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Section21.1ADialogue.

MARCO:

Whatafantasticmeal!

Thatreallyisagreat

restaurant.

KRISTI:

Yes,theysayit'sthebestChineserestaurantin

Washdon.Well,whatshallwedonow?

Ifeellikegoing

somewhere:

justthetwoofus.

MARCO:

Yes,that'saniceidea.Wecangotomyplace,if

youlike.

KRISTI:

Nothanks,Marco.Idon'tfeellikemeetingMary

again,actually.

MARCO:

Look,I’mnotgoingoutwithMary!

I’vetoldyou

before,Kristi-it’strue!

KRISTI:

It'salrightMarco,Ibelieveyou.ButI’m

expectingamessagefromsomeoneinGermanybackatthe

hotel.Sowe'llhavetogobackthere,ifthat’sOKbyyou.

MARCO:

Oh,alright.ButwhataboutthatawfulAmerican

woman?

KRISTI:

Oh,theAmericancouplehavegone;theywent

lastweek.

KRISTI:

Let'sgetabusthere,shallwe?

Thenumber62

stopsrightoutsidethehotel.

KRISTI:

Well,hereweare!

MARCO:

Ihopetheoldmandoesn'thearmethistime.

KRISTI:

You'lljusthavetobevery,veryquiet,that'sall.

Seeyououtsidetheroom;I’llgoandgetthekey.Ready?

KRISTI:

Oh,hell!

MARCO:

Whatisit?

KRISTI:

Heisn'tasleep!

I'veneverseenhimawakebefore.

Iwonderwhat'shappened?

MARCO:

Whatarewegoingtodo?

KRISTI:

Letmesee…Iknow;I'llgoinandaskhimfor

someinformationaboutsomethingorother.Then,when

he'slookingaway,youcomeinandgoaroundtomyroom-

veryquietly,OK?

MARCO:

Butwhatifheseesme?

KRISTI:

Look,ifyoudon'tfeellikeit,Marco,youcan

alwaysgobacktoyourhostel.

MARCO:

It'salright;I'mready,Kristi.

KRISTI:

Let'sgo,then!

OLDMAN:

“DangerouscriminalescapesfromDartbridge

Prison.PolicebelievethatthemanisnowinWashdon.He

istallwithblueeyesandprobablywearingaredT-shirtand

bluejeans.”

OLDMAN:

Ah!

Oh!

Er…help!

Er…oh,it'syou,Misser-

Sc-er-Scm-er-

KRISTI:

Why,whodidyouthinkitwas?

OLDMAN:

Thismanwho'sescapedfromprison!

It's

terrible!

Haven'tyoureadthepapers?

KRISTI:

No,Igetquiteenoughnewsatwork,thanks.

Look,Iwonderifyoucanhelpme.IwanttogotoOxbridge

tomorrow;canyoutellmewhattimethetrainsare,and

whichstationIhavetogofrom?

OLDMAN:

Oh,Isee.Oxbridge,eh?

I'vebeenthere.Iwent

therewhenIwasaboy.Myfathertookmethere,wayback

innineteenthirty-

KRISTI:

Yes,that'sveryinteresting.Haveyougota

railroadschedule,sothatwecanlookupthetraintimes?

OLDMAN:

Arailroadschedule?

Tolookupthetrain

times,eh?

That’sagoodidea.Letmehavealook…

KRISTI:

Thankyou.Comeon,please!

OLDMAN:

Whatdidyousay?

KRISTI:

Oh,nothing!

I'mjustinabitofahurry,that'sall.

OLDMAN:

Verywell,verywell.Here'syourschedule,

Misser-Sc-er-Scm-er-

KRISTI:

Thisscheduleisoutofdate.Look,itsays

“Summer1962”!

OLDMAN:

Oh,dear,whatashame!

I'mafraidthatthat's

thenewestonewe'vegot.Alltheothersareevenolder-

OLDMAN:

Whatwasthat?

It'sthatmanwho'sjustescaped

fromprison!

I’msurehe'shere!

He'sgoingtostealallour

money,andkillus!

Imustcallthepolice!

KRISTI:

Takeiteasy!

Calmdown!

Ididn'thearanythingat

all.Ithinktheremustbesomethingwrongwithyour

hearing;whydon'tyougoandseeadoctor?

Well,I'llhave

mykeynow,please-Room38.

