Gallowglass. (1993) Part 1 of 2.

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First broadcast 10th/17th/24th January 1993.  Mental patient Joe is saved from jumping under a train by Sandor.   Michael Sheen - Joe Valerie Hunkins - Nurse Jane Lowe - Iris Ian Lindsay - Derek John McArdle - Paul Garnet Harriet Owen - Jessica Paul Rhys - Sandor Zoe Hilson - Sales Assistant Arkie Whiteley - Nina Gary Waldhorn - Ralph Apsoland Claire Hackett - Tilly Deobia Oparei - Neville (as Dhobi Oparei) Maryann Turner - Landlady Merelina Kendall - Librarian Trevor Cooper - Stan Susan Porrett - Doreen Barbara Hicks - Joan Giorgio Conti - Prince Piraneso Bruno Scipioni - Adelmo Paolo Giovannucci - Cesare Stefanie McFeat - Debbie Arkie Whiteley - Nina Alan Palmer - Vic Nerys Hughes - Diana Charlotte Barker - Hairdresser Mariella Minnozzi - Maria (as Mariella Minnozze) Pietro Genuardi - Colombo Eryl Maynard - Receptionist Richard Syms - Hotel Manager

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00:32:08Patrick, and my heart is on my sleeve, but a lady stole it from me on St. Gallo

00:32:14Glass's Eve. What was that? Gallo something? Didn't you tell me you were half Irish,

00:32:22little Joe? In ancient Ireland, the Gallo Glass was the chief's servant. Is that me,

00:32:29then? The Gallo Glass? Is that what I am? If you like.

00:32:38Tomorrow we move closer.

00:32:52You're locals here, aren't you? I don't know of any cottages to rent in the area.

00:32:59Cottages? Yes, I heard there was one at the big house. What's it called? Jared?

00:33:03No, it's not from the Jared's. Their chauffeur's got that. Mr. Garnett.

00:33:07I can't think of any vacant cottage these parts. So the, um, Jared's place is left permanently,

00:33:14then, to the chauffeur's family? Well, there's only him and his daughter, Jessica. Nice little thing,

00:33:19isn't she, Stan? The wife works up there. There's a bit of domestic. I'd rather she didn't,

00:33:23but she likes her independence, don't you, girl? There's nothing to rent up there.

00:33:27Can I get you both a drink? No, no, no, no, please. So it's Stan. And... Doreen. Doreen.

00:33:42How did you pay for it? Where? My mother's. I conned the spare one.

00:33:49She'll be mad. She doesn't know. And when she does, where will she find me?

00:33:55Sheesh! It's brighter than a traffic light. This resprays because you haven't been doing

00:34:02your job properly, little Joe. I'll need you to do better this time. All right.

00:34:12Are we being followed? I don't think so. Why do you ask? We keep looking in the mirror

00:34:25with a grave expression. The other day I thought we might have been, but I was mistaken.

00:34:30It's easy to get neurotic, isn't it? My husband sees burglars and bag snatchers in every crowd.

00:34:36If his own mother called, he'd demand an ID. It's made me worse.

00:34:41Ralph is the very essence of caution. You could call it paranoia. He lives it. That's why I'm...

00:34:52He chose you out of 25 applicants. He has a whole team of private detectives vetting everyone.

00:34:59You went to those lads? I shouldn't have told you. Are you angry?

00:35:03It's not my place to be angry, is it?

00:35:06What would you do if you were offered money to betray me?

00:35:17What?

00:35:18I said if you were offered money to betray me.

00:35:20I don't understand.

00:35:22You'll know when it happens.

00:35:24Do you mind if I say something?

00:35:26What?

00:35:27I think your husband's paranoia is rubbing off.

00:35:34I mean, when was the last time there was even a burglary in the village?

00:35:37I don't know if you've been told, but that switched their locks, all the windows and doors, in one go.

00:35:53No!

00:36:10Not every man's a thief or a rapist, Mrs. Upsley.

00:36:13Please, call me Nina. I hate to be called Mrs.

00:36:20I knew I'd have to tell you sometime.

00:36:22Tell me what?

00:36:26It's just that it's hard for me to talk about.

00:36:31I was kidnapped once.

00:36:33That's why I'm so nervous.

00:36:37You haven't answered my question about betraying me.

00:36:39I'm just your driver. There's no question of that.

00:37:04Look out at me.

