Three Men in a Boat Page #2

- No.

Harris said he went in once

to show a country cousin the way.

Harris said he went in once

to show a country cousin the way.

He had studied it up on a map.

HARRIS:
We'll just go in so you can say

you've been, but it's very simple.

Absurd to call it a maze, really.

Uh, we'll walk around for 10 minutes

and then go get some lunch, all right?

(CLEARING THROAT) Well...

They met some people

soon after they got inside

who'd been in there

for three-quarters of an hour.

- Morning.

- Morning.

Want to get it over with?

You can follow me if you like.

- I'm going in and coming out again.

- That's very kind of you, sir.

Everybody's welcome.

Just keep turning to the left.

Thank God you've come, sir.

- We'd just about given up hope, sir.

- This way.

And bit by bit, they picked up

all the people who were in the maze,

including a woman with a baby

who'd been in there all morning

and insisted on taking Harris' arm

for fear of losing him.

Turn left, round here.

(ALL CHATTERING)

This way.

Harris kept turning to the left.

This way!

(BABY CRYING)

I suppose it's a very big maze.

Yes, yes, one of the largest in Europe.

Yes, it must be. Because we've walked

a good two miles already.

Mmm.

This way!

(BABY WAILING)

This way!

Harris began to think it rather strange

himself, but he held on until...

Here, we passed that biscuit

10 minutes ago.

Impossible.

Yes, we did. It's Albert's.

I saw him drop it down.

Well, according to the map...

I wish I'd never met you.

All right!

We'll go back to the entrance

and start again from there.

Keep turning... right.

WOMAN:
Oh!

And so after turning right a good deal,

- he found himself...

- And here we are...

...in the middle.

...in the middle.

Oh, just as I... Just as I'd...

Harris thought at first of pretending

that that was what he'd been aiming at,

but the crowd looked dangerous.

And he decided to treat it

as an accident,

and set off once more

towards the perimeter.

All right, keep going, keep going.

Keep to the right.

Come on, there, keep to the right.

Keep going right!

Finally, right again. And here we are.

(BABY CRYING)

Albert and I will stay here. You go on.

Madam, I advise you to follow me.

We're all right. You can pick us up

on your next time through.

You silly old baggage!

Here, who do you think

you're talking to?

All right. Anyone who wants to stay here

for the rest of the day is welcome.

I'm going home now.

The optimists of the party

kept dwindling faith with Harris.

The pessimists remained in the middle,

and were swiftly vindicated.

(ALL EXCLAIMING)

Harris got his map out again,

but the sight of it

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