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She looks over her sunglasses right at his eyes. Beat. Their

eyes meet with a directness that is astonishing. Then she

smiles.

CAROLINE:

You know what? I think I might have

that swim.

EXT. ROPER’S MANSION VILLA. DAY.

Later. Sun going down. PINE is returning into the party. He

sees APO walk the other way, join his MISTRESS on the

terrace. Kisses her.

JED is watching them, apart. PINE joins her.

JED:

His daughter just killed herself.

He brings his mistress. And no one

bats an eyelid.

She stares at APO with distaste.

JED (CONT’D)

I need another drink.

PINE grabs a bottle from a passing waiter. Pours.

ROPER:

Where’s Roper?

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PINE:

In his office.

JED:

He’s having a meeting with that

Lebanese about farm machinery.

She lowers her voice.

JED (CONT’D)

Corky’s not invited. He’s fallen

from grace.

PINE can see CORKY through the window sitting alone in the

lounge. Clearly furious. The plan working beautifully.

JED (CONT’D)

Thing is Roper relies on Corky so

much, I don’t know what he’ll do.

Roper needs a girl in his bed, and

a man at his side. Keeps him

steady.

He stares at the AUSTRIAN COUNTESS, ancient but who has

obviously had a fair bit of plastic surgery.

JED (CONT’D)

I mean how old do you think she is?

PINE:

Depends which bits of her you mean.

Averaging out, probably about

seventeen.

She giggles. Laughs, spills her anis.

JED:

Now look what you’ve made me do.

He hands her a handkerchief.

JED (CONT’D)

Don’t you drink Thomas?

PINE:

Doctor’s orders.

JED:

What a shame.

She stares at him.

JED (CONT’D)

Come for a walk with me. I need

some air.

PINE:

Would Roper mind?

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JED:

He’s talking with Sandy. Come on, Iwon’t eat you.

Beat. He stalls.

PINE:

I’ve always found that the best wayto have a private talk is to telleveryone you’re having it.

She gets it, calls out to FRISKY:

JED:

Frisky! Tell Roper, Thomas and Iare going to get some air. We won’tbe long.

She turns to PINE

JED (CONT’D)

There. That official enough foryou?

He smiles.

32-34 OMITTED 32-34

35 EXT. MALLORCA. ROPER’S VILLA. GARDEN TO BEACH. DUSK. 35

They walk out down the garden towards the beach.

JED:

You shouldn’t have seen me like

that. In my bedroom.

PINE:

The door was open, I assumed youwere dressed.

JED:

That’s not what I meant. I don’t

care who sees my tits. I do carewho sees me crying. You tell no oneyou saw that, is that clear?

This coolly serious.

PINE:

Is that why you arranged thislittle tryst?

JED:

Yes that’s why. You think there wasanother reason?

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She stares at him.

JED (CONT’D)

Did you really kill a man?

PINE:

Who told you that?

JED:

Danny got it from a maid who’s

having an affair with Roper’s

office boy.

PINE smiles.

PINE:

Yes. It was a fight. It got out of

control. I got out of control. It

doesn’t happen very often.

JED:

But when it does...

Pause. He stares at her. Something scares and attracts her.

JED (CONT’D)

I’m going to swim. Why don’t you

come.

PINE:

I don’t think that would be wise.

JED:

There’s no current.

PINE:

That’s not what I meant.

JED:

I know it wasn’t.

She smiles wickedly, walks out of the gate and down the

beach.

JED (CONT’D)

There she goes. Beyond the ha ha.

She smiles, looks back.

JED (CONT’D)

One day Thomas you’ll live a

little.

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36 EXT. MALLORCA. PENINSULAR. BEACH. DAY. 36

Morning. PINE is running along the beach. Early morning. He

suddenly engages in a full sprint, fast, tearing his lungs

out, driving himself to the limit of exhaustion.

Then he sees two figures sitting on the beach alone. JED and

CAROLINE.

PINE watches them in deep conversation.

37 OMITTED 37

38 INT. MALLORCA. ROPER VILLA. BREAKFAST AREA. DAY. 38

39 OMITTED 39

40 EXT. MALLORCA. ROPER VILLA. UPPER POOL. DAY. 40

41 INT. MALLORCA. ROPER VILLA. AFTERNOON. 41

PINE sits with DANIEL playing a game of scrabble. CORKORAN is

at the table, drinking a scotch, irritated.

DANIEL:

Thomas. You seen my phone?

PINE:

Sorry Danny.

DANIEL:

Dad’ll be cross.

PINE:

I’ll help you look for it in the

morning.

A door slams outside. PINE watches as the NANNY is being

walked to a car by LANGBOURNE and FRISKY. JED and ROPER in

attendance. JED’s face is cold with anger. The NANNY gets in,

head high. LANGBOURNE avoids her gaze. The car drives off.

Now CAROLINE, pale and dignified, is walking with the KIDS to

another car. ROPER is clearly white with fury at her. She and

the KIDS are put in the car and also drive off.

JED watches them all go. Her face shows clear distress. ROPER

tries to talk to her but she cold-shoulders him and walks the

other way. ROPER stands there in rage.

CORKORAN:

What’s going on out there?

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And now PINE knows for sure that CAROLINE has sown a lethal

seed.

42 EXT. MALLORCA. PENINSULAR. BEACH. EVENING. 42

PINE walks out of the villa, along the beach, as if making

his way home.

He sees a solitary figure on the beach. Waiting for him.

JED.

PINE checks around, there seems to be no one there, but you

can never tell.

JED:

Did you know?

PINE:

What?

JED:

What Roper does. How he affords all

this.

PINE:

No. Why?

JED:

You’re lying. Caroline knew.

Everyone knew except me.

PINE:

I didn’t know. But I did suspect he

wasn’t only selling combine

harvesters.

JED:

You think I’m a fool.

PINE:

I think you only asked what you

wanted to know. You must have had

your reasons.

It’s a leading question. She does not take it. She stares at

the ground.

He starts to walk past. She calls after him.

JED:

So what does that mean? Are you

going to leave?

PINE:

I suppose.

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JED:

Don’t.

She touches his face. They could be seen. Are they being

watched?

PINE:

I think you should take your hand

away now.

JED:

I know.

But she doesn’t. She takes it to his mouth, to his lips,

opens his lips with her fingers.

Until finally he’s the one who retreats and walks away along

the shore.

She stares after.

43 INT. MALLORCA. PENINSULAR. FISHERMAN’S COTTAGE. NIGHT. 43

PINE walks into his cottage. He takes from his pocket - a

phone. DANIEL’s.

He stares at it. And starts to type in a message.

44 INT. MALLORCA. SURVEILLANCE VILLA. NIGHT. 44

BURR looks across at the illuminated Roper residence as

STEADMAN walks in and stares at her. She is tired but hiding

it.

STEADMAN:

You should go to bed.

BURR:

I can’t sleep.

STEADMAN:

If it’s worry for your boy, forget

it. He knew what he was getting

involved in.

BURR:

Did he?

Beat. She arches her back in pain. STEADMAN makes himself a

whisky. Beat.

STEADMAN:

So you and Mr Burr are making a go

of it.

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BURR:

Yeah well. Like my mother said. You

make your bed. Now die in it.

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