00:37:05Listen, Ralph is going to an agricultural show on Saturday, and I need to visit Alba briefly.

00:37:12Why don't we take Jessica to the seaside for the afternoon?

00:37:16I don't know. I'll have to ask her.

00:37:24It would be nice to spend some time with her. I don't know any children.

00:37:26I don't know any children.

00:37:39Now this is the best thing anybody ever gave me. I'm going to keep it forever.

00:37:44Only guaranteed for a year.

00:37:45Hello. Just arrived.

00:37:51Oh, you're going to have a jolly good time, aren't you?

00:37:56We'll eat in style tonight. Somewhere smart. I'm sick of slumming it.

00:38:00When it was all over, the old man had a heart attack.

00:38:06Is it a shock?

00:38:08Strain would be a better word. The kidnappers held the princess for three weeks.

00:38:14When the prince stalled on the ransom demand, they sent him a whole fingernail with dried blood at the root of it.

00:38:19The younger Italian was a medical student. He got it from a corpse.

00:38:26And all the time, she was chained up in a tent.

00:38:32It was a very long chain. It didn't hurt.

00:38:36Everything all right, sir?

00:38:38Very good, thank you.

00:38:42She only saw the foreigner.

00:38:44They talked. The princess and he talked for hours.

00:38:51He brought her meals.

00:38:53Waited on her as though he were a servant.

00:38:56She slept a lot.

00:38:58Worried about her husband or said she did.

00:39:04The kidnappers sent Piraneso another tape and instructions about what he should do next.

00:39:14Very early Sunday morning, the old man was to bring 800 million lira, the sum they'd finally agreed on, to a church in Florence.

00:39:34The church was reached by a trail of clues, placed carefully along the route.

00:39:39He arrived at the church at 7.45 a.m., just after the doors had been opened.

00:40:03Signora.

00:40:09Signora.

00:40:13Come.

00:40:33Signora.

00:40:34Signora.

00:40:35Signora.

00:40:36Signora.

00:40:37Signora.

00:40:38Signora.

00:40:39Signora.

00:40:40Signora.

00:40:41Signora.

00:40:42Signora.

00:40:43Signora.

00:40:44Signora.

00:40:45Signora.

00:40:46Signora.

00:40:47Signora.

00:40:48Signora.

00:40:49Signora.

00:40:50Signora.

00:40:51Signora.

00:40:52Signora.

00:40:53Signora.

00:40:54Signora.

00:40:55Signora.

00:40:56Signora.

00:40:57Signora.

00:40:58Signora.

00:40:59Signora.

00:41:00Signora.

00:41:01Signora.

00:41:02Signora.

00:41:03I have to sequestrate your car.

00:41:18When he came out, the beggar had gone.

00:41:21There was only a note telling him where to find the princess.

00:41:26Where was she?

00:41:27On a train heading for Rufina station.

00:41:33I'd like to write to my sister.

00:41:47Do you think I could?

00:41:48Relatives are a pain in the arse.

00:41:50Not Tilly, she's different.

00:41:52She hates families.

00:41:53And she's had three different ones.

00:41:56And she says she'll never have children.

00:41:57Please yourself, and he don't go on.

00:41:58How can I get Garnet's telephone number?

00:42:05Where were the princess's relatives?

00:42:08In England.

00:42:09They didn't know?

00:42:11Nobody knew.

00:42:12Only the prince.

00:42:14The details were never revealed, and the kidnappers never caught.

00:42:18That's the way it was then in Italy.

00:42:20The rich just paid up.

00:42:21They didn't want the publicity.

00:42:22But, I mean, if it weren't in the papers or nothing,

00:42:25and the prince didn't tell anybody, I mean,

00:42:28how do you know about it?

00:42:32How do you think?

00:42:36I was the foreigner.

00:42:37I was the foreigner.

00:42:44I was the foreigner.

00:42:58I was the foreigner.

00:43:07What's Mrs Abbeyland's Christian name, Daddy?

00:43:23I don't know.

00:43:24What are you doing out of bed?

00:43:26Can you wash my hair, please?

00:43:34Princess.

00:43:34Ten years ago, when she was a top fashion model.

00:43:43At Anasso's funeral.

00:43:47I've kept them all this time.

00:44:03Now you know everything.

00:44:04So let's do it.

00:44:12Who's your friend, Richard, Daddy?

00:44:15I haven't got a friend, Richard.

00:44:16Yes, you have.

