<< *169 CECIL TAYLOR : BREAD ABD BUTTER , PINGUIN , LONDON , 1966 . FIRST PERFORMANCE : 070766 . CAST : 01 ALEC , 02 MIR IAM , 03 MORRIS , 04 SHARON . >> $ < NOVEMBER 1931 > $ LATE AFTERNOON . $ ALEC AND MIRIAM , ACCOMPANIED BY MORRIS , ARE INSPECTING A S INGLE ROOM FLAT IN THE GORBALS , GLASGOW . > $ GIVE A LOOK OUT THERE ! $ PRISONERS' EXERCISE YARD , DUKE STREET PRISON ! $ 02 IT 'S A TENEMENT . $ 01 IT 'S SHUT IN ALL ROUND . $ IT 'S SHUT IN . $ 03 YOU WOULDN'T GET ME TO LIVE HERE . $ 02 < ( SHARPLY ) > $ YOU DON'T NEED TO . $ 01 THAT 'S RIGHT , MORRIS . $ YOU 'RE A CAPITALIST . $ 03 I WISH YOU WOULDN'T KEEP CALLING ME A CAPITALIST . $ WHAT DO YOU MEAN , I 'M A CAPITALIST ? $ 01 YOU 'RE A CAPITALIST MORRIS . $ 03 < ( LAUNCHING INTO DEFENCE ) > $ RAMSAY MACDONALD SWEARS BLIND HE 'S A SOCIALIST . $ 01 HE SAYS HE 'S A SOCIALIST . $ THAT 'S RIGHT , MORRIS . $ 03 AND THERE HE IS , SITTING AT THE HEAD ... $ 02 IT 'S A NICE BIG ROOM . $ PLENTY OF SPACE ... $ 03 HE 'S A SOCIALIST AND HE 'S SITTING AT THE HEAD OF A TORY GOVERNMENT ! $ 01 A COALITION GOVERNMENT , MORRIS . $ 03 WHAT YOU TALKING ABOUT ? $ CALL A SPADE A SPADE . $ A TORY GOVERNMENT . $ FOR GOD 'S SAKE ] $ BALDWIN 'S HIS RIGHT-HAND MAN ! $ 02 < ( LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW ) > $ WE 'RE NOT ALL THAT SHUT IN HERE . $ LOOK . $ WE CAN SEE RIGHT OVER TO THE FOUNDRY OVER THERE . $ 03 HE 'S A BASTARD , RAMSAY MACDONALD , ALEC . $ DID YOU KNOW THAT ? $ 01 HE 'S NOT , MORRIS . $ NO , MORRIS . $ HE LOOKS A VERY NICE MAN . $ A KIND MAN . $ #160 $ 02 ANYWAY, HAVE WE BOTH KNOWN ANY BETTER ? $ HAVE WE COME FROM COUNTRY MANSIONS IN THEIR OWN GROUNDS ? $ 03 I MEAN HE 'S ILLEGITIMATE , ALEC . $ I SAW HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE . $ 02 WE 'VE LIVED IN TENEMENTS ALL OUR LIVES . $ 01 THAT 'S TRUE , DEAR . $ < ( TO MORRIS ) > $ YOU SAW RAMSAY MACDONALD'S BIRTH CERTIFICATE , MORRIS ? $ 03 I 'M TALKING ABOUT YOU CALLING ME A CAPITALIST . $ 02 WHAT ELSE ARE YOU ? $ 03 I 'M TELLING YOU . $ IT 'S LIKE RAMSAY MACDONALD . $ 01 YOU 'RE LIKE RAMSAY MACDONALD , MORRIS ? $ 03 GOD FORBID , I SHOULD BE LIKE RAMSAY MACDONALD ! $ I 'M POINTING OUT TO YOU ... IT 'S NOT WHAT A MAN SAYS HE IS THAT MEANS ANYTHING . $ MIRIAM , I 'M TELLING YOU ... $ THIS IS NO USE TO YOU . $ FORGET ABOUT IT . $ 02 < ( TO MORRIS ) > $ TELL YOUR FATHER TO GIVE US MORE MONEY AND WE 'LL MOVE INTO QUEEN'S PARK . $ 03 BELIEVE ME , MIRIAM , IF IT WAS UP TO ME YOU 'D MOVE TO Q UEEN'S PARK , TOMORROW . $ < ( TO ALEC ) > $ I DON'T BELIEVE IN CAPITALISM , YOU KNOW THAT , ALEC . $ IT 'S WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN THAT MAKES YOU WHAT YOU ARE . $ 01 MIRIAM, MORRIS DOESN'T LIKE THE FLAT . $ 02 DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THE RENT IS ? $ SIX SHILLINGS A WEEK . $ 01 I 'D LIKE A HOUSE NEAR THE QUEEN'S PARK . $ WITH THE TREES ALL ROUND YOU AND THE BIRDS SINGING ... $ 02 < ( CONTINUING ) > $ MORRIS'S FATHER PAYS YOU THIRTY-FIVE SHILLINGS A WEEK . $ 03 I MUST ADMIT ... RAMSAY MACDONALD'S WAR RECORD ... $ LOOK HOW HE STOOD OUT AGAINST THE WAR . $ YOU UNDERSTAND . $ THERE 'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT . $ IN 1914 HE WAS A SINCERE MAN . $ 02 I GET A POUND ... $ 03 WELL ABOVE UNION RATE . $ GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT 'S DUE . $ < ( BACK TO HIS ARGUMENT ) > $ WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT , RAMSAY MACDONALD SHOULD 'VE BEEN T HE LAST MAN ... $ 02 OUR TOTAL WAGES IS TWO POUNDS FIFTEEN A WEEK . $ 01 MIRIAM , I DON'T LIKE IT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT MONEY . $ IT UPSETS ME . $ 02 WE 'VE GOT TO THINK ABOUT MONEY . $ WE 'VE GOT TO PUT SOMETHING BY EVERY WEEK . $ WE 'VE NO PARENTS TO LEAVE US A TAILORING FACTORY , LIKE SOM E PEOPLE . $ #161 $ 03 WAS THAT NECESSARY , MIRIAM , MAKING REFERENCES TO MY POS ITION ? $ YOU KNOW I 'M IN A DIFFICULT POSITION . $ 01 HE IS . $ MORRRIS IS IN A DIFFICULT POSITION . $ 03 THAT KIND OF TREATMENT I EXPECT FROM A NARROW-MINDED BURE AUCRAT LIKE BERNSTEIN . $ 01 BERNSTEIN WAS VERY ROTTEN TO YOU , MORRIS . $ I TOLD HIM HE WAS . $ HE SHOULD HAVE SHOWN SOME RESPECT . $ AFTER ALL , THE BOSSES ... $ 03 I SAID TO HIM : ' BERNSTEIN , LOOK HERE . $ I 'M A COMMUNIST . $ I 'M IN THE TAILORING TRADE . $ ALL I 'M ASKING IS MY RIGHTS . $ TO JOIN THE GARMENT WORKERS' UNION . $ I WANT TO SHOW SOLIDARITY . ' $ THE BOSS'S SO . $ THAT 'S ALL I GOT FROM HIM ! $ I SAID : LISTEN , BERNSTEIN . $ I 'LL PUT IT TO YOU DIALECTICALLY : I 'M GETTING WAGES FROM MY FATHER , JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE FACTORY . $ I 'M A WAGE EARNER . $ TELL ME ONE SENTENCE IN THE WHOLE OF MARX AND ENGELS THAT SA YS CAPITALISM IS A HEREDITARY DISEASE . ' $ 01 THAT WAS A GOOD QUESTION , MORRIS . $ 02 THERE 'S NOBODY GOING TO LOOK AFTER US IN OUR OLD AGE . $ 03 YOUR OLD AGE ! $ WHAT DO YOU KEEP WORRYING ABOUT YOUR OLD AGE FOR ? $ THE STATE WILL LOOK AFTER YOU . $ THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE PROLETARIAT . $ BY THE TIME YOU 'RE TOO OLD FOR WORK , THE STATE MIGHT EVEN HAVE WITHERED AWAY ! $ 01 WITHERED AWAY , MORRIS ? $ 03 IT COULD WELL BE . $ I GIVE IT ANOTHER TEN YEARS , AND COMMUNISM WILL HAVE SPREAD ALL OVER EUROPE . $ 01 MORRIS , IF THE STATE WITHERS AWAY WHAT 'LL BE LEFT TO LO OK AFTER US ? $ 03 WHO 'LL BE LEFT THEN ? $ WHAT DO YOU MEAN ? $ 01 IF THE STATE 'S FADED AWAY ... $ 03 WITHERED . $ 02 WITH SOME NICE RED CURTAINS AND BRIGHT LINOLEUM , WE COUL D MAKE THIS A LOVELY HOME . $ 03 I 'M TELLING YOU , MIRIAM , FORGET ABOUT THIS PLACE . $ THIS ISN'T A HOME FOR YOU AND ALEC . $ YOU WANT TO START MARRIED LIFE ... $ 01 < ( STILL WORRIED ABOUT THE STATE ) > $ SUPPOSING THERE ISN'T A STATE LEFT ? $ < ( MORRIS IS ABOUT TO LAUNCH INTO AN ANSWER , BUT HE STOPS SHORT , UNABLE TO FORMULATE ONE . ) > $ 03 IT 'S AN INVOLVED QUESTION , ALEX . $ YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN IT IN ONE SENTENCE . $ #162 $ I 'LL GIVE YOU A BOOK ON IT . $ 02 HOW DO WE WANT TO START MARRIED LIFE , MORRIS ? $ 03 IN NICE SURROUNDINGS , WITH FIELDS AND TREES , AND AN INS IDE TOILET . $ DEFINITELY AN INSIDE TOILET . $ 01 AN INSIDE TOILET IS VERY IMPORTANT . $ 03 I 'M TELLING YOU ! $ I 'VE APPLIED TO THE TRANSPORT AND GENERAL WORKERS' UNION . $ DID I TELL YOU ? $ YOU COULD CALL ME A GENERAL WORKER , COULDN'T YOU ? $ 01 YOU COULD , MORRIS . $ 03 THAT 'LL BE A SLAP IN THE FACE FOR BERNSTEIN , WON'T TI ? $ WHEN I COME WALKING IN , WAVING MY T.G.W.U. CARD IN HIS FACE ? $ 02 < ( TO ALEC ) > $ HOW MUCH TIME DO WE NEED TO SPEND HERE ? $ WE BOTH GO MAD FOR FRESH AIR . $ 01 WE DO IN THE SUMMER , MORRIS . $ WORKING IN THE FACTORY , WHEN THE SUN SHINES I HAVE TO LOOK AWAY FROM THE WINDOW . $ 02 IN THE SUMMER , WE COULD PRACTICALLY LIVE IN THE PARK . $ WE COULD TAKE SANDWICHES , AND LEMONADE ... $ 03 LISTEN , I 'VE JUST THOUGHT OF SOMETHING . $ IF I GET STUCK I COULD JOIN THE ELECTRICIANS' UNION . $ I DID ELECTRICITY IN MY HIGHERS . $ I KNOW ALL ABOUT IT . $ 01 THAT 'S WHAT I TOLD BERNSTEIN , MORRIS . $ YOU 'D BE A CREDIT TO ANY UNION . $ 02 WHAT ABOUT THE HOUSE ? $ I SAY WE SHOULD TAKE IT , ALEC . $ 03 WHAT HOUSE ? $ THIS ISN'T A HOUSE ! $ IT 'S A CAVE . $ LOOK AT IT ! $ THE PERSONIFICATION OF CAPITALISM ! $ 02 IT 'S BEEN NEGLECTED . $ ANY ROOM WOULD LOOK MISERABLE WITH OLD WALLPAPER AND BARE BO ARDS . $ 03 YOU 'RE GETTING MARRIED . $ 02 THAT 'S EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED THE HOUSE FOR . $ 03 YOU 'RE GETTING MARRIED . $ PLEASE GOD YOU 'LL HAVE KIDS . $ 01 I LIKE TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT , MORRIS . $ YES , WE 'RE GETTING MARRIED . $ I LIKE TO HEAR PEOPLE SAYING THAT . $ PUTTING OUR NAMES TOGETHER ... $ MIRIAM AND ALEC ... $ MIRIAM AND ALEC . $ 03 < ( LOOKING AT HIM ) > $ YOU 'VE GOT AN INSECURITY COMPLEX . $ THAT 'S YOUR TROUBLE , ALEC . $ 01 YES , I THINK YOU 'RE RIGHT , MORRIS . $ YES . $ YOU SEE HERE I 'VE GOT NOBODY , EXCEPT MIRIAM IF SHE MARRIED ME . $ < ( MORRIS TURNS AWAY , HURT . ) > $ 02 DON'T KEEP SAYING THAT , ALEC . $ WE 'RE GOING TO GET MARRIED . $ #163 $ I 'M GOING TO LOOK AFTER YOU . $ < ( ALEC TAKES HER HAND IN GRATITUDE AND LOVE . ) > $ 03 ALEC , ALEC ! $ THERE 'S ME , ALEC , WHAT ABOUT ME ? $ 01 THERE 'S YOU , MORRIS - JUST NOW . $ 03 YOU KEEP SAYING THAT : ME - JUST NOW . $ 01 YES , $ JUST NOW , MORRIS . $ FOR THE TIME BEING . $ 03 WHAT DO YOU MEAN ? $ HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OUT WHAT YOU MEAN BY THAT EXPRESSION ? $ ME - JUST NOW . $ GOD IN HEAVEN , ALEC ! $ HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN FRIENDS , NOW ? $ 01 1917 , MORRIS , MARYHILL BARRACKS . $ 03 GOD IN HEAVEN ! $ IS THAT WHAT YOU CALL A JUST-NOW FRIENDSHIP ? $ SINCE 1917 , AND THIS IS 1931 . $ WE 'RE STILL TOGETHER . $ BETTER FRIENDS THAN EVER . $ WELL ? $ AREN'T WE ? $ 01 YES , MORRIS , WE ARE . $ 02 WHAT ABOUT THE HOUSE , ALEC ? $ I SAY WE SHOULD TAKE IT . $ WE 'VE GOT TO LET THE FACTOR KNOW ONE WAY OR THE OTHER BY TO MORROW . $ 03 YES . $ YOU 'D BETTER HURRY . $ BARGAINS LIKE THIS YOU CAN'T GET EVERY DAY ! $ 02 IF YOU 'RE ALL THAT WORRIED , MORRIS , TELL YOUR FATHER T O GIVE US ENOUGH MONEY TO LIVE IN QUEEN'S PARK . $ 03 YOU 'VE ALREADY SAID THAT , MIRIAM . $ 01 IT 'S NOT UP TO MORRIS , MIRIAM . $ 03 < ( TO ALEC ) > $ OF COURSE , I SEE WHAT YOU 'RE GETTING AT , WITH YOUR ' JUST NOW ' . $ YOU SEE ME SITTING AT MY FATHER'S DESK WHEN HE GOES . $ 01 MAYBE , MORRIS . $ YES , MAYBE. $ IT COULD BE . $ 03 AND YOU 'RE WORRIED . $ I 'LL CHANGE . $ I WON'T STAY YOUR FRIEND . $ I 'LL BE CORRUPTED , POLLUTED BY THE ATMOSPHERE OF CAPITALIS M . $ YOU SEE , YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND ME , ALEC . $ YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW DEEP MY COMMUNISM GOES . $ WHEN MY FATHER DIES ... $ 02 YOU 'LL PUT ON HIS BOOTS AND RUN THE FACTORY EXACTLY THE SAME AS HE DID . $ 03 YES ! $ THAT 'S RIGHT ! $ I 'M A CAPITALIST ! $ LIKE MY FATHER . $ I 'LL CARRY ON THE TRADITION . $ YES . $ THAT 'S HOW MUCH YOU KNOW ME ! $ 01 MORRIS IS A SOCIALIST , MIRIAM , A TRADE UNIONIST . $ 03 WELL , A FUTURE TRADE UNIONIST . $ NO , YOU WAIT AND SEE . $ YOU 'LL SEE THE CHANGES I 'LL MAKE . $ 01 WHEN YOU TAKE OVER THE FACTORY , MORRIS , WILL YOU RESIGN FROM THE UNION ? $ 03 THAT 'S SOMETHING I 'LL HAVE TO DECIDE NEARER THE TIME . $ #164 $ 02 ALL RIGHT MORRIS , WHAT CHANGES WILL YOU MAKE ? $ WILL YOU GIVE ALEC TWENTY POUNDS A WEEK ? $ 03 WHAT CHANGES WILL I MAKE ? $ WHAT CHANGES ? $ 02 WILL YOU GIVE ALEC TWENTY POUNDS A WEEK , MORRIS ? $ 03 WHAT CHANGES WILL I MAKE . $ I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU THEY 'LL BE SOCIALIST CHANGES . $ 01 WHAT , MORRIS ? $ 03 IT DEPENDS ... ON THE SITUATION - THE HISTORICAL SITUATIO N . $ MY FATHER 'S IN GOOD HEALTH , THANK GOD . $ HE COULD LIVE TILL EIGHTY . $ 01 FROM YOUR MOUTH INTO GOD'S EAR , MORRIS ! $ 03 IT COULD WELL BE THAT SOCIALISM WILL ALREADY BE HERE , BY THE TIME HE DIES . $ IT COULD WELL BE THAT THE FACTORY WILL HAVE ALREADY BEEN TAK EN OVER BY THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE PROLETARIAT . $ 01 IT COULD VERY WELL BE , MORRIS . $ 03 THE WAY THE WORLD 'S GOING , JUST NOW - RUSSIA GOING FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH , CAPITALISM ON ITS DEATH BED . $ 01 YOU THINK IT IS , MORRIS . $ YOU THINK IT IS ? $ 03 I CAN'T MAKE HARD-AND-FAST PLANS FOR THE FUTURE RUNNING O F THE FACTORY , JUST NOW . $ THE SCIENTIFIC THING IS TO WAIT - AND SEE HOW HISTORY DEVELO PS . $ 01 YOU 'RE QUITE RIGHT , MORRIS . $ THE WAY THINGS TWIST AND TURN JUST NOW , YOU DON'T KNOW WHER E YOU ARE ! $ 02 THAT 'S WHY WE SHOULD TAKE THIS HOUSE . $ 03 THAT IS THE CORRECT , MARXIST APPROACH . $ WAIT AND SEE . $ ADJUST YOUR TACTICS ACCORDING TO THE DIALECTICAL SITUATION . $ 01 WHY SHOULD WE TAKE THIS HOUSE , MIRIAM ? $ 02 BECAUSE NO MATTER HOW BAD THINGS GO WE CAN ALWAYS SCRAPE UP SIX SHILLINGS A WEEK RENT . $ 01 THAT 'S TRUE , MIRIAM . $ 03 < ( LOOKING ROUND THE ROOM IN DISGUST ) > $ YOU START AS YOU MEAN TO GO ON . $ 02 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN ? $ 01 WE 'RE NOT SIGNING ANY CONTRACT TO STAY HERE FOR LIFE . $ WHEN THINGS LOOK UP - AND WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY - WE CAN MOVE TO THE QUEEN'S PARK , TO THE SEA EVEN . $ IT 'S AS MORRIS SAYS - YOU HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE HOW HISTORY DEVELOPS . $ 02 < ( ITEMISING ) > $ SIX SHILLINGS A WEEK RENT , TWO SHILLINGS GAS AND COAL , SAY THREE SHILLINGS . $ EVEN IF WE HAVE TO EAT JUST BREAD AND BUTTER AND TEA - WE CA N SURVIVE . $ #165 $ THAT 'S ELEVEN SHILLINGS A WEEK . $ WE CAN ALWAYS MANAGE ELEVEN SHILLINGS A WEEK . $ SOMEHOW . $ WE CAN BE SURE WHATEVER HAPPENS , WE 'LL NEVER STARVE , OR F REEZE . $ AND WE 'LL ALWAYS HAVE A ROOF OVER OUR HEADS . $ 01 AND BREAD AND BUTTER . $ I CAN MAKE A MEAL OUT OF BREAD AND BUTTER . $ GOOD , TASTY WHITE BREAD WITH THICK YELLOW BUTTER , WITH SAL T . $ I 'M TELLING YOU . $ WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE ANYTHING WORSE TO EAT IN OUR LIVES THAN GOOD WHOLESOME BREAD AND BUTTER ! $ < SCENE TWO > $ < MAY 1933 . $ AFTERNOON . $ A BENCH IN THE QUEEN'S PARK . $ MIRIAM IS LAYING OUT THEIR LUNCH FROM HER BASKET ON TO A COR NER OF THE BENCH . $ ALEC IS THROWING CEREAL FROM A BAG TO THE PIGEONS . $ THE SUN IS SHINING . $ A BEAUTIFUL , EARLY SUMMER'S AFTERNOON . > $ 02 DO YOU WANT THE CHEESE ONES , DADDY ? $ OR JUST THE PLAIN ? $ 01 LOOK AT THAT PIGEON THERE ! $ LOOK AT THE BULLY . $ < ( CHASING HIM AWAY ) > $ GO AWAY ! $ GIVE THE LADIES A CHANCE . $ 02 PLAIN OR CHEESE , DADDY ? $ 01 PLAIN , MUMMY , PLEASE ... $ DID YOU SEE THAT PIGEON , MUMMY ? $ CHASING EVERYBODY AWAY , SO THAT HE COULD HAVE IT ALL TO HIM SELF . $ 02 LIKE SOME PEOPLE . $ EYES BIGGER THAN THEIR BELLY ! $ 01 LOOK , MUMMY ! $ LOOK HOW THE SUN CATCHES THEIR NECKS ! $ TURN ALL COLOURS OF THE RAINBOW ! $ 02 < ( WATCHING HIM SCATTER THE PIGEON FOOD ) > $ DADDY , HOW MUCH DOES THAT STUFF COST YOU GIVE THEM ? $ 01 OH , NOT VERY MUCH , MUMMY , A FEW PENNIES . $ AND IT 'S NOT FROM THE HOUSE MONEY . $ IF I 'VE ANY ODD COPPERS LEFT IN MY POCKET AT THE END OF THE WEEK ... $ 02 I WAS JUST ASKING , DADDY . $ MORRIS SAID HE 'D BE ALONG , AFTER HE 'D HAD HIS DINNER . $ < ( SHE POURS HIM A CUP OF TEA FROM THE FLASK. ) > $ 01 < ( DRINKING IT , AND LOOKING ROUND HIM , ENJOYING EVERYT HING ) > $ THIS IS NICE , MUMMY , ISN'T IT ? $ 02 IT TOLD YOU , DIDN'T I ? $ WHAT DO WE NEED A BIG HOUSE FOR ? $ #166 $ COSTING US FIFTEEN SHILLINGS , MAYBE EVEN A POUND A WEEK ! $ THIS WAY , WE 'RE SAFE , DADDY . $ HOWEVER BAD THINGS GET , WE 'LL MANAGE . $ 01 I 'M JUST COUNTING , MUMMY . $ IT 'S SEVEN WEEKS AND TWO DAYS BEFORE WE GO TO DUNOON . $ DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD WRITE TO MRS HAMILTON AGAIN , TO REMI ND HER . $ 02 WHAT FOR , DADDY ? $ SHE 'S CONFIRMED THE BOOKING . $ 01 JUST TO LET HER KNOW , IN CASE SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN . $ AND WE 'LL ARRIVE IN DUNOON WITH OUR CASES , AND SHE 'S GIVE N THE ROOM TO SOMEBODY ELSE . $ 02 WHY SHOULD SHE DO THAT ? $ 01 I DON'T KNOW , MUMMY . $ IT JUST RAN THROUGH MY MIND . $ SHE MAYBE MADE A MISTAKE . $ 02 DADDY , SHE 'S CONFIRMED THE BOOKING . $ WE 'VE BEEN GOING THERE SINCE OUR HONEYMOON . $ WE WENT BACK FOR A SECOND WEEK , THE SAME YEAR . $ WE WENT LAST YEAR . $ WE WENT LAST YEAR . $ 01 SHE 'S VERY CHEAP , MUMMY . $ EVERYBODY WOULD WANT A ROOM THERE AT THAT PRICE . $ 02 DADDY , YOU 'RE UPSETTING YOURSELF OVER NOTHING . $ SHE 'S CONFIRMED THE BOOKING . $ < ( ALEC , REASSURED , SIPS AT HIS TEA . $ HE INHALES THE SUMMER AIR AND THE SCENT OF THE NEW GRASS . $ HE LOOKS AT MIRIAM . $ INVOLUNTARILY , HIS HAND TOUCHES HER BREAST , LIGHTLY . ) > $ WHAT DO WE NEED A BIG HOUSE FOR ? $ WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR , DADDY ? $ 01 I WANTED TO . $ YOU LOOKED BEAUTIFUL IN THE SUN . $ 02 DADDY , PEOPLE WILL SEE . $ MORRIS COULD HAVE TURNED UP . $ 01 I WANTED TO DO IT . $ 02 YOU 'VE GOT PLENTY OF TIME TO DO THAT AT NIGHT IN OUR HOU SE . $ 01 YES . $ 02 DON'T BE SILLY , THEN , DADDY . $ 01 THIS WAS A DIFFERENT WANT . $ I 'D 'VE BEEN SORRY IF I HADN'T DONE IT . $ 02 YOU 'VE DONE IT . $ 01 I WOULD 'VE REGRETTED IT . $ YOUR WHOLE FIGURE IS