Look Back in Anger

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Hey.

Hey, don't let the

heat out, boy!

I didn't expect

to find you here.

What happened?

Her dad caught us

in the parlor.

"Her dad caught us

in the parlor."

You need

lessons, son.

Sally's a nice

girl, though.

Nice and common.

Common as dirt,

like me.

My dear wife spent the

evening writing home.

Here, boy! Ohh!

Come in,

Arnold!

Morning,

miss drury

oh, you

naughty dog.

That stupid boy's got

them all soaked, Mr. Lewis.

That's mine, i think, Mr. Lewis.

Sorry. Ta,

Miss Drury.

A little read

before church.

I'll pluck

your ears off.

F. Jimmy, i'm trying to better myself

now, let me get on with it.

You horrible man. Come on, give it her!

Jimmy, come on, gimme that pap

give it to him,

for heaven's sake.

Jimmy, i

can't think.

She can't

think.

You've never thought

in years, have you?

Nope.

At why don't you leave all th

and sit down for a bit?

You look tired.

Oh, i won't be

much longer.

Yeah. She's a beautiful girl, isn't she?

That's what

they all tell me.

Wrap it up,

will you?

Stop ringing

those bells!

There's somebody

going mad in here!

I don't want

to hear them!

Ng. Oh, stop shouti

miss drury will be up in a minute.

I don't give a damn

for miss drury!

In any case, she's

probably in church by now

swinging on those

bloody bells.

Why sneer at people

who go to church?

Listen, that nice

old gentlewoman

doesn't fool me,

even if she

takes in you 2.

She's a foul-minded robber.

She bleeds us white

for this place as it is.

What about

mummy?

How does mummy spend

her day of rest?

We usually go-

"thank you, dear vicar,

for the nice, cozy sermon.

And then she

tramples off

over better

men's graves,

home to an orgy

of curry.

Mummy and daddy

And brother nigel if he's up from town

you know her brother nigel?

No, i don't.

Well, you've never heard so

many well-bred commonplaces

come from beneath

the same bowler hat.

The platitude

from outer space-

that's brother nigel.

Why don't you

dry up, boy?

Wouldn't you say that

was her private property?

I like to know when

i'm being betrayed.

Letters from

her mother-

letters in which

i'm not mentioned,

because my name

is just a dirty word.

And what does

she do?

She writes long letters back to mummy

and doesn't mention me at all,

because my name is just

a dirty word to her, too.

The little

woman's family.

God help m e, i'll go out of my mind

if he doesn't stop

in a minute.

Why don't you?

That would be

something, anyway.

Oh, don't let the marquess of

queensberry manner fool you.

They'll kick you

in the groin

while you're handing

your hat to the maid.

Jimmy, please don't go on.

they're either militant,

like her mummy and daddy,

militant, arrogant,

and full of malice,

or else they're vague, like nigel...

and her.

Nigel and alison.

They're what

they sound like-

sycophantic, phlegmatic, and pusillanimous.

Big words.

Would you like to hear what they mean?

No, no, no,

not interested.

Soapy, stodgy, and dim.

Sounds like

a musical act.

Ladies and gentlemen,

those old favorites,

your friends and mine,

soapy, stodgy, and dim

bringing quips

and strips for you

for we may be

guilty, darling,

but we're both

insane as well.

Ladies and

gentlemen,

as i was coming to the theater tonight,

a man comes up

to me and he says-

here! Have you

seen nobody?

Have i seen who? Have you seen nobody?

Of course i haven't seen nobody

kindly don't

waste my time.

Ladies and gentlemen, a

little recitation entitled

she was only a gravedigger's daughter

but she loved lying under the sod.

Are you quite sure you haven't seen nobody?

Of course i haven't seen nobody.

Will you kindly go away?

Can't you see i'm trying to

entertain this lady here?

The lady

pusillanimous.

I can't find nobody

anywhere. See, l-

oh, chuck it.

Chuck it.

Well, then, shall we dance?

Ya da da

ya dum?

Come here often, do you?

Only in the

mating season.

All right. Very funny. Very funny.

Let me go!

not until you apologize

for being nasty

to everyone.

Do you think bosoms

Will be in or out this year, my dear?

your teeth will be out in a minute.

We'll see

about that

look out, for

heaven's sake!

This place gets more like a zoo every day.

Ah, proper coward, he is. See?

Uhh!

Aah!

Are you all right?

Well, does it

look like it?

She's burned her arm.

I'm sorry.

Get out.

You think i did it on purpose?

Clear out

of my sight!

Here, come and

sit down, eh?

Now, let's

have a look.

Ah!

Ooh. That's gonna be painful.

It? What shall i do with

oh, it's nothing much. A

bit of soap on it will do.

There's some

in the kitchen.

Oh, god.

Here.

Now, give us

your arm.

I'm gonna do it

ever so gently.

That better?

You're a

brave girl.

Oh, i don't feel

very brave.

I really don't

care for...

i don't think i can take much more.

I think i feel

rather sick.

All over now.

[Blows air]

i don't think i could

live on my own again,

in spite of

everything.

Pretty rough and pretty

ordinary, really. I...

i'd seem worse

on my own.

And you get fond

of people, too.

Worse luck.

I don't think

i want anything more

to do with love.

Not anymore,

i can't take it on

yeah? You're too young to start giving up.

Too young and

too lovely.

Ohh. Hmm.

I keep looking back

as far as i remember,

and i can't think

what it was like

to feel young...

really young.

Jimmy said the same

thing to me the other day,

and i...pretended not to be listening,

because i thought it would

hurt him, i suppose...

but i knew just what he meant.

Oh, i suppose it would

have been so easy to say,

"oh, yes, darling,

i...i know what you mean.

"i know how

you're feeling."

it's those easy things that seem to be

so impossible with us.

I'm wondering how much

longer i can go on...

watching you two tearing the

insides out of each other.

You wouldn't seriously

think of leaving us?

What is it,

lovely?

I'm frightened.

Good morning,

roger.

'Morning, Mike

hello, Jim.

'Morning, ted.

Hello, lad.

How's things?

Lousy.

Come on.

I got the lot

here, boyo.

Humbugs, mint lumps, jelly babies

jelly babies.

What do you want to

get all those for?

Kids have got

a craze on.

They'd better have

'morning,

mr. Hurst.

Hello, porter.

'Morning, Hurst.

What's this?

You know the

regulations.

All food stuffs 18 inches off the ground.

He was just

unloading.

These sweets

is human food.

I could have your license for that.

Porter...

easy, isn't it?

I should be more careful

in future, if i was you...

not so cocky.

Comrade hurst...

commissar of the kinley

urban district council.

I'd like to kick him in the teeth.

Hey, mister!

Yes?

Mister, 6 pen' worth

of jelly babies, please.

I'll have 3 pen' worth 2 pen', please.

You see, cliff, you gotta study the market.

Oh, do come 'ere.

i hope she didn't make

a mess of your nice coat.

No, it's all right

how old is she

only 15 months.

But she's that big-

next, please!

Are you going

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