None But the Lonely Heart Page #7

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How many cartridges

did you want?

8 or 10

will be enough.

Lend us

your newspaper.

Yeah.

Careful going out.

Leave it to me.

Oh, mott.

Ah, the brothers

jones.

Good evening.

No offense

about anything, i hope.

Nice car.

Steal it?

Picked it up

on newman street.

We're on our way

down to the club.

Uh-huh. Meeting jim

down there?

Yes. Bags of sport

there tonight.

I'm in the mood

for sport tonight.

Don't you want

to sit in the front?

I'll be more comfortable

back here.

Been a long day,

ain't it?

That's just what

i was thinking.

Watch the red

light, taz.

Coppers up, taz.

Right behind us.

You're crazy.

He's right.

It's a police car.

Taz, don't spare

the horses.

I'll lose them

inside five minutes.

The tunnel's coming.

Pull over.

Me foot's flat

on the floor.

Stop immediately.

This is a police car.

You ain't

lost them, taz.

I'll wear my granny's hat if i can't.

We're gaining, taz.

They're too heavy.

We'll do it.

You done them

proper stone cold.

They always lose

in the stretch.

I've noticed it

before.

Blimey!

Get the rear door open.

Here, you.

You hurt?

Come on out.

I want all of you.

I got him.

Hold on to him!

Get me brother out.

He's hurt.

Come on, step lively.

Step lively.

Get me brother out.

He's in there!

He's hurt!

Get me brother out!

He's in there! He's hurt!

Get me brother!

Look out for the petrol.

The tank's on fire!

Get back!

Get him out!

Please

let me get him!

Let me get him!

Please!

Let me get him!

Quiet, knockers!

Please!

Sorry. Somebody

had to do that.

Come on.

Bring him along.

E flat.

Well,

what have we here?

None of your cheap,

nasty silver or gold, eh?

Platinum...

just a bare platinum.

You still wouldn't

care to say a word or two,

either of you?

A little post card...

not posted.

Addressed

to i. Webber, esquire.

Well, we'll soon find out

who you are, my lad.

Lucas, ring up mr. Webber.

I'll talk to him.

Yes, sir.

Ike, paid the bail,

did you?

I shan't forget you,

nor will ma.

Everything with a kiss.

How's mr. Lesser?

In the hospital.

I stood your bail

for 100.

You'll have to

be at bow street

in the court

day after tomorrow, 9:15.

Listen, mr. Mott,

you're frying yourself

in your own fat.

You realize that?

You'll need a few quid

for incidentals.

One's enough.

Thanks again.

And no matter

what anyone says,

your mother

is a wonderful woman.

No sign of him yet?

No.

Who's going to

tell him? Me or you?

Don't know.

Stale as an old debt,

they are.

Try these, then.

They're just

as worse.

My eyes tell me.

Me whole stock

ain't stale, is it?

Daresay it is.

Here he is now!

Ern! Ernie!

Come in, son!

Come in.

What's this?

A gathering of the clans?

Nipper.

Where you been

all night?

Why? Ma worried

about me?

Been in a right stew

about you, all of us.

Friend of yours

dropped in.

I don't know why.

Eating through

me stock

like a flock of mice

on wheels.

Off with

your wet coat.

Just brought the dog

back to you, verdun.

Your ma's gone out

for a bit.

Where have

you been, ern?

Oh, just seeing how

the other half lives.

Where'd she go?

Nice egg and sausage

left over,

if you care

to take it.

Where did ma go,

aggie?

Where is she?

Sit down, son.

Put your feet up.

What happened?

What happened?

Well, i'm in bed,

and a...

and a what?

Copper comes along

and gets me out

to go down to your

house with him.

Down i goes,

and there's a dozen

of them.

Dozen who?

Coppers. Your ma's

just sitting there,

letting them have

the run of the house.

She can't explain

your cigarette case,

where it's from.

Then they find

some other stuff.

What stuff?

Stuff dragged out

of cupboards.

What about ma?

Your ma told me

to tell you,

don't worry, see?

"Don't worry, see"?

Yes, but where is she?

They took her in with mrs.

Snowden and the others.

Poor girls.

Done me nails

four times today.

Biggest shoplifting gang

this side of the river,

a copper said.

They got her inside,

you mean? Pinched?

Ah, life is

a queer companion.

There's a smell to these sort of places,

an official sort

of smell.

Follow him.

He'll take you

down there.

You've got

10 minutes.

Be here when you come back, verdun boy.

Hey, what's this?

Why, your old girl's

in the hospital here.

She is?

The sister will tell you

everything, i expect.

How much time

do they give her?

It might be tonight.

It might be a week.

Mrs. Mott?

Here's your son

to see you.

Just 10 minutes,

and you mustn't

upset yourself.

How's me daughter?

Hello, ernie.

Where you come from?

Just thought

i'd pop in,

have a look

at you.

Raining out?

Wet as water.

See ike this morning?

Yes.

What i can't

understand, ma,

is what are you

in here for?

What's the matter

with you?

Tired out.

Machinery run down,

you know.

If you get into

any trouble, see ike.

Been a good

friend to me.

Well, don't be

in here long, ma.

I'm going to get

married, remember?

That's right.

Find a nice girl

to look after you,

a good girl.

Yes, ma.

Something steady...

nothing cheap.

With a head

on her shoulders.

Love me, son?

Disgraced you.

Disgraced me, ma?

No, ma.

Didn't

disgrace me.

I'm your son

ernie mott,

the boy who needs,

loves, wants you.

Outside now.

I'll be back

tomorrow, ma.

Be quiet and get a good night's sleep.

I see in the paper

that a man in putney

has a dog

that brings home

a tennis ball

each day.

I wonder

where he gets it.

What are you thinking,

verdun boy?

I'd best

be off to ada's.

She's expecting me,

and she'll be worried.

Got a nice toy

for her kiddy here.

She gave me that to

give to you last night,

ada did.

Read it, dad.

"Dear ernie mott,

"i just

couldn't face it.

"For your sake and mine,

i'm going back

with jim."

"The only other choice

"is to make our bed

in the river,

"and that is something

i could not face.

"I tried to do different,

"but it's best this way

all around.

"I hope and pray

"you will forgive

and forget, ernie mott.

"Sincerely,

ada brantlin.

P.s. Please

excuse paper."

Stand back.

Let the man

see the rabbit.

Ah. Stopped raining.

What are you thinking,

verdun boy?

I'm dreaming, dad.

Dreaming

the better man.

,

what a go.

What a rum go it is.

Where's that

clean human life

the books tell us about?

When's the world

coming out of its midnight?

When does the human soul

get off its knees?

I'm too old, verdun,

to tell you that.

Something shuddering

in the air these days.

Ever notice it, son?

Yes, i have, dad.

Sometimes late

at night i hear it-

a shuddering echo.

And i hear it say,

"wake up. The world

needs happiness."

Well, the world

finds something

if it needs it

bad enough,

but sometimes

it takes a war.

So if there's a better world to be made,

you young ones will

have to make it.

That's it, dad.

One thing's left.

I can see it

plain as london town.

Fight with the men

who will fight

for a human way of life.

I should say so.

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