You were trying a long time before you cared what I thought of you.
[ He sets his cigarette in the ash tray so both hands are free to rub By’s shoulders. ]
But I am proud of you, and you are a good man, and the title and the authority don’t have a damned thing to do with that—except that I’m proud that you tried something you had never done before, when we needed someone to try. I’m proud of that. I’m proud you’ve kept us fed and out of serious trouble despite half the company’s worst efforts. But the prestige and the desk, I am only tolerating.
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[ He sets his cigarette in the ash tray so both hands are free to rub By’s shoulders. ]
But I am proud of you, and you are a good man, and the title and the authority don’t have a damned thing to do with that—except that I’m proud that you tried something you had never done before, when we needed someone to try. I’m proud of that. I’m proud you’ve kept us fed and out of serious trouble despite half the company’s worst efforts. But the prestige and the desk, I am only tolerating.