BEAUTIFUL . $ 02 < ( SHYLY ) > $ IS IT ? $ IS IT ? $ YOU THINK SO ? $ 01 YOUR WHOLE FIGURE ! $ OUR WHOLE LIFE . $ I LIKE OUR WHOLE LIFE . $ 02 HERE , DADDY . $ I BUTTERED THE HEEL OF THE BREAD FOR YOU . $ YOU GO MAD FOR THE HEEL , DON'T YOU , DADDY ? $ 01 < ( TAKING IT AND EATING ) > $ MUMMY . $ THE FACTORY ... I STILL HATE IT ... I CAN'T BREATHE IN IT , MUMMY . $ #167 $ 02 DO YOU KNOW WHAT I WAS THINKING OF GETTING FOR THE HOLIDA YS , DADDY ? $ A CAMERA , TO TAKE OUR PHOTOGRAPHS ON THE BOATS , DADDY , WH EN WE GO CRUISES . $ 01 YOU GO MAD FOR BOATS , DON'T YOU MUMMY ? $ NOBODY KNOWS YOU TILL THEY SEE YOU ON A BOAT . $ ON THE DECK ... IN THE WIND ... $ 02 YOU COULD TAKE ME ON THE BOAT , AGAINST THE RAILS . $ AND I COULD TAKE YOU ... $ 01 WE COULD HAVE THE PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THE WINTER - I COULD LO OK AT THEM FOR HOURS . $ 02 WE COULD MAYBE PICK UP ONE CHEAP SOMEWHERE , SECOND-HAND . $ 01 I STILL HATE THE FACTORY , MUMMY . $ BUT THE WAY YOU 'VE ORGANIZED OUR LIFE , MUMMY , YOU 'VE TAK EN AWAY A LOT OF PAIN FROM IT ... $ BUT MONDAYS ARE STILL VERY BAD , MUMMY . $ < ( HE SCATTERS SOME MORE PIGEON FOOD . ) > $ 02 THE LEAST THAT PIGEON FOOD COSTS IS SIXPENCE A WEEK . $ 01 ONLY ... GETTING UP TOGETHER , ON MONDAY MORNINGS , AND D RESSING TOGETHER , I ENJOY THAT . $ IT TAKES AWAY A GOOD LOT OF THE PAIN . $ 02 YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THAT IS A YEAR , DADDY ? $ 01 AND WALKING TO WORK . $ WE FORGOT ABOUT WALKING TO WORK . $ WE GET AT LEAST TWENTY MINUTES' FRESH AIR . $ 02 ONE POUND SIX SHILLINGS , DADDY . $ IT 'S LIKE THROWING A POUND NOTE AND SIX SHILLINGS ON TO THE GROUND , AND SAYING TO THE PIGEONS : THERE YOU ARE ! $ EAT IT UP ! $ 01 LOOK , MUMMY ! $ THAT PAIR OF PIGEONS OVER THERE . $ YOU SEE ? $ DON'T THEY LOOK LIKE OURS ? $ THE PAIR THAT COMES TO OUR WINDOW ? $ 02 MAYBE . $ WHY DIDN'T MORRIS GIVE US A LIFT UP HERE IN HIS CAR , AT DIN NER-TIME ? $ 01 HE WASN'T IN THE FACTORY . $ HE WAS OUT TRAVELLING . $ 02 I WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT MORRIS WAS THE RIGHT TYPE FOR TRA VELLING . $ I WOULD 'VE THOUGHT THAT YOU NEEDED SOMEBODY THAT PEOPLE TOO K TO BETTER THAN MORRIS . $ LIKE YOU , DADDY . $ PEOPLE TAKE TO YOU . $ DON'T THEY ? $ OF COURSE , YOU 'RE NOT THE BOSS'S SON ! $ 01 MORRIS HAS HAD A GOOD EDUCATION , MUMMY . $ HE HAS THE ABILITY TO READ QUICKLY . $ HE HAS HIS HIGHERS AND EVERYTHING . $ 02 EDUCATION MEANS NOTHING . $ < ( LOOKING IN HER BAG ) > $ I 'VE SOME CHOCOLATE BISCUITS TODAY ! $ ARE YOU READY FOR THEM , DADDY ? $ 01 < ( DELIGHTED , LIKE A CHILD ) > $ CHOCOLATE BISCUITS ! $ #168 $ 02 < ( SHOWING HIM THE BAG ) > $ LOOK AT THEM ! $ DO YOU THINK I 'VE BEEN RECKLESS , DADDY ? $ 01 THEY 'RE AN EXPENSIVE MAKE - COATED ALL OVER WITH CHOCOLA TE ! $ 02 CHOCOLATE CREAMS , A SHILLING A POUND . $ AND NOT MANY IN THE POUND , DADDY . $ 01 IT 'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR BISCUITS , MUMMY . $ BUT IF YOU BOUGHT THEM - YOU WERE QUITE RIGHT - YOU 'RE A MA RVELLOUS MANAGER , MUMMY . $ 02 < ( REVEALING HER BIG SURPRISE ) > $ FOURPENCE A POUND , DADDY ! $ FOURPENCE ! $ IN THE CITY BAKERIES - THEY 'RE REJECTS . $ 01 FOURPENCE , MUMMY ! $ 02 THEY CAME OUT OF THE MACHINE A BIT LOPSIDED , AND SOME HA VE THE CHOCOLATE A BIT CRACKED . $ 01 < ( EATING THEM ) > $ THEY 'RE VERY NICE , MUMMY . $ THEY 'RE LOVELY . $ < ( AS THEY ARE EATING , ENJOYING THE LUXURY OF THE CHOCOLAT E BISCUITS , MORRIS AND SHARON APPROACH . $ MIRIAM PRETENDS NOT TO HAVE SEEN THEM AND BUSIES HERSELF POU RING OUT MORE TEA . $ BUT ALEC JUMPS UP IN PLEASURE AT THEIR APPROACH . ) > $ HERE THEY ARE , MUMMY ! $ HERE THEY ARE ! $ MORRIS HAS BROUGHT SHARON ! $ SEE THEM ! $ < ( WAVING ) > $ WE 'RE HERE , MORRIS ! $ OVER HERE ! $ 02 THAT WASN'T NECESSARY , DADDY . $ THEY CAN SEE US . $ 01 HE MUST HAVE TAKEN SHARON FOR DINNER AT HIS MOTHER'S . $ < ( MORRIS AND SHARON COME UP TO THEM . $ MORRIS CAN'T WAIT TO REVEAL HIS LATEST INSIGHT . ) > $ 03 I 'VE MADE UP MY MIND ABOUT HITLER . $ 01 < ( MAKING ROOM FOR THEM ) > $ SIT DOWN HERE . $ COME ON , SHARON , THERE 'S PLENTY OF ROOM . $ SIT DOWN . $ 03 IT 'S OBVIOUS . $ 02 IT 'S OBVIOUS HITLER 'S A DANGEROUS MAN . $ 01 HITLER IS A VERY DANGEROUS MAN ! $ I 'M TERRIFIED TO EVEN THINK OF HIM ! $ DID YOU HAVE DINNER AT MOTHER'S , MORRIS ? $ 03 YOU MUST FACE FACTS . $ IT 'S NO USE TURNING YOUR BACK ON CONCRETE FACTS . $ HITLER HAS BEEN MADE CHANCELLOR OF GERMANY . $ 04 < ( TO ALEC ) > $ I BROUGHT SOME OF THAT PIGEON FOOD YOU TOLD ME ABOUT , ALEC . $ < ( SHOWING HIM THE BAG ) > $ IS THAT THE RIGHT STUFF ? $ 01 < ( TAKING SOME IN HIS HAND ) > $ THAT 'S IT . $ LIKE LITTLE PIECES OF TANGERINE . $ 03 SEGMENTS ... $ HITLER IS NOT AGAINST THE JEWS . $ I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT FOR ONE MINUTE ! $ #169 $ < ( SHARON BEGINS TO FEED THE PIGEONS ) > $ 01 DO IT GENTLY , SHARON ... LIKE THIS ... SLOWLY ... $ IF YOU DO IT TOO SUDDEN , IT GIVES THEM A FRIGHT AND THEY FL Y OFF . $ 03 THE WAY I SEE IT IS - WHAT HITLER IS AGAINST IS CAPITALIS M . $ HE 'S AGAINST THE RICH JEWS . $ THE SAME AS WE 'RE AGAINST THE RICH JEWS . $ AGAINST ALL THE RICH . $ 01 LOOK HOW THE SUN CATCHES THEM , SHARON . $ LOOK AT ALL THE COLOURS ! $ 04 OH - IT 'S BEAUTIFUL ! $ THAT BIG ONE THERE , IT 'S LIKE MOTHER OF PEARL . $ 03 ONCE HITLER SETTLES DOWN , AND THE NEW REGIME IS CONSOLID ATED , THEY 'LL FORGET ALL ABOUT ANTI-JEWISH CAMPAIGNS . $ IT 'S JUST AN ELECTION STUNT - A SHOW FOR THE PEOPLE . $ 02 WHAT ABOUT THEM CLOSING ALL THE JEWISH SHOPS ? $ 04 HITLER 'S ORDERED THE BOYCOTTING OF ALL THE JEWISH SHOPS . $ HE 'S GOING TO HAVE THEM ALL CLOSED DOWN . $ 03 AND WHY ? $ AND WHY ? $ DO YOU THINK THAT A MAN WHO CAN BECOME CHANCELLOR OF GERMANY IS A FOOL ? $ YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT HITLER DOESN'T KNOW BETTER THAN ANY BODY THAT GERMANY NEEDS THE JEWS ? $ THE JEWISH SCIENTISTS , THE JEWISH TEACHERS , THE JEWISH DOC TORS ... $ 02 HE 'S GOING TO BAN THE DOCTORS , TOO . $ 03 WHY ? $ HAVE YOU ASKED YOURSELF WHY ? $ 01 HITLER IS AN ANTI-SEMITE . $ 03 ALEC , ALEC . $ OVER-SIMPLIFICATION . $ I DO NOT BELIEVE FOR A MINUTE HITLER HATES THE JEWS , HE 'S TOO INTELLIGENT A MAN . $ 01 YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT HITLER HATES THE JEWS , MORRRIS ? $ 03 HERE AND THERE - IN GERMANY - SINCE HE BECAME CHANCELLOR , I ADMIT THERE 'VE BEEN MINOR OUTBREAKS . $ 04 BEFORE YOU GET LOST IN HITLER , MORRIS , FIX UP THE ARRAN GEMENT FOR TOMORROW NIGHT . $ 03 A FEW ANTI-SEMITES BROKE OUT - WINDOW WERE BROKEN . $ A SHIRT TORN OFF A JEW'S BACK . $ BUT YOU KNOW OUR PEOPLE - THE MINUTE SOME GENTILE GIVES A JE W A DIRTY LOOK , THEY 'RE SHOUTING ALREADY - POGROM ! $ POGROM ! $ 04 TOMORROW NIGHT . $ W. C. FIELDS IS ON IN THE DENTIST . $ IT 'S A SCREAM . $ MORRIS SAID YOU 'D LIKE TO SEE IT , WITH US . $ 01 I LIKE HIM - HE 'S FUNNY ... THE DENTIST . $ #170 $ 03 SO , A FEW EXTREMISTS BREAK SOME WINDOWS - IN GERMANY . $ THE JEWISH LEADERS ARE PRESENTING THEIR ULTIMATUM TO HITLER THE NEXT MORNING : LEAVE THE JEWS IN PEACE - OR WE WILL BOYC OTT ALL GERMAN GOODS . $ 02 WHY HAS EINSTEIN GIVEN UP HIS GERMAN NATIONALITY ? $ 03 EMOTIONALISM . $ 02 WHY ARE THE TRAINS OUT OF GERMANY CROWDED WITH JEWS RUNNI NG AWAY FROM THE COUNTRY ? $ 01 IT WOULD BE NICE , THE FOUR OF US GOING TOGETHER TO THE P ICTURES . $ I LIKE COMEDIES . $ 03 < ( ANSWERING MIRIAM ) > $ PANIC . $ 02 THEY 'VE BANNED KOSHER KILLING . $ 03 THEY WANT TO BAN IT HERE , TOO , SLITTING POOR INNOCENT A NIMALS' THROATS ! $ I APPLAUD THEM IN THIS PROGRESSIVE MOVE ! $ I APPLAUD THEM ! $ 01 HITLER 'S A VEGETARIAN . $ 04 IS HE ? $ I NEVER KNEW THAT . $ 03 DEFINITELY . $ THAT 'S ANOTHER POINT , ISN'T IT ? $ A MAN LIKE THAT , WHO CAN'T EVEN STAND THE SIGHT OF ANIMALS' BLOOD BEING SHED . $ AND PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO MAKE HIM OUT A POGROMIST - A MURDER ER ! $ 04 < ( WATCHING THE PIGEONS ) > $ LOOK MORRIS ! $ THEY 'VE FINISHED UP THAT BIG BAG OF FOOD ALREADY ! $ 01 THEY STORE IT IN THEIR CROPS . $ YOU SEE , SHARON , ON THEIR NECKS - SEE IT SWELLING ? $ 04 IS THAT WHAT THEY DO , ALEC ? $ 02 SO EVERYTHING 'S FINE IN GERMANY , ACCORDING TO YOU . $ THE JEWS HAVEN'T ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT . $ 03 I DON'T SAY IT 'S A HUNDRED PER CENT FINE . $ IT COULD BE BETTER . $ BUT THE SITUATION WILL STRAIGHTEN ITSELF OUT . $ I 'LL GIVE HITLER SIX MONTHS - NINE AT THE MOST - AND HE 'LL BE FINISHED . $ AFTER THAT WE 'LL SEE A COMMUNIST STATE THERE , NO DOUBT ABO UT IT . $ I CAN SEE EXACTLY HOW THINGS ARE MOVING . $ 04 WE SHOULD HAVE OUR LUNCH OUT HERE , NOW AND THEN , SHOULD N'T WE , MORRIS ? $ IT 'S NICE . $ 02 WOULD YOU LIKE SOME TEA - THERE 'S PLENTY LEFT IN THE FLA SK ? $ 04 IF YOU HAVE SOME TO SPARE , MIRIAM , PLEASE . $ 02 MORRIS ? $ 03 NO . $ NO THANKS . $ I 'M WORRYING ABOUT THE WEDDING . $ 04 YOU 'RE NOT STILL WORRYING ABOUT THE WEDDING , MORRIS ! $ #171 $ 03 IT 'S SOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT , ISN'T IT ? $ 04 ALEC , SPEAK TO HIM ABOUT THE WEDDING . $ HE LISTENS TO YOU . $ 03 AFTER THAT ENGAGEMENT , I 'M FINISHED WITH SROKA . $ FINISHED WITH HIM ! $ IT WASN'T ENOUGH FOR HIM TO ARRANGE A MATCH BETWEEN ME AND S HARON ... $ 04 MORRIS , IT WASN'T REALLY A MATCH . $ 03 IT WAS AN ARRANGED MEETING . $ WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT , SHARON ? $ I BELIEVE IN CALLING A SPADE A SPADE . $ 04 BUT IF WE HADN'T ... LIKED ... EACH OTHER . $ 03 ANYWAY , SROKA 'S SHOT HIS BOLT THIS TIME - THAT ENGAGEME NT CEREMONY . $ 01 BETROTHAL . $ 04 YES , IT WAS A BETROTHAL . $ 03 WHATEVER IT WAS , IT WAS DEFINITELY OUT OF ORDER . $ SROKA KNOWS MY VIEWS . $ 01 I THINK IT WAS DEEPLY BEAUTIFUL . $ IT WAS A DEEPLY BEAUTIFUL , MOVING CEREMONY . $ 03 HE CAN HARDLY KEEP HIS WIFE AND FAMILY , THAT MAN ! $ ALL HE HAS IS A FEW POUNDS A WEEK FROM THE BETH DIN . $ HE HAS TO COME TO MY FATHER EVERY OTHER WEEK . $ 01 EVERYBODY IN A CIRCLE ... $ THE WORDS ... THEY WERE SO BEAUTIFUL , WEREN'T THEY , MUMMY ? $ < ( MIRIAM SHRUGS HER SHOULDERS ) > $ 04 BEHOLD ! $ THIS MAN AND THIS WOMAN ARE SOLEMNLY BETROTHED TO EACH OTHER IN THE PRESENCE OF THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND GOD . $ 03 I SEE MYSELF IN A SILK HAT! $ 01 IN A SILK HAT , MORRIS ! $ 03 MY WEDDING DAY ! $ THE CANTOR 'S SINGING ... $ < ( TRIES TO HUM , BUT CAN'T CATCH IT . ) > $ 01 < ( HUMMING IT ) > $ I 'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT TUNE . $ < ( HUMS ) > $ 03 I 'M WALKING UP TO THE CANOPY WHERE SROKA 'S WAITING ... $ IF THAT 'S THE MEAL HE MADE OUT OF AN ENGAGEMENT , YOU CAN I MAGINE WHAT HE 'S GOING TO DO WITH A WEDDING ! $ A MAN HAS PRINCIPLES ! $ HIS PHILOSOPHY ! $ 01 HE HAS , MORRIS . $ YOU 'RE QUITE RIGHT . $ 03 IT 'S A SIMPLE , MORAL QUESTION : AM I TO GROVEL ON THE G ROUND BEFORE SUPERSTITION AND MYSTICISM ? $ BETRAY MY SCIENCE AND DIALECTICAL MATERIALISM - FOR ... FOR WHAT ? $ #172 $ 01 FOR SHARON ? $ 03 SHARON WILL TAKE ME IF I GROVEL OR NOT . $ 04 YOU 'RE TOO SURE OF YOURSELF , MORRIS . $ 02 FAR TOO SURE ! $ 03 < ( LOOKING AT SHARON , AND ALL THAT SURE AS HE SOUNDS ) > $ OR AM I GOING TO STAND UP LIKE A MAN , FOR WHAT I BELIEVE ? $ I LIKE MY UNCLE . $ I DON'T HOLD THE BETROTHAL AGAINST HIM . $ HE LIKES TO MAKE A SHOW . $ BUT A MAN HAS HIS PRINCIPLES ... $ IT 'S A PROBLEM . $ 01 I SEE YOUR POSITION , MORRIS . $ IT 'S A TRICKY PROBLEM . $ 03 YOU SEE MY POSITION , ALEC . $ THE TEMPTATION IS VERY STRONG . $ 02 WHAT TIME WERE YOU THINKING OF GOING OUT TOMORROW NIGHT , SHARON ? $ 04 STRAIGHT AFTER WORK , IF THAT 'S ALL RIGHT WITH YOU AND A LEC , MIRIAM . $ WE THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE TO HAVE TEA WITH US , AT GENEENS . $ MORRIS WANTS TO TREAT US . $ 02 THAT WOULD BE NICE . $ 03 THE TEMPTATION IS GOING TO BE VERY STRONG . $ I 'LL PROBLABLY NEVER GET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY IN MY LIFE AGA IN LIKE THIS . $ TO STRIKE A POWERFUL AND TELLING BLOW FOR SCIENCE AND REASON . $ 01 I DON'T FOLLOW YOU , MORRIS . $ 03 I 'M STANDING THERE , UNDER THE MARRIAGE CANOPY WITH SHAR ON . $ SROKA SAYS : SO YOU TAKE THIS WOMAN ... ? $ 01 HE READS THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT , MORRIS . $ THE GROOM MADE THE FOLLOWING DECLARATION TO HIS BRIDE , AND SO ON ... $ 03 AND I WILL STAND UP . $ 01 YOU 'RE ALREADY STANDING , MORRIS . $ 03 AND STRETCH UP TO MY FULL HEIGHT . $ AND IN A LOUD , RINGING VOICE I WILL PROCLAIM ... $ 01 WHAT WILL YOU PROCLAIM , MORRIS ? $ 03 I 'M JUST TRYING TO PHRASE IT IN MY MIND ... $ I REPUDIATE THE RIGHT AND THE AUTHORITY OF RELIGION TO DIREC T THE AFFAIRS OF MAN OR WOMAN ! $ TAKE SHARON'S HAND , AND STRIDE OUT OF THE SYNAGOGUE ! $ 04 I COULD NEVER LOOK AT MY FATHER AND MOTHER AGAIN ! $ I 'D HAVE TO RUN AWAY FROM THE COUNTRY ! $ 02 DON'T LISTEN TO HIM , SHARON . $ HE 'S JUST FANTASYING ! $ 03 THE TEMPTATION 'S GREAT . $ YOU MUST ADMIT ! $ 01 VERY GREAT , MORRIS . $ IT WOULD MOVE A LOT OF PEOPLE . $ #173 $ 03 YOU THINK SO ? $ YOU THINK IT WOULD MOVE A LOT OF PEOPLE ? $ 01 PEOPLE WOULD THINK . $ A MAN MUST HAVE VERY STRONG BELIEFS TO MAKE HIM DO A THING L IKE THAT . $ 03 IT WOULD MAKE THEM THINK , WOULDN'T IT ? $ 01 THEY WOULD THINK , MORRIS . $ CERTAINLY , THEY WOULD THINK . $ 03 YES . $ THEIR LINE OF THOUGHT WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE : IF MORRIS KL EIN , A SENSIBLE , LEVEL-HEADED , INTELLIGENT , EDUCATED , M ATURE MAN DOES SOMETHING LIKE THIS , HE MUST KNOW WHAT HE 'S DOING . $ MAYBE THERE IS SOMETHING IN HIS BELIEFS . $ I MUST DO SOME READING . $ I MUST LOOK INTO THE WHOLE QUESTION OF SCIENCE AND RELIGION . $ IT COULD TRIGGER OFF A MINOR REVOLUTION . $ 01 IT COULD BE , MORRIS . $ WHO KNOWS ? $ ONLY , WHAT ABOUT SROKA ? $ DON'T FORGET , MORRIS , SROKA WILL BE STANDING THERE , RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU . $ 03 YES , SROKA . $ 02 IT 'S EASY ENOUGH TO TALK , STANDING HERE . $ BUT IN THE SYNAGOGUE , IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THOSE PEOPLE , W ITH SROKA WATCHING YOU . $ 03 I 'D HAVE THE COURAGE , ALL RIGHT . $ IT 'S NOT THE COURAGE . $ 01 MORRIS WOULD HAVE THE COURAGE . 