"HELLO DOCTOR" "It's going well." "Home next week, I think." "How long has this been going on?" "1.5 hours." "Any information?" "Ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation." "Yes, yes." "Ready." "And go." "Well?" "You've saved him but you're only postponing the inevitable." "Shouldn't I have done it?" "We can't keep applying heart massage." "If it helps, that's what we have to do." "That's why you'll be personally supervising bed 24, Van Delft." "And keep me informed all day." "You keep wondering what the point is of keeping a case like this alive." "Exactly." "Do you want to decide how and when a patient can die?" "Van Delft, this can merely be a philosophical problem." "As doctors, it doesn't relate to us." "But you'd better go to bed 24." "Your fellow human being." "While I'm in charge here, I'll demand that a doctor fights... for the very last chance to keep a patient alive." "If you think we have to wait for miracles..." "Medical science is a series of miracles." "Go now." "Jesus, that punk gets on my nerves." "You're showing your age when you're being so unfriendly." "My age?" "What do fashionable narrow-mindedness and pseudo-radical humbug... have to do with my age?" "Mediocrity with a progressive tongue, that's all it is." "Or do you agree with Van Delft?" "I don't know." "There's a lot you don't know, lately." "Anything wrong?" "Out with it." "I want to get out." "Out of what?" "Out of the hospital." "Where do you want to go?" "To America." "I want to work on my own." "Blood research." "That way I can help mankind." "You're completely insane." "You don't help anybody." "You don't help mankind or science or yourself." "Who on earth needs your research?" "Who needs my career as a doctor?" "I do." "You're talented, Jim." "Talented..." "I'll show you something." "Something new." "It just arrived from America." "It's great." "Have a seat." "Use that." "Close your eyes." "Unique, isn't it?" "Pericardial friction." "And this?" "Late-diastolic murmur with fibrillation." "And this?" "High-frequency systolic murmur." "Fantastic, isn't it?" "I just received it from America." "It's a big hit." "I'm grateful to you." "I know how much you had to do to get me into this hospital." "That's nonsense." "It's not for me." "Am I early?" "No come in, Miss Van Dijk." "Sorry, let me introduce you." "This is my son-in-law, Jim." "Hello." "Hello." "Miss Van Dijk has to pass her Master's soon." "Also a talent." "For a woman, you mean." "No, I mean it." "Have a seat." "Thank you, Professor." "Bye." "Ok." "I missed you." "I missed you too." "I got the catalogue from the auction in London." "Beautiful, isn't it?" "Go back in a bit longer, darling." "Out of shape, Jimmy?" "He's got no stamina anymore." "He pinches my balls under water." "You know Theo and his jokes." "And it felt great." "The doctor's balls." "Asshole!" "Let's all go to the Copacabana." "Good idea." "Excellent idea." "Count me out." "Oh come on, we're together." "He's a sore loser." "Like a school boy." "We'll have some Chinese and then we'll go to the Copacabana." "I don't feel like it." "You go." "Quite the party animal." "Ok, your responsibility." "Are you really not coming?" "No, I don't feel like it." "Don't worry, I'll make Ingrid the happiest woman in the world." "I'm not worried, Theo." "Jimmy, are you alone?" "Yes, Ingrid's gone dancing with Theo." "Didn't you feel like going?" "No, I have to work downstairs." "Shall I bring tea?" "No, thanks, Elizabeth." "A beer?" "No, really." "I'm disturbing you anyway." "Do you know what day it is tomorrow?" "No." "Oh Jesus, Ingrid's birthday." "Absent-minded professor." "Yes, I had forgotten." "First, they forget their wife's birthday and then their wife." "And that's how the best marriages go downhill." "What kind of day is August 24?" "Your birthday, I wouldn't forget that." "Liar!" "What is it?" "Just something small." "Thanks for the nice evening, Theo." "I don't like that Theo." "Neither does Bernard." "He's good-looking, but too slick for my taste." "Ingrid doesn't agree." "She's a bit in love with him." "Happens in the best of families." "It never happened to me." "Hello." "Hi." "Give me a foot massage." "You're glowing." "What did you do?" "I had a great time dancing, mom." "Would you like a drink?" "No, thanks." "I have fricassee left." "I only have to warm it up." "No, thanks." "Well, scientific researcher." "Well, Mr Professor." "What did you do today, darling?" "I went dancing at the Copacabana." "With Theo Van Delft." "While your husband locks himself up in the basement?" "Obsessed by scientific research." "You're becoming a bit repetitive, dad." "He can tease you a