"WILLIAM:" "Dear Mary where to star L and what to say except.." "I expect you never want to see me again." "Which I 'd understand, of course, because, as I write this," "I'm scared that trust once broken is gone for ever" "I'll be off, then." " Right." " MOT-ING the hearse" " Oh, yeah." " And Cecil's in the chapel." "Right, thanks." "Thanks." "See you." "I don't want to try and justify anything." "But having said that" "I need you to know that it was never my idea to say!" "was a community worker." "It was the dating agency who suggested that" "But so what?" "In the end, you were still lied to." "Inside!" "Jeremiad!" "(Breathes deeply)" "Inside!" "(Exhales)" " You're not working today?" " Yeah, just been called." " But Rick's helping us cork-tile the kitchen floor." " What are you talking about?" "The floor is fine." "And I do not want Rick in the flat all the time" " Hiya." " (Sighs)" "Why do you do this to me?" "You won't find a better man in the whole of England." " Oh, stop it." " Miss "I can do better than that."" "Well, we'll see." "Mum, it's for you." "Rick wasn't what I wanted when I was with him, and he's not what I want now, OK?" "I wish you could just get that into your head." "Mum, it's the dating agency." " School!" " I've done my ankle in, haven't I?" "Oh, what, so you take the day off?" "I don't think so." "Get in the car, and I'll give you a lift." "Go on." "Yes, hello." "Yes, speaking." "And can I just say this is crap?" "Why it's taken you a whole week to get back to me." "I mean, it's strange, isn't it?" "When you want my money, you see me the same day, but..." "Look, I'll call you back on my mobile, OK?" "(Sighs) She doesn't want me to do this." "She doesn't know what she wants." "She's a mess." "Like mother, like daughter." "She's a mess." "A mess!" "Don't you give up on her, Rick." "She'll have all these men, but... who cares?" "She'll come round." "I know she will." "I know it." "And you were lied to, and that's like taking a blind person by the arm and walking them into a lamppost" "Will they want to go any further with you?" "All I hope, with hope on hope..." "Cecil Tompkins' family here to see him." "Oh, um..." "Thank you." "_.is that having read this letter you'll give me another chance." "Yours, William." "Shawcross" "Just wait outside, all right?" "Cup of tea?" "Alistair?" "It's just in case." "OK?" "I am having this baby here, at home, until someone who knows something about it tells me otherwise." "She doesn't need an ambulance, Alistair." "Look, it is a question of safety, all right?" "I was told that there would be two midwives here." "Two from the outset, and that hasn't happened." "This is Mary, the other midwife." "Hiya." "I want it to stay." "I am paying, and it's staying." " All babies should be born in hospital." " Oh, OK." "How's um Jemima'?" "Her waters have broken, she's fully dilated, but contractions have stopped." "I'm not surprised." "Why don't you try and take her mind off all of this, and I'll go and see Dad?" "(Car horns blare)" "(Horns blare)" "You're all right, love." "Come on." " Thank you." " All right." "Bye." "(Gasps)" "Hello." "Are you all right?" "Did..." "Did you just come out of there?" "Yes, I did, yeah." "Are you William'?" "I am, yes." "Gracious!" "Your father buried my husband." " Did he?" " Mm. 1971." "And you sang Love One Another With A True Heart Fervently" " You and another chorister" " Yes, I remember." "I was 12." "Would you like to come in and have a sit-down?" "Yes, thank you." "Oh, um... are you sure this is the right place for that?" "Well, it's not the right place for any of it, is it?" "Should be in hospital." "Excuse me." "Sorry, um..." "Which way do the main joists run?" " I beg your pardon." " It's just you're putting a lot of water in there." "Are you the chartered surveyor?" "No, you're the midwife." "Let's stick to our own jobs, shall we?" "Yours happens to be downstairs with my wife." " Sorted?" " Yeah." "How's things?" " Contractions aren't back yet." " Oh, they'll come." "Doris was telling me you just slept with an undertaken" "Thanks, Doris." "Would you like to have a seat there?" "How about a cup of tea?" "Oh, yes." "Thank you." "L.m" "I'm sure it won't happen before Monday night, because I think Ronnie's going to win again, and..." "I'd like to see that." "But ...m but just in case," "I've been to the bank, and taken all my money out so that I can pay you for my funeral, which will probably be next Friday." "Right, I see." "You were on your way here." "To see you, yes." "Is..." "Is that convenient?" "What else did he tell you?" "That he has two daughters - teenagers." "His wife's dead." "But who knows?" "He's in a band, I do know that." "Yeah, and he took her to a hotel, and she told me he was a really great shag." "I didn't say that." "I didn't." "I said that I really liked him." "And I did." "I remember exactly what you said." "You said he had really great hands." "Think where they've been." "Yeah, but where do we put ours all day?" "OK" "Let's have some concentration, some breathing." "OK?" "(Panting)" "That's it, Breathe through the contraction." "How..." "How much is left?" "£1,247 and 65 pence." "That's after the funeral?" " Yes." " Right." "Now, it wouldn't be nice for my boys if if I wasn't found for a while." "Well, it wouldn't be nice for anyone, so if I gave you a key to my house, how much would it cost for you to pop in and check every other day or so?" "To see if I'm dead." "Why don't we call your sons?" "No, no, no." "They're very busy." "Very busy boys." "I I don't want to bother them." "And I don't want social helpers." "I'm dying, that's all." "I don't need help with that," "Just someone to drop round so the cat next door doesn't come in and eat me." "Perhaps you don't want to do it." "Of course I'll do it." "Oh, good." "How much?" " There's no charge." " Oh, I insist." "I pay my way." "I always have." "Name the price." "£2 a visit?" "No. £15" " £5" " Take £15" "I think you'll make a profit." "Now, can we divide the rest of the money into two envelopes for Desmond and Malcolm?" "Then I can put them on the mantelpiece with a phone number for you to ring when ... when I'm gone." "I don't want them to pay tax on it, you see." "And they can buy themselves a new car each with £600" " Alistair?" "(Jemima gasps)" "Alistair, Jemima wants you." "She needs you now." "Argh !" "(Jemima screams)" "OLD LADY:" "I asked my Sidney once if he was scared of dying, and he said he was, but... but he hoped that when the time came, he'd be so worn out, he ... he wouldn't mind." "It wasn't like that for him in the end." "But..." "But it's how it is for me." "There we are." "There." "Now..." "Now, you don't have to check me... until the day after tomorrow." " Right." "What if I'm passing before then?" " Well, don't come when Ronnie's oh." " Ronnie?" " Ronnie O'Sullivan," "The snooker player." "Ah, right, well, I won't come when that's on, then." "Bye, Viney" "Bloody hell, She's amazing!" "(Baby cries)" " Alistair?" "Alistair!" " Isn't she wonderful?" "Alistair..." "Yeah, she's beautiful." "Did you turn the tap off?" "(Creaking)" "Go, Doris, go!" "ALISTAIR Sorry." "JEMINA No need to baptise her now!" "Oh, come on, Dad, it's Mont Blanc !" "it's the Alps." " I could practice my French." "Please!" " No." " Why not?" " I don't like skiing." "It's not skiing, it's snowboarding." "You don't know what snowboarding is." "Katie, I'm not going to change my mind." "What's the point in sending us to this school if we can't join in?" "Ready?" " Bye, Mum." " Er, homework?" " We've done it." " Good." "So, let me see it." "For God's sake." "(Knocking at door)" "Breakfast." "No, Terence, I want to look at your homework." "Yeah, this is it." "We all take in a book we've read and talk about it." "You haven't read that book." "You've only seen the video of it." " So what?" " So, the book is nothing like the film, I'm afraid." "MARY:" "And I know, because I've read it." "BRENDAN:" "Oh, man, you're in trouble." "Bye, Mum!" "Oh, um ... sorry." "Only, I'm laying the tiles and varnishing" " How long is this going to take, Rick?" " Um ... should finish today." "Great." "And then I'd rather you didn't do any more jobs unless I ask, OK?" "In fact, I'd rather you didn't come round at all, unless I ask." " It's not fair on either of us." " Have you met someone else?" "Well, even if I had, it's ... it's really none of your business, is it?" "Look, I'm not interested, Rick." "It's not what I want, all right?" "And you can't win me back by doing jobs for me all the time" "Just..." "Just don't even try." "Oh..." "I bought you a latte and a croissant." " Latte." " Whatever it is, I know you like it." "Oh, and there's one for Molly." "WILLIAM:" "I'm scared that trust once broken is gone for ever" "It's like taking a blind person by the arm, and walking them into a lamppost" "Why would they ever want to go any further with you?" "(Sighs) Cappuccino from Rick." "That's all right." "Don't knock." "Just come in." "Mum, if you want privacy, get a place of your own, or put a lock on the door." "But don't ask Rick to do it." "Mrs Thomas?" "Viney ?" "TV: .is fast asleep on a Kang , a brick platform heated from underneath by a stove." "It's