Tom: (dour-faced) (to Bill): Looks like you'll have to look for a new river.Bill: I'll run on this river if I'm the only passenger on the boat.After a fade-out, Bill receives a vaguely-worded telegram (that arrived four days earlier) from his son, announcing the time of his arrival and how he can't be mistaken:William Canfield Sr.Denethor would not obey, distrusting the next rightful heir to kingship, Aragorn, who was aligned with Rohan (Denethor insisted: "The rule of Gondor is mine and no other's").He told them his intentions - to ally with Jack in his search and seek vengeance against Salazar: "I've come for the Trident of Poseidon.A crunching noise is heard on the soundtrack when the man eats he candy.The Third Day:Wearing longjohns, Elliott feigns illness (with the old boyhood tricks of heating up the thermometer under a lamp and putting a blue heating pad over his face) to remain home from school, using the excuse that he caught a cold sitting outside waiting for he creature.Jules Furthman and William Faulkner partnered their talents to write the screenplay, retaining some of the sharp dialogue from the book.