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Love is like a butterfly, soft and gentle as a fly. The

multicolored moods of love are like its satin wings.

Love makes your heart feel strange inside.

It flutters like soft wounds in flight.

Love is like a butterfly, a rare and gentle thing.

No, I can't. It's too rude.

Is it that?

Right. I know what it is. Go on.

All right. Sing your dad's out.

They don't come any ruder than this.

My yoghurt isn't yoghurt again.

Why is it?

I do all the right things and all I end up with is worried milk.

I guess you're doing it wrong.

I am not doing it wrong. It is doing it wrong.

And I've come to the conclusion that all my enemies lie in this kitchen.

Knives, forks, plates, tins of this, packets of that. They're all plotting to

destroy me.

Destroy us more like it.

I did hear that, Adam, but I'm immune to remarks now.

The only way anyone can hurt the culinary me is to actually fall down

during a meal.

I think I heard the paste.

That is

disgusting.

Yeah, I guess we're a bit inarticulate this morning.

And that, look at that, really.

Me do.

Yeah.

Fun, isn't it? Good, clean, smutty fun.

I wonder why it's fun.

Sometimes, when I see a blank wall, I want to burst out of my respectable

quapsule and I want to write in big, tawdry letters across the blank space

preferably across the sky, I want to write... You're too young.

official looking one for you.

An average white for you.

And a pale perfume for me.

Oh, great.

Three jobs I went for last week. I haven't got one of them.

Three women I went for last week.

I got all of them.

Yeah, well, you're just an ordinary, easy to understand, uncomplicated creep,

aren't you?

I'm your...

Silently brooding hidden inferno guy.

Oh, dear, it's from Susanna.

Oh, wow, I like it.

Susanna who?

Your father and I met her on holiday last year.

She seemed nice.

In Portugal.

Keep in touch, I said. Do come and see us, I said. You're welcome to stay, I

said. Now she's going to do all three.

What's she like?

Would there be anything going for me?

She's fetish.

Like you said, I'm too young.

She's more Dad's age group.

I am more Dad's age group.

I guess he's at that lucky age.

Anybody's more his age group.

Are you coming to sign on?

Or would you and your letter like to be alone?

Oh, she's something else, this one. She really is. Russell, you're not in love

again, are you?

I do think you ought to leave a respectable gap between each attack.

I'm sort of on the edge.

Well, don't let him go over, Adam. You know what it'll be like. He'll be

wandering around with a telephone dangling from his earring. Yeah, leave

me.

And I thought it would be wonderful to see you both

again. Wasn't it such a wonderful holiday?

And how wonderful that I should be coming your way after all this time.

Oh, please. Please say I can come. It would all be so wonderful.

Dear Susanna.

Of course you can come and stay.

And how nice to hear from you.

It will, as you say, be... wonderful.

And how are you, Mr. Worth?

Last time we met, you had some profound theories concerning women.

Man, you said, is like a book.

Woman likes to take him off the shelf and read him.

Slowly unraveling his mystery.

When she marries him, it's like... turning to the end of the book and

out who the murderer is.

Yes, a rather inferior version of what I said, but yes.

My most recent theory is about books.

Powerful things books.

Like wives.

Yes. Women are more prone to books than men.

I don't mean they read more.

They're just prone.

My wife reads books.

Open your mouth, please.

She's on check -off at the moment.

It's very difficult when she's into this Russian stuff.

She's not interested unless I wear boots.

It was nice when she was on... It was nice when she was on Lady Chatterley's

Lover. I could come straight in from the garden then.

I like suddenness.

Sex should be sudden.

People talk about sudden death, but I believe in sudden life.

Hello, Mr. Parkinson's surgery.

One moment, please.

It's Mrs.

Draper. Oh.

Excuse me.

Hello, Mrs. Draper. How's the... stabbing, piercing, searing?

Across your face, not through the top of your head.

Ending up in your ears.

Yes, that is one hell of a toothache.

Well, we'd better make another appointment.

I'll hand you over to my... God,

take over, will you?

You know, Miss Worth, you had a curious effect on me last

time you came in.

You talked about not going home to your wife that night. Break up the pattern,

you said.

Give her something to think about, remember?

Well, it seemed sense, so...