William." "On cold nights, the whole family sleeps on the kang , because in the winter the temperature here can fall to 17 degrees below freezing..." "Oh." "...and it hardly ever rains." "Oh!" "Viney !" "Viney , it's ... it's William." "William Shawcross" "J" Love one another with a true love fervently" "Will you sing that at my funeral?" "Oh, Viney , I'm a tenor now, and that's for trebles" "But I could arrange for a couple of choristers to sing it." "Like it was for both my husbands, yes?" "I didn't know you were married twice." "My first was run over by a Lancaster bomber in the war." "I'm sorry." "He won a medal for it." "My wife was run over by a car." "Was she?" "Oh, I am sorry." "Was... she the love of your life?" "No, she wasn't." "No." "Mine wasn't." "But..." "But have you met someone else?" "Oh..." "Oh." " Write her a letter." " Write who a letter?" "Mary." "I've never sent anyone a letter in my life." "So, think what it would mean." "A letter from the heart's a very powerful thing." "It touches you." "You learn about these things you'd..." "you'd never normally learn." "You can't interrupt, you see?" "All you can do is... read about these feelings that really matter." "Like trust, and looking after someone." "No, don't worry." "Don't worry." "I'm going to help you." "I know what to put." "No, thanks." " No, thanks?" " She doesn't want me, Molly." "You're not giving up?" "Don't tell me you're giving up." "She doesn't want me." "She told me to my face." " So, write her a letter." " No." "I'm going to do the floor, and go." "I love her to bits, Molly." "I'll never find anyone like her again." "I'm not even going to try and look, but she doesn't love me." "Never has, never will." "I've seen it in her eyes, so..." "I'm going out." " You posted her a letter?" " Well, I couldn't call her." "You know her address." "Go round and see her." "Go round and tell her you miss her, and you love her." " What, just knock on the door?" " Well, what have you got to lose?" "Everything if you don't." "Nothing if you do." "Are you sure?" "No." "But if it hadn't been for that Lancaster bomber," "I'd never have met my Sidney." "Oh, what's the time?" " Nearly 11." " Good." "The snooker's on." "Ooh." "TV PRESENTER:" "The all-round Exocet Ronnie O'Sullivan!" "(Cheering)" " Thanks for this." " No, no, I'm looking forward to it." "This dating agency's got it coming to 'em" "Good, cos I'm in the wrong frame of mind." "I keep thinking there must be some kind of explanation." "Mary, he's lied to you, he's cheated you." "He hasn't even bothered to call you." " I know." " So just keep thinking about that." "Keep thinking he's an absolute total bastard." " There's your explanation, right?" " You're right." "I know you're right." "Thank you." " Sorry." "Tell me again." " What is this?" "Temporary insanity?" "Look, you have been treated appallingly," " I can't help it." " Yeah, OK, listen." "I'm in charge, all right?" "That's what you described him as." "That's what he told Mary he was, and that's who she went to bed with - a community worker." "And let me tell you how that was for Mary." "Let me tell you what she had to do when she came round to my house the night she found out." "She had to take a shower when she got there." "She had to scrub herself." "Because, let's face it, would you go to bed with an undertaker?" "We obviously understand now distressing this must have been for you." "And really, I can't apologise enough." "It must have been absolutely..." "Then get your checkbook out." "We will, of course, return your fee in full," "This has gone far beyond a simple refund." "I'm sorry." "Did you have something in mind?" "Solicitors." "A malpractice claim." "A court case." "Yeah, we've got a few good ideas." "Have a look at this. it's a press release." "I don't know if you know the journalist Philip Peterson?" "This is his latest piece." "We thought we'd send it to him first." "I mean, if you can come up with an arrangement that's satisfactory, we're only too happy to tear that up." "Are you trying to blackmail me?" "Let me see it." "Let me see it!" "£2,500!" " You were brilliant." "Thank you." " What are you going to do with it?" "I don't know." "I've never had so much money." "Use it." "Don't fritter it away." "Do something with it." "Blow it." "Iwill." "Terence!" "Terence!" "(Door opens)" "When did you get back?" " Are you all right?" " Doubt it." "No." "(Knocking at door)" " Can you get that, Terence?" "Ah, sorry." "I was um..." "Oh." "Do you want something?" "You don't happen to know where Mary Gilcrest lives?" "Yeah, of course." "You