Episode One - BLUE AMENDS - 17/10/12
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FREDDIE (CONT’D)
‘A robbery of ‘national significance’ it said. Underlined. Twice. Freddie waits for the words to land but Thomas is poker faced. FREDDIE (CONT’D) They’re keeping it out of the papers but our girl is snooping. Still Thomas doesn’t react. FREDDIE (CONT’D) And she found something that’ll make you laugh. A pause. FREDDIE (CONT’D) She found a list of names left on the telegraph machine. And on the list was your name and my name together. Thomas appears to be unmoved but Freddie knows him well and knows he’s on to something. FREDDIE (CONT’D))
Now what kind of list would have the name of a Communist and the name of a bookmaker side-by-side? At last Thomas engages. He half smiles. THOMAS Perhaps it’s a list of men who give false hope to the poor. Thomas turns to him and confronts. THOMAS (CONT’D)
The only difference between me and you Freddie is that sometimes my horses stand a chance of winning.
Thomas glances back with disgust at Freddie’s ‘comrades’. Freddie stares at Thomas. We might sense that these two men knew each other well once but now Freddie is appalled by what his friend has become. FREDDIE (Quickly) You know, there are days when I hear about the cuttings and beatings that I wish I’d let you take that bullet in France.
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