Episode One - BLUE AMENDS - 17/10/12
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JOHN (CONT’D)
If they come for us, we’ll cut them a smile each.
There are some sniggers from the young men. The older heads are solemn. Thomas still has the flyer in his hand. He calmly screws it up into a ball. THOMAS We’re just all going to have to be more careful. That’s all. He steps to the fire and throws the flyer into the flames. He turns back to Arthur and pointedly hands the authority back to him (now that the business is done)... THOMAS (CONT’D) So Arthur, is that it? Arthur is a little fuzzy and nods. Polly now has deep suspicions that Thomas knows more than he is saying. She gets to her feet... POLLY This family does everything open. You have nothing more to say to this meeting, Tommy? Silence. Thomas feels her suspicion and meets her stare. THOMAS Nothing that’s women’s business. Polly stares back with cool certainty... POLLY This whole bloody enterprise was ‘women’s business’ while you boys were away at war. What’s changed? Thomas is equally cool as he gestures around... THOMAS We came back. Thomas heads for the door and Arthur finally follows. Polly reacts with a growl. Then we move close on the burning flyer in the fireplace. In the flames we see a signature on the bottom of the page, along with the name in print. The flyer is signed by ‘Chief Inspector Chester Campbell’ . EXT. SNOW HILL TRAIN STATION - NIGHT 1 - 20:20 1/17 A huge steam train has pulled up at the buffers and clouds of steam swirl across the platform. Through the white clouds we see a figure emerging like an angel (or a devil). As the cloud clears we see it is Chief Inspector Campbell.
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