00:44:17He rang while I was at Debbie's house.

00:44:19Richard?

00:44:20He said, could he have our phone number?

00:44:23You've talked to him.

00:44:25Stan did first.

00:44:26Then me.

00:44:27He said he was your friend, Richard.

00:44:29And could he have our phone number?

00:44:31So I gave it to him.

00:44:33Stan said I was clever to remember it.

00:44:36How'd he get Stan and Dorian's number?

00:44:38That's what Dorian said.

00:44:40Who is he, Dad?

00:44:41I think he made me somebody I taught at school.

00:44:49I think I should have a solicitor here.

00:44:51Well, shouldn't I?

00:44:55Look.

00:44:58I know it seems stupid.

00:45:00It sounds ridiculous, but I just wasn't taking it very seriously, that's all.

00:45:05Well, well, I would have, but I suppose I had other things on my mind.

00:45:15I'm in a safe.

00:45:16How is this?

00:45:17My grandma told me that she should have been a secret for all night.

00:45:21Daddy was born somewhere in the last day.

00:45:23Was he?

00:45:24We have something in common, then.

00:45:26He doesn't look too happy.

00:45:37We are rather late, I'm afraid.

00:45:39Likes his tea on the table, doesn't he?

00:45:49I've been worried sick.

00:45:51I'm sorry, darling.

00:45:53We were having fun.

00:45:55Fun?

00:45:56See to it you'll collect the photographs and descriptions of the landscape gardens before they arrive tomorrow.

00:46:02There's a good chap.

00:46:03Don't want any mishaps.

00:46:23Indigo, it's ready.

00:46:26Mr. Garnet?

00:46:33Yes?

00:46:33You don't know me.

00:46:35I'm in a position to offer you a large sum of money.

00:46:39You there?

00:46:41What do you want?

00:46:42The princess.

00:46:44The princess?

00:46:44Mrs. Epsiland.

00:46:48We want Mrs. Epsiland.

00:46:50Two hundred thousand pounds, Mr. Garnet.

00:46:55Mr. Garnet.

00:46:57What do I have to do for it?

00:46:58Look the other way.

00:46:59That's all.

00:47:00When you drive her to Cambridge on Thursday...

00:47:02Are you Richard?

00:47:03You'll get the instruction later.

00:47:08I'll give you 15 minutes to think about it.

00:47:10All right?

00:47:10You'll get the instruction later.

00:47:11I'll give you 15 minutes to think about it.

00:47:12He asked me if I was Richard.

00:47:30What are you doing, Daddy?

00:47:46Nothing, sweetheart.

00:47:47Just doing this.

00:47:49I'm getting out soon.

00:47:51Throw yourself in the bedroom.

00:47:53I don't know why I didn't call the police.

00:48:00I was afraid I'd lose everything, I suppose.

00:48:04My job.

00:48:05My home.

00:48:08That Epsiland might take her away.

00:48:22Yes?

00:48:22I gave you an extra five minutes just for good measure.

00:48:26Who are you?

00:48:27Have you thought about it?

00:48:29Leave us alone.

00:48:32I can hardly hear you.

00:48:34Two hundred thousand pounds, Mr. Garnet.

00:48:36The answer's no.

00:48:42I heard.

00:48:51Daddy!

00:48:52What if I could have offered him after, man?

00:48:59He's straight away.

00:49:00We haven't got it, have we?

00:49:02All we've got is a poxy credit card.

00:49:09Shall I try again?

00:49:10Have you got a hundred grand?

00:49:11How are we going to do it, then?

00:49:21The only way now is by force.

00:49:23The only way now is by force.

00:49:23I don't know why I didn't call the police.

00:49:35I was afraid I'd lose everything, I suppose.

00:49:37My job, my job, my home.

00:49:39The Epsiland might take her away.

00:49:42No, I don't smoke, thanks.

00:49:48I thought I could protect them myself.

00:49:54Maybe these cranks would just give up.

00:49:56But what I mean is, at that stage, I thought I could handle it.

00:50:03I'll leave early on Thursday.

00:50:09It will only be a short trip, but I have a range of ten in the village instead.

00:50:13It's imperative to one, though, that those landscaped gardeners be checked every day.

00:50:19Do you understand that?

00:50:22Ah, gardeners.

00:50:23There you are.

00:50:24I have all the details here for you.

00:50:27Details?

00:50:28Of the landscaped gardeners.