bit, can't he?" "If only he was funnier." "You haven't exactly been acting funny lately yourself." "Ladies, this young man has decided to quit." "He's offering his resignation to the hospital." "Why?" "It's even worse." "He wants to return to America." "No." "Even though dozens of young doctors can't wait to start working with us." "Hello." "Do you really want to return to America?" "No, that's just your father talking." "There's a present for you there." "A present for my birthday." "But that's tomorrow." "It's 5 past twelve, so it's your birthday." "A record by the Swingle Singers." "Wrong." "Two golden rings." "Wrong." "A lighter with an inscription." ""For Ingrid."" "Open it." "That's so nice." "Thanks, you're the sweetest man in the world." "After Theo." "No, way before Theo." "Theo's not that sweet." "Beautiful." "What will you put in?" "Cigarettes?" "Silly, they're hand warmers." "I think it's embarrassing to ask on your birthday." "I could have known it was no ordinary present." "And that I'd have to pay for it in kind." "Ok." "The last time, I promise." "This blood test has to be performed with blood of a normal person." "Does that turn you on?" "You taste of me." "Here?" "Yes." "I always do it here with blood donors." "Really?" "Come with me, vampire." "Have you got a girlfriend?" "No, that takes up too much time." "Too much time..." "Why were you laughing?" "That's a little secret." "Have you slept with Theo yet?" "You never know." "You're an adult." "Do what you want." "Congratulations." "At which hospital will you apply?" "I don't know yet." "Congratulations." "Congratulations, Theo." "You could have shown more enthusiasm." "Everybody could see you hate him." "Where did you get that idea?" "Just admit that you're jealous." "So you're not jealous." "Why should I be?" "Because he's very suggestive with me." "What does he say then?" "I won't tell you." "Ok, don't tell me then." "He finds me attractive." "Who, doesn't, darling?" "He dreams of me every night." "Don't be a pain." "Do you find him attractive?" "Yes." "So, what are you waiting for?" "What two parts does the haemoglobin molecule consist of?" "Iron-containing haem and protein globin." "Yes, and what's the chemical formula of iron-containing haem?" "C32H32O4N4Fe." "I knew, I just couldn't remember." "That's the problem with exams." "You have to remember." "Can I help you?" "No, I'll be fine." "Sugar?" "Yes, please." "Almond cookie?" "No, thanks." "You don't need to watch what you eat." "A bit." "Nonsense, you look fine." "Right, Bernard?" "Bernard's students never weigh more than 60 kilos." "And how many kilos would you say Miss Van Dijk is?" "I'd say 55 kilos." "56." "My diagnosis was pretty good." "Shall we continue with respiration?" "Yes, Professor." "Let me know if you need anything else." "That guy of yours wanted to kill me." "He was choking me." "Has he gone insane?" "Why did you fight with him?" "No reason." "I just wanted to win." "No, you're jealous." "You're angry because I went with Ingrid last night." "You call yourself modern, but you're just a bourgeois asshole." "You know it's not true." "Were you fighting over me?" "No." "I'm not worth fighting over." "No, to be honest." "I only want to be left alone." "I'll leave you alone as much and as long as you want." "Shall we have lunch somewhere?" "I know a place that serves excellent eel, what do you say?" "Are you sure?" "Mum, I don't want to make the same mistakes as you." "You're right." "Will you look after him well?" "He'll go back to America soon." "Yes, maybe." "Are you going downstairs?" "Yes, I am." "It's more serious than you think, Jim." "She wants to move in with Theo." "Yes, that's what she said." "And you don't care." "It won't help if I care." "Is there nothing you care about?" "You're abandoning your work and your career." "Your wife leaves for a useless guy and all you do is shrug." "I don't want to play your games anymore." "Which games?" "Starting families, getting promotions, having careers." "That means a lot to you." "To me, it makes as little sense as... that." "You pulled it." "Yes, you pulled it." "Elizabeth?" "Are you asleep?" "I know you're not asleep." "Witch." "Damn." "You're up early." "Breakfast will be ready in 15 minutes." "I'm not hungry." "No coffee either?" "No." "You didn't sleep well You kept tossing and turning." "It happens." "You got up and went to your office." "You haven't done that for years." "I had to check something." "You don't have heart problems, do you?" "Yes, my heart." "Don't worry, it's nothing." "But I do worry." "Thank you." "Anything else?" "No." "Now they want to check my lungs." "Who was last?" "Me, Madam." "You