Tamara Drewe Page #2

NICHOLAS:

No

NADIA:

Drag you out

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NICHOLAS:

NO, NO DON’T!

NADIA:

I want to be with you. I thought

you’d be pleased...

8B POV. EXT. DAY. STONEFIELD / INT. DAY. NICHOLAS’ SHED 8B

Through the window Nicholas sees Beth leaving a scone by

Diggory, a sleeping poet in a pretentious hat.

NICHOLAS:

Of course I’m pleased... Nadia, go

to the pub and stay there. I’ll come

when I can.

NADIA:

Are you going to tell her?

NICHOLAS:

Just give me a couple of hours

He ends the call just as Beth is nearing the door - panicking

the phone back on to its holder.

NICHOLAS (CONT'D)

Cock pie.

Beth opens the door to see Nicholas apparently hard at it.

BETH:

How’s the worker?

NICHOLAS:

Good actually. Just about to embark

on forensics.

BETH:

Well give me your pages and I’ll get

started.

Nicholas hands her several pages.

NICHOLAS:

Reckon I might pack it in a bit

early today. Need to think about my

blood smears. Might take a drive;

have a pint. Stir the old grey

matter up.

BETH:

Who were you talking to just then?

NICHOLAS:

Judy. She says the Impala contracts

should be through in a day or two.

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Beth immediately knows he is lying. The lie pains her. She

goes to the door.

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Beth decides to try and call his bluff.

BETH:

I could come with you.

NICHOLAS:

What?

BETH:

For a drive. I don’t know when we

last went out.

Buying time by biting his scone:

NICHOLAS:

This is absolutely yummy.

BETH:

We could go into Hadditon, get a

meal.

NICHOLAS:

Yes but. What about the guests?

BETH:

Mary’s got Casey to help.

NICHOLAS:

But I’m supposed to be thinking,

you know about the

BETH:

You can run it by me. I’m good at

forensics.

Nicholas has run out of excuses.

9 EXT. DAY. STONEFIELD - THE GROUNDS. 9

Beth approaches Andy with her scones and biscuits. Nearby,

Glen is sitting back in a sun-lounger. Diggory sleeps on.

BETH:

Can I tempt you, Andy?

Andy takes a scone with a wide smile.

BETH (CONT'D)

That’s Glen, our new academic. Turns

out he’s working on Thomas Hardy.

Said he might have some farming

questions.

ANDY:

Needs an expert yokel, does he?

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BETH:

Would you mind? And the writers are

eating al fresco tonight; could you

check there’s no bird sh*t on the

seats? Sorry.

Beth looks distant, troubled.

ANDY:

You OK?

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BETH:

Yes. Nicholas and I are going out

to dinner.

As she walks away, Andy glances at the shed, a look of

puzzled dislike on his face.

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