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14.<br />
VIOLET<br />
A million Russian troops spread along<br />
the borders. What do you think<br />
prevents them sending their tanks<br />
across the north German plain?<br />
FLORENCE<br />
Commonsense, I should think.<br />
VIOLET<br />
Commonsense, nonsense! It’s the Bomb,<br />
the one you want to ban. Nato hasn’t<br />
got the men and tanks to hold them<br />
back, and communism, as it proudly<br />
proclaims, is an expansionist creed.<br />
It’s our nuclear bombs that deter<br />
them. It’s as simple as that my dear.<br />
We have to have a deterrent.<br />
FLORENCE<br />
Well we don’t, actually. Do you<br />
remember a couple of months ago I said<br />
I met this chap at a CND meeting. I<br />
bumped into him again in town this<br />
morning. I’ve asked him round<br />
tomorrow. For tea.<br />
Chap?<br />
VIOLET1<br />
RUTH<br />
Is he a beatnik?<br />
No.<br />
FLORENCE<br />
GEOFFREY has appeared behind FLORENCE’S chair with a bottle of<br />
wine he is about to open. He rests a hand lightly on her<br />
shoulders. Almost imperceptibly, she tightens, flinches.<br />
GEOFFREY<br />
Beard and sandals?<br />
FLORENCE<br />
No, actually.<br />
VIOLET<br />
What does he do?
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