have a listen." "Well?" "Isn't he fit for his age?" "Yes, remarkably fit." "See, Mr Koppers?" "You can get dressed." "Look, Mr Koppers, two in the morning and two before you go to bed." "Then nothing bad can happen." "Thank you very much, doctor." "Bye, doctor." "Bye, Mr Koppers." "Not very good, is it?" "Completely worn out." "The coronary's only a matter of time." "Weeks, months at most." "Nothing we can do?" "I wouldn't know." "You?" "Me?" "I wouldn't know either." "If I've learnt one thing in all these 30 years... it's that people aren't happy until they get pills." "I give the men blue pills." "Vitamin B." "And I give the women red pills." "Vitamin C." "Even with one foot in the grave, they still want a pill." "I want to ask you something." "As a friend." "Could you take over the practice for a couple of weeks?" "Just like that?" "Yes, I want to get out for a bit." "This isn't a trick, is it?" "No." "If you think that will change my mind about the practice, you're wrong." "No, that's not the intention." "I just want a short break." "You're starting to be like me." "Yes." "Well?" "Alright, you can count on me." "Thanks." "Where are you going, south of France?" "No, to the beach house." "With Elizabeth?" "No." "Hello." "I'll be right back." "What's wrong with you?" "You haven't kissed me in years." "I'm getting on." "You start to see things in perspective." "And maybe you like being kissed." "So you only kissed me because you thought I'd like it." "Yes." "Well, thanks." "I brought you a gift." "It's hand-painted." "Really?" "Yes, by my deceased husband." "He died of bone cancer, three months ago." "It's a nice reminder of him." "Certainly." "Hello, dad." "Hi, darling." "Congratulations." "Thank you." "I'll give mum her present." "Hello, happy birthday." "Thank you." "That's sweet." "I'll be right back." "Ok." "Hello, Jim." "Hello, Ingrid." "You're looking good." "You too." "You lost some weight, looks good." "You gained a bit, or am I wrong?" "The quiet life." "Is it that quiet with Theo?" "Theo's a dear." "Yesterday we went somewhere..." "Spare me the details." "As you wish." "Dear friends." "Some old footage." "Look how the professor's wife is enjoying this lovely day." "Here she's dancing with the Fred Astaire of the village." "This is the professor's daughter, the lovely Ingrid." "The spouse of Jimmy Sanders." "Back then not yet, dear." "That's not funny, Ingrid." "Yes, it's funny." "Don't children speak the truth?" "And this is the professor as his normal, calm self." "Make some noise people!" "Bernard." "Bernard?" "What's wrong?" "Nothing." "I thought you saw things in perspective." "Not everything." "Bye!" "Bye!" "Checkmate." "That's impossible, wait." "Dad, you weren't concentrating." "Yes, I was." "I have to go." "It could be a while before I see you again." "Why?" "Doesn't Theo want you to see me?" "He's not that stupid, darling." "Next week, I'll be wearing your father's white coat." "What do you mean?" "Why?" "Jim will take over my practice for a while." "And what will you do?" "I need a break." "I haven't had a holiday for ages." "When will you go?" "Tomorrow." "Where are you going?" "To the south of France, Menton." "Sounds good, doesn't it?" "Yes, great." "Maybe I should have told you earlier, but I suddenly thought of it." "Ingrid, come to the kitchen with me." "I really have to go home." "Please help me in the kitchen." "Didn't you tell her?" "Sorry." "Do you think he did it on purpose?" "To tell me on my birthday." "Of course not." "You're worried about nothing." "It's always nothing." "It's so humiliating." "It's nice to be alone for a change." "Nobody to look after, no nagging." "Nice, on your own." "I'm always on my own." "I can't sleep." "I think I had too much champagne." "Join me for a bit then." "I wanted to go to the lab." "I'll go with you." "Can I?" "I'll be very quiet." "I won't say a thing." "I swear." "Do you also think it's nonsense that I only do research?" "If that's your passion, you'll be good at it." "Passion's a big word, but it interests me." "What?" "The influence of stress on coagulation." "This allows me to measure how much stress Ingrid has." "Is that Ingrid's blood?" "Yes." "Beautiful, isn't it?" "That's beautiful." "Blood of my daughter." "Red, full-bodied." "And it has a bouquet." "I'm so sorry." "I've ruined all your work." "It's not that bad, but your dress." "That's ok, I'll buy a new one." