Amour Page #4

She looks at him with amazement.

ANNE:

What did you say?

GEORGES:

(seriously)

Is this a joke? Is this meant to be

a joke?

ANNE:

What joke? I don’t get it! Why are

you talking to me like that? What’s

got into you?

Georges comes from the door to the table.

GEORGES:

Anne! Please! Stop this game. It’s

not funny.

ANNE:

(getting irritated)

What game, for Christ’s sake? What

on earth’s the matter?!!

Georges is about to answer in a similarly irritated tone,

but gradually begins to suspect that he could be mistaken. He

tries to calm down, takes his chair that has remained beside

Anne, sits down and looks at his wife. She doesn’t know how

to react.

GEORGES:

What’s the matter? Why didn’t you

react?

ANNE:

To what?

GEORGES:

To what? To me, to everything.

ANNE:

When?

10.

GEORGES:

Just now. A moment ago.

ANNE:

Please tell me what’s wrong. What

am I supposed to have done?

Georges first looks away reluctantly, then looks at Anne. He

doesn’t want to believe that its serious.

GEORGES:

I don’t know what to say. Do you

really not know what just happened?

ANNE:

But what DID happen?

GEORGES:

(almost reluctantly bowing his head

as he speaks) You were sitting

there, staring at me. You didn’t

answer me when I asked you what the

matter was.

He picks up the wet tea towel from the table.

GEORGES (CONT’D)

I put this tea towel on your face,

and you didn’t react.

Anne looks at the towel, then at Georges, and shakes her

head, perturbed that she can’t understand. Georges looks at

her. He sees the damp marks on the collar of her robe.

GEORGES (CONT’D)

Look... There’s still dampness on

your collar.

Anne follows his gesture, tugs on her collar and sees the

damp marks. She slowly grasps that something is awry.

ANNE:

When... When was it?

GEORGES:

Just now, a few minutes ago.

ANNE:

So...??

GEORGES:

There’s no “So”. I went into the

bedroom to get dressed. I wanted to

get help.

11.

ANNE:

Help?

GEORGES:

Yes, and then you turned off the

tap.

ANNE:

Yes. Because you left it on.

SILENCE:

ANNE (CONT’D)

I don’t understand.

GEORGES:

Neither do I.

PAUSE.

GEORGES (CONT’D)

Don’t you think it’s best if I call

Dr. Bertier?

ANNE:

Why? What can he do?

GEORGES:

I don’t know. Examine you.

ANNE:

I’m fine. There’s nothing wrong

with me.

GEORGES:

Anne, please!! That’s absurd. We

can’t pretend that nothing

happened.

ANNE:

But what DID happen?

PAUSE.

ANNE (CONT’D)

I’m here. I’m having my breakfast,

and you’re telling me things

happened that I don’t understand.

GEORGES:

Can you explain how the tea towel

got there?

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