The Golecton was frst presented by Associated Resi fusion Television, Londen, en # following cst. AREY, a man inhi: fois Mes, mini i ies STELLA, a woman inher this ‘Le mon i are nents Dinced by Joan Kemp-Welh Anchony Bate Vivien Mercast John Rosaoe The play was fist presented oo the sage at the Aldwych Theatre on 18 June 19, withthe flowing cs waney Miche! Hordern sases ‘Kenneth Haigh srs Barbers Moray eu Joba Ronane Directed by Peer Hal and Hors Pinter ‘The sage is dvded into tee ares, wo pein end promontory. Each ees tnt ad spurs fom te ote Suge let, aBn's house in Belgravia Hepat dec Period furnishing. Tis st comprises the livingroom hal, Seat dor andstircse to fst doo, Kitchen ent teow sr, ‘Stage right, 4MHS's atin Chel, Taste contemporey furnishing. This set comprises the lviag-oom only. Ofstage ‘igh ther roms and feat doe ‘Upeage cenze on promontory, rephone bos. THE COLLECTION The telephone box i lf ight A fee canbe dinky herein i with Wis Bak Yo the aun The at of the "ages dark, Inthe Roe the lphone i ng, Ui late [Nigh High hose fader wp. Sire fae wp. MARA approaches th hoop the front do and ae “He raiches might in hel goin the Bing-00m alls ‘othe phone andi anny, Hull voter. Te that you, Bil? anny. No, he in Bl. Wh this? voter, label? han. Who i his? Vvotce. Whats be doing in hd? Powe, manny. Do you kaw is fot o'clock inthe morning? vorce. Wel give him «mode. Tell in T want» word with im. (Powe) aun, Who ie hi? ‘orcs. Go aad wake him op there's «god boy. (Pa) ABRY. Are yous fend of hs? ‘olce, Hell know me when he ee me anny. Ob yes? Passe. YoIce. Art you gomg 0 wake hen? tanay. No, Pn oo Pes, votce, Tell i I beThe elephone ets of. MARRY replaces the rier and and il The fre leaes the ephone bos, HARRY ‘lb sy int the hall and wp thei Fade to achat, Fade po fat et moving. 1AM; smoking, eer ad on tf STELLA ever fom bedroom ing bral om hr eri. ‘She got the eal, tshes arf toa fom hr andbg ond weit om her throat ond hand Sheps the toizer iat er hg and ai puter ie om muta. I'm ging, Powe, ‘Ace’ you coming in today? Pew. sans. No, STELLA, You had wo meet thor people from Peas She slly wallet an rch picks up her jacks cond puso You tad t meet thte people about tht onde. Shall 1 howe them when I ge othe shop? abs. You could do +9, STELLA, What re you ging todo? He eok at hr, ith a re sie then ay Fimmny Poe, ‘Are you going out? Pose Will you. bein tonighe? AMES roche for a last aka, flicks ah, and regards the ashray. STELLA tr and leet the ram, The romt or slams. AMS coma regerding th ashe Fae to hal lhe. Pade wp on house, Mong, BILL Brings one oy fo he Rich and plc it he tale aang i pes ay, ike pa nrepapr rad, ink MARRY, ina desing oom, desde ais, rumble. 124 (earn), Wha hve jou done? axa. 1 tipped oa hat sac rod! He coment th room sn. All ihe ‘anny. Is that sue rod. Though you mid 3 wete ging ‘obit Ti sy. Waly You dia’ 6 evry wel esi oling hich ob. 1 pour ts for him. Inthe lat ates eas his igaree and oct on, The ight flat fade ot HARRY sp the a hp the xp den, ‘Wher’ my fel jie? There’ had my fr uice LL agar the face he rey What's ie dong over there? BULA ie i to Rim, ARR pit ‘Whats thi? Pineapple? ILL. Grapetr PasARRY. I'm ick and ted ofthat sxe rod. Why da't you Screw i in or something? You're suposed” youte ‘uppoted tbe able tote your hands Powe, ILL. What dine did you get in? anny. Four, ILL. Good party? Paw, anny. You dda make ay toast this morning IIL. No, Do you want some? any. No. I dete ‘ite, Tea if ou ke, anny. Tes all ight. Dot bother. How are you speding your day today? ‘it. Go and ace a Tak axny. Wonderful life you lead. (Pau) Do you know oe ‘manic telephoned you lastnight? TLL Lok a him. Jas a8 got in. Four o'lock. Walked in the dot and the telephone wat ringing rut, Who wa it? aay, Pve oo ies, S0LL, What di be want? anne, You, fe was shy, woulda’ tell me is name ite, Fi, Pass waxy. Who cou it ave been? BILL. Fe no ides anny. He wat very insstet, Sad be mas going to get in touch asia (Pau) Who the hell was RP N0tL, Te just aid. have he remotes ide Pasi, anny, Did you meet anyon lt week? ‘SILL. Meet anyone? What do you mean? aney, T mean could ic have been anyone you met? You ‘must have met lo of pope ‘nL. T did speak ao, "MARRY, Must hive been miserteFor you. ‘MAL. Twas only there one nigh, wast 1? Some more? anny. No, thankyou. Lt pour for him. The tphone Bs fades pt al High dng fre ening Tams shave MARRY sity loing at LL, oho i reading the paper ‘Afra moment 21. los op ine. Manan? Sic, WARY stand, les the room and exis up the ‘ais treaing carly over Wes ed Witte de Pope The tipo righ ILE fete rece, Huo, vorce. 