do?" "Oh, great." "Where?" "Here." "She's my mum." " Oi!" " Sorry." "Can you lend us a couple of quid?" "Try the tool belt." "Why?" "Who was it?" "I dunno." "Some bloke for Mum." "He's gone." "I just want some chips." "Thanks, Rick." "See you later." "What was his name?" "Did he give you a name?" " Mary." " Hang on." "Has Terence been back?" "I don't know." "I've been out." "Is he not at school?" "MARY:" "Oh, my God!" " Yeah, it's a bit yellow." " A bit!" " And too shiny." "It looks like a cow's urinated all over it." "I was trying to think what it looked like" "Have you seen the kitchen floor?" "Peace offering." "(Sighs)" "I look at you, and I see myself." "I don't want you to be like me." "Bad at picking men." "I want you to be with someone you can trust." "It's like I've always been blind," "and a succession of men have taken my arm and walked me into lampposts" " Lampposts?" " Yeah." "And they all tell you it won't happen again." "But it does. it's lamppost after lamppost after lamppost, so... ..you turn to someone who promises you they're not like that." "And they go and walk you into a bus stop." "Or a litter bin or something." "So, in the end, you're walking down the street like..." " So that's why I want you to be with Rick." " Oh!" "He won't do that to you." "Mum!" "(Groans)" "I thought you were trying to tell me something about yourself." "He loves you." "Mum, thanks for the chocolates, but I don't want to be with Rick." "I..." "(Sighs)" "The excuse is what?" "Where have you been, and how many times have you done it?" "Don't lie to me." "There's a lot at stake here." " That was the first." " I said, don't lie." "On my dad's life, that was the first." "Oh, on your dad's life'?" "!" "I know he never remembers birthdays, but he's still my dad." "Just get in your room!" " The first time?" " Yeah." "I didn't even know where to go, or what to do." "That's why I came straight home." "Terence, you've just walked in the door." "No." "I was here before." "I borrowed some money off Rick for some chips." "Ask him." "OK." "So, what was all that yesterday with your ankle?" "Which, incidentally, seemed fine today when you ran off." "I'm no good at school." "Of course you're not." "How can you be?" "You don't work." "I do." "Terence, you had not done your homework for today, had you?" "No, because you can't be bothered." "And that's what gets me, because you're as bright as Brendan." "Probably brighter." "The only difference is, he does his homework." "He works." " I do it most times." " Properly." "You don't do it properly." "What's the point of that?" "Well, this is all going to change because I'm coming in to see your teachers." " You're joking me?" " Why?" "What do you think I should do?" "What you're doing now." "Give me a bollocking" "Yeah, but idle, lazy people don't mind getting a bollocking, do they?" "I'm going to find out where you are in each subject." "You're going to start working like you've never worked." "And if there is sufficient and sustained improvement by Easter, if you work so I know you're working," "then I'll take you and Brendan out to see your dad." "OK?" "I've got the money." "All you have to do is match it with the effort." "I'd do anything to see my dad." "Rick, what are you doing?" "It's still wet." "Sorry, I forgot." "A man came round for you earlier." "He left this." "I got lost." "So, I gather your main objection to snowboarding is the aprés -ski sex?" " No, it's not, actually." "(Phone rings)" "Well, if it's not that, what is it?" "It is that, isn't it?" " Kate." " You haven't answered it yet!" "Can you hang on a minute, please?" "Hello, Mary." "Mary?" "I don't know if I want to see you." "And I'm on call tomorrow and Friday" "Er, OK, right." "What do you mean "OK right"?" "That's it?" "You`re going to give up just like that?" "I'm not giving up." "I came round." "I want to explain." "I want you to explain." "So, what's wrong with tomorrow in the day?" "Why don't you suggest that?" "Well, I'm working." "You mean doing a funeral?" "Two, actually." "All right Well, what are you doing now?" "Well, the girls have got their music lesson, so..." "Actually, no." "Are you at home?" " You can't come round here." " Well, I'm going to be in your area." " Who was that?" " Just someone from work." " He's got a girlfriend." " No, he hasn't." "I could stick new tiles on top." "Oh." "Oh, no." "No, thanks." "I'll get someone else to do it." "Are we really going to do this?" " We're doing it." " When?" "Well, first of all, we've got to find out exactly where your father is, and then we've got to find out when we can get the cheapest flights." "Have