KRISTI:

Goodnight!

OLDMAN:

I'mgoingtocallthepoliceanyway.

KRISTI:

Phew!

Hereweare,then.

MARCO:

Whatdidtheoldmansay?

KRISTI:

Oh,he'sreadsomethinginthepapers,yousee,

aboutsomecrazyguywho’sescapedfromprison.Sohe

thinksyou'vecomeheretostealtheguests'moneyandkill

themintheirbeds,andhe'scalledthepolice!

MARCO:

What!

I'llhavetogoimmediately!

KRISTI:

Takeiteasy,Marco;I'monlyjoking.

KRISTI:

Hownervousyouare!

Youaren'tveryusedtothis

sortofthing,areyou?

Youneedadrink,andsodoI.

KRISTI/MARCO:

Cheers!

KRISTI:

Haveaseat;doyouwanttotrymynewbed?

MARCO:

Thisbed’sveryhard!

Diditcomefromaprison

orsomething?

KRISTI:

Ilikehardbeds,actually.Here,youcansitonthis

pillowifyoulike.It'sverysoft.

MARCO:

Thanks,Kristi.It’salright,I’llsitonthefloor.

MARCO:

Ireallylikeyoualot,youknow,Kristi.You're

thenicestgirlI'veeverbeenoutwith.

KRISTI:

Oh,youdon'tmeanthat!

MARCO:

Yes,Ido.

MARCO:

Whatwasthat?

KRISTI:

Don'tworryaboutit,it'llgoaway.

ROGER:

Kristi!

KRISTI:

MyGod,it’sRoger!

Section21.1FDialogue.

NEWSREADER:

Goodevening.Hereisthenineo'clocknews.

TherehasbeenanescapefromDartbridgehigh-security

prison.Theprisonwardensaidthattheescapehappened

afterdinneryesterdayevening.Oneoftheprisoners

complainedaboutthefoodandthenattackedaprisonguard.

Hethentooktheguard'skeysandusedthemtoopenthe

prisongates.

Amainroadpassesafewhundredyardsfromtheprisonand

policebelievethattheescapedprisonerthenstoppedacar

andtraveledtoWashdon.Theman'snameisRogerTemple;

heisverydangerousandquitepossiblyhasagun.Heis

about1meter92tall,withblondhairandblueeyes,and

speakswithaCanadianaccent.Thepolicesaythatheis

wearingaredT-shirtandbluejeans.

Nowhereistherestofthenews:

anItalianstudentwas

arrestedyesterdayeveningwhenheleftaWashdonhotel

wearingacoatbelongingtooneoftheguests.

Section21.2ADialogue.

ROGER:

Kristi!

KRISTI:

MyGod,it’sRoger!

MARCO:

Who’she?

KRISTI:

Ithoughtyouwereinprison!

ROGER:

That'sright,Iwasinprison.ListenKristi,you've

gottohelpme!

MARCO:

Well,seeyousoon,Kristi-

ROGER:

Wheredoyouthinkyou'regoing?

Youjuststay

here!

ROGER:

Hey,Ineedsomeclothes.You'renotthesame

sizeasme,butI'lltakeyoursuitanyway.

MARCO:

What?

ROGER:

Comeon,takeitoff.Andthepants,too.Hurry

up,I'vegotnotime!

ROGER:

OK.AndIneedatowelandsomesoap.Imust

haveawash.

KRISTI:

Youcangotothebathroom.

ROGER:

Haveyougotarazor,Kristi?

Ineedashave,too.

KRISTI:

You'llfinditinthebathroom.

ROGER:

OK,givemethesuit,comeon!

Youtwojuststay

here,OK?

Anddon'ttouchthatphone.I’mgoingtothe

bathroom.

MARCO:

Isthatmanafriendofyours?

KRISTI:

Notexactly.Listen,Marco,he'sveryviolent,and

he'sprobablygotagun,too.Sowe'llhavetoattackhimat

thesametime.Whenhecomesoutofthebathroom,you-

ROGER:

That'sbetter!

Thissuit'sabittoosmallforme,

butIthinkI'llkeepit.

MARCO:

You'rewelcome.

ROGER:

OK,nowI'lltellyouwhatyou'regoingtodo.The

policedon'tknowI'mhereyet,sothatgivesme-

ROGER:

What’sthat?

