The Night Manager Page #10

wonder the Chief has some questions

to ask. But he says they can wait

until you’re better. Although I’m

not sure we’re quite as poorly as

we’re making out. In fact I’m not

sure at all about you Pine. I think

you might be stringing us along.

Hmmn?

He gets nice and close.

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CORKORAN (CONT’D)

If that’s the case, when you’re

better, I’ll hood you, and hang you

up by those lovely ankles until the

truth falls out of you by gravity.

Toodle-oo.

He tickles his chin. PINE does not even move. CORKORAN heads

to the door.

CORKORAN (CONT’D)

Frisky, step back in again would

you? Make sure our valued guest

doesn’t make a break for it.

He smiles and walks out the door. FRISKY walks in sits down.

PINE breathes deep.

FRISKY looks up from his FT. Speaks in clipped Glasgow ex-

SAS.

FRISKY:

Know the best way to make a bloke

talk? Fizzy drink treatment. Up the

nose. Bung his mouth. Use a funnel

if there’s one handy. Hits you

right in the switchboard. Bloody

diabolical.

He turns a page of his FT. PINE’s face betrays nothing but

his heart feels as if it is about to explode.

80 INT. MALLORCA. ROPER’S VILLA. BEDROOM. DAY. 80

PINE lies in his bed. His eyes open to find the room empty.

Empty chair where FRISKY normally sits.

Then PINE hears something. A helicopter.

81 EXT. ROPER’S VILLA. MALLORCA. DAY. 81

RICHARD ROPER is climbing out of a helicopter that has just

landed. LANGBOURNE with him. FRISKY walks out to help him.

All this from PINE’s POV.

JED and DANIEL, in swimming costumes, run across the grass to

meet him. ROPER is in white, sunglasses, not a sign of sweat.

DANNY:

Daddy! I caught a lobster. Javier

helped me.

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ROPER:

Well done Danny. And how’s the

patient?

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INT. BEDROOM. ROPER’S MANSION VILLA. DAY. 82

PINE listens to the helicopter.

Then he hears laughter. The sound of a door banging.

He gets out. Checks the window. Can’t see anything, maybe

just DANNY running.

PINE listens.

Pure instinct. PINE walks fast back to his bed, gets in.

Beat.

The door opens.

RICHARD ROPER walks in. PINE fakes sleep.

ROPER is alone. Closes the door quietly.

ROPER stares at PINE. Comes up close. It’s all very quiet.

ROPER:

Full recovery. Well done you. Well

done Shimon.

He sits by PINE. Leans forward. Takes PINE’s face in his

hands. Breathes.

ROPER (CONT’D)

Can you feel that? Yes. Almost

perfect.

Strokes his head.

ROPER (CONT’D)

You sleep now. Plenty of time for

you to talk when you’re ready.

Plenty of time for story-telling.

You just sleep. Sleep now.

And PINE against all instincts finds himself drifting.

Drifting into a sleep.

As ROPER calmly, tenderly strokes his hair.

END:

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