Four in the Morning Page #4

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the least you can do is build shelves

for me to hang pots on.

- What wood would you like?

- Teak.

- No, pine.

Have you ever been in a pine forest

when they're tapping the trees?

It's very beautiful.

The smell is everywhere.

- Where'd you see that?

- In Canada.

- I told you we should emigrate.

- Hammersmith Broadway

is far enough away for me.

(birds squawking)

- What's your place like?

- Why?

- Just want to know all about you.

- There's time.

- There, all respectable.

- Do you need to be respectable?

We're there.

- I suppose we do have to get off.

- We always could go back again.

- I'm not serious.

Just love being on the water.

Oh!

- Here, hold that.

(laughs)

- No, no!

- Come on.

- I love you.

- Hm, what did you say?

- I said I love you.

I think I love you.

(soft music)

Say something.

- Thank you.

- My pleasure.

(soft music)

- I was just bringing

you this cup of coffee.

- I'll pour my own.

- I'm sorry.

I was trying to do

something pleasant for a change.

- I got glue on my nightie.

- How did you manage that?

- The baby wouldn't stop crying so I used

it to stop her mouth up.

- Look, I'm sorry if I upset you just now.

- Is Joe really staying?

- You heard me ask him.

- Where's he going to sleep?

- There.

- I see.

- Do you want this or don't you?

- No, I'll pour my own.

- Hey Jude, do you want some coffee?

Here, I'll pour.

Hey listen, a riddle.

What can go up a chimney down

but can't go down a chimney up?

- I know that, Joe, an umbrella.

- An umbrella, an umbrella, she got it.

$50,000 for the winner.

- She's so clever, you see, so clever.

Market research and all.

Has her own pocket money.

- Put that down.

- Then blames me

when she's tired in the morning.

- Fat lot of sleep we're

going to get tonight.

- Is he always niggling like this to you?

What was that, what was that?

Hey what who?

- I was talking to myself.

- Does he always mutter?

- You know how he gets.

- Hey Jude, how about you and me...

- I can't stop yawning.

- Well let's have a yawning party.

Yours and mine.

We'll yawn the night away.

- What am I supposed to do?

- Who was that, oh, Norm?

- I said what am I supposed to do.

- That's a very good question,

I'll tell you what,

have an audition, you can

audition for our yawning party.

Have a big yawn, big yawn.

Don't do that.

- You don't understand our baby.

The more noise there is

the better she likes it.

Isn't that true, darling?

- Not surprising you two lovebirds

cuckooing around the hours.

- Lovebirds, he says.

Pigeons.

- Hello, city desk, yes?

Oh it's a private call for you,

sir, it's Mrs. Stockholm.

- Oh shut up.

- You're drunk, Joe.

- I'm not drunk.

- [Norman] He's sober.

- He's drunk.

- Go to bed, Joe.

- What for, for being sober?

- Go to bed, Joe, you can sleep inside.

- Well what about the baby?

- No.

- What about the lady of the house there?

What do you think about this

proposition of your husband?

- Don't mind about the lady of the house.

You heard me say it'll be all right.

- Where are you going to sleep?

- Don't worry your head about me.

- I'm not worrying, I'm just asking.

- Don't cross examine me.

I'll sleep in my old bed, where else?

Night, Joe.

- I'll take the coffee.

- Yeah, thanks.

Don't bother to wash them up.

- Jude will do them in the morning.

- See you then.

Of course, if you want any room service,

I'll be back like a shot.

Honeymoon couples are especially...

- Bed, Joe, please.

(muttering)

Well what exactly is the matter?

- What do you think is the matter,

why do you ask?

- I know you're behaving unreasonably.

- Well you try being kept awake all night.

- Go to bed then.

I suppose you've got to sit there moping.

- All right then, ask me how was my day.

- All right, how was your day?

- The same as yesterday.

- How was yesterday?

- The same as today.

- Heaven's sake.

It's not just that I went out.

It's not that, is it?

Look, Judi, what exactly is the matter?

- Everything.

I suppose we would live

the rest of our lives like this.

- You're going to go on with anyone.

- But I don't resent you.

It's just you can, you can get

out of these four walls.

You can see your friends,

you can go for a drink,

you can break away, I'm not prepared to cook

your meals and look after your baby and just

be here when you feel like it.

- Oh come on, darling,

that's your part of the bargain.

- No, a bargain.

- I'm sorry, but that's the way

society happens to be.

- I'm not talking about society,

I'm talking about me.

- Well you're talking about us.

You weren't meaning the two of us.

- There happens to be three of us.

- But that should make

things better not worse.

- But it doesn't.

Does it?

- Jude.

- I haven't finished.

Why do we always have this kind of row

at this hour of the morning?

- Come on, let's go to sleep.

- Because it suits you.

- No, darling.

- Do you think I like being like this?

- I don't like being like this either.

But you see, you always

put the blame on me.

You know, as though it's me keeping you

under lock and key.

All right.

I shouldn't have gone out tonight.

Does that make it better?

- No.

You know what happened to me today?

I just got one day older, that's all.

- And face got one more too.

How many has she got now?

- Four.

I'm going to teach her to bite you.

No, don't, just put it off

for another night.

You're hurting me.

- You're supposed to be my wife you know.

- You don't understand, do you?

- No I don't understand.

And I don't think I'm ever going to.

(door slams)

(soft music)

- You're very quiet.

- What do you want me to say?

- Say what you feel.

- I don't know what I feel.

I know what you want me

to say but I can't say it.

Not the way you want me to.

- Why can't you?

- I don't know.

- Wow.

Really feels like early morning.

These flowers need some water.

- Then let's go home and give them some.

- You found that easy enough to say.

- Why did you have to say that?

To get back at me?

- Yes.

- Very easy.

- I'm sorry I said I love you.

Probably didn't mean it anyway.

I just want to go home now, I'm very tired.

- Not now, not now.

- What do you want?

- I want you.

- But you don't.

- I do, I want to make

love to you, I want you.

- But you don't want me to say I love you.

- No.

- Well if I can't say what I feel,

I don't want to feel.

- Oh god, what a bloody waste.

Look, I'm...

You're demanding a price and

something shuts down inside me and I...

all right, let's try, let's try

and meet each other halfway.

- Can you hear yourself?

I don't want to try anything anymore.

(dramatic music)

- You'll get a cramp in your neck

if you sleep there.

- There's not much point in sleeping at all.

(soft music)

- I dropped the tray this morning.

- Did you?

- Everything broke and

I had to throw it all away.

I mended the crock too.

- I said I'd do it.

- I didn't do it properly.

- I'll do it properly for you

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