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93.<br />
They sit and sprawl on cushions around a low table. <strong>On</strong> the<br />
table, many wine bottles, a lump of hash etc. It is the end of a<br />
long evening. The atmosphere is soporific - anecdotes<br />
interspersed with silences.<br />
JANE<br />
... so she borrowed this bike<br />
PHIL<br />
...nah, she stole it...<br />
JANE<br />
Went shooting down the hill, to his<br />
mother’s house and said, look, here’s<br />
your money back.<br />
There are groans, some laughter, then silence. EDWARD’S story is<br />
sleepily understated.<br />
EDWARD<br />
It’s not always like that. I knew this<br />
couple once. Very straight. Sort of<br />
innocent and young. She was truly<br />
beautiful. And so they get married,<br />
the whole conventional thing, you<br />
know, church and cake and in-laws,<br />
honeymoon in a hotel by the sea. And<br />
on the big night it doesn’t quite work<br />
out, you know, in bed, and she gets<br />
upset and rushes out the room, goes<br />
miles along the beach. He follows her<br />
out and he’s truly pissed off, So he<br />
finds her and she tells him that she<br />
isn’t really into sex and that when<br />
they live together he can have it with<br />
anyone he likes, anyone but her...<br />
A stir of approval, chuckles.<br />
PHIL<br />
Man, what an offer!<br />
EDWARD<br />
No, but that’s not it... you see, he’s<br />
furious when he hears this, I mean,<br />
who wouldn’t be? They were only<br />
married that afternoon. I don’t blame<br />
him or anything.<br />
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