1 that you, Bil? Brut. Yes? voice. Are you in? anak. Who's tis? ‘otct, Don't move. Pb suaigh round, '0LL, What do you mean? Who's thie? ‘otc. About two mau. All rig? iLL, You can't do that. Pe got see people here Yotct, Never mind. We can go int eno rome144. Thi rdlaloas, Do Tow you? ‘orcs, You'l ow me when you se me. ILL. Do you know me? ‘orca, Jat say where You ae. PU be ight round. bitte Bot what do you want, who ~ ? You can o that. ' ing atight out T wea’ be in voter, See you. ‘The phone cutoff RIL replce the recor Tha ig om th tephon bos fate 0 the fr comes ot (ad ext Ife rt pte jac ent the Ball pat om is oer ocr eft bt not ved, oe the front dar, ad ge ‘He cnis wp rh. manny" oie from spt seaney. Bil was hat you? He oppar atthe ha of the ni He goes downstate Bingo, ands, bere the ‘nays nd ahs he ey ino the hth Snes come fom up ef inthe sect ond lok at the hae RAR comes ot of the tho, ge int the hall and wp the wan, aM ring the ll. Man comes dot their and open he deo. Ye? ‘ase. oking for Bil op aan. Hes oot Can Tbelp? Sanaa. When wil be be ia? ane. 1 eat sy. Does be know you? Saws. ley some ober tine the. taney. Welh perhaps you'd lke to leave your ame. I ean ‘el him when Tse i saves, Noy thats alight. Jost el hi T called taney, Tel im whe elled? Tawa. Sorry bode you. Manny. Jos « minute, GAMES tems Back) You'te ot the ‘aan wbo telephoned las nigh, are you? tases, Last ght? anny. You diet telephone ety this morning? Ms. No. sony ann, Wal, what do you wat? Janes. Tm leaking for Bil anny, You dat by ay chace lephoae jst 208? {ses T think youve got the wrong an. ‘anny. Think you have {Hates T don't chink you know anything about. Mss tm and gu, AREY sands watching him Fade te Macht, Fade p moonlight in fl. The foe door ses i fl SELLA comes andy chrom Tap. She rm i {he rction of th ter room seat Jimmy? Sime ‘She takes her plows of pt er handbag don andi il ‘She goes tothe rear player, and pts ona reer. Ts “ChaieParhe She Bey, he exist he edoom. Fae up hoe Nigh ULL ener the eng rom rom he itchen with maga “He tvs thm in he hear, goo 10 the dria table and pow a drink then Biron te for with a drink by the Irth, fcking rough mopating, STELLA comes back Sat the oom witha white Pion Mtn. She Br back on "hea, ming ARES comer dewota,glane i ‘net, ext and ale doen the rect to wp gente npr a the front dor fee from lft ok aftrAREY, and rng the Bll BL stand, and gosto the er Fad flo hal igh nd mai ou nun. Yea? Jaws, Bl Lyd? Mu. Yes? suns, Ob, Pd. Peto bare a word with you. Powe. 01. Pm ory dnt think Tow you? ants, Dow ou? att, No, ans, Wel there's something Td Uk otk to you about bite, i'm eriby sory, Tm by ‘Hats, Te won' tke log bite, i'm afl sory. Pesbap you'd ket putt down oo paper and sod it ote sass. Thats ot posible Pou, 41 (aig der). Do forgive me — {aa foo in dor. Look T want speak 0 you. Post. 114. Did you phone me today? Sans, Thats ripe Teale, bat you'd poe ot brut, You elle bere? I did't now thet. Jaws. T tisk Ta beter ome iy dott you? itt, You cant just barge into somenne’s house Uke this, "you Know, What do you want? ranas, Why dont you stop wasting your time and et mein? bret, Topol eal he pie AMES. Not wort it he Thy arate enn. All gh. D4 got BIL lt the ars ges gh the all nd in the Boag ite fle os It aon sem sans, Got any nes? HLL. ow i ou ioow my same? Jones Ne sive? Pu, Ole? afin nats You memo You do" he ve fr our ges? MILL, You'e aot my guest you're an iter. What ean 1 efor you? Aas. Do you mind if sit down? tL. Yes, da anes, You'l get overt avs so, tL stand, yanHs andy taker ff is ove (oat te it on x char, ad staan S144, What's your name, od boy? Taues rahe 10 bow! of fat and beck off 6 rape seh heat 1404s, Where shall T pte pipe? ULL In your wale. SAMs sabes ou is wale and dpi the pip Heep sass. Your nt bud-ooking bck BILL. Ob thanks. sass, You're not # fm ss, bt you're quite tlrble Tockng, I soppoe. ott, Thats more han T cay fe you ase. Tm ot ies in what you en ty for me. ILL, To pur it ule blundy, old Cap, Pm even let iter ‘ated han you are. Nom lec, come oa plese, what do yousass sans, als the drinks tbl and tars othe orf the flat, stELLA riser wth he en and os of oy, mazaig i. The flat fades Nacho. AMES fet imal a eh. sawts. Did you have a good time in Lees last week aru, What? ‘ams. Did you havea god tine in Leeds last week? 