A Hard Day's Night Page #5

PAUL:

We'll follow you down.

GRANDFATHER rises.

GRANDFATHER:

I want me coffee.

NORM:

He can come with Shake and me if you

like.

PAUL:

Well, look after him. I don't want

to find you've lost him.

NORM:

Don't be cheeky, I'll bind him to me

with promises. Come on, Grandad.

GRANDFATHER joins SHAKE and NORM.

NORM:

(over Grandfather's

head)

He's very clean, isn't he?

SHAKE and NORM collect GRANDFATHER and are in the process of

leaving the compartment when a fat upper class city

Englishman, JOHNSON, attempts to enter. There is a bit of

confusion and they get tangled up with each other.

JOHNSON:

Make up your minds, will you!

At last SHAKE, NORM and GRANDFATHER sort themselves out and

JOHNSON enters with his case. The other three go to coffee.

JOHNSON puts his case up on the luggage rack, then sits down.

All his movements are disgruntled... he finally picks up his

copy of the Financial Times and burying himself behind it,

starts to read. After a moment he looks up, notices the

compartment window is open. He gets up and without so much

as a "by your leave" he closes it, glares at the BOYS and

sits down again.

The boys exchange looks as if to say... "Hello, Saucy!!"

PAUL:

(politely)

Do you mind if we have it opened?

JOHNSON:

(briefly)

Yes, I do.

JOHN:

Yeah, but there are four of us, like,

and we'd like it open, if it's all

the same to you, that is.

JOHNSON:

(rudely)

Well, it isn't. I travel on this

train regularly twice a week, so I

suppose I've some rights.

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