Age of Consent Page #4

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Settled in nicely?

- Yes, thanks.

- Good.

If you need any fresh vegetables

or eggs, do ask.

I'm sure we could come

to some arrangement.

That's very kind of you.

I might be able to let you

have a boiling fowl, too.

- Good day.

- Good day.

Sit down.

He's been a stray for so long,

he sometimes forgets himself.

You mean the dog broke into Marley's

and killed the chook, eh?

No, he'd never trespass. It was the chook

that wandered into our garden.

Godfrey let out a howl, and the chook flew

into the air, dropped down dead of fright.

- You're having me on.

- Accidental death, I would say.

Yeah?

So what could I do? I couldn't waste her.

I didn't even know who owned her.

- So you ate her?

- So I ate her.

What about Ms. Marley?

Well, there's only one thing to do with her.

Apologize, pay for the damage.

Seems fair enough.

Keep that dog under control.

Any more fowl killing

and he'll be for the high jump.

Oh, no, I really couldn't. It's too much.

$4, I insist.

Well, we'll make it $2,

and I'll say no more about it.

Now, I'm really sorry.

Don't think I'm a fool, Mr. Morahan.

I'm well aware of what really happened.

Hello, Godfrey.

$2 in advance for a stolen chook.

This thieving's got to stop!

They're a wake-up, Ms. Marley, copper.

Eggs, chooks. What else you take?

- Vegetables.

- It's bloody immoral!

- Didn't you like the chicken?

- That's beside the point.

- Who taught you to steal?

- Me grandma.

You took some of my eggs, didn't you?

That police nark can put you in a home.

Do you know what a girl's home is?

Me grandma says she'll send me there

if I don't get enough money

for food and her gin.

- Where's your mother?

- Dead.

Father?

Never had one,

not one that would own up to it.

Doesn't the seafood you sell to the store

give you enough to live on?

Only pays for the groceries and the gin.

Me grandma knows the prices.

- I can't cheat her.

- What do you want to cheat her for?

So's I can hide money and save it.

What are you saving up for?

To get away from here.

When I've got $100,

I'm going to Brisbane to be a hairdresser.

I've saved over 50.

I want you to promise not to steal anymore.

If I don't steal, then I can't save,

and I can't get away from here.

You'll get nowhere if you're behind bars!

Our deal is off if you don't give it up.

Think it over.

Okay.

If you stick to your word, I'll try to help you.

How?

$100, eh?

Buy some of your shellfish,

see if we can raise the prices

of that old skinflint at the store.

I might even...

If I had the materials to work with,

I might even...

What?

- I might even get you to pose.

- Pose?

I'm a painter. Know what a model is?

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