048s, Did yo exjy yourself? BILL. What makes you thnk Twas in Leds. ‘ses. Tell meal abour i Ser much of the wwe? Get oat othe county at al? "iC, What are you taking about? aes (ith frig). Aaah, You were down therefor the ress olen. You tok some of your model, niu, Did? [Aste You stayed athe Westbury Hot, But, OF ass. Room 12 AML. 12? Ob Was it comforuble? Jamts, Coofrabie eaough. LL. Ob, good aM. Well you had your yelow pyjamas with you ‘ULL, Did T really? Wha, the ones wih the lack iil? 14M, Yes, you had them cn You ln 15. ft. In what? anes. 165, DULL. 1652 Tdhooght Twain 12, Sams, You booked into 142 Bu you did tay there DILL. Well that’s bit ily ine? Booking room snd not staying i it? anes 65st along the psege 0123 you're not remy, SILL. Ob wel tha a ree 1AM, You cold easly nip back o shave, BILL, Brom 165? yaas, Yeu BOLL, What was I dang thre? AMES (aly). My Wie wa i there, Thats where you slept with her ‘Ste, ULL, Well... who tld yoo that? ats, She did BILL, You shoud hye ber se to jan Be earful 2. Manaim? Who i your wife? Tass. You now bee, YUL. i dot think 20, rawas. No? SLL NT drat Jams. Tee, ILL. Twas nowhere sear eats let wk, ld cap. Nombre near your wife ete, I'm que sure of tht. Apart that Fast don’ do such ings, Not lay book. Powe, 1 would't dream oi. Well I hink that clone that sbjet, dant you? ast, Come bere. Y want tell you someting, iLL, [im expecting gues ina minut, you know. Cackale, Ts sanding for Patament next eon, ass. Come here. EL, Mim going to be Mint for Home Ai, AMES mone 2 i, 1aMxs (confides). When you tet my wie ke whore, the T dink Tm ete know what you've got toss) stoutvu, Bot F doe’ know your wie [nates You do, You met brat ea ook lst Fidy ithe range, You fal ato convertion, you bought be couple (dank, you went uptaiswgetber inthe i Ye the it ounce took your eyes om her, you found you were both ne sae or, you helped ber ut, by her arm. Youstond ‘Tigh her te the cid, looking a het. You touched ber Toul, sad goed ight, weat to your room, she went 1 fem you changed into your yelow pyjamas and black (reing-gown, ou went down the pesage and Koocked Gu ber dove, you'd left your toothpaste int, Sbe opened ‘he oor you weet in sbe war sll dese, You aired the soon ie was feminine, yu fe awake dda’ fe ke cping, you at dows, on the bed. She wate you 10 60> Sou wostdne. She became ope you smpathized, away {om ome, ona busines trp, orl ie espesally fr & ‘roman, you comforted er, you gure er sc, you stayed Powe, LL, Look, do you mind rng me sbi of «headache attr sYou knew she was maried «why did ou fe it ecestry»-t0 do that? srt, She ost have now she was mrs, too. Why did the el fe ncesary «0 that? just going off ow. You're Powe. (With ache) Tha’ got you, has’? Pose. Wel fake realy jor tof rubbish. You know that ius gust the gore Box and igh 2 ior. 1s she supponed to ave rested mea al? sans, A be iu. Only ate? Jams. Yes ILL. Do you beve ber? sats. Yes rut, Berthing she says? Jans, Sue. ‘AVLL Did she bite ta)? ass, No aint, Scratch? anes Aide biti, You've gots devoted wif haves’ you? Keeps you ‘rellinfrne, ight upto the mautest era. She scratched Tite did she? Where? (Ha wp o hand) On the band? Io ser. No car anywhere. Absolutely umcazred. We can fp before a commoner of et, if you Uke. 11 sip, ow you my uncated body. Ye, what We needs a inde penne wise, You got any chambermids on yor side foranpthig? sans apple rey. ses, Youre a wag, arent you? T sever though you'd be och a wag. Youve tually gots sense of fan. You tow shat Pd all you? sui, What? JAMES. A wag AHL. Ob, tas very much. Jas, No, um gad w pay « compliment when & compl nea’ de, What abouts at? srt, Thats good of jou. awes. What wil you have? ttt, Gor ay vodka? asus, Lets oe, Yes think we cn find you some vodka bite. Ob scrumptious Janes, Say that aginsamss, Thar word. What, sumptions? iss, The iLL. Scrumpaion. Janis, areas, You pebsbly remeber ti rom schoo, dao vou? nike, Now thet you mation it ahink you might be et ames J hoegh Tat Here's your vi. bite, That's wry generous of 7 Fant, Nowa al. Cheers, (Thay drink ast. Bh come bere anes, I bet you're wow at pari. ite Spa sale ef you to ae 60, But I soul say 1 ‘ots that much of 9 Wow. ames, Go om [Bec you ae (Paste) bree, You tisk 'm «wow, do you? ss, At partes Tabould ik you ae Pru, No, tm aoc much oft wow real. The Bike fabare hi tre with tou sans, Obs Tet bi. Looked s jolly bind of bap i. Yea, be's ery good a paris. Bit of conjre. asec, Wa, hte. Welln so