The Night Manager Page #6

STEADMAN:

Well that’s disappointing.

DROMGOOLE:

Life’s disappointing Joel, just ask

Angela. Come back when you’ve got

more, our door is always open. All

right?

12 EXT. LONDON. EMBANKMENT. DAY. 12

BURR and STEADMAN leave a secret exit of the River House.

They walk along the street.

STEADMAN:

That dull enough for you?

BURR:

You kidding me? I never knew an

American could sound so much like a

total bloody loser.

STEADMAN:

How do you stand it, Angie?

“Modest enforcement agency.”

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BURR:

Well he’s not wrong is he?

Beat.

BURR (CONT’D)

They mustn’t know about our boy

Joel. No mention of him in comms.

Nothing written. Nothing at all.

All right?

He nods. BURR checks her watch.

BURR (CONT’D)

Flight’s in less than two hours.

Let’s get a cab.

STEADMAN:

You know you’re supposed to slow

down during pregnancy?

BURR:

Second trimester. Piece of cake.

She smiles.

13 OMITTED 13

13a EXT. MALLORCA. PENINSULAR. FISHERMAN’S COTTAGE. NIGHT. 13a

PINE stands in his fisherman’s cottage. He opens the

shutters. Closes them again. Opens them again. Beat. Closes

them again.

13b EXT. MALLORCA. SURVEILLANCE VILLA. NIGHT. 13b

Across the bay, JIMENEZ, on lookout, sees the signal.

14 OMITTED 14

15 EXT. MALLORCA. ROPER’S VILLA. SWIMMING POOL. DAY. 15

CORKORAN, drink in hand, is taking PINE through the house. A

strange kind of guided tour. PINE looks through windows to

see GUARDS at every gate, CCTV, FRISKY armed, watching him.

He’s a prisoner.

CORKORAN:

The Chief bought the place in 2006

after a terrific success investing

in African coltan.

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He pauses by a panelled window showing a trophy and

photographs of a cricket team. Sports photos of batsmen in

the modern-style coloured kit, batting and bowling.

CORKORAN (CONT’D)

That’s the IPL team, he has a 30%

stake. Hates it when they lose.

PINE:

Which isn’t often.

PINE stares at the trophies.

CORKORAN:

What about you. Do you bat or bowl?

PINE:

Neither.

CORKORAN:

Hmmn. Nor sure you’re worth having

in the team.

They walk on, another room.

CORKORAN (CONT’D)

And this is the pride and joy.

PINE stares at the cabinet. It’s a ceremonial gun collection.

PINE:

Do any of them work?

CORKORAN:

Oh yes. We use them to shoot

infiltrators. We set them running

along the beach and pick them off

like rabbits. It’s fabulously

Iberian.

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