You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger Page #8

Of course he's upset.

Do you know what you're doing?

Can you all control yourselves, please?

We've got 123 people to notify.

Some of them have already flown in.

They're coming from Europe,

from Spain and Lugano.

Yes, I know that. I know that.

- Have you met someone else?

- What about the caterers, the band?

- This is not the time to discuss...

- Have you met someone else?

The band is getting on a plane

right now from India!

- Do you know how much this is gonna cost?

- Yes.

- She's met somebody else?

- Yes, I did.

- What?

- Who is he? Where did you meet him?

I don't want to talk about it!

Tarak, please! She's met someone else!

- She's met someone else?

- She's met someone else.

- When?

- I can't believe this is happening.

- Stupid. She's stupid.

- I cannot believe it.

Well, I guess if you can

fall in love so quickly,

- it's probably good we found out now.

- It's not that I don't care about you.

- Don't give me that!

- I'm really sorry. I feel awful.

- I didn't plan this.

- We had so many plans.

- I hate you. I hate you!

- Becky, that's enough.

Excuse me, don't you shout at my daughter.

That's my job.

Excuse me?

- How could she do this to my brother?

- Becky, Becky, calm down.

Can we all just calm down?

It's so disrespectful!

Calm down!

There you are, darling.

Do you recognize this?

We've passed here a million times.

I haven't seen you so perky in ages, Mum.

He's a very spiritual man.

We have a lot to talk about.

Cristal says it has positive,

future potential. Come on.

There's a nice old pub on the corner.

Let me go and close up.

Good.

Has your mother told you

I've grown very fond of her?

Isn't he the most interesting man?

I'm just so glad you found somebody.

Well, he may not be a tall, dark stranger,

but he's become my stranger.

Mum, you always said that if I needed

a loan to start my own business,

I could count on you.

And, well, there's nowhere else I can go.

To open your own gallery? Of course.

Cristal said you've got

a new future ahead of you,

now you're rid of that albatross.

Yes. I want to start over.

What about that exciting man you work for?

I know, you said he was married,

but I seem to recall

you did say there were problems.

Well, I wish I could say that

I left Roy for Greg, but no such luck.

Don't be defeatist.

I knew you were wild about him.

I asked Cristal about it.

She said she got the distinct impression

that you ought to make

your feelings known to him.

Well, I think he knew. I think.

You know, Sally, I'm very sorry

to hear you'll be leaving.

But at the same time,

you know, I wish you only the best.

Because you actually deserve it.

I really appreciate all the experience here.

You know, of all of my assistants,

I enjoyed working with you

the most, actually.

In truth,

I think I was beginning to grow

maybe a little too fond

of the time we spent together.

Well, we had very much

the same artistic tastes.

And I'm sure that had become very obvious.

What had?

That I was starting to feel

a little too close to you.

Not at all.

You certainly did a great job. You did.

Actually...

How can I say this?

It's not just the gallery.

My life is kind of in flux right now.

Roy and I are getting a divorce.

I'm sorry to hear that.

I remember you saying

that you were having problems at home, too.

Well, I shouldn't say anything about this,

but Carol and I are splitting up,

and I've started seeing your protege.

Iris.

Maybe I should have told you things

weren't going so well with my husband

and I was ripe for an affair.

Maybe, who knows?

Maybe we could have wound up dating

before you met Iris.

What can I say?

You know I only wish you the best

on your new project.

But I suppose you could never

have seen yourself returning my feelings.

You often said your fondest dream

was to open your own gallery,

so now you have it.

Could you?

What?

See yourself?

What?

Have seen us together?

We were coworkers, friends, certainly.

Colleagues.

And now we are competitors.

You see how ironic and beautiful life is?

Driver, pull over.

Ray? What are you doing here?

You're out of your way, aren't you?

- Yeah...

- Did you see my wife?

She came out of the hotel just now.

Mrs. Shepridge? No, I didn't, to be honest.

I just passed in the taxi

and I just saw her coming out of the hotel.

Honestly, I didn't see her. No.

- What are you doing over here anyway?

- I live just down there.

But, I'll see you soon.

Yeah. You didn't?

So, what were you doing

at the Hotel Lucerne today?

I said, what were you doing

at the Hotel Lucerne today?

I wasn't at the Hotel Lucerne.

I thought I saw you.

Well, you must have been mistaken.

So, where were you at noon today?

I was in the gym.

And if you don't believe me,

you can ask Ray Richards.

He was showing me

one of those new machines they got.

The day came when Roy moved out.

And for the time being,

where else could he move,

but in with Dia?

I mean, we don't just want it.

We are absolutely ecstatic.

Everybody, literally everybody who's read it

has been knocked out.

Bill Cousin said to me,

"I can't believe the same man

"who wrote his last two books

wrote this one".

Nothing you've done could prepare us for it.

Anyway, my theory is this.

This is the real you,

and what you were doing before

was you were forcing your books

to accommodate your intellectual ideas.

No, thank you.

Anyway, we all believe that

this makes you emerge as a major talent.

Do you remember this place?

We ate our dinner here

the first night we went out.

Do you remember? We sat over there.

- Remember that?

- I do, indeed.

They knocked that wall down.

You were so insecure.

Do you remember that?

Yeah, I wanted to impress you.

I remember the date,

it was 9th of January, 1970.

It was a Friday. I forget nothing.

No, you don't. Of course, you loved me then.

Oh, don't say "then" just like that.

"Then".

You make it sound like another lifetime.

Thank you.

I mean, we've been through

so much together.

Sally's various growing pains,

and the loss of Paul.

Let's not talk about it.

Well, we got each other through it,

didn't we?

Not quite.

Helena, is there any chance

that we could begin again?

What?

I made a terrible mistake.

My life is so messed up.

I can't tell you how messed up it is.

But, Alfie, you're recently married.

I know. I blundered. I made

a stupid mistake. I screwed up.

I'm so f***ing scared of being alone.

Excuse me, but...

And then I saw my life slipping away,

and I panicked.

Alfie, you'll live again.

We don't just live one life.

The world is far more mysterious

than it appears to our eyes.

What are you talking about?

I've lived before.

Cristal pointed it out and it's clear to me,

and to Jonathan.

Who's Jonathan?

Jonathan is a gentleman

I've been keeping company with.

So you've met someone else, have you?

Yes. Someone who shares

my spiritual ideals.

For God's sake, come on.

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