The Reckoning Page #2

Sorry to hear about it Michael.

Thank you sir.

Look.

Couldn't you just finish that report

for me? It will only take half an hour.

Well, I haven't seen him for five years.

I doubt half an hour longer will worry him.

A decision taken by that committee.

Our American counterparts, who switched

to computers at the time.

Have already taken control of the

British market, and branded..

.. our adding machines as the

poor-man's computer.

So much for Britain's businessmen.

Alright love? Three copies, one

to Hazlitt by two-thirty.

Ring my wife. Tell her I've

gone to Liverpool.

Mick?... Mick!

Hello Ma.

You've come home.

And not before time, neither.

Hello there Kath. You haven't

changed a bit.

Come..

Well.,. how is he?

Oh, not too good, Mick.

He'll not be long with us.

Don't be ridiculous Ma..

There's many a man had a heart attack

before now and gone on for donkey's years.

Well, there's the kettle.

You'll take some team, Mick?

Thanks.

How's our Phillip?

God, that one! Gives me a pain.

Not heard much from you, Michael.

Is everything going well with you down there?

Oh fine, fine.

Well... shall I go up and see him?

Well, he's sleeping just now but..

Ask him, would he like some tea.

Hello Dad..

Out of the depth, have I cried

unto thee, oh Lord.

Oh Lord, hear my voice.

Let thine ears be attentive to the voice

of my supplication.

I can't remember any more... sorry

Dad!

Somebody put the boot in.

Didn't they old fellah?

He won't be needing his tea, Ma.

I'll go for the doctor.

Yes? I can't keep this open

all night you know.

I'm sorry.

Oh... that's alright.

What can I do for you?

Is Doctor Carolan in? It's about

Mr Marler. Urgent.

He won't be long love.

You can go in now, love.

Dr Carolan?

Name please?

Do you not know a Marler

when you see one?

Mick? Mick, isn't it?

Is it your father?

That's right.

Could you come straight away.

Is he dead?

Yes.

Yes.

Through this Holy anointing,

and his most tender mercy.

May the Lord forgive you for whatever

sins you have committed. Amen.

In virtue of the faculty given to me

by the Apostolic See.

I grant you a plenary indulgence, with

full remission for all your sins.

In the name of the Father... and of

the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

A pity you missed him, Mick.

I had a long talk with him only yesterday.

A great loss.

Oh... you feel that?

It's not a very fashionable emotion

these days... loss.

A foretaste of Hell, you might say.

Eternal loss.

Don't provoke me Father.

He was worried about you, your father.

About your obsession with getting

on in business.

He felt you liked ideals... that you

turned into an opportunist.

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