The King's Speech Page #4

LIONEL:

I'm sure of anyone who wants to be cured.

ELIZABETH:

Of course my husband wants to be cured! His

position requires public speaking upon

occasion. A torment. I fear the requirement

may grow more frequent.

LIONEL:

He should change jobs.

TKS/Seidler/09/17/08 8.

ELIZABETH:

He can't.

LIONEL:

Indentured servitude?

ELIZABETH:

Something of that nature.

LIONEL:

Well, have your `hubby' pop by and give his

personal history. I'll make a frank

appraisal.

ELIZABETH:

Doctor...

Logue tries to object but she over-rides.

ELIZABETH (CONT'D)

...I do not have a "hubby". We never talk

about our private lives. Nor do we `pop'.

You must come to us.

LIONEL:

Sorry, this is my game, played on my turf,

by my rules.

The lady lifts her veil.

ELIZABETH:

Perhaps you'll make an exception?

He recognizes her instantly, and is clearly impressed, yet

refuses to be intimidated.

LIONEL:

I thought the appointment was for

"Johnson"?

ELIZABETH:

A name used during the Great War, when the

Navy didn't wish the enemy to know His

Royal Highness was aboard.

LIONEL:

I'm considered the enemy?

ELIZABETH:

You will be, should you continue to be un-

obliging.

TKS/Seidler/09/17/08 9.

LIONEL:

For my method to succeed there must be

mutual trust, complete honesty, and total

equality. That process takes place in my

consultation room. No exceptions.

ELIZABETH:

In which case...

(re-lowering her veil)

I should have kept my pledge. I promised my

husband I'd stop seeking "The Great Cure."

I've wasted your time. And mine.

She exits, closing the door firmly behind her.

LIONEL:

Bloody hell, I buggered that.

WACK! The sound of something solid meeting leather.

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