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "Please don't tell Bernard." "He already thinks I'm a klutz." "Clean your dress first." "Are you angry?" "Me, angry with you?" "What will you do now about the influence on stress?" "I'll find a solution." "I'm sorry." "Goodnight." "Wait, where are you going?" "Don't run so fast." "I can't keep up." "I'm an old man." "Good girl." "Ain't I, daddy?" "You brush your teeth 21 times a day, don't you?" "When you're 22, 22 times and when you're 40, 40 times." "Do you remember the first time, in the Museum of Anthropology?" "You were so shy." "Do it again." "No, come on." "No, no." "One more time, for me." "Hello, doctor." "Hello, Miss Van Dijk." "That was unexpected." "Yes." "I didn't know what came over me." "It was a roller coaster." "I suddenly felt like an adolescent." "And yet I felt innocent." "Towards Elizabeth and towards you." "I had forgotten how it felt to be in love." "But now you know how much I care about you." "You never see rabbits here, but you do see their pellets." "When I was young we had a game: who'd collect the most rabbit pellets." "Without any sand." "You had to pick them up one by one." "Childhood memories of an old man." "Yes." "But old people and crazy people tell the truth." "See you next week, Mr Van Heijningen." "If I'll still be around." "Cheer up!" "While there's life, there's hope." "Sir!" "Can I speak to the doctor?" "You're talking to him, Madam." "I'm the doctor." "I don't believe that." "You're way too young." "You're not even wearing a white coat." "It's being cleaned." "What is the problem, Madam?" "I have a painful shoulder, Jim." "Do you have an ointment for me?" "Have you had it long?" "Since a couple of days." "It's not going away." "Take off your vest." "Was that Van Heijningen who just left?" "Yes, a big hypochondriac." "He's always got something." "He doesn't take me seriously." "That's because you come across insecure." "Patients want a doctor who's confident." "And I'm not?" "No." "A bit higher." "You can do it harder." "Jim, what's her name?" "Whose name?" "The girlfriend." "I don't have a girlfriend." "Bernard's girlfriend." "You don't want to tell me." "But I don't care." "I'm just curious." "I don't know." "Bernard hasn't touched me in years." "Am I embarrassing you by saying this?" "No." "Amazing that he never wondered how a woman feels when she's neglected." "A man could ask himself that." "Especially a doctor." "Do you really not know who it is?" "Who?" "The woman Bernard's gone on holiday with." "Sometimes I think it's that Marjan." "But then he wouldn't have had the gall to let her into my house, under my roof." "Although... is it that Marjan?" "Of course not." "Right, wear something warm." "And apply the ointment again before you go to sleep." "If I can." "I can't reach it well." "You just want to be caressed." "Aren't you ashamed?" "No." "You have beautiful, strong hands, just like Bernard used to." "And a pill for daddy." "I could list many good qualities of Elizabeth, but none of you." "It's not nice what I said." "I don't mean to tease you." "You'll be horseback riding tomorrow." "You'll come home tired and happy." "And then we'll laugh together." "Goodnight." "Hey, Jim." "Hi Ingrid, Theo will be here soon." "Dry your hair better or you'll catch a cold." "Theo says you two get along fine." "We're both adults, aren't we?" "He's a well-adapted adult, you're not." "Is that why you're in love with him?" "I think so, but I love you as well." "As well?" "Yes." "I'm in love with him, but I love you." "How nice of you." "It's not nice, it's the truth." "Ingrid!" "Take care of yourself." "Bernard!" "Bernie." "What time is it?" "Hey, it's you!" "I wasn't expecting you yet." "Marjan isn't here." "She's horseback riding with a friend." "The mayor's daughter." "I've decided to go back to America." "That's nonsense." "But you're spending the weekend here." "Ok." "This is your room." "This is the bathroom and this is Marjan's room." "This is my room now." "I don't sleep well and this way I don't bother her." "If you want to drink something, there's plenty in the fridge." "Don't you want anything?" "Yes, I'll have something." "They must be having lunch now." "With the mayor." "Marjan has a mind of her own." "She has her own life." "Like most young people these days." "We weren't like that." "We paid more attention to others." "I can see you." "Don't think I can't see you." "What did you say?" "Don't go." "You know the flight has been booked." "I'm sorry, Bernie, I'm really leaving." "How's the practice?" "Fine, no problems." "That's impossible." "Come on, tell me." "There must be problems." "Shall we?" "What?" "Shall we?" "No, too dangerous." "Come on!" "No!" "But it's too dangerous." "Come back!" "It's not for me." "Maybe a bit of paddling, like a doggie." "Are you never bored?" "No, never." "Marjan's very sweet to me." "She understands me." "In