Traveling by motor bus, rail, even by thumb....

The couch, please.

Hoarding every dollar, counting every nickel, pinching every penny.

lt's been a long road leading to the coffee shop downstairs.

Not that l'd trade a day, an hour, a moment of it for anything.

l don't know what came over me.

l guess it was the shock of eating after so long...

...without the enzymes kicking in after so long....

Then you couldn't possibly know what it is to be tired and hungry.

Hungry, anyway.

l don't want to bore you with details of my life. lt's not happy.

Suffice to say l'm jobless, but not for want of trying.

l'm friendless, with no one to take care of me and had you not come along...

-...exactly when you did.... -l, myself--

l arrived in town not ten days ago...

...full of dreams, anxious to make my way in the world...

...a little naive perhaps, but armed with determination...

...a solid work ethic, and an indomitable belief in the future...

-l, myself-- -...only to have that belief...

...that unsullied optimism, dashed against the marble of the workplace.

Such is life. Seek and ye shall find. Work and ye shall prosper.

-Cigarette? -No, thank you.

Seek and ye shall find, work and ye shall prosper.

These were the watchwords, the ethos of my education...

...the values instilled in me...

...while l was growing up in a town you've probably never heard of.

-Mind if l join you? -Be my guest.

A town you've probably never heard of...

...a dusty crossroads of which you've probably never heard.

Excuse me. Executive washroom.

Are you all right?

ls it your lunch? The chicken a la king?

ls the a la king repeating on you?

No, l'm fine. You were saying?

Values, watchwords, tender years.

A little town you've probably never heard of:

Muncie, lndiana.

You're from Muncie?

Why, yes.

Do you know it?

''Fight on Fight on, dear old Muncie

''Fight on Hoist the gold and blue

''You'll be tattered, torn and hurting

''Once the Munce is done with...

''...you.

''Go...

''Go...

''...Eagles!

''...Eagles! ''

A Muncie girl! What do you know about that?