03 I WOULD , WOULDN'T I , ALEC ? $ NO - I JUST WOULDN'T HAVE THE HEART . $ SROKA AND SHARON'S PARENTS ... $ 02 AND YOURS ... $ 03 AND MINE ... $ 04 AND WHAT ABOUT ME ? $ IT WOULD BREAK MY HEART . $ 01 NO , SHARON , YOU WOULD STILL HAVE MORRIS . $ 03 BUT IT COULD BE A BAD START TO THE MARRIAGE . $ 01 YES . $ IT COULD BE A BAD START . $ EASILY ... $ 03 BUT IT 'S A GREAT TEMPTATION . $ YOU MUST ADMIT . $ 01 BUT YOU CAN'T DO IT , MORRIS . $ APART FROM ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE UPSET , YOU CAN'T DO IT . $ 03 I DIDN'T DEFINITELY SAY I WAS GOING TO DO IT . $ 01 YOUR POSITION ON GOD , MORRIS . $ REMEMBER , YOU SAY THERE MIGHT BE A GOD , OR THERE MIGHT NOT BE - THAT 'S THE SCIENTIFIC ATTITUDE . $ 03 YES . $ I FELT THERE WAS SOME LOGICAL WEAKNESS IN MY ANALYSIS . $ $ YOU 'RE QUITE RIGHT . $ IT 'S NOT A SCIENTIFIC GESTURE . $ 02 MORRIS - TOMORROW NIGHT , INSTEAD OF GOING TO GENEENS AND SPENDING ALL THAT MONEY ON A MEAL ... $ #174 $ 03 I 'M SPENDING IT , MIRIAM , YES ! $ THE WHOLE GESTURE 'S TOTALLY UN-MARXIST . $ 01 I WOULD SAY , MORRIS , IT WOULD BE UPSETTING PEOPLE , FOR NOTHING . $ 03 OBVIOUSLY , THE WHOLE BASIS FOR IT WAS SHALLOW AND UNSOUN D . $ 02 I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST , MORRIS , BEFORE WE GO TO THE PIC TURES TOMORROW , LET 'S GO TO A FISH AND CHIP SHOP AND HAVE FISH SUPPERS . $ 04 YES , MORRIS , I 'D LIKE THAT FOR A CHANGE . $ 02 NICE CRISP FISH IN BATTER ... AND CHIPS . $ 01 AND STRONG , BROWN TEA ... AND BREAD AND BUTTER . $ < ( EXCITED AT THE PROSPECT ) > $ LISTEN . $ ISN'T IT MARVELLOUS , TO LIVE IN A BEAUTIFUL WORLD LIKE THIS ! $ WE 'VE GOT THE WHOLE SUMMER IN FRONT OF US - THE FRESH GRASS , AND THE GREEN TREES , THE SUN ... $ CAN YOU UNDERSTAND IT ? $ I JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT AT ALL , WITH ALL THOSE THINGS , WHY CAN'T PEOPLE BE CONTENT AND HAPPY . $ I ASK YOU , EH ? $ < ( LOOKING ALL ROUND HIM IN HIS DELIGHT ) > $ WHY CAN'T THEY JUST ENJOY THE WORLD ? $ < ( MORRIS STANDS , WORKING OUT A DIALECTICAL REPLY . $ SHARON IS INFECTED BY HIS EXCITEMENT . $ MIRIAM IS NOT INTERESTED . $ THE WHOLE QUESTIONS IS BORING TO HER . $ SHE GOES TO PACK HER BASKET . ) > $ < SCENE THREE > $ < SEPTEMBER 1939 . $ AFTERNOON . $ ALEC AND MIRIAM'S FLAT IN THE GORBALS . $ MIRIAM IS WEARING A GAS-MASK , AND TRYING TO PERSUADE ALEC T O PUT HIS ON . $ HE BACKS AWAY . $ MORRIS AND SHARON ARE LOOKING ON . > $ 02 DON'T BE SILLY , DADDY . $ LOOK AT ME . $ I 'M WEARING IT ALL RIGHT . $ 04 IT FRIGHTENS ME . $ 01 < ( PUSHING THE MASK AWAY ) > $ I CAN'T WEAR IT . $ I 'LL SUFFOCATE . $ I CAN'T STAND IT PRESSING ON MY FACE . $ BETTER DRINK IN THEIR GAS , AND BE FINISHED WITH THE WHOLE B USINESS ! $ 03 THAT 'S FATALISM . $ 02 ONCE YOU GET USED TO IT , DADDY , YOU WON'T E EN NOTICE I T 'S ON . $ 03 IT 'S LIKE NEW SHOES . $ #175 $ 01 IN ANY CASE , THEY 'RE NO USE . $ LOOK AT IT ! $ HOW COULD THAT SAVE ANYBODY ? $ 03 WE 'VE GOT TO DECIDE , JUST NOW . $ EVERYBODY 'S RUNNING AWAY FROM GLASGOW . $ 01 THEY 'RE JUST PACIFYING US , LIKE CHILDREN . $ 02 GLASGOW 'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST PLACES TO BE BOMB ED . $ 04 DID YOU SEE WHAT A MESS THEY 'VE MADE OF ALL THOSE LOVELY GREEN FIELDS IN THE PARK ? $ DIGGING TRENCHES . $ 01 THAT 'S NOT GOING TO STOP GAS . $ 03 IT 'S LIKE A COFFEE PERCOLATOR . $ 01 YES ! $ I REMEMBER YOUR PROPHECIES ABOUT HITLER . $ 04 THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE PAPER , TODAY , OF THE CHILDREN BEING EVACUATED , WITH LABELS ON THEM , LIKE GOODS ... $ 03 THE FILTER TRAPS THE POISON GAS BUT LETS THE PURE AIR PAS S THROUGH INTO YOUR LUNGS . $ YOU UNDERSTAND , ALEC ? $ 01 I DON'T BELIEVE IT . $ IT 'S A BLIND ! $ I WON'T WEAR IT . $ I 'M GOING TO THROW IT OUT OF THE WINDOW . $ THIS MINUTE ! $ < ( TAKING THE MASK FROM MORRIS AND GOING TO THE WINDOW . ) > $ 02 < ( HOLDING HIM BACK ) > $ DADDY ! $ < ( HE GRIPS THE MASK FIRMLY , HOLDING IT AWAY FROM HER . ) > $ DADDY ! $ GIVE ME THAT GAS-MASK . $ 02 I 'M NOT GOING TO USE IT , MUMMY . $ I 'M NOT GOING TO USE IT ! $ 02 GIVE ME IT HERE , DADDY . $ < ( ALEC HANDS IT OVER , WEAKLY . ) > $ 03 WE STILL HAVE TO DECIDE ABOUT EAGLESHAM . $ COULD WE TRY AND COME TO SOME DECISION ABOUT EAGLESHAM ? $ 02 < ( AT THE WINDOW , LOOKING AT THE BLACKOUT PAPER PASTED ON THE GLASS ) > $ THAT MISERABLE BLACKOUT PAPER ! $ 01 I CAN'T EVEN LOOK AT IT ! $ 02 WE 'RE NOT FREE ANY LONGER ! $ DO YOU REALIZE THAT ? $ 03 WE 'VE NEVER BEEN FREE . $ NOBODY IS FREE IN A MODERN STATE . $ IT 'S HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE IF MAN WAS EVER FREE . $ 02 WE CAN'T EVEN OPEN A WINDOW NOW , IF WE WANT TO ! $ 03 I 'VE BEEN READING THE BOOK OF THE MACCABEES AGAIN , AND I 'VE MADE UP MY MIND : IF HITLER COMES HERE - I DON'T SAY F OR A MINUTE HE WILL ... $ 04 MORRIS , THE GERMANS COULDN'T INVADE BRITAIN . $ MORRIS - THEY COULDN'T . $ 03 I WOULDN'T WEAR ANY STARS ON MY CLOTHES . $ YOU KNOW HOW I SEE THE SITUATION IN EUROPE ? $ #176 $ THERE 'S GOING TO BE A WAVE OF DESTRUCTION , OF SLAUGHTER , A FURNACE ! $ AND OUT OF THAT FURNACE , LIKE TRUE PURIFIED STEEL , WILL CO ME A NEW SOCIETY - SOCIALISM ! $ 02 WE 'VE LOST OUR FREEDOM , I CAN FEEL IT ! $ WE 'RE NOT FREE ANY MORE ! $ < ( AS SHE IS SPEAKING THERE IS THE ROAR OF APPROACHING PLAN ES . $ MIRIAM STIFFENS . ) > $ QUIET ! $ LISTEN ! $ 01 IN THE HEART . $ THAT 'S THE ONLY - $ 02 QUIET , DADDY ! $ < ( THEY STAND LISTENING FOR A MOMENT . ) > $ 03 IT 'S ONLY SOME PLANES . $ 02 THEY 'RE COMING NEARER . $ 03 SO WHAT ? $ 04 MORRIS . $ HOW CAN YOU BE SO CALM ? $ 01 I DON'T LIKE THE SOUND OF THEM . $ THEY FRIGHTEN ME . $ THEY SOUND FOREIGN . $ 03 YOU 'LL HAVE TO BRACE YOURSELF TO STAND UP TO THEM . $ FLOOD YOURSELF WITH A NEW SPIRIT . $ WE 'RE NOT GOING TO SUBMIT , LIKE THE JEWS IN GERMANY . $ WE 'RE GOING TO STAND UP TO THEM , UNDER THE HEAVIEST FIRE ! $ 02 I THINK WE 'D BE SAFER IN THE BED RECESS . $ 01 YOU 'RE RIGHT , MUMMY , THERE 'LL BE SOME PROTECTION THER E . $ 02 COME ON , SHARON , JUST IN CASE . $ < ( THEY ALL COWER IN THE BED RECESS , LEAVING MORRIS STANDI NG OP ON HIS OWN . ) > $ 04 PLEASE , MORRIS , JUST IN CASE . $ COME IN WITH US - FOR MY SAKE . $ 03 IF THIS WAS AN AIR-RAID ... $ 04 MORRIS , DARLING , PLEASE . $ 03 ... FIRST OF ALL , WE WOULD HAVE A SIREN . $ THEN - ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE . $ THAT 'S THE ORDER . $ THEN THE BOMBERS APPROACHING , THEN ... BANG ! $ < ( BANGS HIS FIST LOUDLY ON THE TABLE , SHAKING THEM ALL . ) > $ 04 MORRIS ! $ 03 I 'VE STUDIED THE WHOLE QUESTION . $ THEN THE CRUMPLE OF BUILDINGS COLLAPSING . $ 01 HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT THAT THE NAZIS MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERE NT TIMETABLE TO YOU , MORRIS ? $ 03 DID ANYONE HEAR A SIREN ? $ DID THEY ? $ #177 $ 02 QUIET ! $ LISTEN ! $ 04 THEY 'R GOING AWAY . $ 03 DIDN'T I TELL YOU ! $ < ( THE THREE CREEP OUT OF THEIR SHELTER , ALEC SNIFFLING . ) > $ 01 I SMELL SOMETHING ... A CHEMICAL . $ 04 < ( RUSHING TO MORRIS'S ARMS ) > $ OH , MORRIS ! $ 01 MUMMY , I SMELL A CHEMICAL ! $ DO YOU SMELL IT ? $ 02 COMING IN FROM THE DOOR . $ 03 GET YOUR GAS-MASK READY , SHARON . $ JUST IN CASE . $ 04 MORRIS ! $ 02 MORRIS , DO YOU THINK ... $ 03 I DON'T KNOW . $ BETTER CLOSE THE WINDOWS . $ 02 THEY 'RE CLOSED . $ 01 EVERYTHING IS SO STILL . $ IT 'S SO QUIET . $ MUMMY , I CAN'T STAND THIS WAR ! $ I CAN'T STAND IT ! $ 03 I 'D BETTER HAVE A LOOK OUTSIDE . $ 04 MORRIS , PLEASE , STAY HERE - WITH ME . $ < ( MORRIS IGNORES HER AND GOES TO THE DOOR . ) > $ 01 MEN PLAN - AND GOD LAUGHS . $ 04 ALEC , PLEASE , GO AND SEE WHAT 'S HAPPENED TO HIM . $ 01 YES . $ YES , I 'LL GO . $ < ( BUT HE STAYS . ) > $ < ( MORRIS RETURNS . $ HE LOOKS AT THEM WITHOUT SPEAKING . ) > $ WHAT IS IT , MORRIS ? $ 03 YOU SEE , AT OUR VERY FIRST TRIAL - AT THE FIRST PEHEARSA L - WHAT DO WE DO ? $ GROVEL TO THEM . $ GROVEL ! $ 04 WHAT IS IT , MORRIS ? $ 03 NOTHING , NOTHING 'S HAPPENED . $ THERE 'S A WOMAN OUTSIDE - WASHING THE STAIRS . $ 02 MRS RYAN . $ 03 I WENT UP TO HER , AND SMELLED THE WATER IN HER BUCKET . $ 01 WHAT DID SHE SAY ? $ 03 NOTHING . $ SHE KEPT ON SCRUBBING . $ THERE WAS A STRONG SMELL OF AMMONIA FROM HER BUCKET . $ 02 BLEACH , MAYBE . $ 03 EITHER THAT - OR SHE 'D BEEN PEEING IN IT . $ 04 MORRIS ! $ < ( THE IMAGE OF THE WOMAN PEEING IN THE BUCKET IMMEDIATELY RELEASES THE TENSION . ) > $ #178 $ 02 MORRIS , THE THINGS YOU COME OUT WITH AT TIMES ! $ 01 COULDN'T SHE GO TO THE LAVATORY ? $ 03 PROBABLY SOMEBODY ELSE USING IT . $ 01 IT MUST HAVE BEEN UNCOMFORTABLE , EH ? $ MRS RYAN , SITTING ON THE PAIL ... $ 02 ALEC ! $ 03 WITH HER KNICKERS DOWN . $ 01 WHAT IF SOMEBODY CAME UP AND CAUGHT HER . $ 03 DOWN WITH THE SKIRT , OVER THE BUCKET ... COVERED EVERYTH ING . $ 01 EXCEPT THE SMELL . $ 03 IT COULD 'VE BEEN BLEACH . $ 01 I FEEL BETTER NOW . $ I FEEL REALLY BETTER NOW . $ THE PICTURE OF THE OLD WOMAN PASSING WATER . $ 02 DADDY , WE KNOW WHAT SHE WAS DOING . $ 01 OF COURSE , ONE OF THESE DAYS THEY WILL BE GERMAN BOMBERS . $ 03 THAT 'S WHY WE 'RE GOING TO EAGLESHAM . $ 04 WE 'LL SPLIT THE HOUSE IN TWO , MIRIAM . $ 03 WE 'LL BE ABLE TO USE THE CAR EVERY DAY , WITH THIS CONTR ACT FOR GREATCOATS , I 'LL BE ABLE TO GET ENOUGH PETROL . $ 04 THANK GOD FOR THAT CONTRACT ! $ IF IT WASN'T FOR THE CONTRACT YOU WOULD 'VE BEEN GOING OUT T O FRANCE TO DIE . $ 01 I 'VE GOT A BAD EAR . $ GRADE FOUR . $ 03 I WOULD 'VE WENT TO FRANCE TO FIGHT THE BASTARDS ! $ WILLINGLY ! $ 01 OF COURSE YOU WOULD HAVE , MORRIS . $ 0O I NEARLY CAME TO BLOWS WITH MALONE ABOUT IT . $ I WENT UP TO THE PARTY ROOMS TO TRY AND MAKE THEM SEE SENSE . $ FIRST THE BETRAYAL OF THE SPANISH REPUBLIC , I SAID TO HIM . $ AND NOW THIS : STALIN EMBRACING THE JEW-KILLING FASCIST MANI AC , HITLER ! $ DO YOU CALL THAT COMMUNISM ? $ 01 HE WOULD HAVE HAD NO ANSWER FOR YOU , MALONE , WOULD HE ? $ 04 MORRIS , I WISH YOU WOULDN'T ARGUE WITH THOSE PEOPLE , TH EY 'RE DANGEROUS . $ 03 SOMEBODY 'S GOT TO SPEAK OUT . $ 01 DID MALONE GIVE YOU AN ANSWER , MORRIS ? $ 03 STRAIGHT OUT OF THE FRONT PAGE OF THE DAILY WORKER . $ ANOTHER DUPE OF THE CAPITALISTS , HE SAYS TO ME , READY TO L AY DOWN YOUR LIFE FOR IMPERIALISM . $ #179 $ 01 IMPERIALISM ! $ 03 IT 'S A CAPITALIST WAR - DON'T YOU KNOW THAT , ALEC ? $ 01 THE NAZIS ARE CRUSHING OUR PEOPLE ! $ 03 THAT 'S NOTHING TO DO WITH IT , AS FAR AS MALONE 'S CONCE RNED - IT 'S AN IMPERIALIST WAR . $ ANYWAY , WHAT MALONE AND HIS GANG SAY IS NEITHER HERE NOR TH ERE . $ AFTER THE WAR , WE 'LL HAVE TO BUILD UP AN ENTIRELY NEW COMM UNIST PARTY - THE FIRST TASK OF US , AS COMMUNISTS , IS TO C RUSH FRANKENSTEIN . $ 01 FRANKENSTEIN ? $ 03 HITLER . $ 01 OF COURSE . $ THAT 'S A GOOD NAME FOR HIM - THAT 'S CLEVER , MORRIS ... FR ANKENSTEIN . $ 03 IT 'S IMPORTANT THAT NOT ALL OF US GO TO FRANCE . $ T'ERE IS A VITAL ROLE TO BE PLAYED HERE . $ 01 OF COURSE , MORRIS , MAKING GREATCOATS FOR THE SOLDIERS . $ 03 ALEC , I 'M TALKING SERIOUSLY . $ THIS IS NO TIME FOR SARCASM . $ 01 I WAS BEING SERIOUS , MORRIS . $ I WAS BEING SERIOUS . $ SOLDIERS NEED GREATCOATS . $ 03 WE 'RE NOT GOING TO BE CAUGHT LIKE THE JEWS IN GERMANY AN D POLAND , IF THE GERMANS CAME HERE . $ 04 MORRIS ! $ DON'T KEEP TALKING ABOUT THAT ! $ 03 WE 'RE GOING TO BE READY FOR THEM . $ I TOLD YOU I 'VE BEEN STUDYING THE BOOK OF THE MACCABEES . $ THE MACCABEES TOOK TO THE HILLS , YOU REMEMBER ? $ AND EVENTUALLY DROVE OUT THE INVADER . $ 01 SCOTLAND IS A HILLY COUNTRY . $ 03 WE 'LL TAKE GUNS - FOOD - AMMUNITION . $ WE 'LL TRAIN . $ 01 WHO IS GOING INTO THE HILLS , MORRIS ? $ 02 WHAT ABOUT THE WOMEN AND THE CHILDREN ? $ 03 WE 'LL MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN . $ 01 WHO 'S GOING INTO THE HILLS , MORRIS ? $ ALL THE JEWS WHO CAN FIGHT ARE BEING CALLED UP LIKE FLIES ! $ 03 I CAN FIGHT ! $ YOU CAN FIGHT ! $ BERT COUTTS CAN FIGHT ... SAM ALTMAN ... AND SO ON AND SO ON . $ WE 'LL GET AN ARMY UP ALL RIGHT . $ 01 MORRIS - YOU KNOW ME - I COULDN'T PUT MY FOOT ON A BEETLE . $ 03 I SEE THIS CHALLENGE AS THE REBIRTH OF THE JEWS , THE REV IVAL OF THE SPIRIT OF THE MACCABEES . $ WE 'LL FIGHT SO HARD . $ WE 'LL PROVE OURSELVES A LIVING , VITAL , UNITED PEOPLE . $ THE ARABS WILL SAY : YES ... $ #180 $ YOU 'VE PROVED YOURSELVES OUR BROTHERS - TAKE PALESTINE . $ THE WORLD WILL SAY IT . $ 01 WILL YOU GO TO PALESTINE , MORRIS ? $ 04 JUST NOW IT 'S TAKING HIM ALL HIS TIME TO GO TO EAGLESHAM . $ 03 WE ARE GOING TO EAGLESHAM . $ THAT 'S SETTLED . $ 01 ARE WE GOING , MUMMY ? $ 03 YOU CAN'T STAY HERE . $ IT 'S SETTLED . $ YOU 'RE COMING TO EAGLEHAM . $ 02 WHAT WOULD WE DO ALL DAY IN EAGLESHAM , SHARON AND ME ? $ 04 WE COULD GO WALKS . $ BAKE - AND READ . $ 03 IF YOU WANT , WE COULD TAKE A MACHINE OUT , AND YOU COULD DO SOME SPECIAL WORK THERE , BESPOKE ORDERS , AND THAT KIND OF THING . $ 02 I 'D HAVE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT - I COULDN'T TAKE YOU R MONEY FOR NOTHING . $ 03 WE 'RE A FAMILY , MIRIAM ! $ MY MONEY IS YOUR MONEY . $ 01 IT 'S YOUR FATHER'S MONEY , MORRIS . $ 03 THERE 'S A FIELD , NOT FAR FROM THE HOUSE - WE CAN GET RE VOLVERS AND PRACTISE AT THE WEEKENDS AND EVENINGS . $ WE 'LL SCATTER OUT ALL OVER THE HIGHLANDS - IF THEY DO COME - IN LITTLE UNITS . $ SOME IN THE GRAMPIANS , SOME IN THE CAIRNGORMS , BUT ALL LIN KED BY RADIO . $ < ( ALEC IS LAUGHING TO HIMSELF AS MORRIS IS PEAKING . ) > $ WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING AT , ALEC ? $ IT 'S A PROBLEM THAT WILL HAVE TO BE TACKLED . $ 01 NO , MORRIS . $ I 'M NOT LAUGHING AT YOU - I 'M STILL THINKING OF MRS RYAN , ON THE BUCKET , ON THE COLD STAIRS - WITH HER KNICKERS ON T HE GROUND ! $ < SCENE FOUR > $ < SEPTEMBER 1945 . $ LUNCHTIME . $ A BENCH IN THE QUEEN'S PARK . $ MORRIS AND ALEC ARE SITTING ON THE BENCH . $ BOTH ARE VERY SHABBY . > $ 03 MIRIAM 'S A LONG TIME . $ 01 SHE WANTED SALMON . $ IT 'S A LONG QUEUE . $ 03 BREAD AND BUTTER AND CHEESE WOULD 'VE DONE ME JUST AS WEL L . $ #181 $ 01 I LIKE SALMON . $ 03 I DON'T NEED A BIG MEAL AT LUNCHTIME . $ I LIKE TO KEEP MY APPETITE FOR NIGHT - FOR SHARON AND THE KI DS . $ DID SHE REMEMBER TO BRING A TIN-OPENER ? $ LOOK IN THE BAG , ALEC . $ 01 YES . $ IT 'S HERE . $ 03 IF THERE 'S A BIG QUEUE , OUR DINNER-HOUR 'LL BE OVER AND SHE 'LL STILL BE STANDING ! $ 01 < ( LOOKING AT HIS WATCH ) > $ OH , NEARLY AN HOUR YET , MORRIS . $ 03 GIVE ME OVER SOME BREAD AND BUTTER TILL SHE COMES . $ 01 MORRIS , WAIT FOR HER , PLEASE . $ SHE 'LL BE UPSET IF SHE FINDS OUT YOU 'VE STARTED WITHOUT HE R . $ SHE WILL BE . $ 03 I GET VERY HUNGRY BY THE END OF THE MORNING . $ I LEAVE THE HOUSE EARLY TO SAY KADDISH AND AT THAT TIME I DO N'T FEEL VERY MUCH LIKE EATING . $ 01 THAT UPSET ME , MORRIS , YOU DECIDING TO SAY KADDISH FOR YOUR FATHER . $ 03 SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND - BY ONE O'CLOCK I 'M FAMISHED . $ 01 YOU PUT ME OFF SAYING KADDISH FOR MINE . $ 03 YOU COULDN'T SAY KADDISH - YOU DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO READ HE BREW . $ 01 WHY ARE YOU SAYING IT , MORRIS ? $ 03 TO AVOID ANY ARGUMENTS - SROKA , MY MOTHER ... $ I WISH SHE 'D HURRY UP - I HONESTLY WISH YOUR WIFE WOULD HUR RY UP . $ 01 YOU DON'T THINK SAYING KADDISH MIGHT DO ANY GOOD ? $ 03 WHO FOR ? $ MY FATHER ? $ YOU MUST ADMIT , WE 'RE A HIGHLY ORIGINAL FAMILY . $ WE 'RE THE ONLY BUSINESS PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY TO COME OUT T HE WAR BANKRUPT ! $ IF YOU WOULDN'T HAVE GOT ME THIS PRESSER'S JOB WITH GOLDBLAT T , I 'D 'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD OF GUARDIANS ! $ 01 I WAS TALKING ABOUT YOUR FATHER'S SOUL , MORRIS . $ 03 DIABETES AND ALCOHOLIC POISONING . $ THAT 'S A GOOD COMBINATION . $ GOD ONLY KNOWS WHERE HE GOT THE WHISKY FROM . $ WE JUST COULDN'T KEEP IT FROM HIM ! $ 01 IT WAS THE BLACK MARKET THAT KILLED HIM . $ 03 DO ME A FAVOUR , ALEC , AND GIVE ME A SLICE OF BREAD . $ 01 JUST GIVE HER ANOTHER FEW MINUTES , MORRIS , PLEASE . $ 03 WHAT DID HE NEED TO GO INTO THE BLACK MARKET FOR ? $ WE WERE DOING MARVELLOUS BUSINESS , LEGALLY ! $ AND ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE , HE TRIES TO BRIBE THE DETECT IVES ! $ #182 $ 01 SHE WON'T BE LONG NOW , MORRIS , SHE 'LL BE HERE IN A MIN UTE . $ 03 I SHOULD 'VE MARRIED SOMEBODY WITH MORE MONEY THAN SHARON . $ THAT WAS A BAD MOVE . $ I SHOULD 'VE GOT MYSELF PROPERLY SET UP WHILE THE GOING WAS GOOD . $ NO , I WASN'T VERY CLEVER . $ 01 MORRIS ! $ DON'T TALK LIKE THAT ! $ YOU COULDN'T GET ANY GIRL BETTER . $ 03 I DON'T LIKE LIVING IN THE GORBALS - BAD FOR THE KIDS . $ NO GARDEN , NO GREEN SPACES . $ THERE 'S ANOTHER ORIGINAL TOUCH : THEY 'RE ALL MOVING OUT WE ST - AS FAR WEST AS THEY CAN GET . $ SOME OF THEM ARE AT THE SEA JUST NOW . $ 01 THAT 'S WHERE WE WANT TO GO - BY THE SEA . $ 03 AND WE MOVE BACK - IS IT EAST ? $ I DON'T KNOW - BACK TO OUR ORIGIN , THE GORBALS . $ 01 YOU COULD GET WORSE - IT 'S A VERY NICE HOUSE . $ 03 < ( GRABBING A SANDWICH ) > $ NO DOUBT ABOUT IT - $ 01 MORRIS ! $ SHE 'LL BE HERE IN A MINUTE . $ 03 THE CONCLUSION YOU COME TO IS THAT GOD ISN'T INTERESTED I N PEOPLE - IF HE EXISTS . $ IF YOU 'RE WORKING OUT AN OBJECTIVE PICTURE OF THE WORLD IN OTHER WORDS , YOU CAN LEAVE OUT GOD . $ TO ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES , HE DOESN'T EXIST . $ IF HE EXISTS , HE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WORLD . $ MARX AND ENGELS HAVE BEEN PROVED ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ! $ < ( HIS EYE CATCHING A PASSING GIRL ) > $ OH I LIKE HER ! $ GIVE A LOOK , ALEC ! $ GIVE A LOOK ! $ LOOK AT THAT BUST ! $ THE LEGS COULD BE BETTER ... I LIKE WOMEN , ALEC . $ I LIKE ALL WOMEN ! $ I WANT TO HAVE THEM ALL . $ YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ? $ 01 I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL , MORRIS . $ 03 ALL THOSE LOVELY WOMEN AROUND . $ 01 YES , I KNOW , MORRIS . $ I 'M THE SAME ... $ I KNOW IT 'S WRONG , BUT I CAN'T HELP IT . $ I GET EXCITED BY THEM . $ 03 WHAT 'S WRONG ABOUT IT ? $ YOU KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO DO NOW ? $ I SEE OUR ROLE WITH ABSOLUTE CLARITY . $ 01 IT 'S NOT BEING TRUE TO MIRIAM . $ 03 COMMUNISM HAS BEEN VINDICATED ! $ IT HAS BEEN PROVED . $ THIS CLEARLY EMERGES AS ONE OF THE LESSONS OF THE WAR . $ 01 I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU DO , MORRIS . $ 03 ANOTHER LESSON IS THAT THE JEWS MUST HAVE A HOME OF THEIR OWN . $ WE CAN'T RISK ANOTHER NAZI