mck ebb, o. ans. No abba? it So. He deca ke rabbit, actuals: They ive Bin sams, Por chap Bit. Yes pi. Fans, Seen a doctor aboot ic? bret, Oh, bes ba tine he wa that igh asec. Brought up inthe cout, 1 supp? Hite, ina manser of speaking, 7. Poss ror ome agen oben the water ass mater rude mots ford. 1 fn a ove 2 poe oh or 38 You've mide me spl my donk. You've mace me si sae ands vec oul ex Bick yu Be Powesams, Tellme from ther Posse rte, Oh well P's oly telling you because Pm ely bor ‘The erih ie tat never happened «what you $id anyway. i didnt know she was arid. She ever {old ene, Never sad « word. But othing of that. hap pened, can sate you. All at happened wat» = YOU ‘ere cig acral, about going up ia the =. we {tout ofthe, and then suddealy she was ia ty am Realy wasnt ny fut nothing was further fom my mind, bigger surprise of my fe must hve fund me teribly tmureuve quite suddenly, Tdoo' Know.» but Pe T ‘ide refine Any, we just Kad ait oly + few minutes, bythe, no one about, nd that wat tat = she teat to her room. eprops hal p on he pose “The ret fic jar dat happen. T mean, 1 woulda do thet sort of thing, T mean, at sor of thing = jst (measngla, {can undertand that you're pet, of course, ‘Se vest, there was nothing eet Jus «few ise. (tbe rin ping Ks cordon) I'm cally Ser, realy, Tinean ve ao idea why she should make up all that. are fastaty. Realy reher ughty of be. Rater alamiag. (awe) Do you know ber well? ances. And then about midnight you went ato her pate ‘thoom and hada bath, Yu stg “Coming thoogh the Rye You wed er bath towel Then you walled abou the room with her buth towel, pretending you were + Roman svt, Dis 1? yastee, Then I phoned. Pas. 1 spoke tober. Ake her how she was. She sai she was AM igh, Her voice wa Ue ow. asked her speak p. ‘She dat have much o sy, You were iting oo the be, Sie 1 Not siting. Lying Blache Chrch bel Full igh pn ith the lt ond be hase ‘Sendey mori aM ting aloe the Bing rom of he a reading the paper AER and BILL ae ting the Bingo of the howe, coffee bfore them. BILL is rating the pave. any ir eocking hi ‘Sec. CharchBl Sime, anny. Put tit paper down res, What? taney, Pte dows, aie. Why? aney. You've radi ie, Noy I havent, Ther’ lott re, You know tan Told you to pat it down. 1tt lok at in os the pope thie and ise anny pickup and ead sit, Ob, you just manted it yours id you? ann, Waneit? I doe wast anny cramp the paper dlibtely and drops it. 1 doe want it. Do you was i? rte, You're bing id erase tht marin, art you?any, Am 1? SILL. T would sy you were. anny, Wel, you koow what iti dott you? sith, Wo Tan, Its the church bell, You know how church bell ‘nays set me off You ow how dey eect me. arte, Tacrer her them : ean. You're no the sor of eren who woul ae you? 12. Pm Siding al this fly ie ut bd to ick up the pop anny. Doa' toch that paper 2ILL. Why not? sara, Doa' touch it NOLL area hi and then omy ick tp ‘Slee, eves to manny, ‘iL, You have tT do’ want it BULL goer out ad wp thet. HARRY opens the pper and vend Tn the fay STHLLA comes in witha ray of eles ond eis She place the ray on the fer abe and fase ¢ cpio yaMAS. She sip. StHLLA, Would you lke « Bucut? amas, No, dank you. Powe STELLA. Tm going to bave one. aMes. You'l gt. STELLA, From biscus? {aMns. You don't want to get ft, o you? STELLA, Why not? nas, Perhaps yoo do. STRLLA, Tes aot one of my sms ass. What i your sim? Powe, 1 te an alive, STELLA, Olive? We brve't gotany. tts. How do you ow? aretia, Tinow, sts. Have you lke? STELLA, [doa need fo oak, do 1? Tow what Ie go. "ass. You ow what you've gt? Powe Why bares we go any olive? sTHLta, I did't now you Hie them. ‘sas. That must be the eases why we've ever bad them in the Rowe. You've simply ever bee interested enough {in lives to ak wheter Ile them or nt. The tephone rng in the lowe ARAY puts the Paper he and gor tt BILL come dew he ti, They py acing tach che, momenta. WARRY ifthe rece, mall inc the rom, pk np the paper and anny. Hallo, What? No, Wrong mamber. (Replace cro.) ‘Wrong number. Who do you fink twas? LL, Taide think ‘Wann. Ob, by the way, chap called for you yesterday uu. Oh ye? AREY. Jat after you'd pone ot arte, Ob yes? ann. A well tie fr the jt. Roast or chipe? ant. I don't want any potatoes, hank yo. auny. No potatoes? Whiten ereordiary thing. Yes, this ‘chap, be wes sting for ou, he wanted you, wuts Wha for?