The Coroner Page #5

Well, of course by definition they were all vulnerable. But I couldn't

possibly name names after this long. All rather lost in the mists of time, I'm

afraid.

[SPOTTING A DISTANT GUEST HACKING UP THE

LAWN WITH A CROQUET MALLET, CHARLES SIGHS,

ACCELERATING OFF]

CHARLES:

Do excuse me, they can't be left unattended. (CALLING BACK) Oh, if

you do see old Ron though, tell him Charles Gower says hello?

[UNIMPRESSED, DAVEY TRUDGES OFF TOWARD HIS

CAR]

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EP2/SC16. INT. GREYVALE OUTBUILDING. KITCHEN. DAY 1.

13.58

JANE, PHIL

NSE SAMSON (DOG)

[A PHOTO OF (YOUNGER) RON AND PHIL IN FRONT

OF (SMARTER) GREYVALE (ON A SHELF AMID

OTHER MEMENTOES).

EYEING THEM, JANE REMAINS AWARE OF FIERCE-

LOOKING SAMSON SITTING BESIDE THE TABLE

WHERE PHIL SCOFFS HIS FRIED LUNCH, GROUCHY]

JANE:

So you're Ron Tate's son?

PHIL:

Phil. Greyvale closed yonks back.

JANE:

Yes...

PHIL:

Investment for some yuppy Londoners now. I'm just caretaking...

JANE:

But you were living here then, when it was a children's home?

PHIL:

Working.

JANE:

As what, if you don't mind me asking?

PHIL:

Whatever my Dad needed. Handyman mostly.

[JANE EYES HIM]

JANE:

You must have been a young man yourself then?

[PHIL BARELY NODS]

JANE:

(CASUAL) And there were teenage girls living here?

[PHIL EYES HER, PEEVED]

PHIL:

Yeah, not that kind of handy. And I don't remember none of them girls

being pregnant.

[JANE SMILES, BACKING OFF]

JANE:

And where's your Dad now?

PHIL:

Nursing home. Not well.

JANE:

Oh, I'm sorry. Which nursing home?

PHIL:

(STOPS EATING. EYES HER) You deaf? I said he's ill.

JANE:

It's possible your Dad might remember something you can't...

[PHIL BANGS DOWNS CUTLERY, ANNOYED]

PHIL:

My Dad worked himself into the ground looking after them kids, so you're

not to go bothering him..!

[NERVOUS OF PHIL AND SAMSON NOW, JANE

HOLDS HER GROUND]

JANE:

I'm sorry, but I have to go where my investigation takes me.

[BUT PHIL DOESN'T STAND DOWN EITHER]

JANE:

Well, what about records, or notes... would your Dad have kept anything

from Greyvale?

[PHIL STEWS, SEEING JANE RESOLVED, STANDS.

JANE FLINCHES]

PHIL:

Suppose there might be some old photos in the shed.

[HE HEADS OUT. JANE MAKES TO FOLLOW]

PHIL:

(RE SAMSON) No, you watch my dinner, or he'll have it.

[PHIL EXITS. JANE TAKES A RELIEVED BREATH,

MOMENTARILY TEMPTED BY PHIL'S CHIPS - UNTIL

THE TINIEST GROWL FROM SAMSON]

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EP2/SC17. INT. BLACK DOG. DAY 1. 14.25

JANE, DAVEY, JUDITH, BETH, MICK

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