GERMANY , GOD FORBID ! $ YES , I SEE OUR FUTURE ROLE WITH ABSOLUTE CLARITY . $ #183 $ 01 I CAN'T PICTURE MYSELF DOING WHAT YOU DO , MORRIS . $ I WOULD HAVE TO TELL MIRIAM . $ 03 I DON'T DO IT ALL THAT OFTEN . $ I CAN'T AFFORD IT . $ I 'VE GOT EXPENSIVE TASTES . $ I CAN'T STAND STREET PROSTITUTES . $ THEY REPEL ME . $ 01 YOU STILL GO TO THAT PLACE IN THE WEST END ? $ 03 PRICES WILL GO DOWN , THAT 'S CERTAIN . $ LESS AMERICANS AROUND , THROWING THEIR MONEY AROUND LIKE MEN WITH NO ARMS . $ 01 SHARON ISN'T EVEN SUSPICIOUS ? $ 03 WE HAVE TO TURN TO PALESTINE , ALEC . $ PALESTINE IS THE KEY TO OUR FUTURE ROLE . $ 01 I 'D LIKE TO GO ONCE TO THAT PLACE IN THE WEST END ... AN D I WOULDN'T LIKE TO GO . $ I GET WORRIED ABOUT WANTING TO GO . $ WHAT IT MEANS IS I DON'T LOVE MIRIAM SO MUCH , DOESN'T IT ? $ 03 I DON'T KNOW ... $ WHAT PALESTINE IS GOING TO NEED IS LEADERS , ALEC , WITH CLE AR , MARXIST OUTLOOK , A FIRM , PROGRESSIVE SENSE OF DIRECTI ON ... $ GIVE ME SOME TEA , ALEC . $ 01 OF COURSE YOU 'VE BEEN DOING THIS - PRACTICALLY SINCE YOU WERE MARRIED , MORRIS . $ 03 NO . $ TWO YEARS AFTER , SHARON GAVE ME AN APPETITE FOR WOMEN ... $ WE HAVE TO GO OUT TO PALESTINE . $ AND SET UP A REAL WORKERS' PARTY . $ PALESTINE FOR THE JEWISH WORKERS OF THE WORLD ! $ 01 WHAT ABOUT THE JEWISH DOCTORS AND DENTISTS ? $ 03 I 'M USING WORKERS IN THE MARXIST SENSE OF THE WORD , ALE C . $ WE 'D SET THE PACE FOR THE WHOLE MIDDLE EAST . $ WE 'D LEAD THE OPPRESSED ARAB PEASANTS AGAINST THE FEUDAL EX PLOITERS . $ 01 SHARON 'S A FINE WOMAN . $ 03 SHE 'S A GOOD , TRUTHFUL WOMAN . $ I COULD 'VE DONE MUCH WORSE FOR A WIFE . $ I LIKE HER . $ 01 AND SHE 'S A MARVELLOUS MOTHER , MORRIS . $ 03 TOGETHER , WE MAKE VERY FINE BABIES . $ EVERYBODY ADMIRES THEM . $ TOO MANY , BUT THEY 'RE ALL QUALITY CHILDREN . $ 01 LOVELY CHILDREN , MORRIS ! $ 03 DON'T THINK I THINK YOU MISSED ALL THAT MUCH NOT HAVING K IDS . $ 01 I DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT , MORRIS . $ WE 'VE NEVER WORRIED ABOUT IT . $ WE JUST NEVER HAD THEM . $ I REMEMBER ONE NIGHT , ABOUT FOUR YEARS AFTER WE WERE MARRIE D , WE STOPPED USING PROTECTION . $ MIRIAM SAID : ' WE 'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS . $ IF IT COMES , IT COMES . ' $ #184 $ 03 THINK OF THE MONEY YOU SAVED ON CONTRACEPTIVES ! $ GOD ! $ I WISH WE WERE LIKE THAT ! $ NOWADAYS , WITH THINGS BEING TIGHT , I 'M ALWAYS RUNNING OUT OF THEM . $ PROBABLY SAFE ENOUGH AT HER AGE , BUT YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO TA KE A RISK LIKE THAT . $ IT 'S A PROBLEM . $ I 'M ALWAYS RUNNING OUT OF THEM AT WEEKENDS . $ 01 I USED TO LOOK FORWARD TO SATURDAY NIGHTS . $ YOU HADN'T ANY WORK IN THE MORNING . $ 03 MORNINGS ARE BETTER - YOU 'VE GOT MORE ENERGY . $ 01 ANOTHER THING THAT WOULD WORRY ME , MORRIS : PAYING FOR I T . $ I 'D BE TAKING MONEY AWAY FROM OUR SAVINGS , YOU UNDERSTAND ? $ I 'D BE DENYING MIRIAM SOMETHING . $ IT WOULD BE WORSE IF I HAD CHILDREN , LIKE YOU , MORRIS . $ 03 NEVER WORRIES ME . $ IT 'S USUALLY EXTRA MONEY THAT I 'VE SAVED SOMEWHERE . $ FARES , DINNERS , OVERTIMES ... $ I 'M FORTY-FIVE ALEC . $ I 'VE GOT POLITICAL ABILITY . $ I HAVE DRIVE , IDEAS . $ WHEN AM I GOING TO DO SOMETHING WITH MY LIFE ? $ AM I JUST GOING TO BURY MY TALENTS AT THE PRESSING ? $ 01 < ( STANDING UP TO WAVE TO MIRIAM AS SHE APPROACHES ) > $ YOU SEE , MORRIS , I TOLD YOU SHE WOULDN'T BE ALL THAT LONG . $ HERE SHE IS ! $ BETTER TELL HER YOU WERE FEELING A BIT WEAK WITH HUNGER , MO RRIS . $ DON'T FORGET TO MENTION YOU HADN'T ANY BREAKFAST . $ 03 I HAD A CUP OF TEA AND A CHOCOLATE DIGESTIVE BISCUIT . $ < ( MIRIAM APPROACHES . $ SHE IS TIRED AND SHABBY . ) > $ 01 HERE WE ARE , MUMMY ! $ WE 'RE WAITING FOR YOU . $ 03 YOU HAVEN'T GOT ANY AMBITIONS LIKE THAT , ALEC ? $ 01 MORRIS HADN'T ANY BREAKFAST , MUMMY . $ HE HAD TO HAVE SOMETHING BEFORE YOU CAME BACK . $ 02 THAT 'S ALL RIGHT . $ 03 ALEC IS A HAPPY MAN , MIRIAM . $ HE HAS NO GREAT HUNGERS - HE MAKES NO BIG DEMANDS OF LIFE . $ 02 < ( HOLDING UP THE TINS ) > $ I GOT TWO TINS ! $ ONE FOR EACH BOOK . $ 01 TWO TINS , MUMMY . $ < ( HOLDING HIS HAND OUT ) > $ LET ME SEE THEM , MUMMY . $ 02 THERE 'S NOTHING TO SEE - JUST TINS OF SALMON . $ 03 I WISH I WAS LIKE THAT ! $ I 'M CONSCIOUS ALL THE TIME OF THIS TALENT INSIDE ME GOING T O SEED . $ IT MAKES ME ANGRY TO THINK ABOUT IT ! $ 01 < ( ADMIRING THE SALMON ) > $ BRINGS BACK MEMORIES , MUMMY . $ 02 DADDY , IT 'S ONLY SALMON ! $ #185 $ < ( MIRIAM TAKES THEM AND PUTS THEM IN THE BAG . ) > $ 01 MUMMY ! $ I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE SOME NOW . $ FOR DINNER . $ 02 YOU DON'T WANT IT NOW , DO YOU , DADDY ? $ AND MORRIS IS FINISHED . $ 03 I JUST HAD A SLICE OF BREAD AND BUTTER . $ I 'LL TAKE A SALMON SANDWICH , IF YOU 'RE MAKING ONE . $ 02 I 'M NOT SURE IF WE BROUGHT A TIN-OPENER , MORRIS . $ 01 HERE IT IS , MUMMY ! $ I 'VE GOT IT WAITING . $ 02 I THOUGHT , MAYBE , WE WOULD KEEP IT FOR SUPPER . $ WE COULD MAKE CUTLETS AND CHIPS . $ 01 NO , MUMMY , PLEASE . $ PLEASE . $ I WANT TO TASTE THE SALMON , PURE . $ 02 I THOUGHT YOU WENT MAD FOR SALMON CUTLETS , DADDY ? $ 01 THERE 'S TWO TINS , MUMMY . $ 02 < ( BRINGING OUT A TIN AND OPENING IT ) > $ ALL RIGHT , IF YOU 'RE SO BURNING FOR IT ! $ 03 IT 'S SO EASY TO PUT IT ALL DOWN TO BAD LUCK . $ IS IT BAD LUCK - OR AM I JUST KIDDING MYSELF ON ABOUT MY INT ELLECTUAL ABILITY ? $ 01 MORRIS , YOU HAVE HAD BAD LUCK - YOU 'VE HAD TERRIBLE LUC CK . $ 02 DID YOU TELL MORRIS WE GOT THE CHEQUE THIS MORNING , DADD Y ? $ 01 I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE - WE WERE TALKING ABOUT OTHER THING S , MUMMY . $ 02 < ( TO MORRIS ) > $ IT CAME THIS MORNING . $ 01 DO YOU SMELL IT , MORRIS ? $ DO YOU SMELL THE SALMON ? $ 02 OVER SEVENTEEN HUNDRED POUNDS . $ 03 A PRESENT FROM HITLER . $ 01 GOD FORBID , MORRIS ! $ 03 A PRESENT FROM HITLER , ALEC . $ 01 NO , MORRIS . $ NO , . $ NOT AT ALL , MORRIS . $ 03 WHO ELSE IS IT FROM ? $ HITLER DROPPED THE BOMB ON WHITE-CHAPEL . $ 02 ALEC'S UNCLE HAD A BAD HEART , MORRIS . $ HE DIDN'T DIE FROM THE BOMB . $ 01 HE DIED FROM SHOCK , MORRIS . $ 03 SHOCK FROM THE BOMB . $ 01 WHO KNOWS WHAT THE SHOCK WAS FROM , MORRIS ? $ 02 THE DOCTOR SAID HE WAS READY TO GO ANY TIME . $ #186 $ 01 HE WAS A MARVELLOUS MAN TO HAVE HELD OUT SO LONG . $ 03 NEARLY TWO THOUSAND POUNDS . $ YOU COULD BUY A FARM IN PALESTINE . $ WE 'LL ALL GO OUT TOGETHER . $ THERE 'S NOTHING TO KEEP US HERE . $ 01 WE 'VE GOT OTHER PLANS , MORRIS . $ 03 WE 'D BUY A FARM NEAR JERUSALEM . $ THERE WOULD BE A PLAQUE ON THE WALL : ' HERE WAS BORN ... ' $ 01 COMMUNISM ? $ 03 NO . $ THAT WOULDN'T BE TRUE . $ 02 I WAS BORN HERE - THIS IS MY COUNTRY . $ I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN ISRAEL . $ I 'VE NEVER BEEN ATTRACTED TO IT . $ 03 HERE WAS BORN THE NEW WORLD SOCIETY . $ THERE WOULD BE VOLUMES ON IT ... BIBLIOGRAPHIES ... THE GREA T EXPERIMENT . $ YOU SEE ? $ THAT 'S THE KIND OF OPPORTUNITY I 'VE NEEDED - I 'VE BEEN WA ITING FOR . $ TO GIVE MY ABILITY A CHANCE TO FLOWER , TO FRUIT . $ 02 I WOULD 'VE THOUGHT DURING THE WAR , MORRIS , THERE WOULD 'VE BEEN PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU . $ 01 MORRIS WAS UNLUCKY DURING THE WAR , MUMMY - HE HAD ALL TH AT TROUBLE . $ 03 NO , THAT WASN'T IT . $ IT JUST SO HAPPENED I WAS SAVING MYSELF FOR A POSSIBLE GERMA N INVASION . $ YOU REMEMBER ? $ 01 I REMEMBER PERFECTLY , MORRIS . $ THAT 'S WHAT YOU WERE DOING ... $ 03 I WAS STUDYING , READING , THINKING . $ I FILLED BOOKS WITH NOTES ... AND DETAILED PLANS . $ SOMEBODY HAD TO PREPARE . $ 01 IT 'S NOT MORRIS'S FAULT THAT HITLER DIDN'T INVADE BRITAI N , MUMMY . $ 03 THIS FARM SCHEME IN PALESTINE - ALEC 'S MAD ABOUT PALESTI NE , MIRIAM . $ 02 FIRST I 'VE HEARD OF IT ! $ 01 NO . $ I 'M EASY , ONE WAY OR THE OTHER . $ 02 WE WANT FREEDOM ! $ THAT 'S ALL WE WANT . $ WE WANT FREEDOM TO LIVE OUR LIVES EXACTLY AS WE WANT TO . $ WE 'VE GOT PLANS . $ 03 PLANS ? $ 02 I 'M SICK OF MISERABLE IDENTITY CARDS AND RATION BOOKS AN D POINTS , AND PEOPLE LOOKING INTO EVERY DETAIL OF YOUR PERS ONAL LIFE . $ I WANT TO GET RID OF THEM AND BE ABLE TO BREATHE AGAIN ! $ 03 THAT 'S WHAT WE 'RE GOING TO DO IN PALESTINE . $ BUILD A PERFECT , FREE SOCIETY . $ WE CAN SEE NOW THAT WHAT WENT WRONG IN THE EARLY COMMUNIST E XPERIMENTS WAS THAT THEY LOST SIGHT OF THE INDIVIDUAL - THEY COULDN'T SEE THE TREES FOR THE WOOD . $ #187 $ 02 WE DON'T NEED TO GO TO PALESTINE . $ 03 MIRIAM . $ LISTEN TO ME - I KNOW . $ YOU NEED TO GO TO PALESTINE . $ CAN YOU SPARE ME ANOTHER SANDWICH ? $ 02 I 'M SORRY , MORRIS , THE SALMON 'S ALL FINISHED . $ 03 < ( DIPPING HIS BREAD IN THE TIN ) > $ THAT 'S ALL RIGHT . $ I 'LL DIP MY BREAD IN THE GRAVY . $ 02 I 'VE ALREADY SPOKEN TO BLASS . $ THIS MORNING . $ 01 YOU NEVER TOLD ME , MUMMY . $ 02 I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE , DADDY . $ HE SAID 'YES' . $ HE 'S AGREEABLE . $ 03 A COUPLE OF THOUSAND QUID IS NOTHING . $ DON'T LET A COUPLE OF THOUSAND QUID TURN YOUR HEAD . $ WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH IT ? $ YOU CAN BUY A NICE HOUSE IN A GOOD DISTRICT , WITH A GARDEN . $ WHERE DOES THAT GET YOU ? $ 01 AT LEAST YOU HAVE A GARDEN , MORRIS . $ 03 BUT MIRIAM 'S LOOKING FOR FREEDOM , ALEC . $ 02 WE 'RE QUITE HAPPY IN OUR OLD HOUSE , AREN'T WE , DADDY ? $ 01 HAPPY ENOUGH , MUMMY . $ WE 'RE NEVER HARDLY IN IT . $ 03 WHAT 'S SEVENTEEN HUNDRED ? $ SEVENTEEN THOUSAND - YES , THAT 'S SOMETHING . $ BUT A LOUSY SEVENTEEN HUNDRED ! $ 02 IT 'S ENOUGH . $ I 'VE WORKED IT ALL OUT . $ < ( POINTING TO HER BAG ) > $ I 'VE GOT IT ALL HERE . $ IT 'S GOING TO BE ENOUGH , DADDY . $ 01 < ( EXCITED ) > $ IS IT , MUMMY ? $ ARE WE REALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD ... ? $ 02 ALLOWING FOR US GETTING OUR PENSION IN OUR SIXTIES . $ DEFINITELY . $ 03 ON THE OTHER HAND , WE 'RE NOT ABSOLUTELY TIED TO PALESTI NE . $ WE COULD GO TO AFRICA - AFRICA 'S RIPE FOR SOCIAL EXPERIMENT S . $ 02 WE 'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE LIKE THAT . $ WE 'RE GOING TO DUNOON . $ < ( MORRIS STARES AT HER , SHAKEN . ) > $ NEXT SUMMER , THEY 'LL HAVE ALL THE FENCES AND BARBED WIRE T AKEN DOWN , AND WE 'LL BE ABLE TO BREATHE AGAIN IN DUNOON , AND WALK WHERE WE WANT . $ PLEASE GOD , IN APRIL - JUST AFTER PASSOVER - WE 'RE GOING T O DUNOON . $ WE 'LL CLOSE DOWN THE HOUSE , AND NOT COME BACK TO GLASGOW T ILL SEPTEMBER . $ 01 MUMMY , ARE YOU SURE ? $ CAN WE AFFORD TO DO THAT EVERY YEAR ? $ #188 $ 03 FOR SIX MONTHS ! $ 02 FOR SIX MONTHS , WITH THE LITTLE BIT WE 'VE PUT BY - AND UNCLE'S MONEY , AND WORKING SIX MONTHS A YEAR , AND BEING CA REFUL . $ 01 < ( JUMPING UP IN HIS DELIGHT ) > $ I CAN'T BELIEVE IT , MUMMY ! $ IT ... MUMMY ... I 'M DREAMING ! $ WE 'RE GOING TO LIVE AT THE SEA - ALL SUMMER . $ 02 ALL SPRING AND SUMMER , DADDY . $ 01 MORRIS ! $ DO YOU HEAR ! $ THE WHOLE SUMMER 'S GOING TO BE OUR OWN , AND THE SPRING . $ CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT ? $ WE 'LL HAVE THE SEA FOR THE BEST PART OF THE YEAR ... $ MUMMY , YOU HAVEN'T MADE A MISTAKE ? $ CAN WE STAY ALL SUMMER ? $ MUMMY , WE COULDN'T AFFORD TO TAKE ALL SUMMER OFF . $ ITCOULDN'T BE , MUMMY . $ 02 IT IS , DADDY , IT IS . $ 01 I CAN'T BELIEVE IT ... $ < ( AT LAST AWARE OF MORRIS'S MISERY . ) > $ MORRIS , YOU 'RE NOT PLEASED . $ 02 YOU 'LL ALL COME IN THE HOLIDAYS . $ WE 'LL FIND A PLACE NEAR US , MORRIS , FOR YOU AND SHARON AN D THE KIDS . $ 01 MORRIS ISN'T PLEASED . $ 03 WHY SHOULD I BE PLEASED ? $ I 'M NOT PLEASED ! $ 02 I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU , MORRIS . $ 01 I 'M GLAD THAT HE COMES OUT WITH IT , MUMMY . $ THAT 'S HOW IT SHOULD BE BETWEEN FRIENDS . $ IF HE 'S NOT PLEASED , HE SHOULD COME OUT WITH IT . $ 03 HOW WOULD YOU LIKE BEING LEFT ALONE FOR SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR ? $ WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ? $ HOW SHOULD IT COME ABOUT THAT I SHOULD BE PLEASED ? $ I 'M AGAINST THIS MOVE ! $ I AM BITTERLY OPPOSED TO THIS MOVE ! $ TO CUT YOURSELF OFF FROM YOUR FRIEND ! $ CUT YOURSELF OFF FROM SOCIETY . $ I 'M AGAINST IT ! $ I AM ABSOLUTELY OPPOSED TO IT ! $ 02 I MUST SAY THIS , MORRIS . $ I 'VE GOT TO SAY IT - YOU 'RE A VERY SELFISH MAN ! $ 03 YOU NEVER EVEN DISCUSSED THE IDEA WITH ME , NOT A MENTION OF IT . $ EVERYTHING DONE SECRETLY . $ 02 WE ONLY GOT THE CHEQUE THIS MORNING . $ 03 BUT YOU KNEW IT WAS COMING FOR WEEKS . $ I 'M VERY UPSET ABOUT IT . $ I 'VE GOT TO SPEAK OUT . $ I FEEL VERY UPSET ABOUT IT . $ I REGARD THIS AS THE WORST CRISIS OUR FRIENDSHIP HAS EVER EX PERIENCED . $ 01 IT WASN'T UNDERHAND , MORRIS . $ I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THIS . $ 03 I DON'T CARE WHAT IT IS . $ THE NET RESULT IS THAT I AM GOING TO BE LEFT ON MY OWN SIX M ONTHS OF THE YEAR - THE BEST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR . $ #189 $ 01 THERE WAS NOTHING UNDERHAND ABOUT IT . $ YOU KNOW WHAT MIRIAM 'S LIKE . $ SHE DOESN'T LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT ANYTHING UNTIL SHE 'S SURE S HE CAN DO IT . $ 02 I DON'T LIKE MAKING A FOOL OF MYSELF WITH BIG TALK . $ UNLESS I REALLY AM SURE THAT I CAN CARRY OUT - $ 03 OH , I MAKE A FOOL OF MYSELF WITH BIG TALK ! $ 02 I WASN'T REFERRING TO ANYBODY IN PARTICULAR , MORRIS . $ 03 I KNOW , I RECOGNIZE IT - FROM THE EVIDENCE - I LOOK LIKE A BIG TALKER . $ THAT 'S HOW IT LOOKS LIKE , I KNOW . $ I 'M TALKING , TALKING , TALKING ALL THE TIME . $ WHAT I 'M GOING TO DO . $ BIG PLANS - GREAT IDEAS . $ NOTHING EVER HAPPENS . $ 01 MORRIS , I KNOW YOUR FEELINGS . $ 03 YOU KNOW MY FEELINGS ! $ MY FEELINGS . $ WHAT ABOUT YOURS ? $ HOW DO YOU FEEL ? $ BREAKING FROM YOUR FRIEND FOR SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR , LEAVI NG HIM IN TOTAL ISOLATION . $ 01 I KNOW , MORRIS , I KNOW . $ THAT 'S A POINT . $ I 'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THAT , TOO . $ 0O TOTAL ISOLATION . $ IN A CITY OF A MILLION PEOPLE , NOT ONE BELIEVING IN ME . $ ALONE . $ 02 MORRIS , YOU 'RE MAKING A DRAMA OF IT . $ YOU 'RE TALKING RIDICULOUS . $ I 'D 'VE THOUGHT THAT YOU WOULD 'VE BEEN ONLY TOO GLAD THAT YOUR FRIEND 'S MANAGED TO WIN A LITTLE PORTION OF FREEDOM EV ERY YEAR . $ YOU SHOULD FEEL DELIGHTED AND HAPPY THAT - $ 03 I SHOULD FEEL , I SHOULD FEEL . $ DON'T TELL ME WHAT I SHOULD FEEL . $ I CAN'T TELL MYSELF WHAT I SHOULD FEEL ! $ I FEEL WHAT I FEEL . $ 01 YES ,. $ YOU 'RE QUITE RIGHT , MORRIS . $ 03 YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN , ALEC ? $ TOGETHER , WE DRAW SPARKS FORM EACH OTHER , WE ARRIVE AT GR EAT INTELLECTUAL TRUTHS . $ 01 MORRIS , YOU HAVE ALL THE IDEAS . $ I KNOW NOTHING , MORRIS . $ I HAVE NO EDUCATION . $ 03 SIX MONTHS - IN ISOLATION . $ I CAN JUST IMAGINE HOW YOU 'LL COME BACK TO GLASGOW , DRIED UP , DEAD , NUMB . $ 02 HE 'LL BE WITH ME , MORRIS . $ 03 YOU TOO , MIRIAM . $ WHEN I TALK ABOUT ALEC - I MEAN YOU , TOO . $ 02 I 'M NOT SURE ! $ #190 01 MUMMY , THAT 'S NOT TRUE . $ I KNOW MORRIS HAS A HIGH REGARD FOR YOU . $ 03 GOD IN HEAVEN , MIRIAM ! $ THIS IS A BLOODY WORLD ! $ THEY 'RE ALL SUCH NOTHINGS , SUCH ANTI-LIFE PEOPLE , ALL ROU ND US . $ YOU CAN'T BLAME ME IF I WANT TO KEEP THE PEOPLE I LIKE BESID E ME . $ YOU 'RE THE ONLY PEOPLE I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH . $ 01 YES , MORRIS , I KNOW . $ 03 AND YOU 'RE GOING AWAY , FOR HALF A YEAR EVERY YEAR , IN THE SUMMER . $ YOU 'RE GOING TO LEAVE ME IN BLOODY GLASGOW . $ WITH NOTHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN THE EVENINGS . $ TO HAVE TO WANDER AROUND THE PARK ON MY OWN ALL SUMMER . $ 02 MORRIS , YOU HAVE SHARON AND THE CHILDREN . $ YOU HAVE EVEN MORE THAN US ! $ 03 < ( WITH PASSION ) > $ IT 'S NOT ENOUGH ! $ IT 'S NOT ENOUGH ! $ < ( THEY ARE ALL SHOCKED AT HIS OUTBURST , INCLUDING MORRIS HIMSELF . $ ALEC AND MIRIAM LOOK AT HIM FOR A MOMENT . ) > $ 02 GIVE ME OVER YOUR CUP , MORRIS , IT 'S TIME WE GOT BACK . $ < ( MIRIAM BEGINS TO PACK . ) > $ 01 LOOK ! $ THERE IT IS ! $ YOU SEE IT ? $ 02 WHAT ? $ WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT , DADDY ? $ 01 IT 'S GONE - MIRIAM TURNED ROUND TOO QUICK . $ SHE FRIGHTENED IT . $ 02 FRIGHTENED WHAT ? $ 01 THE NEW BIRD I TOLD YOU ABOUT THAT 'S STARTED COMING HERE , A WAGTAIL . $ SUCH A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE BIRD , MUMMY . $ ONLY , I 'M NOT SURE IF IT 'S A WIFE WAGTAIL OR A PIED WAGTA IL . $ 03 < ( INDIFFERENTLY ) > $ WHAT 'S THE DIFFERENCE ? $ 01 THE WHITE WAGTAIL 'S ONLY A VISITOR . $ IT PASSES THROUGH HERE ON MIGRATION . $ BUT THE PIED WAGTAIL IS A RESIDENT . $ IT NESTS HERE AND STAYS OUT THE WINTER . $ SO IF IT 'S A PIED THAT MEANS IT MIGHT BE HERE FOR GOOD . $ THAT WOULD BE NICE , WOULDN'T IT ? $ TO HAVE IT HERE ALL THE TIME . $ < ( LOOKING ROUND TO SEE WHERE IT HAS GONE . ) > $ 02 COME ON , DADDY , YOU 'LL SEE IT ANOTHER TIME ... $ WE 'VE GOT TO GET BACK TO THE FACTORY . $ #191 $ < ACT TWO > $ < SCENE ONE > $ < OCTOBER 1957 . $ ALEC'S AND MIRIAM'S FLAT . > $ 03 THERE ARE TWO THINGS WE CAN DO . $ 01 WHILE MIRIAM 'S AWAY , MORRIS , I WANT TO DISCUSS THIS PR OBLEM WITH YOU . $ 03 WE HAVE TO FACE FACTS . $ COMMUNISM IS IN ASHES ! $ 01 YOU THINK IT 'S IN ASHES , MORRIS ? $ 03 FINISHED ! $ ABSOLUTELY ! $ A CORPSE ! $ PUTREFIED ! $ 01 MAYBE I 'M MAKING TOO MUCH OF IT , MORRIS . $ I DON'T KNOW ... I CAN'T SAY . $ 03 ANDERSON SAID TO ME WHEN I HANDED IN MY RESIGNATION : IS IT HUNGARY ? $ 01 WHAT 'S HUNGARY TO DO WITH IT ? $ 03 I SEE THE WHOLE RUSSIAN EPISODE AS A PURIFYING FURNACE . $ 01 I 'LL TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED AT THE CO-OPERATIVE , MORRIS . $ I 'M NOT COMPLAINING , REALLY - I JUST WANT TO HAVE YOUR OPI NION . $ 03 THE CRUDE ORE HAS BEEN THROWN INTO THE FURNACE , YOU UNDE RSTAND ? $ AND OUT OF ALL THE MASS KILLINGS , THE BUTCHERY , THE ANTI-L IFE , AND SIBERIANISM . $ OUT OF IT SOCIALISM COMES OUT CLEAN . $ PURE AS ITS FIRST CONCEPTION . $ 01 YOU 'RE RIGHT , MORRIS . $ ANYWAY , MIRIAM COLLECTS HER BOOK AT THE CO-OPERATIVE - HER SHARE BOOK - AND SHE FINDS IT 'S FIVE SHILLINGS SHORT ... $ I 'M GLAD YOU 'VE GOT THIS INSURANCE JOB , MORRIS .