{NARRY, He wanted wo know if you eter deaned your shoes vt frsicre posh, ‘itt, Really? How odd. anny. Not odd. Some hind of atonal survey Brut. What di he look ke? ‘any. Ob lemon bai nigger brown tect, wooden Ie, ‘botegreen yes and «toupee. Kaow bi? ait, Never me hin. anny, Youd know him if you sew his. iu. Tdoubeie ‘nant, What, 4 man who looked ike shar? rx Plenty of men look ike hat. taney, Tha tue Tht’ ery tue, The only things that ‘hs price man was here st i. uu, War be? Vda see hi. fanny. Oh ys, be was bere, bat I've gota funny fig he ‘wore maak. It wes the same man, but he wore a mish, Thats there is oi He did't dance bere ast ight, di be or do any gymmanics? itt. No one danced bere as ight Waxy. Aah. Well that’s why you dnt notice his wooden fag {could belp sing myself when he came tothe {feat door because be reed oa the top sep stack naked. ‘ida’ seem very col though. He bad weterbotde wader his arm instead of at itt, Thee charch bell have ceraaly If their mask oo you anne. They bave't helped, bat the fic of the materi i chap, tat I don't ike strangers coming into my house Sitboot ea lnvitdon, (Pour) Who is is man and what ocr be wast? Paws. sib ri rt, Wil you ecu me? Telly shik fs about tine 1 was essed, don't you? UL goo up the a Hann, ft @ moment, urns and follows. He sly tices tin. Foe to lachot om howe In the fr Jan srl reading the pape. STELLA is ig sey. ‘Sie STELLA, What do you thnk sbro ging fr «run today i the enunty? Pans. JAMES pt the pape down amas, ve come to deision stuta, What? Tans I'm ping tg and shim rata. See im? Who? (Pau) What fr? ass. Ob. bavea cat wid him, ETRLLA, Whats the plat of dog that? tas. Hel Pd theo Stata, [jist don't ae . «what there ie to be gained ‘Wat's the point oft? ‘Wat ac you gung to do hihi? sams, No a. Pd jst Uk bet what he's ptt. srauea, Why? nas, T wane to Know what his tede i Pew. STELLA He doen mater. Aas. What do you mesa? r¥uta He’ not import. TaMts, Do you meas anyone would have dooe? You meaa it net happened toe bi, bur it might aswell be been tnyone?ants. What then? STELLA. Of coume ic ould't have been anyone, It was him, Towa jor» something avi. Tha what Teas. Hs i, Thae’s why Thi "cs worth having a Took a. I wast wo ee what b's ie ue instr, edt Pose, LA, Plese doa go and se hi, You do's now where samss. You de’ hick should se him ? STELLA, Tewoo' «make you feel any bee. {Es Laat wee he's ange STELLA. What do yoo mean? 438, Tat eo See i e's changed rom when Tat se ‘in. He may have gone down the din since I asta hi mus sy he Fok in ged she, thigh SUBLLA. You've eave see ‘You da't know im. Pace ‘You don't uw where ‘hen id you se him? {a0 We hd nae epee ln ph Teo ble i James, Ber Ben tobe? Rather aie. Ever been there? svetta met him i Leody that all [ses Obyis hat all Wel, well hve to go round there o3¢ ht. Te pub's ood, Tea’ deny iT found him quite ‘arming. Pose remembered the oseson wal. He was perfectly fan ‘You lnow, a mass tan. Staght fom the shoulder. Hie catzlyconirmed your story evita, Did he? Jats. Mm, Oaly thing». rather ined tat youl hen ons Typical ascii thing to sap, of cous, sv¥Uta, Tha ie ses, You kao wat men are. reminded hr dat you'd estoy and you'd bated the vole hing Bat that 502 ‘Seen show can we ty ~ sore Rypootzed by his happens sorcimes, He apres it can happen sexs Heol ne be been bypaotizet once by acs. Would’: > iv ay mere dete, hough. Sl, T must anit we exer Iti We've pte same intent. Me was most sag over the brand struts, Pen not ioteretd awe in fact be ae mort amaning over he whole thn FraLta, Wes he? James, Bat especially over the brandy. He's pot the ght titde, you te. Aba mas Tea only adie sveLtn, Whats ade? Janes, Whats your atitade? Struta, T dont kaow what yore... 1 jest dors ino what you're. 1 jst hoped you'd understand ‘She coer har fae, sawss, Wel, I do understand, bot only aller meeting ako ‘Now Pan pefecy happy. I can see i bach ayy heewas all ways. «every may It petty let theres ‘oting ti, everything's back wo normal. The oly die. ce is that I've come aon « an Teas respec, Tan ‘tea you can do hat, ha that happens, and rai Tp pose Pe got you to thank He beds forward and pas her arm, : 4 Pow, He reminds me of bloke I went to school with, Hawi, onerly, he reminded me of Hawtin. Havkss wat an opera fan to. So's whathivname Pn abt of 2 opera fin mse. Always Hep i dead secret. I sight go long with your bake wo the oper one night Heys Recan aay ft fee seat He knows quits few ofthat crowd. Maye 1 fan tack old Haws down and take im slong, 100, He's ‘very culvated Bloke, your bloke, quite # considerable lnteligenceat