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'I found a yellowed copy of the Mid-Ulster Mail the other day...

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'dating from October 1943.

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'A three-line headline on the court news page -

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'"Dramatic incident in Newtown petty sessions.

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'"Woman makes impassioned plea for fishermen.

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'"Threatened with contempt by Resident Magistrate."

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'I can still hear my father recounting the whole episode

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'with far more panache than the plodding court reporter.

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'The woman making the impassioned plea?

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'My mother, of course.'

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-Hurry up, Francis. They're goin'.

-Wait a minute.

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Och, come on. We're going to miss them.

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Davey. Hi, Davey. Wait on us.

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Can we go out with you?

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No. The boys are lifting lines.

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And the company bailiffs are about.

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There's no call for cubs on board.

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Shouldn't yous not be in school today, anyway, huh?

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We're still on potato-picking holidays.

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Please!

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No cubs on board. Too much weight.

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Here, you two. Don't mind Da. Come on.

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For God's sake, Davey.

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I don't want to hear the word "bored", Emma.

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But since you're using it... you can help Sally with the sheets.

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I'm working on the wee wall. If anybody wants to help?

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It's better craic than sheets.

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I'll pass on that offer, Barney.

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I'm not bored. I'll help Barney. I'm good at walls. Amn't I, Mum?

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You're the best waller, Kate. Has anyone seen Francis?

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I think he went off with that Seamie Brady.

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Not to the dump?

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No, Mrs Coyne. The lough shore.

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I seen him... I saw him going down the road.

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Thank you, Barney.

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Sally. I'm just going to go and check

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on something. In the shop.

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Right, Mrs Coyne.

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Come on then, Emma. You and me.

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And, Barney, hop off away, will you?

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Francis?

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Did the mistress say you can go out in the lough?

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I didn't ask.

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You should have asked. The mistress will think I took you away.

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She'll be ragin'.

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And Sally will have my life.

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Mrs Coyne. I come for the rations.

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Thursday is rations day, Kettie.

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Thursday doesn't suit.

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A small batch loaf and tea and sugar.

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Is that everything?

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Butter?

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Bacon? Margarine? Lard?

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I don't need them.

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That'll be one and five pence, Kettie.

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Kettie?

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Come when it suits.

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Turn her for home, Failey.

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We have a brave catch.

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Well, did you like that, young Coyne?

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I did. You got lots of eels.

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No eels. You never seen eels, right?

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Them's perch, we catched.

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They're eels.

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Nah.

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Perch.

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They're eels.

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Young Brady here knows what they are, I'd say.

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Perch.

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You're teasing.

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Ah. You see, young Coyne.

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We're allowed to catch perch that nobody wants to eat.

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But eels?

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No.

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We can poach or we can go hungry!

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Did the mistress not teach you that?

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Or was she too busy loadin' her gun?

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Just leave it, boys. He's only a cub.

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Well, whatever you say, them's perch we catched. Not eels.

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CAR APPROACHES

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Mrs Coyne.

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Captain Dreyfuss.

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I have something for you.

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You may already have this.

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It's about the lake.

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I figured it might help you with the thing

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that we talked about in the shop, remember?

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Helping us fit in here.

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Stolen Waters. TM Healy, MP.

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Healy was counsel for the fishermen while they tried to get their lake back.

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I've never heard of this book. I should have, really, shouldn't I?

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I wouldn't beat myself up about it.

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I only came across it because I was researching this place we find ourselves in.

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We're pretty hot on research in the Air Force.

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Sorry.

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Excuse me.

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Has anyone seen my keys?

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Er, the mistress took them. She went out to the shop.

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Right...

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What's this?

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What do you think it is?

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-You took my keys.

-To unlock a drawer you kept from me. Of stolen goods.

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-They're not stolen.

-They grew in the locked drawer?

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-They're payment.

-Payment?

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Sergeant Pokalsi or Podolski or whatever you call him.

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He got a load of drink off me on tick for a party.

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Up at the 'drome. Next thing he tells me he can't pay.

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And he give me those instead.

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-And what was I to do?

-Give them back. It's...

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It's what? It's barter. Yeah, and not even a bargain.

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Those tins aren't worth half what the drink cost me.

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That is not even close to the point.

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It's how people have to work these days, Rose.

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It's make-do-and-mend time. As your lot keep telling us.

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My lot?!

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The Ministry of...whatever.

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My lot? My lot are dying for your lot.

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-OK. It wasn't meant to come out like that.

-I followed you over here to cold comfort farm, Michael Coyne.

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And now you've got the nerve to talk to me about my lot!

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You give them back. You hear me?

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I didn't marry a black marketeer.

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Hold tight, boys - bailiffs!

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What are you doing?

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They've got the flag up.

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Well, they may put it down again.

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Blirts. I'm not for stopping.

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ENGINE SPUTTERS

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ENGINE STALLS

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Ah, hell's bells!

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Heave to there, gentlemen.

