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Atonement Page #4
ROBBIE:
Where are the ships?A few made it in yesterday,
Luftwaffe blew them to buggery.
Lost 3,000 men
when they sank the Lancastria.
High command, in its infinite wisdom,
is denying us air cover.
A disgrace, a f***ing disaster.
No, look, the thing is, you see,
I'm expected back, you see.
There's over 300,000 men on this beach,
Private. You'll have to wait your turn.
Just be grateful you're not wounded.
I've orders to leave the wounded behind.
No, no, no, leave it, guv! Never trust a sailor
on dry land. You're best off out of it.
That's not right.
Christ.
MAN:
Can you hear me, laddies?I'm coming home!
MEN:
(SINGING) Take from our soulsthe strain and stress
And let our ordered lives confess
The beauty of Thy peace
The beauty of Thy peace
Breathe through the heats of our desire
Thy coolness and Thy balm
Let sense be numb, let flesh retire
Speak through the earthquake, wind and fire
Guv'nor.
I have to get something to drink.
You need one. You're grey.
He's gone all grey, can you see?
There. Come on.
MAN:
All I want's a cup of tea now.MAN:
What the f*** you doing?MAN:
I'm coming home!Laddie, I'm coming home!
(MEN SINGING)
F*** 'em all! F*** 'em all!
The long and the short and the tall
F*** all the Sergeants and WO 1s
F*** all the corporals
'Cause we're saying goodbye to them all
As back to their billets they crawl
You'll get no promotion
this side of the ocean
So cheer up, my lads
F*** 'em all!
Mike!
Mike!
Hold up, guv.
Wait here.
WOMAN:
Why don't you sit down?It's so hot in here.
Take off your boots.
I have to get back. I promised her.
To put things right.
And she loves me. She's waiting for me.
Oi!
Wait, wait, wait.
Hey, what have you done with your boots?
- Look, you're sure you're feeling all right?
- Never better.
Now I'm wondering whether the beach
really is the best place for dinner.
- I'm not sure, I don't recognise it.
- Dunno.
- This'll do, down here.
- No.
- No, no, it's further on.
- What is?
This place I know, an old cottage
with white clapboards
and blue-painted window frames.
Aw, yes.
That's right, that's where we're going.
- It's close to here.
- We're there. This is it.
Here we are, guv. Down here.
That's all right, guv. That's right.
Get your head down. Get your head down.
There you go.
Tuck yourself in. Keep yourself warm.
Chew on a bit of this. But quiet like,
or they'll all be wanting some.
Try and get some sleep.
ROBBIE:
Find you.Love you.
Marry you.
And live without shame.
I love you. Come back. Come back to me.
- NETTLE:
Bit too much noise, guv'nor.- What?
- What noise?
- You keep shouting.
- Some of the lads are getting a bit peeved.
- What?
- Christ. You look a bit rough.
- Thing is, I've decided to stay on for a bit.
I'm meeting someone,
and I'm always keeping her waiting.
Now, listen. Listen to me, guv'nor.
I went out for a Jimmy Riddle just now.
Guess what I saw!
They're getting themselves sorted out
down on the beach.
The boats are back, and a geezer from
the Buffs is marching us down at 7:00.
We're away. We're off home, mate.
So get some more sleep, and no more
of your bleeding shouting.
- All right?
- I won't say a word.
Wake me before 7:00, would you?
Thanks so much.
You won't hear another word
from me. Promise.
London
Three weeks earlier
Bed castors should be lined up
and pointing inwards.
I found three yesterday that weren't.
You know who you are.
Which of you were responsible
for putting away the blankets today?
- FIONA:
I was, Sister.- I don't suppose you can tell us
- what you did wrong?
- No, Sister.
Labels are folded to the inside,
are they not?
- Yes, Sister.
- Do them again.
Nurse Tallis, I'll see you in my office.
The rest of you are excused.
- Is this job at all important to you, Tallis?
- Very important, Sister.
Yesterday, you were seconded
to men's surgical.
When your patient came round from his
anaesthetic, it seems the first thing he did
was to ask for Briony.
- Well, me, Sister.
- There is no Briony.
You are Tallis. Nurse Tallis.
Is that understood?
Yes, Sister.
There is no Briony.
MAN ON RADIO:
This is the BBCHome Service. Here is the news.
The BEF, with their French allies,
are fighting a desperate battle
in the northern zone of the Western Front.
The Allied Forces have not lost
cohesion, and their morale is high.
The RAF continues to give all the support
in its power
to the Allied armies in northeastern
France and Belgium. Railways, roads,
bridges and enemy troops have been
continuously attacked, yesterday...
Thanks. I never could make the scissors
work with my left hand.
Mummy always did it for me.
There, you're done.
Bother!
Night-night, Ponty.
Good night, Tallis.
Don't panic! It's only me.
Fiona, I almost jumped out of my skin.
So this is where you duck to after lights out.
I thought you might be in the middle
of some tempestuous romance.
Don't you freeze to death up here?
I love London.
Do you think all of this will be
bombed and just disappear?
No.
I don't know.
Do you write about Sister Drummond?
- Sometimes.
- Can I look?
- I'd rather you didn't. It's private.
I don't see any point in writing a story
if you're not going to let anyone read it.
- It's not ready yet. It's unfinished.
- What's it about?
- It's complicated.
- Yes?
It's just...
It's about a young girl, a young and
foolish girl, who sees something from
her bedroom window which she doesn't
understand, but she thinks she does.
I probably won't ever finish it.
I look at you, Tallis,
and you're so mysterious.
I've never been mysterious.
- Do you know what I decided tonight?
- What?
who wasn't in the Royal Navy.
Here we are. Cecilia Tallis.
I think this is her address.
Thank you.
BRIONY:
Dear Cecilia. Please don'tthrow this away without reading it.
As you'll have seen from the
notepaper, I'm here at St Thomas'
doing my nurses' training.
I decided not to take up
my place at Cambridge.
Oh, God.
I decided I wanted to make myself useful.
Do something practical.
FIONA:
It says in the newspaperthe Army are making strategic withdrawals.
BRIONY:
Yes, I saw that.It's a euphemism for retreat.
No matter how hard I work,
no matter how long the hours,
I can't escape from what I did
and what it meant,
the full extent of which
I am only now beginning to grasp.
Cee, please write and tell me we can meet.
Your sister, Briony.
- FIONA:
So do you?- Do I what?
Have a secret fianc in France.
That's what everyone thinks.
No, of course not.
Imagine not knowing if he'd ever come back.
I've never been in love.
What, never? Not even a crush?
Oh, I had a crush once, when I was 10 or 11.
if he'd save me from drowning.
- Now you're teasing me.
- Oh, no. And he did save me.
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