work there I chought He's gots colton of ‘Chinese pot stuck ona wal, most have costa least een ‘banded «pice. Wel, you cat help otc tat sort of thing, I meus, you couldnt say be wasn't aman of ste Her brimming over with. Waly I suppor he mut have struck you the ame way. No real, Ih Yshould hank you rather than anying ele. After two years of riage Joka an though, by accident, you've opened op a whole ‘ew weld forse, ade io Backea. Fae up howe. Nigh [ILL ames fom he Rich witk tray of le, here, ris and a rancor radi plying Vial, very gly. He pus the ray on the table, erage the atin nd eats ‘nip. JAMES appear athe fom door and ig th ell. BILN gett the door, ope ity amd FAMES comes In the hall he Belpre off eth ce AMES comes into the room, BILL fll JAMES noes, ‘here with he oie and le 1 oes. JAMES oe! tp the China cate and exaine om. MULL pout (rink. In th athe eepone rigs. Fae upon ft Nigh. de p hal gh on tlephone bos. (A fe can be dimly ten in the tpn bo. STELLA ‘nis frm th edo, lig the Rite. She gos the telephone, BILL ier JAMES ls. Mey rin stata, Hue ‘anny. Io that you, James? Sra a, What? No, it Who's eis? anny. Wheres James? taney. Oot? Ob, wel al sight TU be sight round, STRULA, What are you ting abour? Who are you? wana. Don't go ou ‘The lephone cts off STELLA replace the recive and it sprig wih the ken he char. Fee hl ight o Fade lphoe bos mes. You know something? You remind me of «chap 1 "mew once, Hawhias. Yes. He was quit ata ret, Tal was he? anes, Yo. ttt, Now why should T remind you of tim? AMas, He was quite a card. (Poe) NLL. Ta, was be? ans, Thar. what Re wes, 2, Well, youre wee short. anes, Pm oot al 1LL. Quite brow ans, That doen make me el4 ‘ie coutectioN sit, Hever sai it i, Janes, Well what re you saying? free, Nothing (Pase) usec 1 woulda’ exacay sy Twas browd ihr ite, We you oy see yourself in the mire ont you? Jawes, Thats good enough for me, dit, Theyre deceptive. ames, Misors? Janes, Have you got 00¢? ret, What? ass, Air. ite, There’ oe ight in frat of you ames, So there yams lok inte the mir Come her. You lookin it 100, ‘1 etands by im and ks. They lok rete, and hen Sanne goes tothe lft ofthe mer, and Lok opin Bites rofecon 1 dow think mizrors are deceptive. ‘sts si, w1L ale, ands the ratio, They si lieing (Fades hl ght on hose and rai Fade up fl nf. Devrtll STELLA ries and get off tothe fom dir. The woz ae ead of. stein. Ye? Stn, How do you do, My stme's Hary Kane. I wooder AE inghe me word with you Ther’ no ned to be Alarmed. May I come in? srntia. Ye. sean (earn) Tn bere? Srmuta, Ye They come int th oom. van, Whats bexuifal lamp. praca, Wha ap do for you? ‘panne, Do you know Bil Lyd? stein. No any. Ob, yo don't? arta. No. tranny. You doo’ kaow him persaly? SretiA. I don't, oo Sinn found hin in «am, you kao, by scient. Jor ‘Fapeact to be ia sh coe day and bere he was. 7 ETc be bad talent etright aay. Lave Bi a rool ge ‘ima jb, and became up trumps. We've been close ends for yer. sriuta. Oh ye? ‘inn, You bnow of hm, of ese, don't you By repute? ie adress dese. sartta, Tinow of him. tenner You'e both ess deter, stata. Ye. STE You don't belong tthe Rags and Bags Club 4700? SrnULA. The what? Site, The Rags and Bags Cb. I thought I might have een you down there seu, NoyT dont know ‘ane, Shame. You'd ke Powe. Ye, Pose ee come sbout your husband,sreita, Oh? TARRY. Yes. Hes been bothering Bill eceny, with sme ‘aot tory. STELEA. Low aboot it Pm very sory "aRRY. Ob, you know? Wel t's cealybeensaherdistrh- ing. I mean, th boy has his work to geton with Ths srt of thing spls hie coneataton. STELLA. Tn sory I's very uafortuoste, Pac. SvELtA. Fea undertand i... Weve bee happily mated {orto gene, you se, Pve. been aay befor, you now shoving dieses, here a there my husband rus the busines. Butts never happened bei anny. What bunt? STELLA. Well that my husband bas suddenly dueamed up such «fantasti story, fr no reson a all. anny, Tha what [vid itn Todas fantsticstory, saute. We MARRY. That's what sid und that's wha Bil says, We both ‘hiak i a feats soy STELLA, Timea Me. Lop was in esd, but I ary ‘him, cea though we were saying in the same hotel T never met him o spoke to him and then my husband Suddenly acoured me of i's ely beea very distressing anny. Yes What do you think the answer i? Do yu thi your husband... dort tut you something? STELLA. OF coure e dost = be ht not Been very well Isls eral evewath awny, ‘Thats bad. Stl, you koow what isle in out busines. Why