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I'll climb on board.

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We're just out for a wee spin, Mr Prince.

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We have the mistress's cub with us. Young Coyne.

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On a wee pleasure cruise.

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Well, in that case, you won't mind giving us the pleasure of

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a wee look around.

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They have eels.

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Yous men are witnesses.

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That's our living, there, lads. Leave us that, at least.

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Hit him!

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Calm down, will you?! Calm down! INDISTINCT SHOUTING

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Help!

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I can't swim!

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I can't swim.

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Calm down, will you!

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Get him up! Take his hand!

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Cry baby. What's wrong with you?

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Davey told those men who I was.

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Come on, son...

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Och, Ned. You should've seen.

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Davey hit thon bailiff such a box!

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I never hit him, young Brady! He hit me!

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And tell that to the mistress the right way round!

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In case she'd go blaming me! You hear me, now?

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All right, all right, all right.

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Don't tell me you hit a company bailiff?

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HENS CLUCK

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Oh, knickers!

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Francis!

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Was Francis here?

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Could have been.

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He lost my place!

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Epsilon Dwarf!

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Look at the state of you, Francis Coyne.

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You're soaking.

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And look at your good corduroy jacket.

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We were out on the lough. And Prince chased us.

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The boat broke down and Davey fell in the water.

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And Prince dived in and saved him.

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He should have let him drown, God forgive me.

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Was Failey's name taken?

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The bailiff said he'd see us in court.

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Us?

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Don't tell me your name was taken?

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No...

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Yes.

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Oh, you're all going to jail and I'm going to get the sack!

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Come on, till I dry you and make you look less like a tramp.

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And then maybe the mistress will forgive me,

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even if she doesn't forgive thon eejit Failey.

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Hi.

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Barney! You scared the life out of me.

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Sorry. Sorry.

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I just seen... I just saw you coming at the last minute, so...

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You were lurking.

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Maybe I was.

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Why, what's lurking?

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It's hanging about. What you've been doing all day.

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I wasn't lurking, then. I was working.

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On the wall.

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Time to stop, Barney. It's getting late.

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I like books, you know.

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-Barney.

-I do. I read at school. Treasure Island.

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And I seen the one you're reading. Brave World.

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Brave NEW World. So it's you who moved my book.

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No, I never, I...

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Not sure you'd like Huxley, Barney.

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Well, maybe not.

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But if you gave me a lend of one I would like,

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then maybe we could talk about it?

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-I'm busy, Barney.

-Och, Emma!

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If you're serious, I'll choose a book for you.

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But it's about books, eh? Nothing else.

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Aye.

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Surely.

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Books.

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Nothing else.

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Good.

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The sons not with you, the night, Ned?

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Sure, how would they be?

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Didn't Prince hit our Davey a box?

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And try and drown him?

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Did he take names?

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He did surely.

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Stout there, Michael.

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Well, if it comes to court we'll be telling the truth - they were attacked and assaulted.

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Your cub seen what happened, Michael.

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Didn't you? Hey, boy?

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There's a saying, Francis,

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from the good people of Moybeg,

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and you might find it useful right now.

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"Whatever you say, say nothing."

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-But...

-Ah, nothing to be said here.

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Pack up the last of that shelf and off home.

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I'm going down to make breakfast.

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It's Sally's day off...

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Michael?

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Hmm?

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I'm sorry.

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Aye.

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You're right to be distant.

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I'm sorry about the things I said yesterday.

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It's all right.

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It's not all right. You're my husband, whom I love.

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Funny way of showing it, sometimes.

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Yes, but I do, Michael Coyne.

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And this is where I live...

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..and these are my people now.

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You sound like the King!

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THEY CHUCKLE

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"My people."

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Even the Hanlons?

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Have you heard of this book?

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Stolen Waters.

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I have. Might even be a copy in the attic somewhere.

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Really? Have you read it?

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I meant to...

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It's worth a read.

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It certainly casts the Hanlons in a different light.

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Must be one hell of a book, Rose.

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Where did you get it?

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Actually... Captain Dreyfuss gave it to me.

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Dreyfuss.

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I need to talk to you about that fella.

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Do you think you could ask him to get the ban on the pub lifted?

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Or at least shortened.

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We're getting killed here, Rose.

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I had three people in the pub last night.

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AEROPLANE ENGINES

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CAR APPROACHES

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-Captain Dreyfuss.

-Mrs Coyne.

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Is this about the book?

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Er, it's about "fitting in".

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Could we...?

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Corporal. Why don't you have yourself a cigarette break?

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Yes, sir.

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So you have some ideas?

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Well, to start with...

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The ban on visits by your airmen.

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-Ah...

-No, no, no, no, no. It's not like that.

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It's not special pleading.

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You mustn't laugh. This is a real way to improve relationships.

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Which just happens to coincide with...

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Your husband's business.

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The pub is where the two communities meet -

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the airmen and the local people.