00:50:30It will be the same three workers each day.

00:50:32We'll find descriptions inside.

00:50:35Is all this really necessary?

00:50:37I'm sure you have great powers of observation, but we can't be too careful, can we?

00:50:40Good morning.

00:50:43Do you want me to drive you today, Mrs. Epsiland?

00:50:46Today, it's Sunday.

00:50:47I drive my wife on Sundays.

00:50:50Yes, of course.

00:50:52Perfect day for a spot of shooting practice.

00:50:56How about it?

00:50:57We'll shoot clays.

00:50:59I'll ring the range.

00:51:03I'm in a good mood today.

00:51:05I might even let you win.

00:51:13Oh, hello.

00:51:21Hello.

00:51:22There was a telephone call for you from a young lady.

00:51:27Did she leave her name?

00:51:29She said she was your sister.

00:51:31What?

00:51:32You're Jo, aren't you?

00:51:33I'm sorry, she's been a bit upset today.

00:51:47I'm Jo.

00:51:48Is there a message?

00:51:50Only to say hello?

00:51:51I'm much better at a sharper angle.

00:52:17That's right, Mr. Epsiland.

00:52:19You are.

00:52:22You ready, sir?

00:52:23Yes.

00:52:25Swing with the target and keep moving.

00:52:28All right?

00:52:35Bad luck.

00:52:36Try again.

00:52:40Remember, point the gun.

00:52:43Don't aim it.

00:52:44Don't aim it.

00:53:14you allowed me to think you couldn't pop a bloody air gun at a funfair

00:53:21it's been a long time that's all well obviously you've lost none of your

00:53:24tough you made a fool of me out there

00:53:27you should be thankful I'm capable that's what you're paying me for

00:53:32I don't care for your tone actually

00:53:44how much are we going to ask for a million two million what does it matter

00:53:54pounds well of course pounds what do you think I mean lira

00:53:57two million pounds rats so what does it matter how much

00:54:01I've never had a lot of money

00:54:04what did I do with it

00:54:09what did you do with it all before

00:54:12really there thank God I'm tired today little Joe

00:54:16I should have let you dry

00:54:18what have you done to Ralph he's sulking like a schoolboy

00:54:28was there something you wanted

00:54:29no not really no

00:54:32after I visited my mother on Tuesday

00:54:42I do want to go shopping in Cambridge

00:54:43which will mean you hanging around a bit do you mind

00:54:46it's not for me to mind is it

00:54:48I better put these away

00:54:51oh Christ

00:55:04Alex Alex how wonderful what a surprise what a treat I thought you were in Greece

00:55:13airport strike delayed 48 hours

00:55:16yeah well I've just come for some of my suits that's wrong

00:55:19smarten myself up a bit

00:55:20this is my friend Joe Herbert

00:55:23can you give us lunch

00:55:25I see you're making good use of my credit card Alex

00:55:31yes thank you mama

00:55:33well you might as well have it now

00:55:35why wait until I'm dead and gone

00:55:37I've no one else to leave it to

00:55:38why not indulge him

00:55:41while I'm still here and can enjoy giving him the pleasure

00:55:45of course his stepfather might possibly not agree

00:55:48I'll have to take a nap

00:55:50sorry

00:55:51yes you better have a little sleep on my bed darling

00:55:54I'll look after Joe

00:55:55that was delicious

00:55:59thank you Mrs. Wendkamp

00:56:00call me Diana

00:56:02I'm so happy that Alex has found a nice young man at last

00:56:09shall we have some coffee

00:56:11I'll be fine

00:56:13well

00:56:17I'll be fine

00:56:20thank you

00:56:30for all the time

00:56:32I want to take a nap

00:56:33and ask people to get a nap

00:56:34I want to take a nap

00:56:36I want to take a nap

00:56:38I want to take a nap

00:56:40he left me alone for nearly three years and then suddenly about five months ago the letter

00:56:51started coming again threats to kidnapping who knows what he wants there was one last week

00:57:00i don't tell ralph how i feel he'd overreact i keep it from everybody except you why why do you keep it to

00:57:14yourself it was my fault i was to blame because you're driving alone

00:57:30at the time i thought i was losing my mind

00:57:37i'd have promised anything done anything to save my life

00:57:43i can't tell you

00:57:47finally they put me on a train going to ruffinan he traveled part of the way with me

00:57:54they taped dark glasses to my face and tied on a headscarf

00:58:00i don't know what was happening it's completely worn down

00:58:04totally demoralized

00:58:09i didn't know what

00:58:14that's going on it's so gloomy in here

00:58:30so

00:58:35I don't know.