a look in there." "How are we going to find out where Dad lives?" "Listen, we'll work it out later, OK?" "I've got to go out." "I won't be long." "Um, bye, then, Mary." "I'll be off soon and ... and, well... what you said about not coming round..." "Oh, yeah, great." "Thanks." "Sorry about the floor." "It... it's fine." "See you." "He lied to you, OK?" "He lied to you." "He cheated you." "Hi." "Hello." "Hi." "Thanks for coming." "I know it's only for a few minutes, but it's good to see you." "Did my letter make any sense?" ""Will you see me?" "I want to see you." Yeah, I think I got the gist," " No, not my note." "My letter." " What letter?" " You should have got a letter this morning." " It hasn't arrived." "What did it say?" "Do you think I'm making it up?" "Do you think I didn't send one?" "Well, how do I know?" "I can practically recite it." "I know it off by heart." "Go on, then." "Hang on a minute." " Don't read that bit." "That's not in the letter." " Get off." "You don't think I'd come round like that without apologizing?" " What!" " What?" "The dating agency told you to say you were a community worker?" " They said I wouldn't get much response if I..." " Yeah, yeah, I can read." "Shut up." "It's not a bad letter." " What's that word?" "That one?" " Lamppost" "Don't you like that bit?" "I thought it was quite good." "(Sighs)" "Look, can I have this?" "Sorry." "I'll ..." "I'll call you later." "I don't understand." "Are we going to meet up again?" "Oh, yes." "I have questions." "I have lots of questions." "So, you only came round because you thought I'd got your letter?" "Yeah." "It wasn't my idea, though." "It was a little old lady's" "I'll tell you later." "(Door closes)" "Hey, Mum?" "There's loads of offers on the flights to the States." "Yeah, but we don't know where we're going." "And how are we going to find Dad?" "Recognise the writing?" "Recognise this paragraph?" ""Walking into lampposts.' Uncanny, isn't it?" "I want my letter, please, and then I want you out of this flat." "I don't care where you go, but I don't want you here." "Get me my letter." " Mum!" " Stay out of it." "I thought it was addressed to Molly Gilcrest I thought it was for me." "Don't be ridiculous." "Come on." "We're going out to eat." " I want you gone by the time we get back." " Oh, no!" "Come on." "(Whistles)" "Feet." "Why so happy?" "Oh, you know." "Sometimes life looks up." "So, can I go snowboarding, then?" "(Laughs)" "He's got a girlfriend." "That was not a definite no." "So, is that from the bloke who came round today?" "Yeah." "Is he your boyfriend?" "Do you remember that CD I gave you?" " Oh, it's the guy in the band?" " Yeah." "Safe, Mum." "But he's also um... ..an undertaken" " Safe, Mum." " Yeah, safe." "Do you Know how stupid it sounds when you two say that? "Safe, Mum."" "Does any of this affect going to see Dad?" "No, of course it doesn't But we do have a problem now that Molly's gone, like, what happens when I'm on nights?" "We don't need looking after." "Yeah, right." "(Door opens)" "WILLIAM:" "Viney ?" "Viney ?" "It's William." "Viney" "Oh, Viney" "I saw her." "She called." "And I saw her, and I'm seeing her again." "God bless you, Viney" "The good news or the bad news, William?" "Well, I don't have to do nights until I get someone to sort out the boys." "I have to do all day Sunday instead." "I know, I know." "How about Monday?" " Monday morning?" " Monday morning?" "Monday morning's good." "Same time, same place?" "it's a date." "It's a very important, unmissable, unmovable ... date." "Yeah." "Mary I think I've got to go now." "All right." "I'll see you then." "Bye." "Yes, bye." " Bye." " Bye." "Bye." "Morning." "William Shawcross , the undertaken" "Keys." "May I offer you my condolences?" "It won't even cover costs." " How much is the funeral?" " Actually, your mothers already paid for that." "Would you like to see her?" "She's not here, is she?" " No." " No, I want to remember her as she was." " What are you doing?" " Red for you, blue for me." "And I'm having ... that." "When would you like the funeral?" " Soonest, innit?" "Monday morning?" " Have to be." "Monday morning might be a bit difficult." "Double booked?" "It's Monday morning or we go somewhere else." "It's up to you." " I couldn't not help her." "She asked." " That's fine." "(Mobile rings)" "Hi." "Yeah." "Monday afternoon, then." "OK." "(Laughs) Bye, William." "Mary." "Please, change your mind." "I can't, Mum." "I'm sorry." "I know I was bad." "I know I did a wrong thing, but..." "Mum, you came for six weeks sometime back in the last century." "Oh, it wasn't as long as