Trainspotting Page #4

RENTON (V.O.)

We called him the mother superior

on account of the length of his

habit. He knew all about it. On

it, off it, he knew it all. Of

course I'd have another shot: after

all, I had work to do.

INT. RENTON'S FLAT ROOM - DAY

The door opens and Renton enters carrying shopping bags.

He empties them on to a mattress beside three buckets and

a television.

RENTON (V.O.)

Relinquishing junk. Stage One:

preparation. For this you will

need:
one room which you will not

leave; one mattress; tomato soup,

ten tins of; mushroom soup, eight

tins of, for consumption cold; ice

cream, vanilla, one large tub of;

Magnesia, Milk of, one bottle;

paracetamol; mouth wash; vitamins;

mineral water; Lucozade;

pornography; one bucket for urine,

one for feces, and one for vomitus;

one television; and one bottle of

Valium, which I have already

procured, from my mother, who is,

in her own domestic and socially

acceptable way, also a drug addict.

Renton swallows several Valium tablets. Voice-over

continues.

And now I'm ready. All I need is a final hit to soothe the

pain while the Valium takes effect.

INT. SWANNEY'S FLAT - DAY

Swanney, Sick Boy, Spud and Allison and Baby all lie inert

while the telephone rings.

INT. CALL BOX - DAY

Renton curses as he slams down the receiver. He dials again.

RENTON:

Mikey. It's Mark Renton. Can you

help me out?

INT. MIKEY'S FLAT - DAY

Renton holds two opium suppositories in the palm of his

hand.

RENTON (V.O.)

This was typical of Mikey Forrester.

(on screen)

What the f*** are these? Under

the normal run of things I would

have had nothing to do with the

c*nt, but this was not the normal

run of things.

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