I See a Dark Stranger Page #6

The man she's going with

is twice her age.

Awful shame!

Of course, her mother's dreadfully cut up.

I was talking to her about it

last Sunday...

...At church. Her brother

won't speak to her.

Home Security he's in...

fat lot of home security about him!

He's a pretty blunt sort, the brother...

It's a pity he couldn't knock

some sense into her.

Bit late now of course

after the damage is done.

I wonder... would you mind if I...

Now how can I ask to have the window

halfway down, like Mr Miller said...

...when it's halfway up already.

Could I have the window up, please?

Where was I, dear?

About that man from the

Ministry of Home Security.

Of course, normally, one

should get a divorce.

Of course, I don't think

he's the type, dear.

Too fond of himself.

You know what I mean.

Most men are like that.

I've been thinking it over...

Would you mind if we had the window

halfway down, after all, please.

Would you mind?

Not at all, young lady, not at all.

Thank you.

Isn't anybody going

to say anything at all?

Is nobody going to say they have no objection

to the window being down for 10 minutes?

Oh, come on somebody...

speak will you!

Have you no sense at all?

Haven't I done everything

Mr Miller told me... I have!

What am I going to do now?

I'm very sorry... we must ask you

to get out at this station, please.

I don't think an explanation

will be necessary.

You know who we are.

Come along now.

I haven't any idea

what you're talking about.

Still, if you insist.

My bag's on the rack there.

Be careful please...

there are some eggs in it.

I thought I'd give you a shock.

I just made it at Wynbridge.

Scrambled on at the last minute

and came up against a locked door.

Actually I wasn't going to leave today...

But when I saw you skipping off,

from my bedroom window...

I wondered what the devil

was the matter.

Couldn't figure it out at all...

And of course after last night...

anything might happen...

I remember hearing

the most extraordinary clatter...

I've never heard anything like it...

That old lady was the one

I had to meet!

She must have known

those men were detectives...

...and going to arrest her.

Oh, it's horrible.

If only I could keep me knees still...

and think!

I know about something on the Isle of

Man... and not a living soul to tell it to.

Mr Miller's dead.

Even if he weren't, it's very hard to see how

I'm helping the cause of Ireland at all.

I shall go home out of harm's way...

..and nobody will ever...

You were wheeling a body out,

to bury it.

What did you say?

I simply said I don't know what

you were pushing out in that wheelchair.

Might have been a bunch of paint cans...

...or a boyfriend who'd

committed suicide...

...in understandable desperation!

And you were wheeling his body out,

to bury it.

I see.

Do you WANT to get off

at this station?

Not particularly.

Any station suits me.

Well get back on the train will you please,

I'm only changing here for Holyhead.

Give me that case.

You're going to Ireland, then.

Got your exit permit?

Oh, no... I never thought of that.

You can get one in Liverpool.

What are you having... coffee?

How long will it take

to get a permit?

Oh... a couple of days or so.

Two coffees, please.

Do you want anything to eat?

No thanks.

You know... you're a

very aggravating man...

I don't understand you at all.

There are quite a few things about YOU

that don't make sense.

I know we've been over it all before.

But I think you've got yourself

into a mess of some sort...

And I'd like to help you.

I know it's nothing to do with ME.

You can choke me off if you want to.

But you must have a reason for leaving

Wynbridge in such a hurry this morning.

It may not have been

anything serious.

Probably wasn't.

But if there's anything

I can do to help...

Hang on... What is it now?

That train goes to Manchester...

I can change there for Liverpool.

You can get one direct.

Let's catch this one please.

If I'm included, I'll catch anything.

You've tries every other hotel

in Liverpool, I suppose.

I may have missed one or two.

They always come here

as a last resort.

That's 22... 23.

No porter... no hot water...

Breakfast at 8 sharp.

Fish-cakes.

Goodnight.

I can't think why

you're wasting your leave...

...trailing around Liverpool

with me.

Now, it'll be round here.

Why are you doing it?

I suppose you've forgotten

what you said to me yesterday...

...out on that hill.

Whatever I said...

I never meant it seriously.

I might have taken it seriously.

You think it's a proper time

to talk about things like that?

Walking along a dirty hotel corridor

looking at numbers on bedroom doors.

Perhaps not... here we are... 22.

Unless you'd prefer 23?

It's a mater of indifference to me.

Goodnight.

See you at fish-cakes.

"A person's believed to be

concerned in the escape".

That's me!

I don't like this place.

It's the sort of room where murders

are committed by commercial men.

They shall have another murder,

I reckon...

I can feel it coming on.

It's a comfort to know

the lad is next door.

He's English... but he's nice and solid...

and behaves like a gentleman.

I did lock the door, didn't I?

He's talking nonsense of course...

When he says he might

be serious about me.

But why shouldn't he be?

Terence Delaney was...

Why shouldn't he be deeply

and beautifully in love with me?

What would your father say...

...if he could listen in to the

awful thoughts you're entertaining.

Tomorrow morning you'll go

straight to the passport office...

...and get that permit...

"In view of large-scale troop movements...

...dangerous spies in Eire.

Dangerous spies in Eire!

Could I get a job there?

No, I had to come to England.

Isn't that just like the English?

Always looking next door

for something wrong...

..and never looking in

their own back parlour.

So they're going to stop me returning

to my native land, are they?

Alright... alright...

I'll go to the Isle of Man, so I will...

And I'll find out what's there...

And I'll smuggle myself back to Ireland

and I'll take it to the German minister.

I'll do something with it.

Now calm yourself and go to sleep.

How can I go to sleep,

when I'm in the state I'm in?

I'll count sheep going over a stile.

1-2-3...

Aah... they've all got

the face of him next door.

I'll turn them into goats.

1..2...

Oh, I'm in no mood

to be counting animals!

What's that?

Who's there?!

I said...

Who's there?

What's happening?

Oh, David!

Bridie... What on earth's the matter?

What is it?...

You're trembling all over.

Put that light out!

What was it, Bridie?

It's nothing... nothing at all.

Now, pull yourself together, darling.

I am together...

What are you doing here, anyway?

- You screamed.

- I did not!

I heard you.

it must have been somebody else.

Don't stand there gaping at me like that!

Tell me the truth.

There's nothing to tell you...

I'm alright!

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