$ YOU LOOK FRESHER . $ IT 'S DONE YOU THE WORLD OF GOOD , GOING ABOUT ALL DAY IN TH E FRESH AIR . $ 03 IT 'S A SELL-OUT . $ I 'VE GOT NO ILLUSIONS ABOUT IT . $ IT 'S BEGGING . $ IT 'S WORSE THAN BEGGING . $ 01 WITH A WIFE AND FOUR KIDS , MORRIS , WHAT ELSE COULD YOU DO ? $ 03 SHARON 'S GONE TO SEE SROKA TONIGHT . $ SHE 'LL PROBABLY BE UP HERE IN A MINUTE . $ SHE KNOWS I WAS COMING TO SEE YOU . $ 01 MIRIAM COLLECTED HER SHARE BOOK - YOU TAKE IT IN EVERY SI X MONTHS TO GET CHECKED . $ #192 $ SHE KEEPS SLIPS OF EVERYTHING SHE BUYS - AND CHECKS THEM HER SELF , TOO . $ YOU UNDERSTAND . $ 03 I 'VE GOT USED TO YOU GOING OFF FOR SIX MONTHS EVERY YEAR - YOU GET INTO A PATTERN . $ THAT 'S THE TRAGEDY OF THE HUMAN CONDITION , ALEC . $ THEY CAN GET USED TO ANYTHING . $ 01 THEY CAN , CAN'T THEY MORRIS ? $ 03 THE FIRST FEW SUMMERS - THEY WERE TORTURE ... $ I 'M A PRETTY ATTRACTIVE PERSONALITY , ALEC . $ 01 YOU ARE , MORRIS , YOU ARE . $ 03 I MEAN - IF I LET THEM , PEOPLE HANG ROUND ME . $ STICK TO ME - YOU 'VE NOTICED THAT . $ THEY TRY TO ATTACH THEMSELVES TO ME . $ YOU 'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH A COLLECTION OF DEAD , SPENT NOTHING S IN YOUR LIFE ! $ SITTING AROUND ALL AFTERNOON TALKING ABOUT ... WHAT ? $ WHAT DID THEY TALK ABOUT ? $ 01 WHAT DID THEY TALK ABOUT , MORRIS ? $ 03 I CAN'T THINK ... I 'VE NO IDEA ! $ WHAT DID THEY TALK ABOUT ? $ THERE WAS ONE MAN , I REMEMBER , TALKED ABOUT THE PROBLEMS I NVOLVED IN SIAMES TWINS HAVING SEXUAL INTERCOURSE . $ 01 THAT 'S A FUNNY SUBJECT . $ 03 AND THERE WAS ONE MAN CAME RUNNING UP TO ME ONE AFTERNOON AND TOLD ME ABOUT SEEING A DOG RUN OVER , WITH ALL ITS GUTS HANGING OUT . $ TWO SUMMERS OF THAT YOU COST ME WITH YOUR ESCAPISM ! $ 01 BEFORE MIRIAM COMES BACK FROM THE LIBRARY , MORRIS , LET ME FINISH ABOUT THE CO-OPERATIVE . $ SHE FOUND SHE WAS FIVE SHILLINGS SHORT IN HER BOOK , SO SHE WENT UP TO THE MANAGER ... YOU KNOW MIRIAM GETS UPSET ABOUT THOSE THINGS ? $ AND SHE THROWS HER BOOK ON THE COUNTER ... $ LOOK AT THIS : FIVE SHILLINGS SHORT . $ 03 SHE WAS FIVE SHILLINGS SHORT . $ 01 THE MANAGER TAKES HER BOOK FROM HER , AND SAYS HE 'LL HAV E IT CHECKED . $ 03 THERE ARE TWO THINGS WE CAN DO IN THE LIGHT OF THE COLLAP SE OF COMMUNISM AND THE SELL-OUT OF ISRAEL . $ ONE - GO TO GHANA . $ HELP TO BUILD IT INTO A MODEL SOCIALIST STATE ... $ 01 LIKE YOU ONCE WANTED TO DO WITH ISRAEL . $ 03 ISRAEL 'S FINISHED ! $ IT 'S MAKING DEALS WITH NEO-NAZI GERMANY . $ IT 'S STARTED USING FORCE TO GAIN ITS POLITICAL ENDS ... $ ONE - GO TO GHANA . $ WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE ? $ #193 $ 01 I 'LL TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED WHEN SHE CAME BACK THE NEXT DAY FOR HER BOOK , WHILE YOU 'RE THINKING ABOUT IT , MORRIS . $ 03 I 'LL MAKE SOME TEA , IF YOU DON'T MIND . $ 01 I 'LL MAKE IT FOR YOU , MORRIS . $ 03 NO . $ YOU TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED ABOUT THE BOOK . $ 01 < ( BRINGING OUT CUPS ) > $ THE MILK 'S OUT ON THE WINDOW , MORRIS . $ THE MANAGER GAVE HER BACK THE BOOK . $ WE 'VE CHECKED IT . $ EVERYTHING 'S IN ORDER . $ 03 IT 'S EXACTLY LIKE SHARON'S STORIES . $ WHAT I DO IS GET A BOOK AND READ IT AT THE SAME TIME AS SHE 'S TELLING ME THEM . $ I CAN STAND THEM FOR HOURS THAT WAY . $ 01 NO . $ BUT YOU 'LL BE INTERESTED IN WHAT HAPPENS , MORRIS . $ THE FIVE SHILLINGS , THE MANAGER SAID , WAS FOR THE HOSPITAL FUND ... FOR CHILDREN . $ IT PAID FOR PRESENTS FOR CHRISTMAS - TOYS , AND ODD THINGS L IKE THAT . $ 03 MIRIAM DEMANDED HER FIVE SHILLINGS BACK . $ 01 THEY GAVE HER THE FIVE SHILLINGS BACK . $ 03 SO EVERYTHING 'S ALL RIGHT . $ 01 WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT IT , MORRIS ? $ 03 IT DOESN'T INTEREST ME . $ 01 IT 'S THE FIRST THING BETWEEN US , MORRIS . $ IN TWENTY-SIX YEARS . $ 03 DO YOU HAVE ANY CHEESE , ALEC ? $ I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT I 'M HUNGRY . $ I HAD A GOOD DINNER TONIGHT . $ 01 WHAT DID YOU HAVE ? $ 03 NECK OF LAMB STEW . $ IT 'S CHEAP , BUT IT 'S AS GOOD AS LEG . $ I HAVE IT WITH MINT SAUCE . $ SHARON WON'T HAVE ANY . $ SHE SAYS IT 'S JUST LIKE THE GENTILES HAVE IT . $ 01 WITH MINT SAUCE ? $ 03 I 'LL TELL YOU WHAT 'S EVEN BETTER - MINT JELLY . $ I HAVE IT OCCASIONALLY AT THIS GOVANHILL WINDOW'S . $ 01 YOU STILL GOING TO HER ? $ 03 I SOMETIMES DROP IN AT TEATIME . $ ALEC - I 'VE JUST THOUGHT OF SOMETHING . $ MOST OF THE WOMEN I 'VE COME IN CONTACT WITH - I 'VE NEVER L IKED THEM . $ 01 YOU SHOW YOUR DISLIKE IN A PECULIAR WAY , MORRIS . $ 03 I 'M VERY EXACTING , AS FAR AS WOMEN ARE CONCERNED . $ SO FAR , WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT , MOST OF THEM I 'VE COME ACR OSS , THEY 'VE BEEN BITCHES . $ 01 YOU LIKE MIRIAM ? $ #194 $ 03 < ( THINKING ) > $ I DON'T KNOW IF I LIKE HER OR NOT . $ 01 THAT FIVE SHILLINGS WORRIES ME , MORRIS . $ I KEEP LOOKING AT HER NOW , WHEN SHE TALKS ABOUT IT . $ I DON'T LIKE THE LOOK OF HER - OR HOW SHE SOUNDS , MORRIS . $ I 'M WORRIED ABOUT HER . $ I THINK I 'M GOING TO STOP TRUSTING HER . $ DO YOU THINK THAT COULD HAPPEN ? $ 03 I DON'T KNOW , ALEC . $ I HONESTLY CAN'T TELL YOU . $ IT 'S ONLY ONE INCIDENT . $ 01 BUT I START LOOKING AT OTHER INCIDENTS NOW , MORRIS . $ BACK ... $ 03 < ( POURING OUT HIS TEA ) > $ WANT SOME TEA ? $ 01 NO , I 'LL WAIT FOR MIRIAM . $ YOU SEE IT WAS FOR CHILDREN , MORRIS . $ IN HOSPITAL . $ < ( THE BELL RINGS . ) > $ 03 THAT 'S SHARON . $ LISTEN TO IT . $ THE WEAK , APOLOGETIC RING ! $ I HOPE I 'M NOT DISTURBING YOU - IF YOU CAN'T BE BOTHERED TO ANSWER IT DOESN'T MATTER ! $ 01 IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT . $ YOU READ TOO MUCH INTO THINGS , MORRIS . $ < ( GOES TO THE DOOR . ) > $ 03 < ( TO HIMSELF , SMELLING THE CHEESE , TASTING IT ) > $ GOOD CHEESE . $ STRONG . $ IT 'S CHEAP , AND VERY GOOD . $ VERY GOOD ! $ < ( SHARON COMES IN . ) > $ SHARON , THIS CHEESE IS VERY GOOD . $ IT 'S THE CHEAPEST CHEESE YOU CAN GET , BUT IT 'S EXCELLENT . $ WHY DON'T YOU BUY IT SOMETIMES ? $ 04 I DON'T BUY ANY CHEESE IN THE HOUSE . $ REMEMBER ? $ YOU BUY ALL THE CHEESE , MORRIS . $ 03 YES , I DO . $ YOU 'RE QUITE RIGHT , SHARON . $ 04 YOU DON'T TRUST ME TO BUY CHEESE . $ 01 WHY DOESN'T HE TRUST YOU TO BUY CHEESE , SHARON ? $ 04 HE DOESN'T TRUST ME TO BUY ANY IMPORTANT FOOD TO EAT . $ IT 'S A NEW MADNESS WITH HIM . $ 01 WHY IS THAT , MORRIS ? $ 03 LAST YEAR I FOUND OUT I HAD VERY GOOD TASTE . $ I DISCOVERED A NEW TALENT IN MYSELF . $ 04 HE EVEN GOES TO THE BUTCHER AND CHOOSES THE MEAT . $ 03 IF I 'M PAYING FOR IT , I MAY AS WELL GET SOMETHING I REA LLY ENJOY . $ 04 WHERE 'S MIRIAM , ALEC ? $ 01 IN THE LIBRARY . $ SHE 'LL BE BACK IN A MINUTE . $ 03 I 'M TRYING TO FORMULATE YOUR ATTITUDE TO FOOD , SHARON . $ YOU COULDN'T EXACTLY SAY YOU 'RE A PURITAN WHERE FOOD IS CON CERNED . $ #195 $ 04 YOUR UNCLE WAS ASKING AFTER YOU , MORRIS ... AND AFTER YO U , ALEC . $ 01 HOW IS HE ? $ 03 HE DOESN'T DIE , DOES HE . $ SROKA GOES ON AND ON . $ HE CAN'T BE ANY LESS THAN NINETY-EIGHT . $ 04 HE 'S SEVENTY-SIX . $ 03 HE LOOKED NINETY WHEN HE WAS FORTY . $ 01 HE DID , DIDN'T HE ? $ 03 SOME KIND OF NEUROSIS TURNED HIS HAIR WHITE ... MALADJUST MENT . $ AS SOON AS I RECOGNIZED HE WAS TOTALLY INCAPABLE OF ORGANIZI NG HIS OWN LIFE , I HAD FAITH IN HIM AS A RABBI . $ THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO ARE COMPETENT TO ADVISE YOU HOW TO RUN Y OUR OWN LIFE ARE THOSE WHO 'VE MADE A COMPLETE SHAMBLES OF T HEIR OWN . $ 01 HE DIVORCED HIS WIFE . $ 03 I 'M TRYING TO GROUP YOU , SHARON , PET . $ IT 'S DIFFICULT . $ 04 WELL , DON'T BOTHER DEAR . $ 03 ONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GROUP ONE'S OWN WIFE . $ SHARON , ALEC WANTS TO TELL YOU ABOUT MIRIAM - AND FIVE SHIL LINGS . $ 01 MORRIS ! $ I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT THAT BEHIND HER BACK . $ 03 WHATEVER YOU SAY . $ BUT SHARON 'S A VERY FAIR-MINDED PERSON . $ SHE COULD GIVE YOU A BETTER ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION THAN I CAN . $ 04 DID YOU SEE THEY 'VE STARTED KNOCKING DOWN THE FIRST HOUS ES , ALEC ? $ 01 YES , IN PORTUGAL STREET . $ 04 THEY 'RE GOING TO KNOCK DOWN THE WHOLE OF THE GORBALS . $ 01 SO THEY SAY . $ 04 IT 'S IN THE PLANS . $ I WENT TO THE LIBRARY AND LOOKED AT THE PLANS . $ OUR STREET 'S GOING TO BE KNOCKED DOWN . $ AND SO IS YOURS , ALEC . $ 03 YOU WON'T GET OUT OF THE GORBALS , SHARON , PET . $ 04 WE WILL ! $ WE 'VE HAD OUR NAME DOWN ON THE COUNCIL LIST FOR YEARS . $ WE 'VE A GROWING FAMILY . $ 03 THEY WON'T LET YOU OUT , SHARON . $ THEY 'LL BUILD NEW AND BIGGER AND BIGGER TENEMENTS ON THE SI TE AND PUT US IN THEM . $ WE 'RE TRAPPED HERE , SHARON - FOR LIFE . $ 04 WE ARE NOT . $ THEY 'LL MOVE US OUT . $ I ASKED IN THE FORM ... TO MOVE OUT . $ #196 $ 01 CARMUNOCK 'S VERY NICE , SHARON . $ THEY 'RE BUILDING BEAUTIFUL HOUSES THERE . $ 04 ANYWHERE , ALEC , SO LONG AS WE 'D BE CLEAR OF THIS BLACK GORBALS ! $ 03 SHARON . $ REMEMBER I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE POLITICAL FUTURE , LAST NIG HT , AND I SAID THERE WERE TWO COURSES OF ACTION OPEN TO US . $ ONE - GO TO GHANA ... $ 04 THE THING WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT , MORRIS , IS A NEW SUIT F OR MARTIN , FOR HIS BARMITZVAH , A COMPLETELY NEW OUTFIT ... $ 03 THIS BARMITZVAH , SHARON . $ I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT . $ WHAT WERE YOU PLOTTING WITH SROKA ? $ 04 WE WERE MAKING ARRANGEMENTS . $ SOMEBODY HAS TO , MORRIS . $ THE TIME 'S GETTING NEAR . $ 03 IN MY HEART OF HEARTS , I DON'T WANT TO GO TO GHANA . $ IT DOESN'T ATTRACT ME . $ I HAVE NO DESIRE TO SEE THE COUNTRY - I 'VE NEVER BEEN INTER ESTED IN AFRICA , REALLY . $ I JUST CAN'T GET MYSELF EXCITED ENOUGH ABOUT GHANA . $ 01 SO DON'T GO TO GHANA . $ 03 WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO DO ? $ THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE . $ BUT IT 'S COMPLETELY GONE OUT OF MY MIND . $ IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A VERY FRUITFUL LINE OF ACTION . $ 04 I THOUGHT YOU WANTED TO DISCUSS THE BARMITZVAH , MORRIS . $ < ( SOUND OF A KEY IN THE FRONT DOOR . ) > $ 01 THAT 'S MIRIAM NOW . $ < ( MIRIAM COMES IN WITH A BOOK . ) > $ 03 WHAT 'VE YOU GOT , MIRIAM ? $ 04 HULLO , MIRIAM . $ < ( MIRIAM SMILES IN RETURN . $ SHE TAKES HER COAT OFF . ) > $ 03 DID THEY SAY THEY WERE GOING TO KNOCK DOWN THE LIBRARY IN THEIR PLANS , SHARON , PET ? $ 04 I NEVER NOTICED . $ 02 WHAT PLANS ? $ 03 < ( PICKING UP MIRIAM'S BOOK AND LOOKING THROUGH IT ) > $ THE GREAT BULLDOZERS , SWEEPING INTO THE GORBALS AND LAYING WASTE THE WHOLE UNNATURAL BEAUTY . $ 02 NOTHING WILL COME OF IT . $ IT 'LL BE LIKE ALL THEIR OTHER PLANS ... TALK . $ 01 DO YOU THINK SO , MUMMY ? $ #197 $ 04 THEY 'VE ALREADY STARTED . $ 03 THEY 'VE ALREADY STARTED , MIRIAM . $ 02 THAT 'S JUST ONE STREET . $ ALL THE HOUSES IN IT WERE CONDEMNED ANYWAY ... $ 04 HALF THE HOUSES IN THE GORBALS MUST BE CONDEMNED BY THIS TIME , MIRIAM . $ 02 YOU 'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT SOCIALISM , MORRIS . $ THE CO-OPERATIVE IS SUPPOSED TO BE A SOCIALIST ORGANIZATION . $ 03 FORGET ABOUT THE SOCIALISTS , MIRIAM . $ THEY 'VE GIVEN UP THE EARTH . $ 02 DID YOU SAY ANYTHING TO MORRIS ABOUT THE CO-OPERATIVE , D ADDY ? $ 01 < ( GUILTILY ) > $ I MENTIONED IT ... JUST IN PASSING , MUMMY . $ 03 THE SOCIALISTS HAVE FINISHED WITH THE EARTH . $ 01 I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU , MORRIS . $ 04 WHAT HAPPENED ABOUT THE CO-OPERATIVE , MIRIAM ? $ 03 ALL THEIR ENERGIES ARE NOW BEING DIRECTED TO THE MOON . $ 02 I WAS FIVE SHILLINGS SHORT IN MY SHARE BOOK . $ 03 AND MARS AND JUPITER . $ THE SOLAR SYSTEM , GENERALLY , ONLY NOT THE EARTH . $ 01 WHAT MAKES YOU SAY THAT , MORRIS ? $ 03 I KNOW . $ FACTS . $ 02 IT WASN'T THE FIVE SHILLINGS , SHARON . $ 03 THEY TOOK IT FROM HER DIVIDEND . $ 02 JUST LIKE THAT . $ DIDN'T EVEN ASK ME . $ 03 THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH THE EARTH , SO THEY 'RE GOING TO TRY AND SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY BETTER LUCK WITH THE MOON . $ IF , AS THE ASTRONOMERS SAY , THERE ARE NO PEOPLE ON THE MOO N , I SHOULD IMAGINE THEY SHOULD HAVE A REASONABLE CHANCE OF SUCCESS . $ THEY CAN DO ANYTHING , AS LONG AS THERE 'RE NO PEOPLE INVOLV ED . $ 02 AS IF WE HAVEN'T HAD ENOUGH OF THAT BUSINESS DURING THE W AR ! $ THANK GOD WE 'RE FINISHED WITH ALL THAT MISERABLE BUSINESS . $ IDENTITY CARDS - RATION BOOKS - BLACKOUTS ... ALL THOSE CONT ROLS . $ IT 'S A FREE COUNTRY AGAIN . $ WE CAN START BREATHING AGAIN ! $ 04 WHAT WAS THE FIVE SHILLINGS FOR ? $ 02 I TOLD THE MANAGER STRAIGHT ! $ YOU THINK IT 'S STILL THE WAR ! $ IT 'S NOT THE FIVE SHILLINGS , IT 'S THE PRINCIPLE . $ NOBODY 'S GOING TO DICTATE TO ME NOW WHAT I SHOULD DO WITH M Y MONEY ! $ #198 $ 04 WHAT WAS THE FIVE SHILLINGS FOR ? $ < ( MORRIS HAS MOVED OVER TO A MIRROR AND IS STUDYING HIS FA CE . ) > $ 03 A HOSPITAL FUND . $ 01 FOR CHILDREN . $ 02 IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT WAS FOR . $ IT 'S THE PRINCIPLE . $ 03 YOU SEE , THIS IS THE ROOT OF THE MATTER - I AM GETTING O N IN LIFE . $ 02 FIVE SHILLINGS IS A LOT OF MONEY TO US , SHARON . $ WE WORK ON A VERY TIGHT BUDGET . $ FIVE SHILLINGS COULD BUY US ENOUGH MINCE FOR FOUR DAYS' DINN ERS . $ 04 FOUR DAYS ! $ THAT 'S MARVELLOUS , MIRIAM . $ 02 AND WE DON'T SKIMP OURSELVES . $ DO WE DADDY ? $ 01 WE EAT VERY WELL , MUMMY , MARVELLOUSLY WELL . $ MIRIAM CAN DO A LOT WITH MINCE , SHARON - PIES , AND MEAT BA LLS . $ 02 PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO RUN THEIR OWN LIVES . $ 01 THE ONLY THING THAT WORRIES ME , MUMMY - I TOLD YOU - IT WAS FOR THE HOSPITAL . $ 02 WHAT DO HOSPITALS NEED OUR MONEY FOR ? $ IT 'S NOT LIKE IN THE OLD DAYS . $ THE GOVERNMENT RUNS THEM . $ 01 THAT 'S TRUE , MUMMY . $ 02 IF THEY NEED MONEY , LET THE GOVERNMENT GIVE THEM IT , DO N'T TAKE IT OUT OF THE POCKETS OF POOR PEOPLE LIKE OURSELVES . $ THERE 'S FAR TOO MUCH OF THAT KIND OF THING GOING ON TODAY . $ < ( SHARON IS AT THE WINDOW ) > $ 04 LOOK , MORRIS ! $ THERE 'RE SOME PIGEONS . $ 03 < ( STILL AT THE MIRROR ) > $ I DON'T KNOW . $ I DON'T THINK I LOOK MY AGE . $ 01 < ( JOINING SHARON ) > $ THEY COME HERE EVERY DAY . $ FOR MONTHS ... YEARS , SHARON . $ HAVE YOU NEVER SEEN THEM BEFORE ? $ 03 ALL RIGHT . $ SO I DON'T LOOK MY AGE . $ BUT I 'M GETTING ON . $ 04 HOW TAME THEY ARE , ALEC ! $ DO THEY EAT OUT OF YOUR HAND ? $ 01 OUT OF MINE . $ YOU 'VE GOT TO OPEN THE WINDOW VERY SLOWLY . $ THEY GO MAD FOR BREAD AND BUTTER . $ THAT 