Didyoucallthepolice,youbitch?

KRISTI:

No,Ididn't,Roger!

ROGER:

Orwasityou,youlittlebastard?

MARCO:

No,really!

ROGER:

I'llpayyoubackforthissomeday!

BEDGES:

Standback!

We'recomingin!

HENSON:

Thereheis!

Gethim!

MARCO:

Aaah!

!

!

!

HENSON:

We'reonlyjustintime!

He'stakenhalfhis

clothesoffalready!

Youthinkyoucancomeintoalady's

bedroomand-

KRISTI:

Look,theremustbesomemistake.

HENSON:

What?

KRISTI:

He'safriendofmine.Ijustinvitedhimroundfor

adrink.

BEDGES:

Oh,Isee.Doeshealwaystakeoffhispants

beforehehasadrink?

HENSON:

Shutup,Bedges.I'mverysorry,madam.We

receivedatelephonecallfromthereceptionist,sayingthata

dangerouscriminal-

KRISTI:

You'veprobablycometothewrongroom.Why

don'tyoutrynextdoor?

HENSON:

Verywell.Sorryaboutthat,madam.Good

evening.

BEDGES:

Goodevening,sir.Ihopeyoufindyourpants.

HENSON:

That'senough!

Comeon!

KRISTI:

Areyoualright,Marco?

Ithasn'tbeenavery

romanticevening,hasit?

MARCO:

Whydidn'tyoutellthemaboutRoger?

KRISTI:

I'djustliketoseewhathedoesnext.Iwonderif

he'llgoandseeSusan…

MARCO:

Who'sSusan?

KRISTI:

Oh,nevermind.Thisisallveryinteresting…

JOHN:

Excuseme!

I'dlikemymoney,please.

WELFAREOFFICECLERK:

Whatmoney?

JOHN:

Mywelfaremoney.

WELFARECLERK:

Where'syourPQ961X?

JOHN:

Mywhat?

WELFARECLERK:

YourPQ961Xform!

JOHN:

Oh!

Doyoumeanthis?

JOHN:

CanIhavemymoneynow,please?

WELFARECLERK:

You'llhavetogotothePayment

office,getaP50,andcomebackhere.

JOHN:

ButI'vejustgonetothePaymentoffice,andthey

toldmetocomehere!

Please,thisisthethirdtimeI'vebeen

heretoday!

WELFARECLERK:

Ican'thelpthat!

JOHN:

Look,I'veonlyjustlostmyjob,andI'mlooking

hardforanotherone,Ireallyam!

Pleasegivememy

money!

WELFARECLERK:

Oh,alright!

Signyournamehere.

WELFARECLERK:

Here'syourcheck.

JOHN:

Oh.Can'tyougivemecash?

Ihaven'tgotabank

accountanymoreyousee.WhenIwasatopexecutiveIhad

abankaccountandthreedifferentcreditcards,butnow-

WELFARECLERK:

Youdon'thavetohaveabank

account.Youcancashyourcheckatthepostoffice.

JOHN:

Where'sthenearestpostoffice,please?

WELFARECLERK:

There'soneovertheroad.

POSTOFFICECLERK:

Nextplease!

JOHN:

Canyoucashthischeck,please?

POSTOFFICECLERK:

Haveyougotanyidentification?

JOHN:

What?

POSTOFFICECLERK:

Imean,howdoIknowthat

checkisyours?

Itcouldbeyourcheck,oritcouldbe

someoneelse'scheck.Imean,howdoIknowwhoseitis?

JOHN:

Butthey'vejustgivenittomeatthewelfareoffice.

POSTOFFICECLERK:

That'swhatyousay.Itcouldbe

thetruth,oritcouldbealie.HowdoIknow?

BUSINESSMAN:

I'vehadenoughofthis!

I'maverybusy

man.Iworkdamnedhardeveryday,justtokeepthis

countrygoing,sopeoplelikeyoucanjuststandaround

talking!

Unemployed,indeed!

JOHN:

I'msorry,sir,butI'vespentallmymoney.IfIcan't

cashthischeckIwon'thaveanythingtoeattonight!

JOHN:

Look,I'vegotadriver’slicense.Willthatdoas

identification?

POSTOFFICECLERK:

Ofcourseitwill!

Really,some

peoplearesostupid!

Here'syourmoney!

JOHN: