The woman lets her eyes close and is soon fast asleep. The two of them begin to slip in the seat toward the old man. He reaches over the woman and her child and turns on the radio to some country and western station. He turns the volume down quickly, leaving only the barest suggestion of music in the cab. The screen grows dark as the curtains slip out of the wings.
Lights go on in the theater.
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