The Handmaid's Tale Page #5

We may want you to kill him.

Keep down!

[ Keys typing, beeping ]

Yeah. We'll be there

within 20 minutes.

[ Lock buzzing, unlocks ]

COMMANDER:

We'll be there.

Aha! Come in.

Now, I have a nice little

surprise for you tonight...

something that you're

gonna like a whole lot.

What is it, chinese checkers?

[ Chuckling ]

No. Better.

A boa... for you.

Now... And also

a dress... for you.

I hope to heaven it fits.

- You want me to wear this?

- Yep.

I'm taking you out.

[ Door opening ]

You look fantastic.

Fantastic is right.

COMMANDER:
Devastating.

[ Door opening ]

[ Doors closing ]

[ Engine revving ]

We're coming to

a checkpoint, sir.

I'm sorry. You're going to have

to get down on the floor

for a few minutes.

There are no wives allowed

where we're going.

Just for a minute. Sorry.

[ Doors opening ]

[ Doors closing ]

[ Door closing ]

- Oh, Nick, could you come here?

- Yes, sir.

You won't be needing

that in here...

so let Nick take the cloak.

Kind of like walking

into the past, don't you think?

Good to see you here.

How you doing, Dick?

Good to see you.

This here's Mary Lou.

She's new here.

- Mary Lou, how you doin'?

- Fine.

Good, good, good.

So you're new here, huh?

Oh, you're gonna love it here,

Mary Lou.

Everybody has fun here.

Everybody really has fun.

My friend.

I thought all this kind of thing

was strictly forbidden.

It is officially,

but, you know...

- Good evening, Commander.

- Good evening.

Now...

you can have one drink.

What do you want?

I haven't had a drink in years.

Well, have one now.

What'll it be?

Um...

- Vodka tonic?

- OK. Vodka and tonic.

Bring me a bottle of scotch.

[ Laughing ]

What do you think?

Who are these people?

Well, we have, you know,

staff officers from the front...

allies, trade delegation...

I mean, it's a good place to

meet people and stimulate trade.

You know, things like that.

No. I meant the women.

- The women?

- Mm-hmm.

Who are the women?

The women. Well, they're like,

uh, real working pros...

you know, from the time before.

The others?

We have quite a collection.

For instance, now, the one in

the green gloves over there?

She's a sociologist... or was.

This one was a lawyer.

We have business executives,

schoolteachers... you name it.

We got everybody here.

But they prefer it here, see?

Believe me.

Prefer it to what?

To the alternatives.

Sorry to bother you, sir.

You have a phone call.

All right. Thank you.

[ No audible dialogue ]

Yes, sir.

Right, sir. Uh-huh. Yes.

Yes, sir. In God we trust.

Get the field commander

and put him on hold.

You look like

the whore of Babylon.

Well, I asked them to get me

something classy

from Saks Fifth Avenue,

but you know

what the mail's like these days.

I do.

Don't do that. Your eyes'll run.

Anyway, there's no time.

Paige, could you please

leave just for a minute?

Sit. Sit.

So, why are you here?

What did you do?

Why did they send you in?

Did you laugh at the

wrong dick or something?

I'm an evening rental.

He smuggled me in for the night.

So, how are you?

I thought that

I'd never see you again.

So, what happened to you?

They caught me at the border.

Somebody must've got cold feet

or something. It's too bad.

Took me f***ing ages

to get there

with a lot of people

risking their necks.

I had some sweet guy who hid me

in his kid's room for a month

just hanging on the wall,

and I think, for what?

Christ, I didn't even have

the decency to escape.

So, what did they do to you?

They worked me over a little.

They showed me a movie

about the colonies.

You know, those f***ing toxic dumps

with all the dead bodies and sh*t?

They say you have

one year maximum there...

before your goddamn

nose falls off.

So, they stuck something

up my ass and told me I had

two alternatives...

the colonies or here,

so I said here.

So here you are.

So here I am.

It's not so bad, really.

You get free face cream here.

Free booze, free drugs,

you only work nights.

Oh, sh*t.

It's not bad, really.

Actually, there's all

these women around. I love it.

Do they let you?

They don't care who you f***.

Do you know what they

call this place? Jezebel's.

WOMAN ON P.A.:

All girls back on the floor.

All girls back on the floor.

Give me your hand.

Come on, give it to me.

Yes, they did that, too.

You remember... hands and feet

we don't need for our purposes.

WOMAN ON P.A.:

All girls back on the floor.

Back on the floor, girls.

You're such a goddamn wimp.

What am I gonna do with you?

WOMAN ON P.A.:

All girls back on the floor.

Oh, Moira.

Come on. Time's up.

WOMAN ON P.A.:

All girls back on the floor.

[ Indistinct conversations ]

I guess I'm lucky.

Lucky ducky.

Better a lucky ducky

than a dead ducky.

You're a good woman.

There's a nice room in here.

I think you'll like it.

[ Door opening ]

- [Door closing]

- COMMANDER:
Nick's a good guy.

He's like a son to me.

[ Dog barking ]

[ Door closing ]

[ Door opening ]

[ Kissing ]

Good night.

Here, sir.

Shall I take that, sir?

[ Door opening ]

[ Door closing ]

So...

what was it like?

Huh?

I said, what was it like?

Did the earth move?

What the f*** do you think

it was like?

Well, how the f***

should I know?

For God's sake...

what did you want me to do,

spit in his face

and end up shoveling sh*t

in the goddamn colonies?

Do you think

we'll ever get out?

Nick, it's happened.

What's happened?

I'm going to have a baby.

He'll love you to death.

So will she.

Come on.

You know it's yours...

and I won't let them get it.

You want to get out.

Could we get out together?

Maybe.

We have to.

Maybe.

[ Knife blade locking ]

I found it,

but I don't know

what I could do if I...

- Where's Ofglen?

- I am Ofglen.

[ Engine rumbling ]

[ Gunfire]

[ Indistinct reporting]

I trusted you.

I tried to help you.

Look, my cloak.

Used for a hooker!

We had an agreement.

Just like the other one.

A little whore.

I'm sorry.

Go to your room.

COMMANDER:

Correct, yes, sir.

Uh, we've got most of

the Mayday gang now,

and that includes the leader,

a very dangerous man.

This is a definite breakthrough

for our security forces...

and, as I would say,

this is a comparatively

stable situation

here in this state.

But let me add that we intend to rid

the whole country of these vermin.

And we'll do it without mercy.

[ Clock ticking ]

[ Door opening ]

It's dark in here.

Don't you want the light on?

KATE:
No, thanks.

Here's your supper.

Thanks, Rita.

Bless you, dear.

Bless you.

[ Doors closing ]

- Good night, Nick.

- Good night.

[ Car starting ]

[ Engine rumbling ]

[ Door opening, closing ]

[ Clock chiming ]

[ Keypad code pressed,

door unlocks ]

What is it? I...

I could've fired this thing.

[ Chuckling nervously ]

I didn't send for you.

Uh, what is it?

You've got to help me.

I'm sorry.

It's out of my hands.

Did you tell her?

[ Sighing ]

Well...

She found this.

So what could I do?

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