Notes On A Scandal Page #3

Ah. Uh, I think we might have

some apricot brandy knocking around.

- Uh, dry white wine.

- Done. Have a seat.

- [ Richard ] Where's the, uh, wine?

- [ Sheba Speaks, Indistinct ]

[ Richard ] Well, scrape it. Do you want to-

For a moment. Is it in the fridge?

You must be Polly.

I'm Barbara.

Hi, Barbara.

[ Clattering ]

[ Polly ]

Are you going somewhere?

- Excuse me?

- You're all poshed up.

Oh. Uh, I have an appointment.

Uh, later. In town.

[ Dog Barking ]

- Have you always lived here?

- Mum inherited it.

- It's her littlejoke.

- I only married her for the property. Morning.

- Did Pete go?

- [ Polly ] Mmm.

He was welcome to stay.

He's not really into lunch.

Cheers.

Mmm. Are you interested in wine?

Only the drinking part.

- You?

- Well, I spent a portion of

the summer on the Amalfi coast-

- [ Shouting ]

- Here's trouble.

Oh, no, no, no, no.

Easy! Rocky! Easy!

Easy, easy, wheezy.

[ Barbara Narrating ]

I'd anticipated a suave young lawyer-

- [ Richard ] Barbara?

- and two perfect poppets.

- Not so.

- [ Richard ] Mmm, mmm, mmm.

She's married some

crumbling patriarch.

- He's nearly as old as me.

- Ooh! Ah, ah.

And then there's the daughter,

a pocket princess.

And, finally, a somewhat

tiresome courtjester.

[ Richard ]

Ah, lovely. Thank you.

I'm going to be a wizard.

Oh. Is that when you're grown up?

No. He's just been cast

in his school play.

- [ Boy ] I'm gonna wear a cape.

- Oh.

- I'm the one with the car.

- [ Richard ] Amongst next year's

cultural highlights...

I greatly look forward

to Benjamin Hart...

in the key role of the wizard.

And, indeed, I find myself

beside myself with anticipation.

[ Barbara Narrating ]

A rogue image swam through me:

Hubby's pruney old mouth

pursed at Sheba's breast.

[ Reggae ]

[ Barbara Narrating ]

After lunch, a rather mortifying family tradition.

They do things differently

in bourgeois bohemia.

[ Reggae Continues ]

[ Man Singing ]

Oh. Thank you.

[ Continues, Indistinct ]

Come on. Come on.

Come on.

No.

[ Man Vocalizing ]

[ Phone Ringing ]

[ Vocalizing Continues ]

- Ooh!

- [ Continues, Ends ]

- You ready?

- Watch out.

- Yes!

- Oh.

[ Sheba ]

Took me away for our anniversary. It was years ago.

- When we came back, it was here.

- [ Gasps ]

- As if by magic.

- [ Ben Muttering ]

Oh.

Was supposed to be my studio.

It's more of a refuge, really.

A room of one's own.

[ Sighs ]

Is this you?

- [ Chattering ]

- [ Sheba ] Mmm.

It was.

Oh, I love these.

Such vibrant colors.

Take one. Take two.

Have the lot, actually.

- I couldn't possibly.

- Honestly, no one else wants them.

Oh, I'll treasure them.

Must be exhausting-

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