00:59:05We'll meet again.

00:59:11It won't be long.

00:59:18After he'd gone, I was sick.

00:59:21I threw up in the carriage over and over.

00:59:24What did he mean when he said it won't be long?

00:59:28I don't know.

00:59:31Who knows what's in the mind of such a man?

00:59:36You think once you're free it's over, but it's not.

00:59:39How can you live like this?

00:59:43How else can I live?

00:59:49I'm a very jealous mother, Jo.

00:59:52I just can't help it.

00:59:53I couldn't stand to see Alex with another woman.

00:59:55I'm sure you understand.

00:59:59It seems to me you're a very genuine person.

01:00:02I wish I had a mother like you.

01:00:06What's your mother like?

01:00:07My real mother.

01:00:08I don't know.

01:00:09They took me away from her.

01:00:11Oh, poor darling.

01:00:14Have some more brandy.

01:00:15Come on.

01:00:15No, I'm driving.

01:00:18Alex had a nice friend once before, when he was postgraduate in Bologna.

01:00:23Gianni, his name was.

01:00:25Gianni Vianni.

01:00:26It always made me laugh.

01:00:27Gianni?

01:00:28Gianni Vianni.

01:00:30He had a middle name, but I can't remember.

01:00:33Whatever it was, he should have called himself that.

01:00:34What happened to Gianni?

01:00:36Oh, I don't know.

01:00:37His people probably disapproved.

01:00:38You know what these Italians are like?

01:00:39All for marriage and the family.

01:00:42But not me.

01:00:45I'd hoped that Alex and Gianni would be a pair, if you see what I mean.

01:00:50But now he has you.

01:00:53And I'm so pleased.

01:00:59Oh, if only Alex had met you before he went to prison.

01:01:04Things might have been very different.

01:01:06I went to prison.

01:01:08Hasn't he told you?

01:01:09Well, yeah, he does tell me things.

01:01:13Do you know, Joe, I was in labour with Alex for 46 hours.

01:01:18Can you believe it?

01:01:1846 hours!

01:01:20He was my first and last.

01:01:22But he was worth it.

01:01:24Don't you agree?

01:01:26His father was such a handsome man.

01:01:29Well, you can see that, can't you?

01:01:31Dead now.

01:01:31My new husband, Alex, don't see eye to eye.

01:01:35Jealousy, I expect.

01:01:38Perhaps I shouldn't have told you about that prison thing.

01:01:41But it was all such a terrible mistake.

01:01:47He's been very hurt, Joe.

01:01:50You will be kind to him, won't you?

01:01:51So, what did the old bat say?

01:02:07She was really nice to me.

01:02:09I think she's lovely.

01:02:10Jesus Christ!

01:02:12I don't give a shit what you think of her.

01:02:14What did she say?

01:02:15She thinks we're lovers.

01:02:21She doesn't know her arse from Christmas.

01:02:25She mentioned Gianni.

01:02:28Did she?

01:02:31He was just a friend from university.

01:02:33Cesare's brother.

01:02:34Cesare?

01:02:35Cesare, the medical student.

01:02:37Do you want to pull the nail from a corpse?

01:02:39He's a doctor somewhere now.

01:02:41Adelmo was the father.

01:02:46They corrupted me.

01:02:48Nice English boy that I was.

01:02:50Was Gianni your money?

01:02:51Not then, no.

01:02:53Later, he demanded a cut just for introducing me to his villainous family.

01:02:57Did you get it?

01:02:59What do you take me for?

01:03:03Are you pissed?

01:03:05You're driving like a sodding maniac.

01:03:08Sorry.

01:03:11What else did my mother say?

01:03:15Nothing.

01:03:18I think she really likes me.

01:03:19She likes anyone who likes me.

01:03:22It's nothing personal.

01:03:41Joe!

01:03:44Joe!

01:03:44Is it really you?

01:03:47What happened to your hair?

01:03:49Oh, thanks very much.

01:03:50Look at you.

01:03:51You're blonde.

01:03:51Only he didn't recognise you.

01:03:53I can explain that.

01:03:55No, I can't.

01:03:58Look, I don't know what Shanda will say.

01:04:00He might be a bit...

01:04:01Oh, I don't give a bugger.

