.H.D.inchildren’s literature.
Kathleen：I love daisies.
Joe：You told me.
Kathleen：They’re so friendly.Don’t you think daisies are thefrie flower.
Joe：I do.
Kathleen：When did you break up？
Joe：A couple of weeks ago.
Kathleen：Everyone is breaking up，you，me，this other people Iknow broke up with someone in aor，or just after it，or justoutside it，or they got stuck.I……I……When I saw you at the coffeeplace I was waiting for him and I was……
Joe：Charming.
Kathleen：Was not charming.
Joe：Well look charming.Tea？
Kathleen：Yes.I was……I t and horrible.
Joe：Honey？
Kathleen：Yes.
Joe：I was the horrible one.
Kathleehat’s true，but I have no excu.
Joe：Oh，I e.I e what you’re saying.That’s iingwhereas I am a horrible person therefore I have no choice but to behorrible.That’s what you’re saying.But that’s alright，that’s alright.
I put you out of business so you’re entitled to hate me.
Kathleen：I don’t hate you.
Joe：But you’ll never five me，just like Elizabeth.
Kathleen：Who？
Joe：Elizabeth Re in Pride and Prejudice.She was too proud.
Kathleen：What？I thought you hate Pride and Prejudice.
Joe：Or was she too prejudid Mr.Darcy is too proud？Well，I’t remember，It wasn’t personal.
Kathleen：What is that suppod to be？I am so sick of that.All thatmeans is that wasn’t personal to you，but it ersonal to me，it’s personal to a lot of people.I mean，What’s s with beingpersonal anyway？