Four in the Morning Page #2

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(dramatic music)

- Oh, Person.

Oh, we might as well stay awake together.

(crying)

Go to sleep.

Why won't you go to sleep?

I don't know what I'm going to do with you.

Look at this room.

What a dreadful mess.

(crying)

Shh.

Look at all this,

this is all a frightful mess here.

Look who that is.

Do you know who that is?

Look, look.

It's you.

Those are nice and clean, look at that.

Look at that pretty.

Isn't that pretty?

Isn't that pretty?

Why can't you always be like this?

Put it back.

Yes, look at all that then.

All that is dirty old daddy.

Messy old man.

Let's tidy up a bit so that you won't know.

There.

That's better.

Well, a bit better.

Look at that, oh, that's pretty.

Oh look, look who's here.

Look who's here.

There's an old friend.

That's a silly way to dust.

Put old friend to sleep.

There he is, put him to sleep.

(sighs)

Now then, Person, are you a bit more tired?

Person, why does he call you Face?

He shouldn't call you Face.

You're a person.

You're a person.

(crying)

(dramatic music)

(motor starts)

(soft music)

- [Girl] Why do you put up with me?

- [Boy] Because I was wrong.

I wanted it to be gentle.

- [Girl] Please don't think it was you.

I've got so used to holding back.

I suppose I'm blaming you for someone else.

I was afraid.

- [Boy] What of?

- [Girl] Finding you, losing you.

- [Boy] When I phoned tonight I...

I wanted to say I stayed up

all night because I

wanted to see you.

Always before I've run out.

But with you

it's the first time I've reached

that point and I'm not running.

- [Girl] I know that.

Would you like to live in a big house?

- If it's not too big.

- I would.

Who lives here?

- Nobody.

- Good.

If we were two people

in a fairy story, we could live here.

- And live happily ever after.

Except that in fairy stories

they don't tell you how.

- If they love each other as much as they do

in fairy stories you don't

need to be told how.

- Did you have a fairy prince

when you were a girl?

- Yes, I had a boy at school.

Who was your first love?

- [Boy] When I was 16.

Then I went to Canada and left her behind.

- [Girl] Has there been nobody else?

- [Boy] No, not really.

I suppose I've always been afraid.

- [Girl] I'm only afraid

of finding myself alone

in a bed.

- [Boy] Well if that happens

I can always knock

on your door and take you out for a coffee.

- [Girl] No need,

I could invite you in for a

glass of sherry

in one of my special glasses.

Why did you pick me?

- No more questions.

- No more questions.

(door opens)

- Norman?

- What about that Swedish bird?

(speaking foreign language)

- What's all that mate?

- That's Swedish for keep your hands off the

Swedish birds, they're mine.

You can have a Dutch bird.

- Sh, shut up.

Do you know what time it is?

(whispers)

(laughter)

(shushing)

- See if she's awake.

Tell her old Joe's here.

- Sh.

- Go on, I'll give you moral support.

- Darling?

Darling, it's me.

- Jude, Jude?

Do you want a drink, Jude?

She must be asleep.

- Come on then, next room.

- Is that where we're going then?

- Shh.

- Is it still down there?

- It's wine.

What do you think of the old room?

- Yeah, it's all right.

I love you

It's changed a bit though, hasn't it?

- Yeah.

- There's not so much clutter.

(laughter)

Look then, what are we going to do?

Have a couple of drinks

and go back to Bernie's place?

- No, we're going to

have our own party here.

- Without Jude?

- She's a b*tch.

- She's your wife.

- She is a very dry English lady.

- What'd we come back here for then?

You're afraid of her, aren't you?

- She just doesn't understand

people enjoying

themselves, that's all.

That is really all I am prepared to say.

- I tell you one thing.

- What?

- One day you've got to

work out all your pain.

It's not very well made this, is it?

- Yeah well it wasn't really

made for that, you know.

- You've not done much, have you, honestly?

No wonder Jude's always onto you.

- So when did I have the time?

- Shh.

Keep her.

Our spring collection will include.

- Shh.

- You got a hall through there?

You know, through there?

- Probably.

- Get to work, Steve.

- What do you mean get to work?

Who do you think's done all this?

- Done all what?

- I don't know, it's a start.

- It's a start all right.

- Oh shut up.

- Come in, brother.

- You know what she is?

She is just a puritanical pigeon.

(squawks)

Oh shut up.

(laughs)

- The Count of Monte Cristo's

in the next cell.

- Count of Monte Cristo.

It's true though, Joe, you see.

You see, six years ago

we'd have gone in there,

we'd have sat on the bed,

we'd have woken her

up, we'd have had a few laughs.

- I'm going.

- No, a couple of more drinks.

- No.

- Two minutes and we will both go.

And don't look at me like that.

Anybody's think I've been

sloshed every night.

Just isn't working.

- Now you're being melodramatic.

- No I'm not.

- And you're sulking.

- Me, I'm a very happy fellow.

Everybody loves me except my wife.

- That's what they all say.

- Don't bloody lecture me.

- The trouble is I've known

you and Jude too long.

If you don't want Jude, I'll have her.

You're joking.

Do you want the one I want or do I

want the one you want?

- Shh.

- Hell, why don't we all

go out one night together?

- No, she won't go out.

The baby, you see, the baby.

- Get a babysitter.

Get a Swedish babysitter.

I'll stay and you go out with Jude.

- Let's let Jude go out

and you and I will both

sit on the Swedish babysitter.

- I'm going though.

- No you're not.

You're going to the other party.

- Oh no I'm not, know what I'm going to do?

- No.

- I'm going to go to the other party.

- There's a bottle in the next room,

go and get it.

- You go and get it.

- You go and get it.

- Aren't you afraid

of what's going to happen

between me and Jude?

- Go and get the bottle and come back.

- Why don't you and me go have a Turkish

bath or something?

- Go and get that bottle

or I am going to bed.

- Right, on your head

be it you Turkish cad.

Where's he gone?

- I'm awake.

- Hi Jude.

You all right?

Norm, she's awake.

- She is not.

- He says you're not.

- Don't shout.

- It's me, Jude, your favourite ex lodger.

Do you want a drink?

- Go away, Joe.

- She says go away.

- She means go away.

- You're the one who's been out all night.

Go and woo her.

- Woo her?

Darling, we're home.

Darling, it's me and lovely Joe.

Lovely Joe you haven't seen in years.

Months, weeks.

- Days even.

- When was it?

- About 15 seconds ago.

- Oh darling, come on, darling.

Don't be such a droopy drawers.

Darling, get up and we'll all

have a drink together.

- No.

Don't put on the light.

- How do you expect me to see?

- You're waking up the baby again.

- What's she doing in here?

- Don't put on the light.

- Well darling, um, darling get up and go in

the next room and have one beer.

- No.

- You don't want anything.

- Well I certainly don't want you.

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