that." "It was 18 months ago at least, and you came for a visit." "This isn't your home." "Can't you forgive me?" "I'm sure I can, yeah." "But I can't live with you any more." "Sorry." "There's another funeral at 11:00." "Yes, I know." "I'll just go and phone them again." "(Whispers)" "We're to go ahead." "They can't make it." "CHORISTERS:" "Love one another with a pure heart fervently" "J" See that ye love one another" "J" Love one another with a pure heart fervently" "J" See that ye love one another" "J" Love one another with a pure heart fervently" "J" A pure heart fervently" "J" See that ye love one another" "See that ye love" "J" That ye love one another with a pure heart fervently" "J" See that ye love one another" "Thanks for that." "No, it suddenly occurred to me that if she hadn't have told you to come round, then you would never have left that note, and I'd never have known you'd written that letter." "And..." "Oh, I don't know." " Would we ever have seen each other again?" " Probably not." "How did you know I was here?" "I phoned William Shawcross  Son." "Ah, ah, yeah, yeah." "Do you want to come back for lunch?" "To my house, not the office." "Just somewhere quiet to talk." "Just talking, right?" "Yeah, this is um ... clearing everything up." "Straightening things out, absolutely, yeah." "Yeah, OK." "I'm sorry you were lied to." "Oh, by the way, you're still a community worker in bed." "I can't handle the truth and sex yet." "How could they tell you to lie like that?" "What..." " What kind of dating agency are they?" " One that wants to make money." "You went along with it." "Well, because in my experience, when you tell people you're an undertaker, they don't, on the whole, say, "Well, hey, let's go out together."" "But it had to come out." "You're telling me." "But you made it easy." " You said, "Don't let's talk about work."" " Oh, it's my fault?" "Oh." "Well, I've got a problem." "No, not that kind of problem." "Can you get my bag?" " Where is it?" " Downstairs." "OK." "(Door opens)" "Afternoon, Mrs Ball." "Excuse me." "Mrs Ball's here." "Our housekeeper." "That's all right." "You don't have to go." " But maybe get dressed." " She won't come in here." "She's just... seen me in a new light." "What did you want to show me?" "I complained." "Well, my friend complained." "Well, actually, she threatened them." "We could do all the dating agencies." "The thing is," "I've promised to take the boys to see their dad on that." "As a bribe." "But if you and me are ... well..." "The dating agency did their job." "Look at us." "Cash it." " Do you think?" " Yeah." "No-one's ever gonna know." "Cash it." "Why do you need to bribe your boys?" " Terence, my youngest." "You met him." " Yeah." "(Sighs)" "I caught him bunking off school." "And it's not a great school, so if he doesn't work..." "Why don't you move him, move school?" "Because the others are even worse." "You see, we've got two private schools in our catchment area." "Good ones, too." "I hate them." "No, that's not true." "I'd love my boys to go to schools like that." "What I hate are the parents who buy their children an advantage at the expense of mine." "I mean, what do you do?" "You've got St Hilda's round here." "What effect does that have on you?" "Don't you look at the parents driving their lovely girls to lovely schools, and think, "Bastards!"'?" "See, that's the problem." "Everybody wants everything to be OK." "They don't want to think they're being cheated." "We're all being cheated." "(Sighs)" "Sorry." "Pet hate." "What school do your girls go to?" "Well..." "No." "What?" "Oh!" "Mary..." "What, you think I'd just say those words?" "Mary..." " Mary!" " I can't be with someone like you." " I despise people like you!" " Well, let me explain." "Explain what?" "Why your children deserve better than mine?" "Drop dead and bury yourself!" "(Shower running)" "If school has only just finished, then how come you're home so early?" " They said you'd be out." " What do you think you're doing?" "I've re-done the floor, and I spilled varnish all over myself." "Oh!" "(Sighs)" "(Knocking at door)" "I'm not the greatest father." "I'm out of my depth." "I'm not around all the time" "The only female influence in their lives was Mrs Ball, so I sent them to an all-girls school, so they just might get the support that I can't give them." "That's why they go to St Hilda's, OK?" "(Sighs)" "William, wait!" "Wait, please!" "Wait." "That was Rick." "That was Rick." "He's laying my kitchen floor." "He's ... he's no-one." "Well, I used to live with him, but it was a long time ago." "Safe, Mum." "Safe."