Long pause
WOMAN: Things like this, they are beautiful but
they dont really
theyre just imposing really arent they. You dont nesercerilly enjoy them more than anywhere else, its just that
(trails off).
Long pause
WOMAN: Hm.
Very long silence
WOMAN: Sleepy.
(long silence)
WOMAN: What are you doing?
MAN: Just making notes.
WOMAN: About what?
MAN: (Just…dont know
muffled)
(very long silence)
WOMAN: Whats
what you writing?
MAN: Just
stuff, just stuff –
WOMAN: cuts in: I want to know.
MAN: I dont know, I can only say when Ive finished.
(long silence)
WOMAN: Really wanted to take you into this bit of the castle thats old.
MAN: Uh huh.
WOMAN: And now it all looks new, the back looks like its older, its really nice.
(long silence)
MAN: Finishes writing, puts the notebook on the table. Hm? Smiles awkwardly
WOMAN: Just want to know what youre thinking thats all.
MAN: Everything-: (muffled)
WOMAN: Huh?
MAN: Just things.
Pause
WOMAN: Are you going to share them?
MAN: No. smiles.
Pause
WOMAN: Is it secret?
Shakes is head
WOMAN: Is it because Im depressing you?
MAN: Hm?
WOMAN: Is it because Im depressing you?
Pause
MAN: Why are you depressing me? Or why do you think that?
WOMAN: Because of how I act.
Pause
MAN: Its not depressing. pause Why do you think it would?
Pause
WOMAN: Because
I wasnt very nice to you, and I think
I like you and
and I think that you um
well you might think Im just rude really.
pause
WOMAN: You might feel bad about yourself or
you might think that Im trying to make you feel bad
I dont know.
MAN: Hm. Why do you think that?
WOMAN: Because of the phone conversation.
Long pause
WOMAN: You know when youre really tired and your head just feels really dizzy and
MAN: Hm.
WOMAN: Sometimes I get a bit
funny about things.
MAN: Funny about what things?
WOMAN: Well if I wake up quite early
but Im
you know
looking forward to doing something and it goes wrong, it probably effects me more than if I was awake. You know, kind of
just get really
you just overreact really dont you.
MAN: So what went wrong?
WOMAN: Hm? We talked about it before didnt we?
Short Puase
MAN: What went wrong?
WOMAN: Well you said that you couldnt come till later because you had to do your filing.
MAN: Mm.
Short Pause
MAN: Hm Hm?
WOMAN: -And I just got a bit annoyed because
I was tired and
(shrugs) thats all.
MAN: Are you still tired?
WOMAN: A bit.
MAN: Are you still annoyed?
WOMAN: Hm.
MAN: No?
WOMAN: Im annoyed with myself and
(trails off)
Long Pause.
MAN: Oh well. These things happen I guess.
Short Puase.
WOMAN: You can understand why I was getting miffed though?
MAN: Hm?
WOMAN: You know why I was a bit miffed.
Short Pause.
MAN: Because you were tired.
WOMAN: Yeah but also
because I thought you just
well Ive already said it anyway
can we forget about it now?
Short Pause
WOMAN: Sorry.
Short Pause
MAN: Its just a little thing.
Short Pause.
MAN: Sometimes theyre hard to ignore though.
Pause
WOMAN: I think I was just annoyed because you know I
really
you know when you just make an effort to get up at the right time and
all this stuff and
MAN: Hm.
WOMAN: And you only do it for that person, you dont do it for yourself and
you know, you really want to do the thing
so you just change your plans for the thing
so if then they
if then it sort of changes so
(MAN: Hm)
Pause
MAN: Nothing was changed
it just worked out that I slept till twelve. Doesnt meant I meant to sleep til twelve. Doesnt mean it was predetermined, that I was going to sleep to twelve and fuck up your plans.
WOMAN: No, no
Pause.
MAN: Hm?
WOMAN: Yeah, obviously. (silence) Can you smell curry?
MAN: Nope.
(very long silence)
WOMAN: You know I think I was just
you know
because you overslept I was like ok well, I can still come but then
when you said oh actually Ive got stuff to do I was like
I thought oh right, it must be pretty urgent then
and when it wasnt I thought oh right
ok
just struck me a bit odd, as a bit odd, thats why.
MAN: What do you mean a bit odd?
WOMAN: Well, if Id said to someone lets meet up for lunch
and then
they wo-
MAN: -They would have said yes or no.
WOMAN: Yeah-
MAN: -Hm hm.
WOMAN:-And then I said
the next day
oh actually, Im really sorry Ive just overslept and Ive got loads to do. Like, fair enough thats
a good excuse but then I said oh whats that then and they said oh just
stuff they didnt actually really need to do, at that moment in time
youd feel a bit-
MAN: -well yeah I mean
,you dont need to do anything, I mean
at any moment in time really
nothings sort of so pressing
unless its-
WOMAN: -well sometimes it is. If you had to
fil-
MAN: – buy a birthday present.
WOMAN: (angry sigh) Yeah so its obviously me thats making things difficult isnt it, by wanting to buy my best friend a birthday present.
MAN: Didnt say that.
Puase
WOMAN: If cant understand how its slightly annoying then theres not really much point in us going through it, might as well just forget about it.
MAN: Of course I can understand, I said I was sorry.
WOMAN: Dont remember that.
MAN: Yeah I said on the phone.
Puase
WOMAN: (sigh)
(silence: Man picks up the book a flicks through)
MAN: Which is your favourite one?
WOMAN: Dont know. I like loads of them.
Short Pause
MAN: Really love The Generous Gambler
WOMAN: Huh?
Short Pause
MAN: Its somewhere round here.
Short pause So good. silence Yeah this one.
WOMAN: Hm? (Man hands the book over)
Long Pause (Woman reads)
WOMAN: Thats really like
the foundation of his ideas, I think.
MAN: How do you mean?
WOMAN: Like those ideas that you can see, theres loads of them in here.
MAN: Hm hm.
Long Puase
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