The Full Treatment Page #8

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to dismember a body?

You need sharp knives,

bone saws.

You couldn't do it,

could you?

Yes, I could.

I have a box of surgical instruments.

I could use those.

Blood?

What about the blood?

The bathroom.

And your clothes?

The stains?

- I'd have to strip.

- Yes, yes.

You'd have to work hard,

all night, wouldn't you?

You would have to make her unidentifiable.

Remove any scars or moles.

You'd have to

disfigure her face.

Stop it!

What good will all this do?

It can. Take my word for it.

Go on, go on, Colby. You're nearly there.

- What do you do with the pieces?

- Oh, this is insane.

Don't run away, Colby.

All right, all right, I'll tell you

what I'll do with the pieces.

I'd wrap them up

in newspaper and then

I'd put them down

the kitchen chute.

It's cleared once a week. It's dumped in

barges and goes off down the river away.

Finished. All right,

is that good enough?

I'm sorry I had

to do that, Colby.

You came out

of it pretty well.

So how has all

that lot helped?

Oh, it has. Enormously. I had to

get some effective response from you.

And you didn't crack.

It made you live through an

imaginary action that has not occurred,

but it's prepared the way for making you

relive through an action that has occurred.

Don't you have a washroom?

Next time I'm going to give you

an injection to help to free the memory.

We are going to start

at your wedding

and get you back again on that

drive down the Dover road.

It will be tough.

Tougher than this morning.

But from the way

you've behaved now,

I have no doubt

we'll get there.

And when we do?

Well, you'll be cured.

I'll see you Tuesday, hmm?

Yeah. Yeah, all right.

I... I only hope you know

what you're doing, Prade.

Get out.

All right, now.

We're down Albemarle Street,

across Piccadilly and down St James.

Going down St James, Colby.

You and Denise in your car.

Going down St James,

on the way to Dover.

We're going down St James.

We're away, Denise.

See that news bill?

"Speed King Marries." That's us.

I thought those photographers

would never let up.

You look wonderful.

Do you feel any different

being married, Denise?

Where are you now?

What?

Vauxhall Bridge.

Wonderful day.

We won't ever get

like that, will we?

Like what?

Like other couples we know.

Distant, uninterested, dead.

Go on.

Huh?

Dead.

Where are you now?

Dual carriageway.

Where have you got to?

The end of dual carriage.

Bad corner coming up.

Bad corner.

- I can't... I can't...

- Of course you can, keep driving.

- Keep driving, Colby!

- Dead. Dead.

You must get round

that corner.

I can't.

Yes, you can.

Keep driving.

I'm afraid.

Of what?

I don't know.

All right, get around

the corner and see.

I can't go on.

I can't go any further.

Colby, you must.

I want to sleep.

Colby, listen to me.

Sleep...

Colby.

All right. We are off the dual

carriageway now. There is a corner coming up.

A bad corner.

Oh, you can take that corner

very easily, Alan.

Yes.

Better now,

traffic's thinning.

Going like a bird.

We're coming to the

straight now, Denise.

Watch the needle.

What does it say?

Hovering under 75.

Going like a bird.

Seventy-five is not

fast for me, is it?

Where are we now?

Where did you get that?

Get what?

That golden chain with a crucifix?

Where is it?

Around your neck.

Go on.

Neck...

Neck...

A golden chain around the neck.

- No!

- Go on, Colby.

No!

We're going back, Colby.

Going back to Maidstone.

You're crawling

through Maidstone.

The traffic thins.

You're going into the straight.

You're watching

the speedometer.

What does it say?

Seventy-five's not fast, Denise.

Cruising speed is ninety.

Ninety, like a bird.

All right then, seventy-five.

What about the

crucifix, Alan?

The crucifix

on the gold chain?

It needs shortening.

The crucifix should be higher.

Oh, just one burst

at ninety, Denise.

A safe 90.

What's happening?

Tell me what's happening.

I can't.

You're doing seventy-five, it's a long

straight road and you want to do ninety.

No!

Keep driving, Alan!

I can't.

But you've got to get

Denise to Dover.

Let me sleep.

Let me sleep.

Feel all right?

Yeah.

What do you remember?

Our getting out of Maidstone

onto the straight.

Wanting to do ninety.

Can you remember

anything after that?

Did you do ninety?

I don't know. Look, Prade, do you really

think this is getting us anywhere?

I do. We must be less than

five minutes from the crash.

Well, we were there last night.

So we're not getting anywhere.

Only because you're

building up a resistance.

That in itself shows that

we are getting somewhere.

Prade?

Denise, I mean...

Do you still think

there's a chance I might...

I might...

Go on, get it out.

Do something to her?

Face it.

Kill her?

That's right.

You don't think I'm going

to let you do that, do you?

But what if something were to happen

to you? I mean, what then?

I promise to take

great care of myself.

Well, it's nice to know that you

don't feel so antagonistic towards me.

I'm relying on you, Prade.

I won't let you down.

You or Denise.

It's done more for me

than I believed possible.

I went home last night feeling I was strong

enough to work out the rest for myself.

Does this mean

I'm being fired?

Listen, Prade,

I'm grateful for what you've done,

but let's face it,

we've come to a dead end.

And as I'm off to the

continent tomorrow...

Tomorrow?

I thought it said next week.

Uh, no.

That's the Grand Prix.

But Harry Stonehouse

is back in Cannes,

so we're joining

him for a week.

We? Is Denise going, too?

Yes. But listen,

I'm not blaming you, Prade,

but for months we've yakked about dreams

and gone through that drive over and over,

and each time

we bog down in the same place.

Less than five minutes

before the accident.

Okay, so I've got a mental block.

We'll just have to accept it.

It's not your fault.

You've tried everything.

Not everything, Alan.

Sometimes a particularly

strong resistance can be

broken down

by inducing the patient

to have an overwhelming

emotional reaction.

Well, we haven't been

able to do that, have we?

Well, we still might,

if we tried

an abreaction on you.

- A what?

- An abreaction.

We get you to breathe CO2

and your physical

struggle for oxygen

triggers up your emotional tie with

the resistance, and breaks it down.

Oh, now,

don't blind me with science.

Oh, it's just like having gas

at the dentist, you know.

Only it's CO2 instead of

the ordinary N2O, the dental gas.

Uh, no.

No deal, Prade.

Five minutes

can't be that important.

It could be, for Denise.

Yes. Well, that's just a chance

we'll have to take, isn't it?

Well, it's a chance

you'll have to take, Colby.

As you don't intend

to come back

you have nothing

to lose from a last try.

And you have everything to gain

if we bring it up, haven't you?

All right.

So what do you want me to do?

It's very simple.

Look.

That's all. Try it.

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