First Men in the Moon Page #2

- All right?

- Thank you.

Oh, it's so beautiful.

Careful.

- It's like a postcard.

- It's the best time of year.

How's the work?

- Oh, fine. Fine.

- Good.

Arnold...

it's charming.

- It's the perfect place to write.

- It's comfortable, quiet.

Act 1, scene 1.

Is that as much as you've written?

You know how difficult it is to start.

Yes, darling, I know.

The basic idea is the

important thing. Then it's...

a matter of slugging away.

There's a producer...

clamoring for the manuscript.

Probably something from him. Excuse me.

"Rent in arrears, 20."

He'll just have to be patient.

It's perfect. Just my idea

of an old English cottage.

It really belongs to you?

An old aunt of mine retired here.

I was her favorite.

- She left it to me.

- Then what's to stop us?

We can get married now.

A producer's clamoring for your play...

Or are you too set

in your bachelor ways?

Kate, I'm as impatient as you, but...

There's something you ought to know.

You see...

all my money's in Army boots

from the Boer War.

It will pay off eventually.

But I'll have to sell

the cottage to pay my creditors.

Oh, no, Arnold.

We'll think of something.

Now, I'd like to freshen up.

The stairs are here, dear.

I can manage quite well alone, darling.

That's strange.

That's very strange.

Excuse me, excuse me.

On my way to the village, I saw smoke.

I thought the place was empty...

I'll explain, I'll explain.

My name is Joseph Cavor. How do you do?

Let me help.

- Hello.

- Hello. I live across the fields.

- Well, I'm Kate.

- Hello. How do you do?

Are you the owner of the cottage?

No, Mr. Bedford's gone to the village.

- Mr. Bedford? Right.

- Won't you come in?

- That's very nice of you. Thank you.

- He won't be long.

- I hope I'm not intruding.

- No, not at all.

A nice place. Known it

since I was a boy. After you.

- Please sit down, Mr. Cavor.

- Thank you.

- I'll bring some tea.

- That would be nice.

You see, I'm a research scientist.

I'm about to complete an

important scientific demonstration.

Probably one of the

most important of all time.

I'd like to say how pleased I am...

to have you

and Mr. Bedford as neighbors.

The point is, I moved here

for the isolation.

Mr. Cavor, we won't trouble you.

That's just what attracts Arnold.

- He needs quiet to write his play.

- I understand that.

- Then, what is it?

- I must tell you...

there's risk, even danger...

in my experiment.

It could damage your property.

If Mr. Bedford would sell,

I'd pay anything within reason.

- You want to buy Cherry Cottage?

- Yes, I do. Yes.

- How much were you figuring?

- Well, I'm not very good at this.

I thought perhaps 1000, maybe more.

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