Calvary Page #6

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LAVELLE:

That’s how it is, is it? I didn’t

realise.

VERONICA:

You thought we were another Grace

Kelly and Prince Rainier?

LAVELLE:

That wasn’t a very happy marriage,

so it’s not a great analogy.

VERONICA looks at him. Laughs.

VERONICA:

Y’know that’s what I’ve always liked

about you, Father. You’re just a

little too sharp for this parish.

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INT. BRENNAN’S BUTCHERS - DAY 25

A meat cleaver comes down hard on a rack of ribs. JACK

BRENNAN, forty, in a bloody apron, chopping up the meat.

BRENNAN:

(to his ASSISTANT)

--Mad fella altogether. Decapitated

the two of them. Blood all over the

place there was.

He chuckles and looks up --

LAVELLE has entered.

BRENNAN:

Father.

(CONTINUED)

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LAVELLE:

Jack.

(glancing at the ASSISTANT,

who is serving a CUSTOMER)

Could I have a word in private?

BRENNAN:

(nervous laugh)

Sounds ominous. Where’s Johnny

Cochran when you need him, hah?

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INT. MEAT FREEZER - DAY 26

Carcasses of pigs, and sides of beef, hanging from hooks.

The icy breath of LAVELLE and BRENNAN floating between

them as they converse -

BRENNAN:

(giggling)

Hope we don’t get locked in. We’ll

have to make love to keep warm.

LAVELLE:

I had a word, there, with Veronica,

Jack.

BRENNAN:

You were over to the house?

Is everything alright?

LAVELLE:

Everything’s fine. I mean, no, it’s

not fine. Mass on Sunday, with the

shades and everything-

BRENNAN:

Oh that.

LAVELLE:

Yes, that. Have you been laying into

her or what’s going on?

BRENNAN:

Ah that wasn’t me, now. That was

that black fella she’s been seeing.

Coloured fella, I mean, sorry.

Didn’t mean to be racist, slip of

the tongue.

LAVELLE:

You’re saying he beats her up?

BRENNAN:

Well don’t quote me on it. I mean,

that’s what I’m assuming, like.

She talks in riddles half the time,

I can’t get any sense out of her.

(MORE)

(CONTINUED)

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BRENNAN (CONT'D)

I think she’s bi-polar, or lactose-

intolerant, one of the two. I never

know where I am with her anymore.

I’m glad to have her off my hands,

to be honest with ya.

LAVELLE:

Even if this new fella’s knocking

her about?

BRENNAN:

Sure what’s that got to do with me?

Not everyone can carry the weight

of the world, Father.

LAVELLE:

What about your marriage? The oaths

you took?

BRENNAN:

(with a laugh)

The oaths I took!

He sees the look LAVELLE gives him and stops laughing.

BRENNAN:

Listen, Father, she’s been a lot

happier since she’s been seeing him,

a lot calmer and more settled down,

like. I’m not under surveillance

any more either, I can reel in home

whatever time I like. So everybody’s

happy. Now where’s the harm?

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