Disgrace Page #5

I'll tell you what, I'm going to go

and mix up some magical chemicals.

Can I get you ladies some coffee?

I'll have mine white, please.

I'll have mine black, please.

Well, that's easy to remember!

And one cappuccino coming up.

I've come for the job

you've advertised.

Oh, is it?

Well, what are you waiting for, girl?

Pick up the broom

and make yourself useful.

Jesus Christ!

Professor.

Oh, girls!

We have until the end of the month

to pay the rent!

Oh! That savage, savage Indian!

What are we going to do, Sidney?

Professor!

We're not going to panic.

We are the cowboys.

You know, I've got

enough chemicals back there

to make an exploding onion bhaji!

And we're gonna stick that

right up his... turban.

I've got a better idea!

Brilliant! Genius!

The girl's a nutcracker!

Are you going to explain

this childish behaviour?

- Haven't you learnt your lesson?

- What was my lesson?

Stick with your own kind.

Melanie will spit in your eyes

if she sees you again.

Just keep away from her.

Find yourself another life, Professor!

Hey, Boosie,

you can have him. It's your turn.

Hi.

Hi, big boy.

You looking for a good time?

Hello?

Oh, we have a grumpy one.

Hi. Hello?

Thank you. Goodnight.

Goodnight.

- Are you OK?

- I'm fine.

I'm very busy.

Ring me anytime.

I miss you, Lucy.

Goodnight.

Goodnight.

Why are you going to Durban?

Are you applying for a job there?

I lied. I wanted to see

if you were alright.

I missed you.

- I'm pregnant.

- You 're what?

I'm pregnant.

From that day?

From that day.

But I thought you said you'd taken

care of it with that woman GP.

I'm not having an abortion.

Are you telling me

you 're going to have the child?

Yes.

A child from one of those men?

Yes.

But why, Lucy?

I'm a woman, David.

Do you think I hate children?

Must I choose against a child

because of who the father is?

And your mind's made up?

Yes.

Very well.

I will stand by you no matter what.

I'm going for a walk.

By the way, the boy's back.

The boy?

The boy you had a row with

at Petrus's party.

He's staying with Petrus.

Helps him out.

His name is Pollux.

Anyway, he turns out to be

the brother of Petrus's wife.

So, Pollux returns

to the scene of the crime

and we must all behave

as if nothing's happened.

I want you to stay clear of him.

I suspect there's something

wrong with him,

but I can't order him

off the property.

- It's not in my power.

- Particularly...

Particularly what?

Particularly when he may be the

father of the child you are carrying.

Molo.

I'm looking for Petrus.

Ah, David. You are back.

How was Cape Town?

Good, good. Lucy tells me

the boy is back... Pollux.

He is my relative.

You told me you didn't know him.

You lied to me.

You come look after your child.

I also look after my child.

Your child? So now he's your child?

Yes, he is a child.

He is my family, my people.

You say it is bad what happened,

I also say it is bad,

but now it is finished.

It's not finished.

It will go on long after I'm dead

and you 're dead.

He will marry Lucy.

But he is too young...

too young to marry.

He is a child.

A dangerous child. A jackal.

Yes, too young to marry.

Maybe one day he can marry,

but not now.

I will marry.

You will marry whom?

I will marry Lucy.

Lucy, this is preposterous!

He's not offering a church wedding,

he's offering an alliance, a deal.

I contribute the land,

and in return I'm allowed

to creep in under his wing.

Otherwise, I'm without protection.

What about the personal side?

I don't think Petrus

wants to sleep with me.

- And you?

- Don't be ridiculous.

Good, then I will go and tell him

that we refuse his offer.

Wait!

Say I accept his protection.

If he wants me to be known

as his wife, so be it.

But then the child becomes his too,

part of his family.

As for the land, say I will sign

the land over to him.

But the house remains mine.

I'll become a tenant on his land.

No-one is to enter the house

without my permission, including him.

And I keep the kennels.

Lucy, it's not workable.

I'm not leaving, David.

Go and tell Petrus what I have said.

How humiliating to end like this...

Yes, I agree.

Like a dog.

Yes.

Like a dog.

You animal!

You swine! You filthy swine!

David! Stop it!

Easy. Easy, easy, easy. Easy.

Are you alright?

Come, let's go and wash it.

We will kill you!

We will kill you!

- This can't go on, David.

- He was spying on you.

He's a disturbed child!

Is that an excuse

for what he did to you?

He should be in an institution.

Well, he's here and he's a fact of life!

Everything had settled down

before you came back, David.

Then I'd better pack my bags.

Is this just a visit

or are you here for a while?

Oh, I'm back

for as long as necessary,

but I won't be staying with Lucy.

Anyway, I'm looking for a room,

so if you hear of anything, let me know.

# She walks in beauty

# Like the night of cloudless climes

and starry skies

# And all that's best

of dark and bright

# She walks in beauty... #

# And in your eyes thus mellowed

# Her eyes thus mellowed... #

- Thanks.

- Thank you.

- 'Bye.

- Bye-bye.

Was that the last?

One more.

I thought you would save him

for another week.

Are you giving him up?

Yes.

Lucy?

Lucy?

Hello, Milo. Good boy. That's fine.

I didn't hear you.

Where's the truck?

I parked up the road, took a walk.

Will you come in for some tea?

# She walks in beauty

# Like the night of cloudless climes

# And starry skies

# And all that's best

of dark and bright

# Meet in her aspect

# And in her eyes

# Thus mellowed to that tender light

# Which heaven to gaudy day denies

# One shade the more

# One ray the less

# Had half impaired

the nameless grace

# Which waves in every raven tress

# Or softly lightens o'er her face

# Where thoughts

serenely sweet express

# How pure

# How dear their dwelling place

# And on that cheek

# And o'er that brow

# So soft, so calm

Yet eloquent

# The smiles that win

# The tints that glow

# But tell of days

in goodness spent

# A mind at peace with all below

# A heart whose love

# Is innocent. #

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