01:04:03You know, it's you I've come to see.

01:04:05You're looking great.

01:04:06Really great.

01:04:07All down to Brian.

01:04:08What, is he here?

01:04:09No, I told him to shove it.

01:04:11He said if I lost two stone, he'd buy me 500 quids worth of clothes.

01:04:14So I did and then I dumped him.

01:04:17Cheeky sod.

01:04:17So is him right.

01:04:18Well, come on.

01:04:19I want to hear about you.

01:04:20Get in the van.

01:04:21Look, I don't think you can just leave it here.

01:04:22Well, why not?

01:04:23It's a car park, isn't it?

01:04:24Yeah.

01:04:26Who's that?

01:04:28Shandor.

01:04:29Jesus.

01:04:30Is that him?

01:04:31He might be a bit rude, but he don't really mean it.

01:04:34He's going to be a bit rude.

01:04:39Hi.

01:04:40I'm Tilly, Jo's sister.

01:04:42I'll be staying for a day or two.

01:04:45Tilly, this is my friend.

01:04:47Shandor Wynne Clangton.

01:04:49Bit of a mouthful, isn't it?

01:04:54Are you sleeping in this?

01:04:56That's right.

01:04:57we'll have to see if there's a room for you in the guest house

01:05:04no I'm not forking out good money

01:05:05I'm quite happy in the van

01:05:07it's got everything I need

01:05:09has it really

01:05:11so that's Tilly

01:05:17yeah

01:05:18is she with anyone

01:05:25a lover

01:05:27not at the moment but she's had lots

01:05:28I bet she has

01:05:29and she just wanders round in that old van does she

01:05:33with a gypsy

01:05:34I wonder if she'd like some money

01:05:38are we gonna tell her

01:05:41we

01:05:41this is my enterprise

01:05:44I mean are you gonna tell her what we're doing

01:05:46if I think she'll be useful

01:05:49I might

01:05:49otherwise she goes

01:05:51we have a bargain

01:05:54little Joe remember

01:05:55still

01:05:59I'm sure your foster sister will be just as Nina does you are

01:06:04Nina Abbott

01:06:09the model

01:06:10we share the same birthday

01:06:13we do

01:06:14both Scorpios

01:06:15I read it in a magazine once

01:06:17I used to be a big fan

01:06:18tried to get that look she had

01:06:20you know sort of sulky and superior

01:06:22I'm not the right type though

01:06:25I'm a bit earthier

01:06:26which is her house?

01:06:28not yet

01:06:29I'll take you past it

01:06:31I'd love to meet her

01:06:32I really would

01:06:33I always wonder what happened to her

01:06:36it's a big house

01:06:36almost a mausoleum

01:06:38well she sort of disappeared

01:06:39you know I'd really love to meet her

01:06:41I really would

01:06:42yes well don't go on and on

01:06:44I'm not on social terms exactly

01:06:45part of me

01:06:47electric fences

01:06:52security screens

01:06:53god knows what else

01:06:54what is it they're so afraid of?

01:06:58being kidnapped

01:06:59kidnapped?

01:07:01well drive on

01:07:01go to Cambridge

01:07:03are they filthy rich then?

01:07:06yes but it's not that

01:07:07it's Absalant

01:07:07he wants to control her

01:07:09own her like a possession

01:07:10look look there's Garnett

01:07:11and his daughter

01:07:11that's him

01:07:12is that him?

01:07:15that's him

01:07:15and his daughter

01:07:16he's a hard looking bastard isn't he?

01:07:22I'd like to meet him on a dark night

01:07:23I can't say I know a lot about Botticelli

01:07:32no

01:07:32you must have seen the birth of Venus

01:07:34you've only on a soap band

01:07:36oh don't use soap

01:07:37it's bad for the skin

01:07:38it's in the Uffizi in Florence

01:07:40I know it very well

01:07:41look

01:07:43over there

01:07:45that's where I first saw her

01:07:47Nina Abbott

01:07:49she was modelling a ball gown

01:07:52for some Sunday magazine

01:07:54a few years ago

01:07:56I was a mere student

01:07:58where's this posh restaurant then?

01:08:02not far

01:08:03do you know Cambridge?

01:08:06never been

01:08:07quite attractive

01:08:08could get attached to it

01:08:10there was a time

01:08:12I thought I might live here forever

01:08:13become a don

01:08:15what?

01:08:17like in the Mafia?

