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What's going on, Merv?

You never mentioned

him before tonight,

suddenly he's in our house,

he's sleeping five feet away

from us.

Who is he?

Pommie thinks we're a lot

closer than we actually are.

There's nothing more to know.

Yeah, there never is.

Oh, come on!

No, it's true, Merv.

You never talk about anything.

Your friends, your

family, nothing.

OK.

Like right now.

Just leave it, all right?

Paula!

Sh*t head!

Hey!

Hey!

I'm going for a quick

beer, you up for it?

Oh, I've got to

sort something out.

Right.

I'll see you after lunch then.

Ben around?

Beer garden.

You Ben?

Don't need a broom, mate.

He was rude, don't you think?

Well, Merv said he was

having a rough nice.

No excuse.

I thought he was supposed

to be a gentleman.

You took him to see

drag queens, Yvonne.

If they can't cope

with my world- ...

Actually, do you mind if I

pop home, see how he's going?

Run along.

I can finish up.

Thank you.

Tell me if he talks

about me, will you?

Wolf Bailey reckons

you're a good bloke.

Says you might be able a man

acquire a hard to come by item.

Don't know him.

You heard of a wolf?

I know a few dogs.

So can you help me?

No.

Oh, f*** it.

Put that f***ing

thing down, man.

Upfront.

Shouldn't have.

Yeah.

You know what they about

the devil and idle hands.

Uh... I didn't know

where that lived.

I've never seen it before.

Hey.

It's very kind of you.

Ah, I just think it

was an.

So how'd you two meet, anyway?

I was visiting my

cousin in Sydney.

She was the one

having the party.

And Merv was there

and we just clicked.

Talked all night.

I mean, I did most

of the talking.

He doesn't talk much, does he?

Anyway, I was coming back here

the next day, so I thought...

You thought?

I thought nothing more of it.

And a week later I

got a call from Merv

asking me if I wanted to go out.

Sneaky bugger.

So he jumped a train

from Sydney to Melbourne

to take you out for a pizza, eh?

Sounds like you two got

something real special.

OK.

My turn.

What happened last

night between you two?

Come on, Paula.

He's a mate.

And I'm his fiancee.

Then he should tell you.

Well, he should.

And it's unfair of

me to ask you, but...

You're just not going

to give it up, are you?

No.

You know, I really am

starting to like you.

Right.

When Merv was young, he

got into a bit of trouble.

He got in with the wrong crowd.

He did a bit of time.

Prison?

Yeah.

And that's how you met?

Yeah.

What did he do?

Ah.

Not much, you know.

He nicked a car,

got into a fight.

I can't even remember.

Anyway, last night, I

told him to come clean.

You're getting married,

you deserve to know.

You're spending the rest

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