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By Neil Jordan Submitted by Misti Date: 2002 Jun 08 Comment on this Work [[2002.06.08.13.07.23272]] |
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INT. PRISON VISITING ROOM - DAY FADE UP to reveal a large interior, with light streaming in the windows. Large barred doors open and a group of women come through, with parcels, children in tow, etc. Among them is Dil, looking resplendent. She walks past the rows of convicts with their families, up to a glass cage, where Fergus sits, waiting. DIL Got you the multivitamins and the iron tablets, hon -- FERGUS Don't call me that -- DIL Sorry, love. Now, the white ones are magnesium supplement -- FERGUS Stop it, Dil -- DIL I've got to keep you healthy, Jimmy. I'm counting the days. Two thousand three hundred and thirty-four left. FERGUS Thirty-five. DIL I'm sorry, darling. I keep forgetting the leap year. What am I supposed to call you then, Jimmy? FERGUS Fergus. DIL Fergus. Fergus my love, light of my life - - FERGUS Please, Dil -- DIL Can't help it. You're doing time for me. No greater love, as the man says. Wish you'd tell me why. FERGUS As the man said, it's in my nature. DIL What's that supposed to mean? She shakes her head. FERGUS Well, there was this scorpion, you see. And he wants to go across the river. But he can't swim. So he goes to this frog, who can swim, and he says to him, "Excuse me, Mr. Froggy..." |