01:08:28is he for real or what?

01:08:31he's been to the university and everything

01:08:32well

01:08:33it's not his mind I'm after

01:08:35is it?

01:08:46well

01:08:47this is all very cosy

01:08:49here's to crime then

01:08:52what crime?

01:08:55you're planning to kidnap Nina Abbott aren't you?

01:08:57shh

01:08:57you should see your face

01:09:08it was a joke

01:09:11okay

01:09:12I couldn't resist it

01:09:13well why are you looking at me like that?

01:09:20what would you say

01:09:21if I told you we actually were?

01:09:24I'd say you were pissed

01:09:26but I'm not pissed

01:09:27am I?

01:09:28you've got to be joking

01:09:34no

01:09:37no

01:09:38I've done it before

01:09:39it's true

01:09:42I intend to do it again

01:09:44you've been writing her letters

01:09:53you're nuts

01:09:55shut up

01:09:56just shut up

01:09:57do you really think she's gonna walk out sobbing

01:10:00and endure a buck of money?

01:10:01it was a mistake telling you

01:10:03I accept that

01:10:03now just forget about it

01:10:05you've never heard it right?

01:10:07but I did hear it didn't I?

01:10:08and what about my brother?

01:10:10what's all this doing to him?

01:10:11your brother

01:10:11your twat of a brother

01:10:13was gonna throw himself

01:10:14under a tube train

01:10:15what do you think

01:10:16that would have done to him?

01:10:18I saved his life

01:10:19he does what I tell him

01:10:22is that a fact?

01:10:43I know how to do it

01:10:53do what?

01:10:58I know how to get Nina Abbott

01:11:00how?

01:11:03you wouldn't have to worry about fences and alarms and all that stuff

01:11:07this way

01:11:09this way there wouldn't be much risk

01:11:10not once the first bit was over

01:11:13like

01:11:19well

01:11:19I've got to know how to get

01:11:24I assume

01:11:25what about

01:11:26how to do it?

01:11:30if you get yourself

01:11:31I'll give

01:11:32Where are we going?

01:11:47See you in the morning.

01:11:57I tried to tell myself it was all right.

01:11:59I was the gallow glass going back to barracks.

01:12:03But the truth is, I felt rejected.

01:12:10Then, when I lay down, I had these thoughts.

01:12:12Tilly and Shandor were my mum and dad,

01:12:14and I was tucked up in a car at the foot of their bed while they slept.

01:12:19I even thought I could hear them breathing.

01:12:21Sort of gentle and regular.

01:12:27But I think I might have dreamt that.

01:12:29I didn't mean to cut the old guy.

01:12:45It was a mistake.

01:12:46What did you then?

01:12:48He wouldn't do what I told him.

01:12:51Right.

01:12:51So, how long did they give you?

01:12:56Five years.

01:12:58I did three.

01:13:00That must have pissed you off a bit.

01:13:02Putting it mildly.

01:13:04So, you've been waiting all this time for another go at Nina Rabbit.

01:13:09Just lying in your cell and dreaming about it.

01:13:13And then I came along to show you the way.

01:13:19When you kidnapped her before, did you have sex with her?

01:13:25Did you?

01:13:26Don't be so crude.

01:13:28Well, what's crude?

01:13:30You are.

01:13:31Well, I'd have sex with my kidnappers.

01:13:32Passes the time, doesn't it?

01:13:34You're hardly in the same class, are you?

01:13:36You're hardly in the same.

01:13:48Come on, dear.

01:13:49Come on.

01:13:49Come on, dear.

01:13:50Come on, dear.

01:13:50Come on.

01:13:51Come on.

01:14:00Come on.

01:14:02Come on, dear.

01:14:02Come on.

01:14:04He's been in jail for cutting some poor old bloke with a razor.

01:14:28It was during a robbery.

01:14:31He made a right cock of a bit by all accounts.

01:14:34About the only sort of cock-up he's any good at.

01:14:38What did he tell you?

01:14:40Gives him some sort of sadistic turn-on.

01:14:43I mean, he's really weird, Joe.

01:14:45If you weren't in this, I'd be away in that van like a shot.

01:14:49You're still going through with it, then?

01:14:51No, I've done all the brain work.

01:14:52You bet I am.

01:14:54I want my hands on some of that money.

01:14:57Why should Nina Abbott have it all?

01:14:59So I'm going through it.

01:15:09Oh.

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