the past, female patients would get undressed if they had a blocked nose." "When I ask them to undress now, they look at me as if I'm a pervert." "What's wrong?" "Nothing, just a bit tired." "We'll take the bus, so we don't have to walk back." "You gave me a fright." "Doctor's don't frighten." "First commandment." "Why don't Ingrid and you have children?" "Make a child with her." "It solves a lot." "We were thinking about it, but later." "On the kids' birthdays.." "Christmas, New Year... or when they're afraid, they get in bed with you." "I've been married to Elizabeth for 30 years and she's never... been angry with me." "Can you believe that?" "This isn't right, of course." "Let's walk." "It's nothing, I'm tired." "Just tired, it's nothing." "It's nothing, just tired." "I want to go home." "Take it easy." "I want to go home." "We're going." "Save your energy." "But I want to go home." "The bus will be here soon." "I want to go home." "Yes." "Relax." "Home." "Why?" "Take it easy." "I want to go home." "2 ccs." "I want to go." "I'll call Elizabeth." "Don't call her!" "You're getting something against the pain." "There's nothing wrong." "I want to go home." "I want to go home." "I just want to go home." "There's nothing wrong." "We'll call in a second." "No, don't call, I want to go home." "If a lady asks for Professor Delfman, please tell her to go home." "What's the lady's name?" "Marjan." "Last name?" "I don't know." "Is she related to the patient?" "Of course, she's his daughter." "Then her name's Delfman." "No, she's a daughter from his first marriage." "I mean, the daughter of his first wife." "Well..." "I want to go home." "Don't worry, everything's fine." "Your pulse is 150, your blood pressure has gone down, but that's normal." "Your systole's a bit high." "We have to wait and see, but your body's strong." "My hand." "Untie my hand." "Untie my hands." "You've had a good life." "You've been a good person." "Do you still want to go home, Bernie?" "Ok, Bernie." "We're going home." "We're going home together." "I declare that I am leaving the hospital at my own risk." "Talk to me." "Be patient, you're almost home." "I hope we don't give them a fright." "If you told me it was all a big joke, I'd believe you." "Pinch my arm." "Prove that I'm not dreaming." "I'm afraid to pinch myself." "Maybe I'm dreaming that I'm dreaming." "Keep on talking." "What do you feel?" "Bernie, what are you feeling?" "My ears." "Buzzing in your ears?" "Yes, buzzing." "When I was young, I could sometimes hear the buzzing of my ears." "I thought it was the sea." "Now I know it's my blood." "The sea was more fun." "I still have so much to tell you." "Ingrid's asleep." "I'm listening to her heartbeat... 21, 22, 23, it will never stop, but I keep listening." "Strange, isn't it?" "I won't let you down, Bernie." "I'm your student." "You're my teacher." "I need you so much." "It's becoming all quiet." "It can't become quiet." "21, 23, 24, 25, 26." "I'm old." "Old and stupid." "I've been stupid." "Tell me." "All my life." "One evening I was walking down the street." "I saw an old man." "He was walking slowly." "He stopped and leaned against a wall." "Old people get tired faster, I thought." "They need to have a break more often." "But the man looked behind him, at a clock above a shop-window." "I understood my mistake." "Anyone can walk slowly." "It's the sequence of actions that makes the man old." "A young man would have looked behind him while he was walking." "I walked past the old man." "He asked if I could see what time it was." "It was exactly 12 o'clock." "Thank you, said the old man and he walked on." "I had been wrong again." "The man was old because he tried to do something he used to be able to do." "He can't do it anymore, but thinks he can." "He was old because he tried to be young." "He didn't know himself." "Elizabeth." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Take a deep breath." "Again." "Again." "Again." "That doesn't sound bad." "Let's see what my colleagues write about you." "Well, if you need that to learn from..." "It's not serious at all, Mr Koppers." "A slight decompensation at most." "And you call that not serious?" "If you'll take it easy today, you'll be fine again tomorrow." "You may say that, but what about my back?" "I can't completely straighten your back." "There's something rustling in my back." "Rustling?" "Something's rustling in my back!" "You're right." "See?" "Take this pill the moment you hear the slightest rustling." "It's a new American product." "New on the market." "I always get blue ones." "Red's become better than blue." "All American scientists agree:" "blue is