I didn't go home that night either. Well, not until late. Did she cry?

I said, she'll shout, but eventually she'll cry. And when she cries, you've

Yes, she did shout. No, she didn't cry.

Mine did both.

It was like listening to a revved -up version of Tosca.

She was on the works of Shakespeare then. I had no chance.

He doth not love who doth not show love.

Romeo and Juliet.

Funny, I'm never quite sure what my wife is reading.

Very dangerous.

Powerful things, book.

See you again. Yes, yes. Just hang on to these while I hand my ticket.

Oh,

what a dinky car, darling.

Do let me drive.

I'm sorry to ask you to stop, but I've just got to get some bread.

I've got everything else.

Hi.

Oh, hello.

Hello.

Sorry.

I thought it was rare. It's the car, you see.

Oh, she won't be a moment.

You could always come in and take a seat.

No, no, no, it's all right. I'll see her again.

This one -way road system will take care of that.

No matter where our destination, we're all forced to take the same route.

Is there a message?

No, none at all, none at all.

Bye.

While you were in the shop, this man came in. Yeah, I know. I saw him. He was

getting into his car, so I didn't bother.

Terribly attractive.

Is he? I don't know.

Married, I suppose.

Divorced. Oh.

Someone else.

He hasn't said.

He usually is.

Yeah.

I'm divorced, you know.

Yes, I know. I'm sorry.

It's all right.

The crime is falling in love.

The plan.

Happiness.

The flaw in the plan, marriage.

And the punishment, the life sentence of confusion.

You don't look very confused to me.

I look more confused than you do.

Oh, well, yes.

That's because you're one of Lima's unfortunate ones.

You're happy.

Yes, I see what you mean.

It's so wonderful to see you again.

I feel wonderfully excited.

Well, let's get ourselves another beer. You can bring us some coffee, isn't it?

Thanks.

Here you are. Oh, thanks very much.

Hey,

Mum, this is really good.

Funny how you seem to have got the hang of salad.

Oh, boy.

Guess you've got the soft, hard -boiled egg.

Very nice, very nice.

Lemon sponge, fruit pie, egg custard. Who cares? It was very nice.

It was wonderful, darling.

Every single thing looked absolutely wonderful.

Hey, Mum, Susanna would like some more coffee.

You can make that too, if you like.

It's OK, Mum. You can skip the coffee.

Oh, here, let me help.

OK. See you.

See you.

See you, Mum.

See you.

I'm off to surgery. I won't be late.

Oh.

Here, let me help.

Oh, Ria, how boring for you. Darling, do let me help.

Thanks.

You're very beautiful, aren't you?

Mm, yes.

How do you do it?

I mean...

When I get up in the morning, how can I get my face all back together again?

Be an artist, darling.

Go straight to the canvas and touch it up.

Anything special?

No, no, not really.

Well, what are all those things?

Oh,

undertones, overtones, foundation, blusher, powder, shadow, mascara and

highlighter.

Oh, yes, I do all that.

But you see...

good artists and bad artists aren't they darling my face

has been around longer than yours of course yes it's done more laughing and

crying yes and my face has had children

so my face is more

She looked like Whistler's mother.

I thought I might have a look around the town this afternoon.

You know, the shops.

Oh, hang on, I'll come with you.

Oh, God, if only I could push the kitchen through a car wash.

All right, I'll go on my own.

Quite enjoy doing things on my own.

The park is lovely.

And there's an old church.

Haunts of yours?

Yes. Good.

I'll have a look at them then.

Would you mind awfully if I borrowed the car?

No, not at all. I'll give you the keys.

Of course.

You know it's an old wreck, really.

The boy painted it.

The problem is you can't go anywhere without being noticed in it.

I know.

Bye.

Leonard, how strange you should ring.

I was just thinking... I was just having a premonition that someone would ring.

I have to go to Birmingham today on business.

A terrible place, full of chimneys. Would you like to come?

You'll be quite safe. Thomas is driving.

That car hasn't had any fun since the day I employed him.

Oh, relax, Thomas, relax.

We'll be back in four hours.

Oh, I've got too much...

Ben is coming home early tonight.

My God, he's really got you, that man, hasn't he?

And I have my friend staying.

You met her yesterday, Susanna.