'S WHAT I CALL THEM - BREAD AND BUTTER . $ 04 WHICH IS WHICH ? $ 01 THE LITTLE ONE - SHE 'S BREAD . $ 04 I WOULD 'VE THOUGHT HE WOULD 'VE BEEN BREAD . $ 01 OH NO - THAT 'S ALL SHOW ... THAT CROWING AND PUFFING OUT HIS CHEST . $ WATCH HER - PUSHING HIM AWAY TO GET AT THE BREAD . $ YOU SEE ? $ #199 $ HE 'S A SOFTIE . $ THAT 'S WHY I CALL HIM BUTTER . $ SHE 'S HARD , FIRM - SHE DEMANDS HER RIGHTS . $ SHE 'S BREAD . $ 03 I 'M GETTING ON , THAT 'S THE ROOT OF THE MATTER . $ 01 I NEVER THINK OF MY AGE , MORRIS . $ I PUSH IT AWAY FROM ME NOW . $ 03 LOOK AT MY HISTORY : RIGHT THE WAY BACK , A LONG LINE OF DEFEATS ! $ NO , WORSE THAN DEFEATS ... CAPITULATIONS ! $ 01 I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU , MORRIS . $ YOU DON'T NEED TO BE ASHAMED OF YOUR PAST . $ YOU SHOULD BE PROUD , THE WAY YOU 'VE ALWAYS STUCK TO YOUR P RINCIPLES . $ 02 I 'LL GO AND MAKE A FRESH POT OF TEA . $ 03 ON RELIGION , IT 'S JUST ONE MISERABLE ROUT ! $ FROM MY WEDDING ONWARDS ! $ REMEMBER THE MARVELLOUS REVOLT I WAS GOING TO STAGE AT MY WE DDING ? $ WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN ? $ DID I STAND OUT AGAINST THEIR RELIGIOUS INDOCTRINATION ? $ DID I GET SHARON OFF LIGHTING THE CANDLES ON FRIDAY NIGHT ? $ DID I GET HER OUT OF THE HABIT OF PASSOVER ? $ I DIDN'T EVEN EAT OUTSIDE THE HOUSE ALL PASSOVER , NOT ONE S LICE OF LEAVENED BREAD ! $ 04 THAT IS BECAUSE YOU ENJOY UNLEAVENED . $ 03 A POOR EXCUSE . $ 01 AND YOU ENJOY THE SIGHT OF THE SABBATH CANDLES , MORRIS - YOU SAID SO YOURSELF . $ 03 I KNOW - I LIKE IT . $ IT 'S A VICE . $ 01 I THINK IT 'S BEAUTIFUL . $ CANDLES SHINING IN THE MIDDLE OF A WHITE TABLECLOTH . $ 03 THAT 'S BESIDE THE POINT . $ A STAND MUST BE MADE . $ 01 MORRIS , YOU 'VE MADE A STAND . $ YOU 'RE A STUDENT , YOU 'VE BEEN STUDYING ... $ LIFE ... $ SOCIALISM ... $ WHAT HISTORY MEANS ... $ 03 ALEC , THAT 'S TRUE ! $ THAT 'S AN INTERESTING ASPECT . $ I AM . $ I MUST ADMIT I WOULDN'T RATE MYSELF WITH MARX OR LENIN . $ BUT I THINK I HAVE SOMETHING TO CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIALIST THOU GHT - A FEW ORIGINAL IDEAS . $ 01 THAT 'S WHAT I MEAN , MORRIS . $ 03 YES , I SEE WHAT YOU 'RE GETTING AT , ALEC . $ YES , I THINK YOU 'RE RIGHT . $ I SHOULDN'T WASTE MY ENERGY OVER MINOR SKIRMISHES AGAINST LI TTLE TRIBAL CUSTOMS OF MY RACE - WHICH ARE DYING OUT ANYWAY . $ YES . $ WHY SHOULD I WASTE MY MENTAL ENERGY , FIGHTING WITH SROKA AN D SHARON OVER THE TOT'S BARMITZVAN ? $ YOU 'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT , ALEC ! $ YOU 'VE GOT A PRACTICAL , DOWN-TO-EARTH APPROACH TO LIFE . $ THAT 'S A MARVELLOUS QUALITY OF YOURS . $ #200 $ YES ! $ I 'VE GOT BIGGER AND MORE URGENT BATTLES TO FIGHT . $ 04 I 'M NOT ASKING FOR A BIG AFFAIR , MORRIS . $ JUST WINE AND SPONGECAKES IN THE VESTRY . $ 02 A COMPLETE WASTE OF MONEY , THOSE BIG AFFAIRS ! $ 03 ALEC , YOU 'VE PUT YOUR FINGER ON THE MAJOR FLAW IN MY AP PROACH TO LIFE - THE ORDER OF PRIORITIES ! $ THAT IS THE KEY ! $ THE ORDER OF PRIORITIES ! $ LET THEM HAVE THEIR BARMITZVAHS AND SABBATH CANDLES AND RELI GIOUS FESTIVALS ... $ 04 BUT YOU 'LL HAVE TO MAKE SOME KIND OF SPEECH , DEAR . $ LIKE A NORMAL JEWISH FATHER . $ YOU CAN'T LET THE BOY DOWN . $ 03 IF I HAVE TO , I HAVE TO . $ I HAVEN'T ANY MENTAL ENERGY TO WASTE , FIGHTING OVER MINOR I SSUES LIKE THIS . $ 04 < ( KISSING HIM ) > $ I WASN'T REALLY WORRIED , DEAR . $ I KNEW YOU 'D COME ROUND . $ BUT I WAS GETTING TIRED , WORN OUT , ARGUING WITH YOU . $ 02 I TOLD YOU , DIDN'T I - LEAVE HIM ALONE . $ LET HIM SHOUT . $ LET HIM GET OUT OF HIS SYSTEM . $ 03 IT 'S NO CAPITULATION . $ IT ISN'T EVEN STRATEGIC RETREAT ! $ NOT IN THE LEAST ! $ I JUST DO NOT RECOGNIZE THE EXISTENCE OF SUCH A MINOR IRRELE VANCY TO LIFE ! $ YOU KNOW HOW I SEE IT ? $ IT 'S LIKE A FLEA GOING UP TO A LION AND GIVING HIM A NUDGE : ' I DON'T LIKE YOUR FACE , LION ! $ WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT ? ' $ 01 WHAT DOES THE LION DO ? $ 03 THE LION DOESN'T EVEN HEAR HIM . $ DOESN'T EVEN KNOW THE FLEA EXISTS ! $ 02 AND THEN THE FLEA GIVES HIM A BITE - $ 03 YOU 'RE STRETCHING THE ANALOGY TOO FAR . $ NO ANALOGY CAN BEAR ALL THAT STRETCHING . $ 01 IT 'S COMICAL . $ I LIKE THE PICTURE . $ IT 'S FUNNY , MORRIS . $ 03 < ( BRINGING OUT AN OLD ENVELOPE ) > $ I 'LL NOTE IT DOWN , IT 'S A GOOD IMAGE . $ < ( TAKING OUT HIS PEN . ) > $ HERE IT IS ! $ I 'VE GOT IT HERE , ALL THE TIME . $ I MADE A NOTE OF IT . $ ONE : GHANA . $ TWO : FORM NEW SOCIALIST PARTY . $ 02 ANOTHER ONE ? $ 03 THE FIRST REAL ONE . $ 01 I DON'T THINK GHANA APPEALS TO ME , MORRIS . $ 03 NO , YOU 'RE QUITE RIGHT , ALEC . $ THAT WOULD BE RUNNING AWAY FROM OUR RESPONSIBILITIES . $ ADMITTING DEFEAT , LIKE THE RUSSIANS WITH THEIR SPUTNIKS ! $ #201 $ NO , WE STAY HERE AND FACE THE PROBLEM . $ SQUARELY . $ LIKE MEN . $ SETTLED : WE FORM A NEW SOCIALIST PARTY . $ 02 < ( SETTING OUT THE CUPS ) > $ AND ANOTHER THING ... HOW MUCH OF MY FIVE SHILLINGS WOULD HA VE RECHED THE HOSPITAL ? $ OFFICE CHARGES AND COLLECTING CHARGES ... AND ADMINISTRATION ... BE LUCKY IF THERE WAS SIXPENCE LEFT ! $ WHAT GOOD WOULD THAT HAVE DONE TO ANYBODY ? $ 03 AS THE OLD WOMAN SAID AS SHE PEED IN THE SEA ! $ < SCENE TWO > $ < SEPTEMBER 1959 . $ AFTERNOON . $ MORRIS AND ALEC SETTLE THEMSELVES DOWN ON A BENCH IN THE QUE EN'S PARK . > $ 03 < ( LOOKING ROUND ) > $ HARDLY ANY JEWS HERE THESE DAYS . $ HAVE YOU NOTICED ? $ 01 YOU 'VE NO IDEA HOW MARVELLOUS IT IS TO SEE SOME GREEN AG AIN , MORRIS ! $ I 'VE BEEN INSIDE FOR A WEEK . $ I 'VE BEEN CHOKED , MORRIS , SUFFOCATED ! $ 03 I REMEMBER THE TIME WHEN THE BENCHES WOULD BE FILLED WITH JEWS . $ 01 THEY STILL COME IN THE SUMMER , MORRIS . $ THERE 'S STILL A LOT OF JEWS ROUND GOVANHILL . $ 03 DWINDLING , ALEC . $ 01 I HAD TO GET OUT , MORRIS , EVEN FOR AN HOUR . $ 03 SHE 'LL BE ALL RIGHT . $ SHARON 'S LOOKING AFTER HER . $ 01 SHE TOLD ME HERSELF : ' YOU DON'T NEED TO HANG AROUND MY BED , ALL DAY . $ GO OUT , DADDY ! $ GET SOME FRESH AIR AND SOME SUN . ' $ 03 THE OLD JEWS ... THE EMIGRANTS ... THEY 'RE ALL DEAD . $ 01 SROKA 'S STILL HERE . $ 03 HE 'S PERMANENT . $ HE 'LL NEVER GO . $ < ( ALEC'S ATTENTION IS ON THE PIGEONS . ) > $ THE REST HAVE GONE WEST . $ 01 DO YOU KNOW WHAT UPSET ME MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE , MORRI S ? $ WHEN THEY STARTED KNOCKING DOWN THE HOUSES IN THE GORBALS . $ 03 YOU KNOW , YOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT PLEURISY . $ THESE DAYS IT 'S NOTHING , ALEC . $ 01 THE DOCTOR SAID EXACTLY THE SAME THING , MORRIS . $ WITH THE MODERN DRUGS THEY HAVE , PLEURISY , IT 'S NOT MUCH WORSE THAN A HEAVY COLD . $ 03 ANTIBIOTICS . $ 01 AND SHE 'S GOT A STRONG CONSTITUTION , THANK GOD ! $ I THINK ANOTHER FEW DAYS AND SHE 'LL BE FINE . $ DON'T YOU THINK SO , MORRIS ? $ 03 THE ONLY THING IS , IF YOU THANK GOD FOR HET CONSTITUTION , WHO DO YOU THANK FOR HER PLEURISY ? $ THAT 'S ONE OF THE PROBLEMS OF THE GOD-WORSHIPPERS . $ 01 MORRIS ... THE PLEURISY ... THAT WAS ... $ 03 AN ACT OF SELF-PUNISHMENT . $ 01 I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU , MORRIS . $ 03 PEOPLE DESTROY THEMSELVES . $ 01 WHAT ABOUT CAPITALISM ? $ I THOUGHT YOU SAID CAPITALISM DESTROYS PEOPLE . $ 03 I 'VE JUST FINISHED THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE NEW SOCIALIST MANIFESTO . $ I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO TELL YOU , WITH ALL THE EXCITEMENT OF MIRIAM BEING ILL . $ I 'M ON TO SOMETHING BIG THIS TIME , ALEC . $ SOMETHING VERY BIG . $ 01 I KNOW WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY - WATCHING THE PIGEONS THE RE , REMINDED ME . $ IT WAS THE PIGEONS THAT WORRIED ME , MORRIS . $ 03 THE FIRST STATEMENT IT MAKES IS THIS : IT IS USELESS FOR THE LEFT TO STRIKE OUT IN ALL DIRECTIONS LIKE A MAN WITH NO ARMS . $ THE FIRST REQUIREMENT OF THE LEFT IS A COMPASS . $ TO POINT OUT THE TRUE DIRECTION FOR PROGRESS . $ 01 NOT A REAL COMPASS , MORRIS ? $ 03 A ... SOCIAL COMPASS . $ I 'VE FINISHED WITH THE WORKING CLASS . $ THE BRITISH WORKING CLASS IS THE GREATEST ENEMY OF WORLD SOC IALISM . $ 01 DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT 'S LIKE ? $ WHEN THEY PULLED DOWN OUR OLD HOUSE , MORRIS , THEY PULLED D OWN OUR WHOLE LIFE WITH IT ! $ IT 'S RIGHT , ISN'T IT , MORRIS ? $ THEY PULLED DOWN OUR WHOLE LIFE . $ WE WERE HAPPY IN OUR LITTLE HOUSE IN THE GORBALS , MORRIS . $ 03 YOU WERE IN A DREAM IN YOUR LITTLE HOUSE IN THE GORBALS ! $ YOU LIVED IN A DREAM ! $ LET THEM SMASH THE WHOLE OF GLASGOW ! $ LET THEM DRIVE INTO THE CITY WITH TANKS AND GIANT MECHANICAL SHOVELS AND PUSH THE WHOLE TOWN FLAT . $ SMASH THEM OUT OF THEIR DREAMS ! $ HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE EXPRESSIONS ON THEIR FACES ? $ LIKE STONE ] $ DEAD ! $ #203 $ 01 DO YOU KNOW WHAT I 'VE ALWAYS WONDERED , MORRIS ? $ IF HITLER HAD COME OVER HERE , DO YOU THINK THEY WOULD HAVE TURNED ON US , THE SAME AS THE GENTILES IN GERMANY ? $ 03 LOOK AT THEIR FACES , IN THE BUSES , ON THE STREET , DAZE D - IN A TRANCE . $ WHY SHOULD I WORRY ABOUT THEM ? $ FIGHT FOR THEM ? $ THEY 'VE NOT LIFTED A FINGER TO HELP THEMSELVES SINCE ... $ WHEN ? $ MAYBE THE GENERAL STRIKE . $ MAYBE , ALEC . $ I 'M GOING TO MAKE A STUDY OF THAT , JUST TO FIND OUT WHAT E XACTLY HAPPENED THEN . $ I 'M NOT SURE . $ THEY LET THEMSELVES BE SOLD OUT THEN , DIDN'T THEY ? $ 01 BUT YOU JUST CAN'T TURN YOUR BACK ON THE WORKERS , MORRIS . $ I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU . $ 03 THEY 'LL DIE OFF . $ THEY 'RE ALL AGEING . $ WE 'LL TURN TO THE NEXT GENERATION , ALEC . $ THAT 'S WHO MY MANIFESTO 'S FOR . $ 01 MORRIS , DID YOU MEAN THAT ? $ MIRIAM BROUGHT HER PLEURISY ON HERSELF ? $ 03 DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT MIRIAM'S PLEURISY ? $ 01 I THINK WE SHOULD DISCUSS IT , MORRIS . $ 03 MIRIAM IS LYING IN BED WITH PLEURISY . $ AND YOU CLAIM SHE IS NOT GUILTY ? $ 01 I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU , MORRIS . $ GUILTY ? $ OF PLEURISY ? $ 03 THAT 'S THE TERM . $ PERFECT . $ GUILTY OF PLEURISY ? $ 01 MAYBE YOU COULD EXPLAIN WHAT YOU MEAN , MORRIS . $ 03 MIRIAM IS RESPONSIBLE . $ 01 FOR HER PLEURISY ? $ 03 I 'M NOT SAYING SHE IS . $ THAT 'S WHAT WE 'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT . $ 01 THAT NIGHT WE CAME BACK FROM DUNOON , MORRIS ... $ 03 IT WAS A REVELATION , THAT NIGHT . $ IT WAS AN EYE-OPENER ! $ I AT LAST HAD A CLEAR PICTURE OF HOW YOU LOOKED AT OUR FRIEN DSHIP . $ 01 EVERYTHING WENT WRONG THAT BLACK NIGHT , MORRIS . $ THE RAIN WAS COMING DOWN IN SHEETS . $ 03 IT WAS BAD . $ 01 STANDING AT THE DOOR , WITH ALL OUR LUGGAGE , TAKING IT F OR GRANTED THAT OUR ROOM WAS WAITING FOR US . $ AND SHE 'D LET IT - TO A MANCHESTER COUPLE . $ THEY LOST OUR ADDRESS . $ THAT 'S WHY THEY HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO LET US KNOW . $ 03 I KNOW ALL THAT , ALEC . $ BUT WHY DIDN'T YOU GO IMMEDIATELY TO YOUR BEST FRIEND ? $ THAT 'S WHAT I AM GETTING AT , ALEC , THAT 'S WHAT I 'M GETT ING AT ! $ #204 $ 01 MORRIS , I NEVER TOLD YOU THIS BEFORE , BUT I SHOUTED AT MIRIAM , THAT NIGHT . $ 03 AFTER TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS YOU CAN BE EXCUSED . $ 01 WE 'D TRAMPED THE WET MISERABLE STREETS FOR TWO HOURS . $ WE COULDN'T FIND A SINGLE PLACE , AND I WAS DRAGGING OUR HEA VY CASES . $ THE ITALIAN HAD SAID LEAVE THE CASES , BUT MIRIAM SAID WE WE RE WANTING NO FAVOURS FROM HER . $ DO YOU KNOW WHAT I SAID TO HER ? $ WE WERE LOOKING IN A PAPER SHOP , TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY T O LET ADVERTS . $ I SAID - $ 03 YOU SHOUTED . $ 01 YES . $ I DID . $ I SHOUTED . $ YOU 'R QUITE RIGHT . $ I LOST MY TEMPER , MORRIS . $ 03 WHAT DID YOU SHOUT AT HER , ALEC ? $ 01 IT JUST CAME OUT . $ I COULDN'T STOP IT . $ I SHOUTED : ' WE COULD 'VE BEEN WARM AND COMFORTABLE JUST NO W IN OUR OWN HOUSE ! $ YOU ! $ YOU ! $ YOU NEVER LISTEN TO ANYBODY ! $ WE HAVE TO GO AND DEPEND ON STRANGERS ! ' $ 03 YOU WERE QUITE RIGHT . $ I DON'T SEE ANYTHING UNJUST IN THAT REMARK . $ 01 I SHOUTED IT . $ IN ANGER , MORRIS . $ I SAID SOMETHING ELSE , TOO . $ I SAID : ' TONIGHT HAS BLOTTED OUT THE WHOLE PLEASURE OF OUR SUMMER IN DUNOON . ' $ IT HAD A TERRIBLE EFFECT ON MIRIAM , WHAT I SAID , MORRIS . $ I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT . $ SHE NEVER SHOUTED BACK , MORRIS , SHE JUST SAID IN A VERY QU IET VOICE : IT WAS A BIG SHOCK TO HER . $ I 'D BEEN BEARING A GRUDGE AGAINST HER ABOUT THE FLAT FOR NE ARLY TWO YEARS , KEEPING IT IN . $ 03 HOW COULD YOU NOT BEAR A GRUDGE ? $ 01 MORRIS , I FEEL SO SORRY FOR US ALL WHEN I THINK ABOUT HO W WE ALL WERE , WHEN WE STARTED , YOU KNOW ? $ WHEN WE FIRST MOVED INTO THE FLAT WE WERE YOUNG - EVERYTHING IN FRONT OF US . $ I KEEP LOOKING AT AN OLD PHOTOGRAPH OF MIRIM YOU TOOK IN THE PARK . $ WHEN YOU GOT ENGAGED WITH SHARON , IT WAS GOOD , THEN , WASN 'T IT ? $ WARMER SUMMERS ... EVERYTHING WAS STILL FRESH TO US , SMELLI NG THE SEA ... THE GRASS . $ 03 YOU 'VE JUST COME OUT OF A DREAM , ALEC , THAT 'S ALL , I KEEP TELLING YOU . $ YOU WERE IN A DREAM . $ 01 DON'T YOU THINK IT WAS BETTER THEN , MORRIS ? $ THERE WAS MORE SUN - EVEN THE FOOD TASTED BETTER . $ #205 $ 03 FOR ME , TODAY IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN YESTERDAY . $ THAT 'S THE ONLY SENSIBLE POSITION , ALEC , TOMORROW WILL BE BETTER THAN TODAY . $ WE 'LL KNOW MORE , TOMORROW . $ WE 'LL BE NEARER THE TRUTH . $ THAT 'S THE ONLY WAY , ALEC , TO MOVE NEARER AND NEARER THE TRUTH . $ 01 THAT 'S A VERY FINE ATTITUDE , MORRIS . $ I ADMIRE YOU FOR IT . $ YOU 'RE QUITE RIGHT . $ I KNOW YOU 'RE RIGHT , MORRIS . $ I ONLY WISH I COULD FEEL IT , MORRIS . $ YOU DIDN'T SEE THE NEW FLAT , MORRIS - I REMEMBER THE BATHRO OM MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE . $ IT WAS DONE IN A KIND OF SEA BLUE . $ 03 SEA GREEN . $ 01 I 'D NEVER HAD THE PLEASURE OF A BATH IN MY HOUSE . $ NEVER . $ TO BE ABLE TO GO INTO A BATH WHENEVER YOU WANTED - IN THE MI DDLE OF ALL THE SEA GREEN ... $ 03 YOU WANTED THAT FLAT , ALEC . $ 01 IT HAD BIG WINDOWS ,, MORRIS . $ THE WHOLE HOUSE WAS FILLED WITH LIGHT AND COLOUR ... AND A S EPERATE KITCHEN . $ I 'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO SLEEP IN A DIFFERENT ROOM TO WHERE WE COOKED AND ATE . $ 03 AND SHE TURNED IT ALL DOWN . $ 01 I 'VE GOT TO BE FAIR TO HER , MORRIS . $ IT WAS TWO POUNDS FIVE A WEEK . $ THAT WAS HER OBJECTION . $ 03 BUT YOU WANTED THAT FLAT , YOU WANTED THAT FLAT , ALEC , DESPERATELY . $ YOU 'D NEVER WANTED ANYTHING IN YOUR LIFE SO BADLY ! 01 MORRIS , I COULDN'T STAND LIVING IN LODGINGS . $ WE 'VE BEEN MOVING FROM PLACE TO PLACE SINCE THEY PULLED DOW N OUR HOUSE . $ THE ITALIAN'S THE LONGEST WE 'VE STAYED ANYWHERE , MORRIS . I CAN'T STAND LODGINGS . $ LIVING WITH STRANGERS - THE LAVATORY , FOR EXAMPLE , MORRIS , IT EMBARRASSES ME . $ IF I BE CAUGHT GOING IN OR COMING OUT ...