Episode One - BLUE AMENDS - 17/10/12
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Thomas nods as he smokes.
DANNY (CONT’D) See they get apprenticeships. At the BSA factory or the Austen. They’ll make foremen. I know they will. Just ordinary. Just
ordinary men. And they won’t get told to do that shit, that shit , that shit we got told to do. Thomas nods gently. Danny peers at Thomas with tears in his eyes. DANNY (CONT’D) I suppose I ought to pray now. Thomas looks away. The black coal barge is getting closer. DANNY (CONT’D) Those fucking guns blew God right out of my head. Danny bows his head and fights tears. He hears the squelching tread of the horse approaching. DANNY (CONT’D) Is that boat for me? Thomas nods... THOMAS
We have to get your body out of the city. This new copper, you know...
Danny nods.
DANNY Don’t bury me anywhere where there’s mud. Ok? Promise me. Bury me on a hill. And tell Rosie where.
Thomas nods then pulls his Webley revolver from his pocket. Danny’s eyes squeeze closed and his fists clench. Thomas holds out his hand to shake. Danny shakes it. THOMAS You were a good man and a good soldier. DANNY Yes Sergeant Major. Danny folds his hands over his belt and lowers his head. The boat is almost alongside. Danny closes his eyes. Thomas holds up the gun for the Italian brothers to see. He then puts it to Danny’s temple...
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