A Short Stay in Switzerland Page #2

Right, has everyone

done four handfuls?

Sophie, you have, Jessica

has, I have... I've done three.

Well, do a fourth.

Think I've found something.

Look at this.

Must be a screw from the coffin.

If anybody says a word about

your father having a screw loose...

Mrs Turner, would you be angry

if I gave these a rub with a brush?

Why would I be angry?

Well, people are strange

when it comes to dying.

It's hard to let go of who we love

and all they had about them.

Do you believe in ghosts?

It's not the dead put the

wind up me, it's the living.

No, no superstitions,

I don't entertain them.

I'm glad you're bearing up.

Doctor Turner is a very big loss.

You know what has to be done and you

do it, and more power to you, I say.

Oh, Jesus,

I poison you with compliments!

Come on, back to work, both of us!

Oh...

Damnation!

Ooh!

Diana?

Could you get me a couple of

plasters or something? Look at this.

Tripped for no good reason.

There you are.

What would I do without you?

TELEPHONE RINGS:

See you later. Surgery?

So you have a fair idea

of the tests we'll need?

Yes, and I'll do them all.

Well, I'll arrange... I have no

doubts about it. It's what I want.

Having a child...

Have you got children?

Three.

My mother's very ill.

A stroke. A whole series

of small ones then a whammer.

She whispered something

to me after the first.

She said, "Love your children. "

Your mother sounds very wise.

Edward.

Edward?

Thank you for all this.

How could I manage?

I love it, you know I do.

Makes a pleasant change

from the office in London...

What's the matter?

Are you all right?

Oh, don't take any notice.

It's the house,

so quiet without Daddy.

SHE SOBS:

Would it devastate you

if I were to sell it?

Oh, snap me out of this, Edward,

I'm being maudlin!

I should do something to help, hard

work! What do you want me to do?

I'd like you to go back

in the kitchen and make

a cup of tea, please,

because in the garden

you are Genghis Khan.

Really!

It was his children drove

Genghis Khan to destruction! Ha!

And I sympathise!

How was she? 'She seems very

emotional all the time. '

Never know if she's going

to bite your head off, laugh or cry.

She's still in mourning, Edward.

Has she mentioned selling the house?

No, I'm not selling it.

I wasn't being serious.

Edward that worried

about losing his garden?

He's worried about you grieving.

Well, why can't he speak out?

Why send you?

He didn't. I came myself.

I expect Jessica as well.

Are you all on a mission?

Why are you so touchy?

This has come out of the blue.

What has?

Selling the house, moving.

I said I'm not! It's just... Oh,

it's just such a big house

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