$ 03 IF YOU 'D TAKEN THE FLAT , THAT NIGHT YOU CAME BACK FROM DUNOON , YOU COULD 'VE TAKEN A TAXI STRAIGHT FROM THE STATIO N TO THE FLAT - NOT A DROP OF RAIN WOULD 'VE TOUCHED YOU . $ SHE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SOAKED TO THE SKIN , CAUGHT A HEAVY C OLD , AND ENDED UP WITH PLEURISY . $ DEFINITELY ESTABLISHED - GUILTY OF PLEURISY ! $ 01 NO , MORRIS , I THINK THERE 'S MORE THAN THAT . $ YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE FIVE SHILLINGS INTO CONSIDERATION . $ THE CO-OERATIVE . $ 03 I WILL ACCEPT THAT AS A FACTOR . $ 01 THAT WAS THE STATE OF IT , YOU SEE , MORRIS ? $ BEFORE THAT , EVERYTHING MIRIAM DID WAS RIGHT . $ #206 $ 03 SHE WAS AN ANGEL . $ THE SUN SHONE OUT OF HER BEHIND ! $ 01 SHARON 'S EXACTLY THE SAME WITH YOU , MORRIS . $ SHE SEES NO WRONG IN YOU . $ 03 I DON'T THINK SO . $ AND IN ANY CASE , IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR INQUIRY , WH AT SHARON THINKS ABOUT ME . $ 01 THERE WAS THE FIVE SHILLINGS , THEN THE FLAT . $ SHE JUST TOOK IT FOR GRANTED I WAS AGAINST IT , LIKE HER . $ SHE HARDLY LOOKED AT IT , MORRIS . $ SHE LAUGHED THE WHOLE THING OFF . $ TWO POUNDS FIVE A FLAT . $ CAN WE HAVE TWO ! $ 03 ALEC , I 'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING . $ I DON'T THINK I LIKE HER . $ 01 THE WHOLE THING STARTED RUNNING DOWNHILL , MORRIS . $ I STARTED SAYING ONE THING TO HER AND MEANING ANOTHER . $ I COULDN'T BRING MY THOUGHTS OUT INTO THE OPEN WITH HER , MO RRIS . $ 03 NO ! $ I DON'T LIKE HER . $ I DON'T LIKE MIRIAM . $ 01 MAYBE YOU 'VE NEVER LIKED HER . $ 03 MAYBE I 'VE NEVER LIKED HER ... $ 01 WHEN I SHOUTED AT HER , WHEN SHE FOUND OUT WHAT I 'D BEEN THINKING , IT WAS TERRIBLE , MORRIS . $ HER WHOLE SPIRIT SEEMED TO GO OUT OF HER . $ 03 SOCIALISM MEANS TELLING THE TRUTH - EVEN TO YOURSELF . $ THAT 'S IN MY MANIFESTO . $ 01 DO YOU KNOW WHAT I 'D STARTED THINKING ABOUT , MORRIS ? $ EVEN WHEN WE WERE IN DUNOON , I STARTED THINKING ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF MIRIAM DIED . $ I COULD START LIFE WITH ANOTHER WOMAN ... SOFTER , NOT SO .. . $ 03 MEAN . $ 01 I DON'T KNOW , MORRIS . $ CLOSED IN ... TIGHT . $ I 'M ROTTEN - YOU MUST ADMIT , MORRIS - I 'M ROTTEN TO THE C ORE . $ 03 YOU 'VE JUST FOUND OUT YOUR WIFE , THAT 'S ALL . $ AND YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU 'VE FOUND OUT . $ YOU GRATE YOUR TEETH TO LOOK AT HER . $ THOSE THINGS HAPPEN . $ 01 MORRIS , I THINK YOU 'RE RIGHT . $ I DON'T REALLY LIKE MIRIAM ANY LONGER . $ 03 GOOD , ALEC ! $ NOW YOU 'RE MOVING , YOU 'RE BREAKING THROUGH INTO THE LIGHT . $ INOT REAL , OBJECTIVE TRUTH ! $ BUT YOU FLINCHED WHEN YOU SAID THAT . $ 01 I DON'T THINK I DID , MORRIS . $ 03 SAY IT AGAIN . $ #207 $ 01 I DON'T LIKE MIRIAM SO MUCH , NOW . $ 03 YOU FLINCHED , YOU SCREWED UP YOUR WHOLE FACE . $ 01 DID I ? $ 03 DEFINITELY . $ TRY AGAIN . $ 01 I DON'T LIKE MIRIAM . $ I DON'T . $ 03 BETTER . $ AGAIN . $ 01 I DON'T LIKE MIRIAM . $ SHE LET ME DOWN . $ 03 IMPROVING . $ IT 'LL GET BETTER AND BETTER . $ MAYBE WE SHOULD GO BACK , NOW , MORRIS . $ SHE 'LL BE WONDERING WHERE WE 'VE GOT TO . $ 03 DO YOU WANT TO GO BACK ? $ IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO ? $ 01 WE SHOULD GO BACK . $ WE 'VE BEEN AWAY NEARLY AN HOUR . $ SHE 'S ILL , MORRIS . $ 03 THAT 'S VERY TRUE . $ 01 SHE 'S ILL . $ 03 SHE HAS PLEURISY . $ YOU 'RE QUITE RIGHT . $ YOU 'RE UNDER A CONTRACT OF MARRIAGE TO HER . $ < ( THEY BOTH RISE AND WALK AWAY . ) > $ 01 TELL YOU WHAT , MORRIS , WE 'LL LOOK INTO THE LIBRARY FIR ST AND GET HER OUT SOMETHING TO READ . $ < SCENE THREE > $ < OCTOBER 1959 . $ NOON . $ THE QUEEN'S PARK . $ MORRIS IS LOOKING THROUGH THE VIEW-FINDER OF A CINE-CAMERA . $ HE IS FILMING A SCENE BEING ENACTED BY SHARON AND ALEC . $ ALEC IS FOLLOWING SHARON . $ SHE IS CARRYING A SHOPPING BASKET FROM WHICH PROTRUDES A LOA F OF BREAD . $ ALEC SNATCHES THE LOAF - MORRIS THROWS UP HIS ARMS . > $ 03 NO ! $ NO ! $ NO ! $ NO ! $ 04 WHAT 'S THE MATTER NOW , MORRIS ? $ 01 I 'M COLD . $ 03 NO ! $ NO ! $ 04 MORRIS . $ I 'M COLD . $ 03 < ( TO ALEC ) > $ DO YOU KNOW HOW YOU LIFTED THAT BREAD ? $ 01 I STOLE IT , MORRIS . $ #208 $ 04 ARE YOU FINISHED , MORRIS ? $ I 'LL HAVE TO GET BACK SOON AND GET THE DINNER STARTED FOR T HE BOY . $ 01 I JUST LIFTED IT , MORRIS , OUT OF HER BAG . $ 03 THAT 'S WHAT I MEAN . $ EXACTLY ! $ YOU JUST LIFTED IT . $ CASUALLY , LIKE YOU 'D PICK UP A BOOK IN A STATION BOOKSTALL TO FILL IN THE TIME WAITING FOR A TRAIN . $ WHY ARE YOU STEALING THAT LOAF ? $ ASK YOURSELF . $ WHY AM I STEALING THAT LOAF ? $ 01 I 'VE JUST GOT A MARVELLOUS IDEA FOR THE OPENING OF THE P ICTURE , MORRIS ! $ A CROWD OF PIGEONS , FLYING UP INTO THE AIR , PACKING THE WH OLE SCREEN . $ 04 THAT WOULD BE MARVELLOUS , ALEC . $ 03 WHY ARE YOU STEALING THE LOAF , ALEC ? $ THOU SHALT NOT STEAL . $ RIGHT ? $ YOU BELIEVE IN IT . $ 01 I THINK I DO , MORRIS . $ 03 YOU BELIEVE IN IT , DEEPLY ! $ IT 'S IN YOUR BLOOD-STREAM ! $ IN YOUR GENES . $ 01 YES , YOU 'RE QUITE RIGHT , MORRIS . $ I THINK I DO . $ I 'VE NEVER STOLEN A PENNY ALL MY LIFE . $ I 'D NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT BEFORE . $ 04 BEFORE I FORGET , ALEC , CLAIRE AND HENRY ARE COMING TONI GHT . $ ARE YOU COMING DOWN ? $ 01 I 'M NOT SURE , SHARON . $ 04 COME FOR A MEAL , ALEC . $ THEY 'RE COMING FOR TEA . $ 01 I DON'T KNOW , SHARON . $ YOU SEE , YOU KNOW HOW I AM , THESE DAYS . $ I NEVER KNOW WHAT I 'M GOING TO DO ... UNTIL I START DOING I T . $ 03 YOU BELIEVE IN THOU SHALT NOT STEAL . $ BUT YOU 'RE STARVING . $ YOU 'RE FAMISHED , COLLAPSING WITH HUNGER . $ SOMETHING MUST GO - YOUR BELIEF - OR YOUR BODY . $ BUT YOU CAN'T GO ON BELIEVING AFTER YOU 'RE DEAD . $ THE FIRST PRIORITY IS TO KEEP YOUR SOUL ATTACHED TO YOUR BOD Y , SO YOU STEAL THIS BREAD . $ BUT IT 'S AN AGONY TO STEAL IT . $ THE CONFLICT IS TEARING YOU APART . $ IT 'S NOT A BOOK AN A STATION BOOKSTALL . $ ... WHY ARE WE MAKING THIS FILM ? $ 04 YOU STILL HAVEN'T GIVEN ME LAST WEEK'S PAYMENTS FOR THE C AMERA , MORRIS . $ THAT 'S TWO WEEKS WE 'VE LAPSED , NOW . $ 01 HOW MUCH DOES A CAMERA LIKE THAT COST , SHARON ? $ 04 HE GOT IT OVER THREE YEARS ... SEVEN AND SIX . $ 03 I 'M PAYING FOR IT OUT OF THE BITS AND PIECES I SAVE FROM MY POCKET . $ WHEN YOU SAVE THEM ! $ #209 $ 03 I 'LL GIVE YOU THE TWO WEEKS TOGETHER , ON FRIDAY . $ I 'LL MAKE IT UP . $ 01 YOU KNOW , I MIGHT COME UP TONIGHT . $ I LIKE HENRY . $ 04 HE GETS ON WELL WITH YOU , DOESN'T HE ? $ 03 HENRY GETS ON WELL WITH EVERYBODY . $ I SUSPECT SOMEBODY WHO GETS ON SO WELL WITH A WORLD LIKE THI S . $ 01 HE 'S A BUSINESSMAN , MORRIS . $ 03 A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER FOR A SON-IN-LAW . $ AND WORKING FOR HIS FATHER ON TOP OF IT ALL ! $ 01 HENRY 'S A BIT LIKE YOU , MORRIS , WHEN YOU WERE HIS AGE , WHEN YOU WERE WORKING FOR YOUR FATHER . $ 03 I 'VE STILL GOT ONE DAUGHTER LEFT . $ THERE 'S A CHANCE , THERE . $ SHE COULD DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT . $ THE BOY 'S A WRITE-OFF . $ A CONFORMIST THROUGH AND THROUGH - A GOD-BESOTTEN , AMBITION -RIDDEN , ADOLESCENT , CHARMING CLICHE ! $ 04 MORRIS , FINISH THE FILM AND LET ME GO . $ 03 SROKA'S FAULT . $ HE 'LL MAKE A RABBI OUT OF HIM , GOD FORBID ! $ THINK OF THE DISGRACE ! $ ME , THE FATHER OF A RABBI ! $ WHY ARE WE MAKING THIS FILM ? $ 01 THE TITLE 'S VERY GOOD , MORRIS - THE TEN COMMANDMENTS . $ 03 THERE 'S NO TIME FOR STUDYING ... THAT WAS A DREAM . $ HISTORY IS RACING ON ... $ ACTION , THAT 'S WHAT 'S NEEDED . $ IT 'S AN EMERGENCY . $ WHEN THE SEA 'S FLOODING IN , YOU CAN'T OPEN A RESEARCH STAT ION TO DEVELOP THE BEST WAY OF MAKING DYKES . $ YOU JUST PILE UP CLAY , STONES , MUD , ANYTHING , TO STOP TH E WATER . $ 01 THE ONLY THING IS , MORRIS , IT 'S A BIT LATE IN LIFE TO START SOMETHING NEW LIKE THIS - MAKING A FILM . $ 03 WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO ? $ THEY DON'T READ BOOKS NOWADAYS . $ THEY DON'T GO TO THEATRES . $ 01 IT 'S TRUE , MORRIS , VERY TRUE . $ 03 YOU 'VE GOT TO HOLD YOUR MESSAGE UP TO THEIR NOSES , IN T HE CINEMA - ON THE TELEVISION SCREEN . $ 01 DO YOU KNOW WHAT I SHOULD 'VE DONE , MORRIS ? $ I SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD ANY BREAKFAST - TO MAKE IT REAL AND TRU E . $ 03 YES ! $ ALEC ! $ YES ! $ ALEC , YOU 'VE GOT THE WHOLE CONCEPTION - IN A FLASH . $ 01 HAVE I ? $ 03 HOW DOES HE DO IT , SHARON DARLING ? $ HE JUST SPONTANEOUSLY COMES OUT WITH IT , AND SOLVES A PROBL EM THAT NO AMOUNT OF THOUGHT AND STUDY AND TECHNIQUE COULD EVEN PENETRATE . $ #210 $ 01 YOU THINK IT 'S A GOOD IDEA , MORRIS ? $ 03 IT 'S THE WHOLE CONCEPTION ! $ THE WHOLE VISION IN A FLASH ! $ WE 'VE BEEN GOING ABOUT THIS PROJECT COMPLETELY WRONG . $ WE 'LL HAVE TO START FROM THE BEGINNING AGAIN . $ SCRAP EVERYTHING WE 'VE SHOT SO FAR . $ 04 ALL THAT FILM , MORRIS ! $ 03 WHAT FILM ? $ IT 'S ONLY ABOUT FIVE POUNDS . $ YOU KNOW IN THE INDUSTRY THEY CAN SHOOT A THOUSAND POUNDS' W ORTH OF FILM AND USE MAYBE FIFTY . $ 04 IT 'S OVER NINE POUNDS , MORRIS - AND YOU TOOK FIVE FROM ALEC TOWARDS IT . $ 01 I DON'T MIND , SHARON - SO LONG AS MORRIS GETS EVERYTHING PERFECT . $ 03 THE FILM 'S NOT WASTED . $ IT 'S EXPERIENCE . $ NOTHING IS WASTED IN LIFE . $ 01 DO YOU THINK SO , MORRIS ? $ 03 IT 'S A LAW . $ CONSERVATION OF ENERGY . $ NOTHING IS WASTED . $ IT 'S ONLY CHANGED . $ 01 WE 'VE CHANGED THE NINE POUNDS INTO EXPERIENCE . $ 03 INSIGHT . $ 04 ALEC WOULD LOOK HUNGRY IF HE HADN'T ANY BREAKFAST . $ 03 NOT ONLY BREAKFAST . $ I THINK HE SHOULD FAST . $ 01 MORRIS , I DON'T THINK I COULD STAND NOT EATING FOR TOO L ONG , IT WOULD MAKE ME MISERABLE . $ 03 NOT TOO LONG - SAY , TWENTY-FOUR HOURS . $ 04 AND ARE YOU GOING TO FAST ALONG WITH HIM MORRIS ? $ TO HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND HOW ALEC 'S FEELING . $ 03 I 'M HANDLING THE CAMERA . $ I KNOW HOW HE FEELS . $ I 'D ONLY GET CAMERA SHAKE , FROM HUNGER PANGS . $ 04 CAN I GO AND GET MARTIN'S DINNER READY , NOW ? $ ARE WE FINISHED FOR THE DAY MORRIS ? $ 03 WE 'LL SHOOT IT ON SUNDAY . $ IMMEDIATELY WE 'VE DONE THE SCENE , ALEC , YOU CAN HAVE SOME THING TO EAT . $ 04 WHAT ARE YOU TWO GOING TO DO NOW ? $ ARE YOU COMING BACK WITH ME ? $ 03 WE 'LL STAY A BIT . $ THA SUN 'S OUT NOW . $ WE 'LL HAVE A WALK ROUND THE PARK , AND HAVE A STORY CONFERE NCE IN THE LIGHT OF ALEC'S DISCOVERY . $ #211 $ 04 < ( KISSING MORRIS ) > $ DON'T STAY TOO LONG , DEAR . $ YOU 'LL CATCH COLD , BOTH OF YOU . $ < ( GOES OFF . ) > $ 03 YOU 'LL HAVE TO LEARN TO WORK THE CAMERA , ALEC . $ FOR THE SCENE ABOUT THE MAN WHO GIVES UP GOD , WE CAN MAKE Y OU HUNGRY , BUT WE CAN'T MAKE YOU GIVE UP GOD . $ 01 MORRIS , YOU KNOW MY POSITION . $ I DON'T KNOW WHERE I AM , JUST NOW . $ 03 YOU 'RE AT THE BEGINNING OF A NEW LIFE . $ I 'VE TOLD YOU ! $ 01 THE INSURANCE CHEQUE CAME THIS MORNING - A HUNDRED AND SI XTY POUNDS . $ 03 FOUND MONEY . $ 01 THAT AFTERNOON , MORRIS - I CAN'T DESCRIBE THE FEELING .. . IT WAS LIKE LOOKING AT A STRANGER - I WAS READING TO HER . .. $ 03 WHAT WERE YOU READING TO HER ? $ 01 ABOUT THE NORTH POLE . $ SHE ALWAYS WENT MAD FOR BOOKS ABOUT WILD PLACES LIKE THAT . $ BUT YOU KNOW WHAT WAS THE TERRIBLE THING , MORRIS . $ SHE STARTED FIGHTING FOR HER BREATH - AND THE LIFE JUST RAN OUT OF HER . $ DO YOU KNOW ALL I COULD THINK OF ... I KEPT SAYING IT TO MYS ELF : I 'VE JUST SEEN THE LIFE RUNNING OUT OF SOMEBODY'S BOD Y ... $ 03 THAT HUNDRED AND SIXTY POUNDS . $ IT 'S FOUND MONEY . $ 01 I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW SHE WAS PAYING A POLICY . $ 03 I WAS MOVED VERY MUCH BY HER DEATH . $ I 'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT , LATELY . $ 01 IT WAS THE HEART COMPLICATION THAT DID IT , MORRIS . $ 03 IT 'S LIKE READING WHAT YOU THINK 'S A NOT SO GOOD BOOK , AND THEN COMING TO THE LAST PAGE AND EVERYTHING JUMPS INTO PLACE - THE WHOLE BOOK TAKES ON A DEEPER MEANING . $ I BEGAN TO UNDERSTND MIRIAM'S LIFE . $ 01 I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU , MORRIS . $ 03 I MISS HER . $ I FEEL HER TRAGEDY , THAT 'S WHAT I MEAN . $ NOW , WHEN I CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT A LIFE SHE LIVED ... $ 01 YOU DON'T THINK SHE HAD A GOOD LIFE , MORRIS ? $ 03 NOBODY HAS A GOOD LIFE IN THIS ROTTEN SOCIETY . $ 01 WE HAD SOME VERY HAPPY TIMES TOGETHER , MORRIS . $ IN DUNOON ... IT WAS LOVELY IN DUNOON . $ #212 $ 03 SHE WORKED SO HARD PLANNING AND WORRYING AND MAKING ARRAN GEMENTS FOR LIVING , SHE HADN'T ANY TIME TO LIVE ! $ 01 WE USDE TO TALK SOMETIMES ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WHEN YOU DI ED . $ MIRIAM SAID , BEYOND DEATH THERE 'S NOTHING . $ A MAN DIES - AND HE 'S BLOTTED OUT . $ 03 OF COURSE HE IS . $ TAKE YOUR FRIEND TO HIS GRAVE AND YOU HAVE FULFILLED YOUR LA ST OBLIGATION TO HIM . $ 01 WHEN I LOOKED AT HER , LYING ON THE BED , IT WASN'T MIRIA M ANY LONGER . $ 03 OF COURSE IT WASN'T . $ IT WAS LIFELESS , DEAD MATTER . $ I AM DEEPLY MOVED BY HER DEATH . $ BUT MIRIAM IS FINISHED - HER EXISTENCE IS TERMINATED . $ 01 I KNOW HOW ROTTEN IT IS , TO SAY THIS , MORRIS , BUT I FE EL FREE - LIKE A FEATHER , MORRIS , YOU UNDERSTAND ? $ LIKE A PACK 'S BEEN LIFTED OFF MY SHOULDER , AND I CAN STAND UP . $ 03 I UNDERSTAND PERFECTLY . $ YES . $ 01 AND I FEEL EXCITED WITH WHAT I COULD DO WITH MY FUTURE . $ YOU SEE , I HAVE MY WHOLE FUTURE , MORRIS , TO MYSELF , IN F RONT OF ME , LIKE IN A BOX . $ I CAN TAKE OUT WHAT I WANT . $ I KNOW IT 'S ROTTEN SO SOON AFTER SHE 'S DEAD . $ BUT THAT 'S HOW I FEEL . $ I CAN'T HELP HOW I FEEL ... $ SROKA WOULD CALL ME A MURDERER ! $ 03 I ENVY YOU , ALEC . $ I DO - I ENVY YOU ! $ 01 DUNOON - AT NIGHTS ESPECIALLY - IT WAS BEAUTIFUL , MORRIS . $ 03 ALEC , WHAT DOES A COW DO ? $ SHE CHEWS AT THE GRASS . $ DAY IN , DAY OUT , CHEWING AWAY , THINKING OF NOTHING - THAT 'S THE MASSES FOR YOU ! $ SO YOU 'LL SAY TO ME - WHAT ABOUT CUBA ? $ 01 NO , MORRIS , I WAS THINKING OF THE NIGHTS IN DUNOON . $ 03 CUBA WAS A ONE-MAN SHOW , AND THERE 'LL BE THE SAME SELL- OUT THERE , AS ALL OVER THE WORLD . $ 01 DO YOU KNOW WHAT WAS BEST OF ALL ? $ WHEN WE WENT UP TO THE ATTIC , MORRIS , LAST THING AT NIGHT - WE 'VE HAD SOME TEA AND BISCUITS DOWNSTAIRS - THEN WE 'D G O UP TO BED . $ 03 DEEPER INTO YOUR DREAM ! $ 01 THE NIGHT OUTSIDE WOULD BE BLACK . $ IT WAS SO QUIET UP THERE , MORRIS . $ BEAUTIFUL . $ I JUST SANK INTO BED , AND LOOKED UP AT THE WINDOW - STRAIGH T ABOVE OUR HEADS . $ 03 ABOVE ? $ 01 IT WAS AN ATTIC . $ #213 $ OH , YES ... $ TO GO AND DOUBLE THE TORY MAJORITY ! $ AFTER ALL THOSE YEARS - AND IT STILL HASN'T PENETRATED ! $ 01 IT WAS NICE - MIRIAM AND ME , JUST LYING LISTENING TO THE RAIN , AND WATCHING THE LIGHT . $ 03 THEN YOU 'D START UP , TOGETHER . $ 01 NOT SO MUCH , IN LATER YEARS , MORRIS - SHE LOST INTEREST . $ IN DUNOON MORE THAN GLASGOW , I NOTICE . $ AND I DIDN'T LIKE TO ... BOTHER HER ... TOO MUCH . $ BUT THE LIGHTS WERE BEAUTIFUL . $ IF YOU GOT OUT OF BED AND LIFTED THE WINDOW , YOU COULD LOOK OUT RIGHT ACROSS THE SEA ... A STRING OF LIGHTS , RIGHT DOW N THE COAST . $ AND SOMETIMES WE 'D SEE SHIPS , ALL LIT UP , MORRIS . $ 03 THAT 'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS GIRL IN KELVINSIDE . $ SHE MAKES IT INTO A GAME . $ SHARON TAKES EVERYTHING SO SERIOUSLY . $ 01 WHAT DO YOU MEAN EXACTLY , MORRIS - A GAME ? $ 03 THAT 'S THE WHOLE TROUBLE . $ EVERYBODY TAKES THEMSELVES SO SERIOUSLY . $ THEY 'RE STILL LIVING THE DAYS WHEN SEX ALWAYS CARRIED THE T HREAT OF CONCEPTION . $ IT SPOILS THE WHOLE THING - IT 'S SOMETHING TO PLAY AT - IT 'S A GAME . $ 01 I LIKE THAT IDEA , MORRIS . $ I THINK YOU 'RE RIGHT . $ IT 'S NICE . $ 03 WE PLAY ALL KINDS OF GAMES . $ THE AFTERNOONS ARE MARVELLOUS . $ I GIVE HER A RING , KNOCK OFF MY WORK , EARLY , AND GO OVER THERE . $ WE CAN SPEND AN HOUR , BEFORE WE GET DOWN TO THE REAL THING . $ SHE 'S GOT IMAGINATION . $ I MEAN - YOU DON'T STOP PLAYING WHEN YOU GROW UP , THAT 'S W HAT TURNS YOU INTO A COW . $ YOU PLAY - ALL YOUR LIFE . $ 01 THAT 'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE - TO MAKE IT LIKE A GAME . $ 03 THAT 'S WHAT YOU 'RE GOING TO DO , ISN'T IT ? $ YOU 'VE GOT OVER A HUNDRED POUNDS , FOUND MONEY . $ FIRST OF ALL , TWO NEW SUITS - NEW SHIRTS - UNDERWEAR ... $ 01 SHE 'S JUST A MONTH DEAD , MORRIS . $ I 'D LIKE NEW SHIRTS . $ I LIKE THE SMELL OF THEM . $ 03 TWO PAIRS OF PYJAMAS , THEN YOUR TICKET TO LONDON . $ 01 LONDON , MORRIS ? $ 03 I 'LL GIVE YOU THE ADDRESS OF A MARVELLOUS HOTEL , TWENTY -ONE SHILLINGS A DAY , FIRST CLASS , NOT FAR FROM MARBLE ARC H ... $ 01 THAT 'S WHAT I WANT TO DO , MORRIS . $ I WANT TO STAY IN A HOTEL , BE SERVED HAND AND FOOT ... $ 03 NEXT MONDAY ... $ 01 AS SOON AS NEXT MONDAY , MORRIS ? $ #214 $ 03 YOU 'VE GOT THE MONEY , ALEC - THERE 'S NOTHING TO KEEP Y OU . $ 01 I 'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT - FOR WEEKS , MORRIS . $ NOT GOING TO LONDON , BUT MAYBE GOING TO ONE OF THE PLACES Y OU KNOW IN THE WEST END - BUT ... IN GLASGOW . $ I DON'T THINK I 'D FEEL FREE ... $ 03 YOU 'VE GOT TO GET AWAY - THAT 'S WHAT MAKES THE ADVENTUR E , ALEC . $ 01 I 'M SO EXCITED , MORRIS , I 'M EXPLODING . $ BUT MY AGE , MORRIS . $ WILL THEY ... WANT TO COME WITH ME - AT MY AGE ? $ 03 YOU 'VE GOT THE MONEY , ALEC - THAT 'S ALL YOU NEED . $ THEY 'LL BE ROUND YOU LIKE FLIES . $ 03 MORRIS , YOU 'VE BEEN BEFORE . $ GIVE ME A FEW ADDRESSES . $ 03 THAT 'S PART OF THE EXCITEMENT , ALEC . $ YOU DON'T NEED ADDRESSES - THEY 'RE ADVERTISED IN THE SHOP W INDOWS . $ IF YOU 'RE STUCK , YOU CAN GET ADDRESSES OUT OF PORNOGRAPHIC PHOTO BOOKS . $ 01 IN SHOP WINDOWS ... $ 03 YOU JUST GET TO LONDON - YOU 'LL FIND THEM . $ 01 I 'LL TELL YOU WHAT , MORRIS , LET 'S GO BACK NOW . $ AND WE 'LL PHONE THE STATION AND GET THE TIMES OF THE LONDON TRAINS . $ 03 WAIT ONE MINUTE . $ I 'LL TRY THAT