Down Terrace Page #2

- Yeah.

A bit of trouble in Whitehawk,

but otherwise shway shway.

- Sweet.

- Come on out.

I've got something

to show you.

You are coming back

to work, aren't you?

- Yeah, I told you. I'm coming in.

- ( toilet flushes )

So I don't have to run this whole

bloody operation by myself.

Get in there. I've got something

to show you.

- They're not gonna come up, are they?

- Doubt it.

Oh, f***ing hell! It's gone right through

the lining on my jacket.

- What's that, Eric?

- A f***ing gun, mate.

- Got it off Don the Gun.

- F*** off.

That looks

totally real, man.

( laughs ) It is f***ing totally real.

What are you talking about?

- You serious?

- It's a real gun, yeah.

- I just bought it for 200 quid.

- ( gun clicking )

Are you serious?

This is a real shooter?

Yeah, it's a real shooter.

I just bought it.

I just told you.

I need it, don't I?

- What, you never seen a f***ing gun before?

- Eric, Eric,

are you out of your

f***ing mind, mate?

What?

- Put it away and take it home.

- All right, all right.

Well, he's not going

to see it, is he?

I've just got my-- I've just got

my prints all over a gun.

Oh, for f***'s sake.

What are you, paranoid or what?

What do you mean?

I've just come back from court.

- ( sniffing )

- ( laughing ) Oh, for Christ's sake, mate.

- What's up with you?

- Has this been fired?

Don't know.

Didn't ask.

- Mate...

- ( fabric rubbing )

Look, give it to me.

I'll do that.

- Come on--

- No, I'll do it. Thanks very much, Eric.

It don't mean the old Bill

are going to come

straight round now,

are they?

Put it away.

I don't want to see it again.

( laughing )

Was he always such

an unctuous little prick--

f***ing Garvey?

I'll say he's pretty consistent.

Why?

I can't believe the old man's left him

running that f***ing club.

He's making

a fortune, man.

I mean, he's just moved

into some flash new drum.

Well, that should have

me and you on it.

What can you say?

Bill is Bill.

- How's he holding up?

- A bit rattled, I'd say.

- Minor.

- What about you?

Fine. I'm just trying

not to think about it.

You know I'm right

behind you, don't you?

( laughs )

What, leading from the rear, yeah?

( laughing )

I've got

your back, mate.

Where's Garvey?

If Benson had testified...

( humming )

It's all right, mate.

Calm down.

It's all sorted.

There you go.

Oh, hang on. Here.

- All right. Thanks, Karl.

- How you holding up?

Well, they've shown their hand now,

haven't they?

Yeah, we're home and dry

now though, right?

( sighs )

Are we?

I feel like I've been fighting this corner

forever, mate.

40 years--

not a bad run.

Oh, it was a run, was it?

I mean, I was a smoker.

I mean, I was a--

I was an artist, a poet.

- The head.

- I was a head, you know.

And I said I would do it.

I started doing it

and I could have

as much gear as I wanted,

which was all

I was interested in.

The funny thing was--

this is what I noticed

first of all

when I got into it--

was everybody else was into

making money, except me.

I mean, me and Timothy Leary,

you know.

I believed that this was a revolution

of consciousness

and there was gonna be

an evolution taking place.

And we were gonna find out

all these discoveries

about the brain

and the future

and how to be high

and stay high

and how to be magical, how to live

in the world in this sort of new way.

But all these other characters

basically were into bread.

They made money and I

ended up just becoming

just another criminal like them

because of force majeure.

Because of Maggie and then

you and the rest of it,

I had to do something.

You know?

Studied the "Tibetan

Book of the Dead."

I learned how to control

my consciousness when I got into acid.

I knew how to sort of--

I did the full lotus,

where you can get into

that little pyramid shape.

And then it all starts to unfold,

you know, and curl up.

It goes out the top of your head

and there you are, man.

And you're like,

"Hey, I'm God.

I am all men.

I can be Everyman.

I'm no better,

no worse--

certainly no worse than anyone else

in the world.

I am Man.

I am Adam Kadmon."

Three things-- that's what I found

at the top level.

You know what?

It's a triangle.

It's goodness,

truth and beauty.

And if things

aren't good,

they're not true

and they're not beautiful.

If it's good, it's also true

and beautiful.

And that was the aim--

to get that little triangle

in your forehead

so you could see through

that lens of goodness, truth and beauty,

and see the goodness and see

the truth and see the beauty.

I've just become some sort of,

you know, grim recluse

living in my diamond cave.

There were good drugs

to start with,

and then the freak-out

of the laws

and the paranoia began.

And everybody

splintered off

and went into their rooms

and closed their curtains.

And the communities

were all closed off from one another

so nobody knew

what anybody else was doing.

Everybody else

was just paranoid.

You're only as good

as the people you're with.

Yeah, I know.

- ( door opens )

- Eric:
Okay, lads,

double bubbles all round.

Yeah.

What are we gonna

do then, Bill?

Well, we're gonna find out

who's behind all this.

( blues music playing )

She is the little

queen of spades

And the men will not

let her be

Hmm, she's the little

queen of spades

And the men will not

let her be

Every time she makes

a spread

Hoo, fair brown, cold chill

just runs all over me.

- Oh, all right. How you doing?

- All right, Bill?

Good result, eh?

What's the point of you

being on the inside

when you don't

help us out, Dave?

I'm only

a counselor, Bill.

Look, I done

all I could.

You've been

well lucky this time.

Have we?

It doesn't feel like we have.

So have you any idea

where all this has come from?

Nobody specific.

But it's someone close in.

You don't get paid

to speculate, David.

You get paid

for intelligence.

The police have got

this document.

I've told you, it's like a family tree

with it all mapped out.

And it's well

comprehensive, Bill.

All kinds of people

are on it, mate.

It goes right back

to your grandfather.

It's basically

the complete f***ing picture.

I doubt that.

The Barneses,

the Cowells,

the Pikes--

they're all on it, mate.

All their marriages

back and forth.

Well, that's all

public knowledge.

So? What can they prove?

They don't have to

prove anything, do they?

Listen to me, Bill.

They've just got

to look at you

and eventually

something happens.

They know

it'll balance out.

Well, maybe they need

balancing out.

In the next life, yeah.

( blues music playing )

- ( music continues )

- Oh, lovely.

F***!

- ( water boiling )

- ( retching )

- Give me a minute, that's all.

- Okay.

( sighs )

My God.

You've put on a bit of weight,

ain't you?

For God's sake,

Bill, she's--

- You're gonna be a granddad, Bill.

- What?!

I've heard of sudden death,

but sudden birth?

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