Look Back in Anger Page #7

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the town clerk,

the mayor himself

- the whole fascist gang.

Why? There are plenty of other towns.

Damn it, man, don't you

want to see justice done?

I am most interested in justice,

but i am not

in the habit

of expecting it

to apply to me.

Now, listen, hurst got

you on a pure technicality.

He tried this afternoon and failed and-

Jimmy.

go on. What

did hurst do?

You took his license away from

him without any real reason.

Ever since he landed here, he's been

at the sticky end of your personal spite

now, listen, sir

- i watched it!

Before you make a bigger

fool of yourself,

there's something

you ought to know.

This time, it was

their complaint-

some of your

friends there.

They informed

on him?

That's right.

Why? What's

the idea?

You don't want

him here.

What's he done?

Seen his prices, son? We've got to eat.

You're lucky, lad. He

might have sold sweets.

Kapoor.

Mr. Hurst, come and have a drink with us.

What'll you have? You'll have a shot?

Kapoor

i should move on now.

As i said, goodbye.

What made you come to this

bloody country, anyway?

I came, because in india i was an outcast-

an untouchable.

Any idea what

you're going to do?

No.

Not much.

Sounds just

like you.

Shouldn't think you'll last 5 minutes

without me to explain the score to you.

Right, shouldn't

think so.

You're such a

scruffy beast.

I bet some respectable

little madame will...

gobble you up in 6 months,

marry you, send you to work,

and you'll end up

clean as a new pin.

Yes.

I'm stupid enough for that, too.

I seem to spend my

life saying goodbye.

My feet hurt.

Try washing

your socks.

Here's your train.

You know...

funny thing is...

you've been loyal, generous, a good friend.

I'm quite prepared to see you go off

and make a home

for your own and...

all because i want...

i want something...

something from that girl

which i...i know in my heart

she's incapable

of giving.

You're worth half a dozen

helenas to me, you know that?

If you were in my place, you'd do

the same thing, wouldn't you? Right?

Here, cliff.

Oh, thanks, helena,

very decent of you

bye-bye,

cliff.

Write now and again, and not

just dirty postcards, eh?

Heh. Give miss drury a

kick somehow, eh?

Yeah.

Goodbye, cliff.

Bye-bye, cliff

darling, what do you say

we get out of this business

and start from scratch? What do you say?

I'd say that's

wonderful.

We'll do that. Let's

go and have a drink.

We'll get pleasantly tiddly,

then i'll take you home

And make such love to you

you'll forget about anything at all

why not

champagne?

British railways

special cuvee.

Hello.

Friend of yours

to see you.

Watch where

you're going.

Miss, do you want

these drinks?

Oh, yes.

I think this is what

you need- - what we both need.

thanks.

How long h ave you been here?

i don't know-

an hour or 2.

I must be mad,

coming here like this

i'm sorry, helena.

So many times, i managed

to stop myself coming here

right at the

last minute.

Even today, when

i got on the train,

i...i panicked. I

felt like a criminal.

I told myself

that when...

when i got here, i'd turn

round and go straight back.

Alison, what's

happened?

I lost the child.

I feel so ashamed.

Helena, don't bring

out the book of rules.

You're his wife,

aren't you?

Please don't make me

feel like a blackmailer.

Whatever made

me come here,

i never intended

to make a breach

between you

and jimmy.

You must believe that.

Oh, i believe it, all right.

Tha t's why everything seems

more wrong and

terrible than ever

you talk as though you'd

swindled him out of me.

You talk as though

he were a book

you pass to whoever

wants it for 5 minutes

you loved him,

didn't you?

You wrote and

told me.

And it was true.

Helena,

it's no use.

You must go

back to him.

I'll be all right.

I'll catch the

next train.

Kitty, have the next one with us

oh, go away.

And your friend.

Alison, i don't like

to leave you like this.

I'll be all right. Goodbye.

Alison, are you...

you didn't have a return ticket.

I forgot. I meant to get one.

Alison, it's all over.

jimmy.

I'm leaving.

I've just come

to get my things.

I see.

She's persuaded

you this time?

Not at all.

She's been very ill, Jimmy. She's lost-

my child, too, you know.

I suppose none of this could

ever really have worked.

But i do love

you, Jimmy.

I shall never love anyone

as i've loved you...

But i can't go on.

i can't take part in

all this suffering.

I can't.

It's no good fooling

about with love, you know.

You can't fall into

it like a soft job

without dirtying

up your hands.

It takes muscle and guts.

If you can't bear the thought of

messing up your nice, tidy soul,

you'd better give up the whole

idea of life and become a saint,

because you'll never

make it as a human being.

It's either this world

or the next.

[Engine chugs, whistle blows]

i, uh...

i didn't know

about the baby.

I don't exactly relish the idea

of pain and

suffering, but...

it wasn't my first loss, you know.

It was mine.

Remember that time we first met...

At that grisly party?

You didn't really notice me at all.

i couldn't take my eyes

off you all evening.

You seemed to have such a...

such a wonderful

relaxation of spirit.

I knew that was

what i wanted.

Then after we were married, i discovered

it wasn't relaxation, after all.

To relax, you've got to

sweat your guts out first.

You, you...

you never had a hair out of

place or a bead of sweat anywhere.

[Alison cries]

i know i'm

a lost cause,

but i thought if you loved

me it didn't really matter.

It does matter!

I was wrong.

I don't want

to be neutral.

I want to be

a lost cause.

Don't you understand?

it's gone- that helpless

human being inside my body

i thought it was so

safe and secure in there,

but it's lost.

All i wanted

was to die.

I was in pain,

t. And all i could think

of was you and what i'd los

i thought if...

if only he could

see me now-

so ugly and stupid

and ridiculous.

I thought "this is what

he's wanted from me,

"this is what he wants

to splash about in.

"I'm in the fire,

and i'm burning,

"and all i

want is to die.

"It's cost

him his child

"and any others

i might have had."

No, don't.

No, pl-please

don't. I...I can't...

no, don't. Please. Please.

You'll be

all right.

We'll be together

in our bear's cave,

our squirrel's drey,

and we'll live on honey and nuts

- lots and lots of nuts.

You'll keep those

big eyes on my fur

and help me to keep

my claws in order,

because i'm a bit of a

soppy, scruffy sort of bear.

And i'll see that you

keep that sleek, bushy tail

gleaming as it should,

because you're...

...you're a very

beautiful squirrel.

But you know, you're none too bright,

either, so we'll have to be careful.

Cruel steel traps

everywhere,

just waiting for rather

mad, slightly satanic,

very timid

little bears.

Right?

Poor squirrels.

Poor bears

Poor, poor bears.

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