Notes On A Scandal Page #7

Is he going to divorce her?

[ Woman ]

Come on, Sheba! Make my day!

[ Indistinct ]

- [ All Shouting ]

- [ Woman ] There she is!

How's the family coping, Barbara?

[ Man ]

Is he going to divorce her?

- [ Woman ] What about the kids?

- [ Man ] Come on out, Sheba!

- I've got a mortgage to pay!

- I knew who you were when we met.

You were young.

L- I knew it might get tough, but I was prepared.

[ Woman ]

When is she coming out?

You're a good mother,

but at times you've been a f***ing lousy wife.

Why didn't you come to me?

You could have told me

how lonely you were.

You never trusted me to help you.

I'm not saying

I was so f***ing fabulous...

but I was here.

[ Man ]

Come on out, Sheba.

Sheba?

[ All Shouting ]

[ Man ]

There she is! There she is!

[ All Shouting ]

[ Barbara Narrating ] This last month

has been the most delicious time of my life.

Of course,

we've had our ups and downs.

The pressure is intense

when two women share their lives.

But, oh, what marvelous

intensity it is.

- [ All Shouting ]

- [ Man ] Look! It's the crone!

Barbara.

[ Woman ]

Barbara! Barbara! Is it true you're a white witch?

- [ All Shouting ]

- Barbara, is Sheba coming out?

[ Barbara Narrating ]

Circumstances are not always ideal.

- [ Toilet Flushes ]

- The swinish press.

The stringent bail terms.

Meetings with lawyers and so on.

But all things considered,

we're coping admirably.

In fact, gold stars abundant.

The cuckold...

permits her to see their children once a week.

There are usually tears...

and fits of teenage tantrums too.

In time, she'll recognize she's

just not the mothering kind.

And then Barbara will be there

to comfort her.

Nurse, beloved friend

and wise counsel.

[ Object Shatters ]

[ Man ]

The crone returneth!

[ Woman ]

Barbara, were you pushed, or did you jump?

[ Man ]

And if you jumped, was it into a dike?

Is Sheba still alive?

What have you done with her?

[ Woman ]

How's the family coping, Barbara?

- [ All Shouting ]

- [ Woman ] Barbara! Barbara!

Sheba?

What you say about me...

about... Richard-

You're not fit to shine his shoes.

And Ben and...

Polly.

That I'd be happier without them?

Why did you do it?

- [ Groans ]

- Because I didn't help you collect your cat?

- Oh!

- You've cost me my family!

No! Look!

Take some responsibility!

I gave you exactly what you wanted.

- You'd still be stuck in that marriage without me.

- What?

- You can't accept it yet, but-

- You think I wanted to be here with you?

- You need me. I'm your friend.

- You've put me in prison.

- I could get two years.

- They'll fly by.

I'll visit you every week.

We've so much life to live together.

You think this is a love affair?

A relationship?

What? Sticky gold stars and a-

and a- and a strand of my hair?

- No.

- And a receipt from Pizza Express?

It's a flat in the Archway Road...

and you think you're

Virginia frigging Woolf! .

And where did you get my hair?

Did you pluck it from the bath...

with some special f***ing tweezers?

- Don't you know it's rude to read

a person's diary? It's private!

- We're not companions.

We're not friends.

You don't even like me.

That's not true.

I only have tender feelings for you, only love!

No! No!

[ Groans ]

You're barking f***ing mad.

You don't know how to love.

You've never your whole life.

Me. Jennifer Dodd.

You're nothing but waste

and disappointment.

You bitter old virgin!

You're lonely for a reason.

They loathed you at school- all of them.

I was the idiot who bothered. But only because

no one told me you're a f***ing vampire!

So what is it, Bar? You want to

roll around the floor like lovers?

You want to f*** me, Barbara?

- Please don't diminish our-

- Our what?

- What?

- No. Give it back.

L- I know you.

Selfish and vain.

You think you have a divine right.

- [ Grunts ]

- You don't belong in the world.

You belong here! You big baby!

[ Reporters Shouting ]

Here I am!

[ Shouts ]

Here I am!

[ All Shouting ]

[ Shouting ]

Okay. Get back.

Go back.

[ Glass Clinking ]

We never invited you

to the f***ing Dordogne.

I'm sorry, but you specifically said

if I happened to be in France, I should drop in.

We didn't mean it.

Well, fine.

I won't come then.

I asked you to lunch

because I liked you.

I would've been your friend.

I need more than a friend.

[ Horns Honking ]

[ Siren Wailing In Distance ]

[ Barbara ]

I knew her.

Sorry?

I knew her.

- Really?

- Mmm.

We taught at the same school.

God. What was she like?

A bit...

chilly.

A touch furtive.

A sort of absent person.

Oh, but I didn't

know her well. May I?

Mm-hmm.

- Do you still teach?

- No, no.

Retired.

Thank goodness.

[ Chuckles ]

- You've-

- Oh. [ Laughs ]

Here.

Thanks.

[ Children Chattering

In Distance ]

- I love it here.

- Mmm.

[ Barbara ]

It's spectacular at dusk.

I'm Barbara.

Annabel.

I wonder, Annabel.

- Do you like music?

- Oh. Yes.

Uh, it's just that

I've got tickets...

for Handel's Water Music

at the Albert Hall.

- Oh.

- On Saturday night.

You could bring a friend

if there's, uh, someone-

Oh, no. Oh, no.

There isn't.

Well, there we are.

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