old news." "These are the ones." "No more than six per day." "I'll be right back." "I was wondering how you were doing." "I keep myself occupied." "You?" "The patients don't trust me." "Wear this." "No." "Yes, it inspires more confidence." "Later." "Do it for me." "It's your size." "A holiday for a couple of weeks." "That would help." "Did you want to talk to me?" "You weren't at the funeral." "I was afraid." "I thought I wouldn't be able to handle it." "Did you expect me there?" "A bit." "I don't like funerals." "I didn't only take over the practice." "I talk to patients in the same way too." "It's as if I've become him." "That could have strange consequences." "Was he a good lover?" "I don't know." "I haven't had that many men." "I mean..." "Tell me." "Did you like making love to him?" "We didn't do that a lot." "The thought wouldn't cross his mind." "Why do you look at me like that?" "I'm trying to see traces of what he saw in you." "And what are you seeing?" "I love you." "You don't have to say that." "We can do without fairytales." "What's wrong?" "I'm a test-tube baby." "I thought they had six fingers." "I'm a failure." "Am I doing something wrong?" "What did you do with him?" "Forget about him." "You're not him." "He's dead and gone!" "Did he pinch you hard?" "When he made love to me, it was with me." "Him and me!" "That's what I remember." "You're sick." "You're in love with him, so you're using me." "I won't have that!" "I'm not some intermediary." "Thanks." "I think it's best that you leave now." "I want to talk to Ingrid." "I don't want that." "Maybe Ingrid wants to talk to me." "No." "Stop it and leave." "Ingrid, can you get rid of this asshole?" "I never want to see you anymore." "I came to see you." "Yes?" "No special reason." "You don't need an excuse to come and see me." "Bernie also said that..." "Don't talk about my father anymore." "Why not?" "Because it's a bit too clear how you're trying to get her back." "I'm not trying that." "Don't you want me back?" "Yes, but only if you want it." "That's solved then." "She doesn't want it for now." "So I can go to America?" "What did you want to say about my dad?" "He thought Theo was a real asshole." "He never told me that in person." "You're mean, Jimmy." "Very mean." "Dear Jimmy, while I'm a doctor I'll fight for the very last chance... to keep a patient alive." "The coronary's only a matter of time." "Completely worn out." "Hello, who's there?" "Anybody there?" "Pussycat." "Come to me." "Good pussycat." "It's not your fault either, is it?" "It's not your doing." "Did she leave you just like that?" "I'll look after you." "Get lost, bloody cat!" "Get out of here and I don't want to hear you anymore!" "Quiet, I said!" "Quiet, damn it!" "I want some peace!" "Peace!" "Jimmy Sanders speaking." "Who's this?" "Who's calling?" "Answer me!" "Where are you all?" "I can hear you." "Don't try to hide." "My daughter Ingrid, my son-in-law and Elizabeth!" "Just talk." "You're so beautiful, my darling." "Your eyes, your hair, your breasts." "Look away from me... because you confuse me, my sweet, my perfect..." "Your belly button, your pelvis, your buttocks, your cunt." "Let me look." "I heard ringing." "I don't know who it was." "That was me." "To tell you I was coming home again." "I felt so alone." "I'm not Bernie!" "I'm not Bernie." "No, you're Jim." "You're not him, you're Jim." "I'm sorry." "There's nothing to be sorry about." "It was an accident." "Nobody's to blame." "Let's forget this evening." "You and me." "No." "Yes, let's pretend." "We won't talk about it again." "Agreed?" "Agreed." "Can I have tea?" "Yes, I also have tea in the morning." "Bernard always had coffee." "The bookkeeper's coming." "I told him about our agreement." "I'll do the administration in the beginning." "And then I'll pass it on to him." "Agreed?" "Agreed." "Have you got a use for this?" "No." "Then it can go to the Salvation Army." "Alright, to the Salvation Army." "No, not that one." "Nobody else can wear it." "Jimmy?" "Yes, darling." "You only ever called me darling before we were married." "Because I know why you're here." "You do?" "Yes." "You're here to say you've realised what you really want." "Yes, and that's you." "You probably had to do it." "Probably." "And will you never do it again?" "Promised, promised, promised." "Hello, mum." "Hi!" "I'll help wash the lettuce." "Are you staying for dinner?" "And tomorrow and the day after..." "Welcome home." "Good morning." "Morning, doctor." "Excuse me, sir." "I was here before you." "That may be, but I have rustlings in my back and that has to be addressed now." "Could you both wait a moment?" "Yes, of course."