SHOT WITH THE PIGEONS . $ THEY 'RE ALL BUNCHED UP , THERE . $ YOU CLAP YOUR HANDS AND GET THEM TO RISE . $ ... NOT YET ... I 'LL TELL YOU WHEN ... $ < ( HE AIMS HIS CAMERA . ) > $ RIGHT ! $ < ( ALEC CLAPS HIS HANDS . $ THE PIGEONS FLUSH . $ MORRIS SHOOTS THEM . ) > $ GREAT ! $ GREAT ! $ I 'LL BUY THAT ! $ < SCENE FOUR > $ < MARCH 1965 . $ SUNDAY AFTERNOON . $ THE QUEEN'S PARK . $ MORRIS AND ALEC , WITH A DOG ON THE LEAD , WALK UP TO THEIR BENCH AND SIT DOWN . $ MORRIS LOOKS IN FRONT OF HIM , TURNING TO ALEC IN DISGUST . ) > $ 03 CHANGES ... ALL ROUND , ALL OVER . $ CAN'T LEAVE ANYTHING ALONE . $ 01 THIS IS REALLY GOOD FOR THE CHILDREN MORRIS . $ IT 'S A MARVELLOUS THING FOR THEM TO HAVE . $ A DONKEY RIDE IN THE PARK - IN THE MIDDLE OF GLASGOW ! $ 03 YOU 'VE NEVER SEEN IT IN OPERATION ! $ 01 IT 'S ONLY UP ... WHAT ? $ THREE YEARS ? $ #215 $ 03 I DON'T KNOW . $ THEY HAD TO PUT IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR BENCH ! $ 01 AT LEAST THREE YEARS , MORRIS . $ LOOK HOW HIGH THE HEDGE HAS ALREADY GROWN , SIX , SEVEN FOOT . $ 03 KIDS SHOUTING AND SCREAMING - AND MOTHERS SHOUTING AND SC REAMING TO THEM TO SHUT UP . $ SOMETIMES IT GETS SO BAD I HAVE TO MOVE AWAY , UP TO THE FLA GPOLE . $ 03 IT 'S NICE , THE FLAGPOLE . $ 03 YOU GET THE WIND UP THERE . $ 01 BUT IT 'S NICE , MORRIS . $ THE WHOLE OF GLASGOW 'S BELOW YOU , AND YOU CAN SEE RIGHT OV ER TO THE HILLS . $ < ( GIVING THE DOG A BISCUIT . ) > $ 03 WHAT DO YOU KEEP STUFFING HIM WITH BISCUITS FOR ? $ 01 HE LIKES THEM , MORRIS . $ 03 AND TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH ... THE CLIMB ... I 'M NOT ALL THAT KEEN ON THE CLIMB . $ 01 IT 'S A HEAVY CLIMB . $ 03 YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT 'S LIKE WHEN THE DONKEYS ARE HERE . $ YOU 'RE AWAY WEEKS BEFORE THEY ARRIVE . $ 01 I LIKE TO GET AWAY EARLIER THESE DAYS , MORRIS . $ I DON'T LIKE STAYING FOR PASSOVER IN GLASGOW . $ 03 THERE 'S SROKA ON HIS AFTERNOON WALK . $ DON'T WAVE TOO HARD , ALEC , OR HE 'LL COME OVER TO US . $ < ( SHOUTING TO SROKA ) > $ NICE DAY , UNCLE MANNY ... $ FINE , THANKS ... $ YOURSELF ? $ GOOD ... $ YES ... $ EVERYBODY 'S FINE - KEEP WELL ! $ 01 WHAT AGE IS HE NOW , MORRIS ? $ 03 I DON'T THINK HE EVEN KNOWS HIMSELF NOW . $ THAT 'S WEINBERG WITH HIM . $ 03 THE CHOPPER . $ THE CIRCUMCISER OF INNOCENT CHILDREN . $ FROM BEGINNING TO END THEY GET THEM . $ < ( LOOKING AT THE DOG ) > $ HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW LUCKY HE IS . $ HE 'S FREE . $ 01 RICKY ? $ 03 < ( LOOKING ROUND ) > $ THERE 'S THE GOSSIPS TAKING UP THEIR POSITIONS . $ SEE THEM ? $ ON THE SAME BENCH . $ REGULAR . $ HALF PAST THREE . $ 01 THEY 'RE LOOKING AT US . $ 03 THEY GET LESS AND LESS . $ ONE DIED LAST MONTH - ANGINA . $ 01 THERE 'S STILL A NICE LITTLE COMMUNTY ROUND HERE , MORRIS . $ IT 'S COMFORTABLE , HOMELY - I LIKE COMING BACK TO IT . $ IT 'S NICE , AFTER THE SUMMER IN DUNOON . $ #216 $ 03 FAILURES , LOSERS - NONETITIES . $ 01 IT 'S HOMELY , MORRIS . $ I LIKE MY LITTLE HOUSE , MORRIS . $ IT 'S NICE ... BETTER THAN THE GORBALS . $ 03 ANYBODY WHO 'S IN THE RUNNING AT ALL MOVED OUT YEARS AGO . $ IT 'S THE SECOND GORBALS . $ IN A FEW YEARS , THIS 'LL BE FINISHED , TOO . $ 01 NOT ROUND THE PARK , MORRIS . $ IT 'S A BEAUTIFUL PARK . $ 03 LOOK AT US ! $ WHERE HAVE WE GOT TO , IN THE SIXTY ODD YEARS WE 'VE BEEN HE RE ? $ WE 'VE GOT NOWHERE ! $ 01 I 'M COMFORTABLE IN MY HOUSE , MORRIS . $ 03 OH YES . $ YOU 'RE A PROPERTY OWNER , ALEC , YOU 'RE AN IMPORTANT PERSO N . $ I 'M A PROPERTY OWNER . $ 01 IT 'S WHAT WE ALWAYS USED TO WANT , MORRIS . $ YOU REMEMBER ... WE WERE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT IT ... A HOUSE BESIDE THE PARK . $ 03 WITH ALL THE NOISY TRAFFIC RUNNING PAST YOUR WINDOW , NOG HT AND DAY ... AND AIR STINKING WITH PETROL AND DIESEL . $ 01 YOU DON'T NOTICE IT , MORRIS . $ THERE 'S NO SMELL . $ YOU CAN SMELL THE GRASS FROM THE PARK . $ ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING . $ AND ON SUNDAY ... NEARLY TILL ELEVEN , YOU 'D THINK YOU WERE IN THE COUNTRY , MORRIS . $ THERE 'S HARDLY ANY TRAFFIC . $ 03 < ( ACKNOWLEDGES A GREETING ) > $ YES ... VERY NICE DAY ... $ 01 YOU KNOW EVERYBODY , MORRIS . $ 03 IT WAS MY FATHER . $ THEY STILL THINK THEY HAVE TO TAKE THEIR HAT OFF TO ME BECAU SE OF MY FATHER . $ THAT WAS EPSTEIN , THE BUTCHER . $ 01 I LIKE A NICE PIECE OF LIVER , WITH ONIONS , IN THE WINTE R . $ I 'LL SPEND THE AFTERNOON IN THE PICTURES , THEN I 'LL GO HO ME AN PICK UP RICKY , AND GIVE HIM A LONG WALK , DOWN VICTOR IA ROAD . $ SLOW , MORRIS , LOOKING AT THE SHOPS . $ THEN WE 'LL GO HOME , AND I 'LL MAKE LIVER AND CHIPS AND SET THE FIRE GOING IN THE KITCHEN . $ AFTER TEA , WE 'LL SIT DOWN BY THE FIRE WITH AN ORANGE FOR M E AND A BISCUIT FOR RICKY , AND WATCH TELEVISION . $ THEN , LAST THING AT NIGHT , BEFORE BED , WE 'LL HAVE A WALK ROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE PARK . $ 03 AND THAT 'S YOUR LIFE . $ 01 A COUPLE OF NIGHTS AGO WE HEARD AN OWL , MORRIS . $ 03 IT WAS A MISTAKE , LONDON . $ IT WAS A BIG MISTAKE . $ 01 WHAT MAKES YOU SUDDENLY COME OUT WITH THAT , MORRIS ? $ 03 IT WAS A BIG MISTAKE . $ 01 LONDON WAS YEARS AGO , MORRIS . $ IT HELPED ME TO UNDERSTAND MYSELF . $ IT DID , MORRIS . $ #217 $ 03 YOU COULDN'T BLAME ME . $ NO , YOU COULDN'T BLAME ME . $ I THOUGHT YOU WANTED THE KIND OF THINGS I WAS DYING FOR . $ I WANTED TO SEE YOU HAVING SOME PLEASURE AT LEAST OUT OF LIF E . $ 01 I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU , MORRIS . $ 03 WE NEVER FINISHED THE FILM EITHER . $ 01 IT WASN'T YOUR FAULT . $ YOU LOST THE CAMERA . $ 03 COULDN'T KEEP UP WITH THE PAYMENTS . $ EVERY YEAR . $ IT 'S A RETREAT , BACKWARDS AND BACKWARDS . $ 01 EVERY YEAR , MORRIS , YOU DO BETTER AND BETTER . $ AN INSPECTOR 'S A GOOD POSITION . $ 03 I COULD ONLY SEE IT AS BEING A FULFILMENT FOR YOU . $ HOW COULD I HAVE SEEN IT ANY OTHER WAY ? $ WHEN YOU LEFT FOR LONDON - YOU WERE SO FULL OF IT - LIKE A S PRINTER STRAINING ON HIS MARK . $ 01 IT WAS AN ADVENTURE , LIKE GOING TO THE SOUTH SEAS - OR S OME EXCITING THING LIKE THAT . $ 03 MAYBE THAT 'S WHAT YOU SHOULD 'VE DONE , ALEC . $ GONE ABROAD - THAT WOULD 'VE BEEN BETTER . $ YOU WOULD 'VE BEEN LUCKIER WITH THE WOMEN YOU CAME ACROSS . $ HERE , EVERYBODY 'S TAINTED WITH PURITANSIM . $ THE PROSTITUTES WORSE THAN ANYBODY ! $ 01 MAYBE I AM , MORRIS . $ DO YOU THINK I AM ? $ 03 I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOUR CASE AT ALL . $ IT WAS ONE OF MY REAL BLANKS , THAT . $ THREE WEEKS IN LONDON , AND NOT A TOUCH ! $ 01 I BOUGHT SOME BOOKS , MORRIS . $ 03 TWO WEEKS BEFORE HE EVEN GOT DOWN TO PORNOGRAPHY ! $ 01 I HAD A TERRIBLE JOB FINDING A PLACE TO HIDE THEM IN MY R OOM . $ I WAS WORRIED IN CASE THE MAID FOUND THEM WHEN SHE WAS MAKIN G THE BED . $ IN THE END , I CARRIED THEM ROUND WITH ME , TO BE SAFE . $ BUT I ENJOYED THE HOTEL , MORRIS . $ THE BREAKFASTS WERE VERY NICE . $ TINNED GRAPEFRUIT EVERY MORNING . $ AND VERY TASTY SAUSAGES AND GRILLED TOMATOES . $ 03 THE WHOLE COMMUNITY 'S COMING OUT . $ < ( ACKNOWLEDGING A GREETING ) > $ FINE , DOCTOR ... $ YOURSELF ? $ GOOD . $ 01 IT 'S FUNNY YOU SHOULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED IN LON DON , MORRIS . $ IT SEEMS SO CLEAR TO ME - SO SIMPLE. $ 03 WASN'T THERE ANY ADDRESSES IN THE BOOKS YOU BOUGHT ? $ 01 YES , I TOLD YOU - REMEMBER ? $ THE TIME I WENT TO ONE , IN THE AFTERNOON , AND AN OLD WOMAN ANSWERED . $ 03 OH , YES , AND YOU RAN AWAY . . $ #218 $ 01 I SAID I WAS LOOKING FOR BENSON ... $ ' THERE 'S NO BENSON LIVING HERE . ' $ 03 EVERY YEAR . $ A RETREAT ! $ 01 MORRIS , WHY DO YOU KEEP BLAMING YOURSELF FOR EVERYTHING ? $ 03 I 'M VINDICATED , AM I ? $ MY WHOLE LIFE . $ IT 'S JUSTIFIED ... ? $ 01 YOU WERE RIGHT ABOUT THE LABOUR PARTY , MORRIS . $ EVERYTHING 'S HAPPENED EXACTLY LIKE YOU SAID . $ 03 NO . $ NO . $ I WAS WRONG . $ IT 'S WORSE . $ IT 'S A HUNDRED TIMES WORSE ! $ 01 WE 'VE GOT BETTER PENSIONS . $ 03 THIS WOMAN YOU EVENTUALLY RAN DOWN , ALEC . $ I STILL CAN'T UNDERSTAND THAT . $ 01 SHE HAD A LOVELY FACE , MORRIS - A BEAUTIFUL FIGURE . $ HER BREASTS , MORRIS ... YOU KNOW ... SHE HAD A BLOUSE ON , AND YOU COULD SEE THE TOP OF THEM . $ 03 ABOUT FORTY ? $ 01 MAYBE NOT EVEN FORTY . $ NOT OLDER , MORRIS . $ 03 AND SHE HAD TO COME UP TO YOU - YOU COULDN'T GO TO HER . $ 01 IT WAS IN A PUB , MORRIS . $ YOU COULDN'T SAY SHE EXACTLY CAME UP TO ME . $ SHE CAME IN , AND ... JUST STOOD BESIDE ME . $ SHE HAD A BEAUTIFUL SMELL , MORRIS . $ I WAS NEVER IN MY WHOLE LIFE SO EXCITED BY A WOMAN , MORRIS . $ I CAN STILL SMELL HER , MORRIS . $ 03 CHEAP PERFUME AND POWDER . $ 01 NO , IT WAS BEAUTIFUL , MORRIS . $ YOU 'VE NO IDEA HOW EXCITED I WAS , MORRIS ! $ I WAS TREMBLING , AND WHEN I GOT HER OUTSIDE , AND I WAS HOL ING HER , WAITING FOR A TAXI ... $ 03 THAT 'S WHAT I 'LL NEVER UNDERSTAND - SHE HAD YOU RIGHT U P TO THE TOP , BOILING ... $ 01 THERE WAS A BIT OF RAIN OUTSIDE . $ NOT MUCH . $ BUT COLD RAIN , MISERABLE RAIN , MORRIS . $ I SPOKE TO HER AT LEAST THREE TIMES , MORRIS . $ I SAID TO HER : ' IT 'S COLD , ISN'T IT ? $ 03 SO SHE DIDN'T ANSWER YOU . $ 01 I SAID IT TO HER THREE TIMES , MORRIS ... $ AND THEN SHE TURNED HER FACE TO ME AND SAID ' YES ' . $ AND THAT WAS WHEN I REALIZED WHAT HAD BEEN WORRYING ME ABOUT HER , ALL THE TIME WE 'D BEEN TOGETHER , TALKING AND DRINKI NG . $ SHE 'D KEEP TURNING HER FACE TO ME ... BUT SHE NEVER LOOKED AT ME . $ 03 IMAGINATION . $ #219 $ 01 AS TRUE AS MY LIFE , MORRIS . $ SHE NEVER LOOKED AT ME , SHE NEVER SAW ME , MORRIS , I DIDN' T EXIST FOR HER ! $ I DIDN'T EXIST FOR ANYBODY - SINCE MIRIAM DIED . $ 03 I RESENT THAT . $ I 'LL RESENT THAT TO MY DYING DAY , ALEC ! $ I WISH YOU 'D STOP SAYING THAT . $ I 'VE NEVER BEEN SO HURT BY ANYTHING IN MY WHOLE LIFE ! $ 01 MORRIS , IT 'S NOTHING AGAINST YOU . $ IF I COULD ONLY MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND . $ I JUST HAVEN'T GOT THE WORDS , MORRIS . $ YOU SEE , WITH THIS WOMAN THERE WAS NO PRETENCE . $ I WAS LIKE A MACHINE , MORRIS , SHE COULD GET MONEY OUT . $ SHE MADE ME SEE HOW ALONE I WAS IN THE WORLD . $ THE ONLY PERSON I 'D EVER EXISTED FOR WAS MIRIAM . $ < ( MORRIS IS ABOUT TO TAKE HIM UP ON THIS . ) > $ MORRIS , I JUST USE ' EXIST ' BECAUSE THAT 'S THE NEAREST WO RD . $ IT 'S ... DEEPER THAN THAT . $ I HAVE NO WORDS FOR IT . $ I COULDN'T LOOK AT THE WOMAN , MORRIS . $ 03 YOU RAN AWAY FROM HER , I KNOW . $ 01 AS FAST AS I COULD . $ I HAD TO GET AWAY FROM HER . $ I STILL CAN HEAR HER SHOUTING AFTER ME . $ 03 SO WHERE DID YOU RUN TO , ALEC ? $ WHAT DID YOU RUN TO ? $ WHAT HAVE YOU GOT NOW ? $ A DOG !$ 01 I DON'T KNOW , MORRIS . $ I 'VE GOT ... THE HOUSE ... AND DUNOON ... AND YOU ... AND S HARON ... AND THE PARK ... $ IT 'S SOMETHING . $ 03 YOU 'RE RIGHT , ALEC . $ WHO AM I TO CRITICIZE ANYBODY ? $ OVER HALF A CENTURY , AND WHAT HAVE I ACHIEVED ? $ I 'VE EVEN BOUGHT A HOUSE IN GIFFNOCK - SO THAT I CAN HAVE S OMEWHERE PRIVATE TO READ IN SUMMER . $ < ( WAVING HIS HAND ROUND THE PARK . ) > $ LOOK AT THEM ! $ A NICE , FRIENDLY , HAPPY , CONTENT COMMUNITY . $ THEY 'VE NEVER WORRIED ABOUT HOW TO WIN A NEW SOCIETY - OR T HE MILLIONS DYING OF STARVATION AND DISEASE IN INDIA AND AFR ICA ... OR THE WAR IN VIETNAM ... $ OR THE H BOMB OVER THEIR HEADS NIGHT AND DAY . $ THEY 'RE HAPPY , THEY 'RE CONTENTED , THEY SIT THERE DISCUSS ING THEIR LITTLE DOMESTIC TOPICS . $ WHAT RIGHT HAVE I TO ADOPT A SUPERIOR ATTITUDE TO THEM ? $ WHAT 'VE I DONE ? $ WHAT HAVE I ACHIEVED ? $ SO I STOPPED BUYING SOUTH AFRICAN FRUIT . $ THEY 'RE STILL PROSECUTING NIGGERS THERE . $ SO I MARCHED AGAINST THE BOMB . $ THEY 'RE BUILDING BIGGER AND BETTER ONES . $ SO I PROTESTED AGAINST HITLER'S ANTI-JEW LAWS . $ HE KILLED OFF SIX MILLION OF US ! $ I WENT ROUND AND COLLECTED MONEY FOR THE SPANISH REPUBLIC . $ FRANCO 'S STILL KILLING OFF COMMUNISTS THERE . $ WHAT WAS IT ALL FOR ? $ WHERE DID IT GET US , ALEC ? $ #220 $ WHAT 'S THE MEANING OF IT ALL , ALEC ? $ MY HEAD 'S SWIMMING , ALEC . $ I JUST KEEP TURNING IT THIS WAY AND THAT WAY . $ I 'M AT THE END OF THE ROAD ! $ 01 < ( POINTING ) > $ LOOK , MORRIS ! $ THERE 'S A CHAFFINCH . $ CAN YOU SEE IT ? $ 03 WHERE ? $ 01 THERE. $ THE GREY HEAD AND THE REDDISH BREAST . $ SEE , BESIDE THE SPARROWS . $ 03 YES . $ YES . $ 01 WHEN HE STARTS TO SING YOU DON'T NEED A CALENDAR , MORRIS , YOU KNOW THE WINTER 'S FINISHED FOR GOOD . $ 03 YES ? $ 01 I HAVEN'T READ ALL THE BOOKS YOU 'VE READ , MORRIS . $ I HAVEN'T GOT THE EDUCATION . $ TO ME , MORRIS , I JUST TAKE IT FOR GRANTED THE WORLD MOVES SLOW . $ BUT FORWARD , FORWARD , ALL THE TIME . $ I THINK PEOPLE LIKE TO LIVE TOMORROW AS NEAR THE SAME AS THE Y LIVE TODAY . $ AND THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW AS NEAR AS TOMORROW . $ 03 ALEC , YOU 'RE RIGHT . $ YES ! $ YOU 'RE RIGHT , ALEC . $ 01 SO , CHANGES COME SLOW , MORRIS . $ NOT FAST ENOUGH FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOU , MORRIS . $ BECAUSE YOU SEE HOW THINGS COULD BE , HOW GOOD THEY COULD BE , IF EVERYBODY HAD YOUR PICTURE OF THE FUTURE AND CARRIED I T OUT . $ YOU SEE HOW WONDERFUL THE WORLD COULD BE - AND YOU COMPARE I T WITH HOW IT IS . $ 03 THAT 'S EXACTLY WHAT I DO , ALEC . $ 01 THE DIFFERENCE CAUSES YOU PAIN , MORRIS . $ I KNOW ... I CAN UNDERSTAND . $ I CAN'T SEE AS FAR AHEAD AS YOU , MORRIS . $ I JUST GO ON , STRAIGHT FORWARD . $ BUT YOU HELP ME TO SEE THROUGH YOUR EYES . $ YOU 'RE NEEDED , MORRIS , TO KEEP THE PICTURE OF WHAT COULD BE ALIVE AND IN FRONT OF PEOPLE , TO KEEP PUSHING THEM , TO KEEP BANGING AND BANGING AT THE DOOR , UNTIL AT LAST IT BREA KS OPEN . $ 03 ALEC , IT 'S LIKE A SIEGE . $ YOU 'RE RIGHT . $ NOT THE FIRST WAVE , NOT THE SECOND , NOT THE THIRD ... BUT THE LAST WAVE BREAKS THROUGH THE CASTLE GATES ... $ BUT WITHOUT THE FIRST - OR THE OTHERS THAT FOLLOWED - THE CA STLE WOULD STILL BE UNCONQUERED . $ ALEC , WE 'VE HIT ON SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT . $ YES . $ IT 'S PAIN AND AGONY FOR THE FIRST WAVES BUT IT 'S NECESSARY . $ YES , ALEC , WE 'RE ON TO SOMETHING . $ I THINK WE CAN WORK ON THIS , AND DEVELOP IT , AND GET SOMEW HERE ! $ 01 HERE 'S SROKA COMING BACK WITH EPSTEIN . $ 03 ALEC , WHEN HE COMES NEAR US , LET 'S MAKE SOME GESTURE , THROW OFF THIS RESPECTABILITY FOR FIVE MINUTES , ALEC . $ #221 $ LET 'S SHOW THEM . $ 01 WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO, MORRIS ? $ 03 SOMETHING THAT 'LL TURN THEM WHITE , SHATTER THEM . $ SOMETHING OUTRAGEOUS , SO THAT THEY WON'T BOW TO US AND GIVE US THEIR GOOD AFTERNOONS LIKE BROTHERS IN THE CONSPIRACY . $ 01 IF YOU WANT , MORRIS . $ IF IT 'LL GIVE YOU ANY SATISFACTION . $ 03 WHAT CAN IT BE ? $ SOMETHING LIKE : DOWN WITH GOD - THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT AND T HE UNITED SYNAGOGUE COUNCIL ! $ ISRAEL ! $ KOSHER MEAT ! $ JEWISH CULTURE ! $ 01 IF YOU WANT , MORRIS . $ I 'VE NOTHING TO LOSE , ONLY ... YOUR POSITION , MORRIS - TH E FAMILY ... $ 03 THEY 'RE COMING UP NOW . $ CLIMB UP ON THE SEAT . $ 01 STANDING 'LL BE ENOUGH , MORRIS . $ 03 < ( CLIMBING ON TO THE SEAT ) > $ NO . $ GET UP , WE 'VE GOT TO LOOK CONSPICIOUS , OUTRAGEOUS . $ < ( ALEC CLIMBS UP BESIDE HIM . ) > $ ARE YOU READY ? $ ONE ... TWO ... THREE ... $ 01 THEY 'RE LOOKING AT US . $ 03 YES . $ LOOK AS IF YOU 'RE PUTTING A BIRD BACK ON TO THAT BRANCH . $ IS THAT PLAUSIBLE ? $ 01 IT 'S BETTER THAN NOTHING . $ 03 < ( EXPLAINING TO SROKA ) > $ BIRD FELL OFF THE TREE . $ IT 'S ALL RIGHT , NOW . $ 01 < ( TO SROKA ) > $ I 'VE JUST PUT IT BACK . $ < ( THEY CLIMB DOWN . ) > $ 03 WHAT WAS THE POINT IN DEMONSTRATING AGAINST SROKA AND EPS TEIN ? $ WHO IS SROKA AND EPSTEIN ? $ 01 YOU 'RE QUITE RIGHT , MORRIS . $ 03 DO YOU THINK IT LOOKED LIKE WE WERE PUTTING A BIRD BACK O N THE TREE ? $ 01 WE COULD HAVE BEEN , MORRIS . $ 03 IT WAS A PLAUSIBLE EXPLANATION , I THINK . $ 01 YES , YOUNG BIRDS FALL OFF TREES , SOMETIMES , MORRIS . $ 03 THEY WOULDN'T KNOW . $ WHAT ELSE WOULD WE BE DOING STANDING ON THE BENCH ? $ < ( A BIRD SINGS . ) > $ IS THAT A CHAFFINCH , ALEC ? $ 01 NO , THAT 'S A STARLING . $ 03 OH . $ #222 $ 01 THE CHAFFINCHES 'LL BE SINGING SOON , MORRIS . $ BE STARTING UP ANY DAY . $ IT WON'T BE LONG , NOW . $ 03 REMEMBER TO POINT ONE OUT TO ME , WILL YOU , ALEC ? $ DON 'T FORGET . $ I 'D LIKE TO HEAR IT - FOR MYSELF . $ < END > $