Oh, yes.

Rather nice.

Perhaps she will go with you.

She's in town now, in my car.

You'll easily find her. She's going to all our... my... places.

She quite likes you.

And she's divorced.

Oh, well, that's it, isn't it? I mean, that's the answer to all things.

Did you hear that, Thomas?

Mrs. Parkinson informs me that her attractive, divorce -quite -likes -me

may care to join us.

It was only a suggestion.

I didn't mean to sound as if I was running your life.

If only somebody would run my life.

Susanna. Ah, Susanna.

Thank you.

Have a happy day.

Thank you.

Another cup of coffee, sir?

Oh, why not, Thomas Weiner?

Have another one yourself.

No, sir.

Let her sit here and grow five minutes older.

Coffee is bad for you, sir.

Five minutes drinking coffee makes you ten minutes older.

Five minutes, ten minutes, what the hell?

We all begin as grapes, and we shall all end as sultanas.

Apologies, sir, I find most of your observations on life rather depressing.

Wouldn't it be better, rather than anticipating a somewhat shriveled

to think about the possibilities of now.

She is my now, Thomas.

That rather eliminates the word possibilities, doesn't it? If you can't

you want, sir, you have to take what you can get.

Let's go to Birmingham, Thomas.

And on the way through town, look out for a red, white and blue mini.

Oh, Ben.

Help me.

Am I breakfasting alone, then?

You always breakfast alone.

Yes, but usually I breakfast alone with you in the room.

Well, you never have time to talk anyway.

You'll be filling your first tooth half an hour from now.

Oh, well.

I suppose fate has to share things out as best she can.

Ben has his rugged grace.

Adam, his shy smile.

Russell... Russell is a tall god.

There's nothing left for me, is there?

Susanna's got it all.

I thought I might tell you I'm here.

Having breakfast with my wife.

A man likes to begin and end his day with the...

I was going to say something romantic, but your place has the habit of

turning...

Instead, I shall inquire about your friend.

Why isn't she floating about asphyxiating us all with her body

She had a late night last night, so she's making up for it this morning.

She's leaving today, isn't she?

Yes.

Well, that depends on what kind of time she had last night, I suppose.

Oh.

Have you seen this magazine?

Yes.

Why do those two have to spend their money on sex books?

When you want to learn to cook, you buy a cookery book.

No. They've been learning ever since they hacked their way out of the

Then they'll be masters of their craft, won't they?

Well, I find the whole thing unacceptable.

At least they could keep it in their rooms.

No, don't take it. I haven't finished looking at it yet.

You mean you actually read this?

Yes.

Well, what's wrong with that?

Well, you read war books.

People shooting each other, people bombing each other, people torturing

other. I like to look at people doing naughty things to each other.

Oh, you've got it.

I'll take me coffee break first this morning.

You'll be too.

Darling.

Oh, you look lovely in your legs.

And if you can't get into that bathroom this morning, wouldn't it save time if

we all showered together?

Powerful things, books.

It's been lovely, darling.

I've had a wonderful time.

Oh, good.

I hope you'll come again.

I went to Birmingham yesterday.

Really?

With your friend.

My friend?

Leonard. Oh, Leonard.

Well,

I didn't mention it in the house. You know what husbands are. They always get

wrong. Anyway, we went for this...

Fabulous meal.

And that's why I was so late coming in.

We sat in the park this morning at two o 'clock.

Rat -legged we were, darling. Completely rat -legged.

Here's your train.

They're sometimes a little holed up.

You've got a lovely family.

Yeah.

When you were dining last night, you didn't eat in a little cafe here in town

with checked tablecloths. Oh, no.

No, we had somewhere between here and Birmingham.

It's just that I know that cafe.

And, um...

You didn't want him to take me to the place where you two fell for.

Oh, no, no.

Did we?

I don't think we've forgotten that incident.

Well, we have.

See you, darling.

Have fun.

The tough mountain you're about to climb.

You seem thoughtful.

You're not going to miss her, are you? I didn't think she was your type.

No, neither did I.

I thought we might eat out.

Then go to the cinema.

I've already booked the seats.

Ben, this is for the classic.

I know.

But the film, it's all French and erotic.

I didn't realize.

Thank you.