On Chesil Beach Draft 1.fdr

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She scrambles to her knees, snatches a pillow and frenetically,
hysterically, tries to wipe herself with it, letting out cries
of utter disgust.
She is sobbing. And in contrast to this frenzied, uncontrolled
behaviour, there FADES UP the sad beauty of the Rachmaninov
piano duet, the music she heard a long time ago on her father’s
boat. She shouts -
FLORENCE
Don’t look at me! Please don’t look at
me! Stop looking at me!
Her efforts with the pillow are hopeless. With a cry of
frustration she hurls it down.
She leaps from the bed, snatches up her shoes, runs through the
sitting room, past their abandoned meal, and out the door,
slamming it behind her.
80 INT. HOTEL LOUNGE. HALL. DAY.
80
As before, but now there is a soporific after-dinner air.
Whisky, bridge, one or two GUESTS dozing.
FLORENCE runs barefoot past the doorway, unobserved. She passes
WAITERS ONE and TWO as they carry in trays of drinks. They give
her a quizzical look.
81 EXT. HOTEL GARDEN.
81
FLORENCE runs out onto the lawn, stoops to put on her shoes,
runs towards the beach.
82 INT. HOTEL SUITE, BEDROOM. DAY.
82
EDWARD lies on his back on the bed staring numbly at the
ceiling.
83 INT. GEOFFREY’S CAR. DAY
83
May 1962. GEOFFREY at the wheel of his Humber.