deat you take him oo 4 log holiday? South of France, steta, Yes. Fi ery sory that Me. Lloyd at bad to pa op wih al hi, anjuay Manny. Ob, what a beauifal kine, what a really beau ‘tea. Kits, iy, ity, what do jou all her, come ete, ity, hn. MARRY si esto STELLA and proved to pet ond mssle the biter Fed fat 1 hl igh, Fade fal om ose [1LL and JAN, eth drs inthe same poston ‘Masi comes wp BIL ar of the rad, ine. Hungry? Tasts. No sie, Bice? ass, Tm not hang: SILL, Pe go some eves, sists, Realy? Mae Like one? ants, Noy han, BULL. Why nor? JAMES. I dont ike them, BILL, Dou ike oliver? Pasa, ‘What on earth have you got gst lines? Pass, aes, Tdeet them, bite, Rely? AME fs he em The Pox DILL. Cheese? Pve got a splendid ches ai a WE ccc“He pick po ches ie, Look. Don't you think splendid? sans. Ie sharp? EL. Try i. Hold the bade. 1 wont oat soa. Not if you ane i propery. Not if you grasp Bay ap tthe hl 4M de not touch he bie 21 tom hain te “Ligh hace emai, Fade up fl oul. anny (aanding). Wel, good-bye, Pm gad we've had our tide ha Many. Ie al quit dear wow sree. Tm gad AREY. Ob, Me. Loyd asked mei I woud give you his best ‘labs. and sympathies. He gos ot. She ands i Goode. The front door cous. STELLA litt onthe sofa with the ‘ten She rts er si il Fade ot to hl igh. "TLL, What ae you frightened of? ass (moving oy). Whats that? itt, Whar? aus. 1 though i was thunder [ILL Go hin), Why are you Bghtned of balding this blade? ‘amas. Tm not fightene Twas ju thinking of he under last week, whe You and any wife were in Leeds, 111. On, not agi suey? T thought mead eft all hat behind. Surely we have? You'te no sl woeied about se you? [MMES. Oho. Jast nostalgia hat’ al BILL. Surely the wound ‘eas when you kaow the trath, dost? T mean, when the truth ie venied? T would have thought it i anes. Ofcourse. BILL, Whar there eft to tink about? 1 thing sez never tbe repeated No mast, no ft. Do you seen ‘mean? You're a chap vio’ Beco mated fortwo yon sweat you happily? Thate's « bond of ten Bermcce you ‘nd your wife. It cant be coroded by a nil tang tke this. ve apoogite,sbessplopzed. Heossly, whit non fa you want? ows. JAMES Lok at im. BALL ale HARRY spp a the frm dor opens a oe it ily, end ase i ‘he hall oid by th thers, JaMes, Noting. SILL. Every woman is bownd to ave an outbust of wil seasualiy atone tae or another. ‘Thats th uy 1 look at, anyway. I's pat of heir satar, Even ough it saty be the bid of semaly of which you yourself Save fever ben the fortunate repent, What? (He laughs) Tat isa hurban’s fate 1 suppor, Mind you I ink i ‘he system dha at Fut at yo, Perhaps sbe'l ever ead todo it agus, wb knows, 44M stand, goo to he frat Bryan picks pte ra lef. He nn i finger done the Mace sss. Thi fay sharp int. ha do you mean? Tans, Come co BILL. Teg your pardon? {Aste Come on. You've gx that one, I've go his one124. What abou it? asa, Tyr i ted of words somes, don't you? Las have «gue, For fun, 12 What tro game? rAMts, Lets have amock due nti T don't wana tno dot hak you JAMES. Of ave you do. Came ea. Fit one whe! ouchad s1i1 Thi Is ll rather unsuble, doo yo think? nM, Not inthe least. Come on at Et postion, ILL thought we were friends ‘anes, Of course we're friends, What on earth's the mater 2th you? Pi oat ging tl oe just a game he M1 Wee playing agame Youre at wiady ae you? ert. Tek ey 183665, Tea, pour a bit of apulspr, arent you? 128. Ym putting my ae do ay pases. Wel, Pic cp. 4M de and faces Bin ith hot BILL. Now you'e gt to ‘AMS, ve gut sather fs ia my hip prod, Powe S141. What do you 6 swaow them ? ass, Do you? Poxse Thy ae at eachother, (Seddon) Go ont Swat Tats thous 9 fect BiL1°4 fa. B10 dress ap 6 and io gotcha etch hc hf by he Bade ‘at hand sans. Well caughel What's the mater? “He examine B14" hand Lets have 2 fk. AR yes. Now you've got ssa on 924: and. You dds have one tfc did yan? asa (ocring) What have you done, sipped your san La’ have a lok. (To janis.) Onl a ite ry i Tes his on ful for not ducking. I soot hee the oven of times, you know, ati eomeane throws kat at you the silt thing you eta do few catch ou ound to hurt oursel, ust is mae of abe 7 safest thing te do dack You'se Mo: Hovce? saves. Thats righ Haney. T's $0 glad & meet yas, Sly name's Hare Ke ‘Bul been looking after you a rgat? Leked im tor os ou stayed anal T go bach, So glad you could spon lime. What are we drinking? Whisty? Lets 40 ee + ‘You and your wif run tha le Doig down the eu: doo’ you? Funny se've never act, living 9 cbse {he same trade, ch? Here you er. Gt an, Bill? hee your gins? This one? Here you wre. 9, step 0b Dour hand for goodaes™ ke, It ety 2 chews hal Wel, Mr. Hore, all te vey bt, Here beaih, happiness and prospeny ss ehe ine forging Your wif, of couse Hechy ‘nade tts bie, Cheers They din By che way, Ive je se sour wie ‘tea she ba. Yow sould ‘Sw platen cas, your oft aa Clie ‘at Fe gute blast wih anes, Of ou asa. Your wie. yow ee... ‘ome. Thigh I can wie tht ordPose. ant ie cing his hand ‘hat she confessed wast she'd made the whole thing Up She'd made the whole dama ting up. Fo some odd eson other own. They ever met, you see Bil and Tour ‘ite uey neve even spoke This is what Bl ys 04 this ow seat yous wife amis. They tad nothing whatever fo doth ech eter they don't Row cach other, Women ‘Se very srnge, But Lauppore you koow ore about that ‘fan Tos abe your wie IT were you Fg bine and och her over the bead with a sucrpan and tl Ber not te make up such stories ap Powe. ans, She made the whole thing pcb? taney. Um afad shed. oes, Tse, Welly hanks very ech or ling me. Inna. T thought it would be carr for you, coming fom “emcone completely outside the wele mer. sans, Ye. Thnk You. anny, a’ thet 5, Bil? : Tie Oby que so, dont even kaow the wore, Woula't ow eri Iw Ber. Pure fanny. aster, How's your hand? brut. Not bed avs, fae i strange that you confirmed the whole of et ory? rut, Beams me ro dow. sauss. O87 sees ye Yoo amused me. You wanted me to confirm it. It sined metodo #0 Powe uawey, B's a sham boyy you see e's got x aha sess of | ‘numur. That's why I never ake him slog with me 10 parte, Beaute e's got slam ind, Ihave nothing spit ‘Sum mins ers, you undersind, nothing sal. There's ‘rtain Rnd of slum mind whch is perfectly all ight in & Sm, bt when tis id of slam mind gts ot of the som itometines pert, you see it rots everything. Thats ‘wea BA is. Tete’ something fitly pu about hi, don't you find? Like a sug. There's nehing wrong with slop in thee place, bat he's slum slog; there's nothing ‘wrong with slum slogs inthe place, but this coe wou" ieep hs pice ~ he crews all ct the wall of ice hows, leaving sine, d't you, boy? He cones stupid sordid Iie sores justo amore himel, while everyone ee a to run ound in Gls to get b the root ofthe enter and szooth the whole thing ot. All he can do it and suck his bloody had and decompose ke the lth put sha fog he. Wht about another whisk, Horne? sanas, No T think T mit be of. Well, Pm glad to bear that aodhing id happen, Grea ele we ‘nas. My wife’ not been very well Intel, actualy. Ove> ‘bad, Stil, you know what is tke in our aMss, Best thing 0 do is te her on long balay, 1 ‘tine, nanny, South of France, aMes. The Ie of Greece Wann. Sun's seal of coun See Tow. Berm, anny, Perfo. AMES. Waly chaaks very much, Me. Kane, fr deaing my ning, 1 oct think TH ment it when {ge ome, Take ber ot fora drink or somethirg, Forget all aboot wana. Better hurry up, Tes ney closing timeut “tHe coutection sans moves to BL ho siting. sans, Tom very sory cat your ha. You sky ou dpe ie, oF couse. Otherwise it might BE cit POH ‘Dobeh, Sill not wo bad, Powe Look... 1 realy think Tong apologize fo hs sly 100k ye mae up Th tise alles and ie, eine ber Ye oot Dlae for aking it 700 lc ting mut tare been an impale urd a rhat do you sy we sake bands a testimony of say gov? Tans etd hs hand, BLL rab shad bt de ted uaeny. Come 0, Bly This weve bad enough of this ‘taping, don't you? Powe rue, PU, you. «he tr, rane toby for God's wake, do't be ridislus, Come eB, Mt ome, of you go sow, back t your wit, cd bay, leave thin» tome ances des not mone He ok dow a 211+ ome on, Jy, Itink we've had enough of thi sopty oa you? ames lok at him shar ane spa re, Tnever touched her... we st ia dhe lounge 8 ear wo Bours talked. » we talked sbout it Jee didn mare fom the lounge.» ever Wek se kel voom jos talked ==. about what we would fe dd gett bet foom «140 ours Touched we jt talked aboot it. Lang sence nn lees the oe anny i roms ig hing i ad ‘Soe “nee Fede howe 1 balf kt Fade p fll on fa. STELLA i byg with he te. The lado cvs asc cmen He ands looking at her samas, You dia’ do anything, did you? ewas'tinyourroom. Yoo jst talked about it, inthelounge. Pe “To's the rah ei? Pout. ‘Youu st and talked about what p05 would di you went to your oom. That's what yu di Past. Dida’ you? Pout. “Tha the wath «sti EEL los ahi air coring or deg le face is friendly, sympathetic. = Fafa te Theft feo ily ih ok Fait bo wrain