The Night Manager Page #5

MAYHEW:

Where did you get this?

He is utterly pale.

BURR:

Rex. Who are Halo and Felix?

Beat.

MAYHEW:

I don’t know.

BURR:

But you could guess. Couldn’t you?

13 EXT. MALLORCA. ROPER’S VILLA. OFFICE/LIVING SPACE. DAY. 13

ROPER is getting out of the car. LANGBOURNE with him.

Something about ROPER means business. PINE escorting him to

the house. CORKORAN watching it all from the porch.

PINE:

How was Geneva?

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ROPER:

Two days of meetings with Swiss

bankers. Not exactly Babylonian.

How’s the girl? Better mood I hope.

PINE:

Yes I think so.

ROPER nods. An uneasy pause. Interrupted by JED.

JED:

Hello darling. Did you miss me?

JED approaches, ROPER grabs her and kisses her deeply. She

responds, great actress, all for PINE. PINE watches.

ROPER:

Well that’s more like it. What

happened to you?

JED:

I just came to my senses. That’s

all.

ROPER:

About time.

CORKORAN approaches.

CORKORAN:

Good trip?

ROPER ignores, cold.

ROPER:

Fine.

CORKORAN:

Is that all I get?

ROPER blanks him, turns to PINE.

ROPER:

Andrew. Get a bag packed. You won’t

need much. My office. One hour.

All right?

JED:

Where are you going?

ROPER:

Taking you for a farewell jolly my

love. And then Andrew and I have

business to attend to.

JED risks a look to PINE. Whose side are you on? But PINE is

a blank canvas.

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Roper smiles. Takes JED by the arm, walks away with her,

blanking CORKORAN as he goes. CORKY sidles up to PINE.

CORKORAN:

So you’re joining up. Send the kid

back to mummy and off to work you

go.

He whistles like the seven dwarves.

PINE:

Where am I going?

CORKORAN:

I’ll tell you where. You’re going

IN MY PLACE.

He smiles at him.

CORKORAN (CONT’D)

Thanks to some very classy footwork

by some queens unfriendly to the

cause.

PINE:

Corky what the hell are you talking

about?

CORKORAN eyes him like a dagger. JED comes out the house,

upset because DANNY is. Hugging him.

CORKORAN:

You see, the chief, though he’ll

deny it, is an incurable romantic.

Believes in the light at the end of

the pier. Along with the sodding

moth. Whereas Corky here, is a

sceptic. Dyed in the wool. And my

professional and personal view is,

you are poison.

He smiles. Talks almost in a baby voice.

CORKORAN (CONT’D)

But you saved his little boy’s

life. So you’re Mr Untouchable...

He tickles PINE’s chin. PINE moves his hand away.

PINE:

I think one is becoming a tad

deranged Corky.

But now CORKY becomes anything but deranged. He stares across

at JED who is still hugging DANNY, getting him ready to

leave.

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