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Except last time they met, we almost lost an airman.

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Your husband had to intervene. Remember?

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Oh! No, no, no, no, Michael didn't intervene.

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It was me, Calamity Jane. I pulled the gun.

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Please don't tell your commanding officer that.

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He'll think there's a crazy woman down here and extend the ban!

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I won't tell him that, Mrs Coyne.

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Rose, please.

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When I ask him to lift the ban.

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Not to lift it entirely. Just to shorten it.

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We would be very grateful.

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-I

-would be very grateful.

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I will do my best...

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Rose.

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Thank you.

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Thank you so much.

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You...you sew?

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I'm sorry?

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Er, your tunic button. There.

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Hey. That's pretty observant.

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Women notice these things.

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I lost it. On the shore, I think.

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Your stitching is very neat.

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Did you do that yourself?

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A man learns to sew in the armed forces.

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RADIO IN BACKGROUND

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What did he say?

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He said he'd do his best.

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That's all?

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That's all.

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Well, did you tell him how important it was?

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I told him you had three people in there last night and that it

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was making you crazy.

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Yeah, that was me.

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Did you tell him how important it was to you?

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Why would I do that?

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It might mean more to a good-looking fella like him, coming from a woman.

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Michael, that's a strange thing to say.

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What's strange about it?

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I'm only stating a thing that everybody knows.

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Men are a deal more likely to do favours for a woman than for a man.

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Did you want me to flirt?

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No! I didn't say that. I just wanted you...

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I didn't flirt, Michael.

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And don't tempt me to try.

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-Ach, Rose...

-SHE CHUCKLES

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I was only making sure you didn't shout at him.

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God's sake.

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FOOTSTEPS ON THE STAIRS

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Keys...

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Sorry, you're, erm, you're dressing.

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Michael...

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I have to go, the pub needs opening.

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Of course.

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Someone has to keep the show on the road.

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Michael?

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I love you.

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Sure, I know.

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Michael.

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Sergeant.

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It's thirsty work, pedalling.

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You said it.

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Drop of water, is it, Sergeant?

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Sure, you know I never drink when I'm on duty, Mr Coyne.

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You were down with Davey and Ned?

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Serving them up a summons.

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They do not like me.

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Do they like you, Michael?

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Never done me any harm.

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Have they not? And where's your US airmen?

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Look, just because you didn't tell us about something

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doesn't mean we didn't hear about it.

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Now, I persuaded Bill Prince to drop the charges against Failey.

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I know he's connected to your maid.

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And it's fairly obvious he didn't know anything about what happened.

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But Davey Hanlon's facing jail.

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It's clear he assaulted Prince.

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Have you witnesses?

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Witnesses? Michael. In Moybeg?

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Where nobody has ever seen anything?

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Anyway, the RM doesn't need witnesses to put Hanlon in jail.

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No.

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Right,

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I'd better be off.

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How's your son?

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Alfie's fine. They're shipping him out somewhere.

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He can't tell me where.

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I think it's the Mediterranean.

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Well, I hope he stays safe.

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So do I, Michael.

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Right.

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Good luck.

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Good luck, Sergeant.

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"Brave New World.

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"Aldous Hux... Huxley!"

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HE SIGHS

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What's...what's mordant?

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Mor...mordant?

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Mordant.

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Flip.

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Hello, young Quinn. Is Michael Coyne about?

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He's in the house.

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What are you here about?

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For God's sake, Sally. You know right well why we're here.

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Or is Failey not a man for pillow talk?

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You can mind your manners, or you'll stay on the step.

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We're here to see Michael Coyne about the solicitor.

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We're here to see Michael Coyne about the solicitor!

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I heard you.

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Is it any bit of wonder Failey's in no hurry to marry thon one?

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She is some tackle.

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I'm after telling Mr Coyne.

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He says he'll see you.

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Gentlemen.

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Sally tells me you're here about the solicitor?

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Aye. We want James Harrington represent us on Friday.

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Harrington's dear. What about Williams?

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He represented the men from Doss last session.

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Aye, he did.

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And they lost.

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We always lose, gentlemen.

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It's only the severity of the fine that differs.

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We want Harrington, all the same.

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Sure it's no skin off your nose, Michael.

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It's Fishermen's Defence Fund money.

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It's not a bottomless purse, Ned.

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As secretary, it's my responsibility to administer it as best I can.

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Oh, aye, secretary.

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Is the mistress round?

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She's busy.

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Did you want to see her?

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No. She was a bit vexed the other day, about the corned beef.

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You'd nearly think she didn't know about it.

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Well, sure we'll go on.

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KNOCKING

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I brought paper. To write things down.

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The book! I forgot.

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I'll come back.

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I'm, er, still at the wall.

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If I come back before tea-time?

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I'll find you something.

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Nothing too hard, now, you know. Something I might like.

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Then maybe we could talk about it?

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Don't forget. I got a jotter.

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DOOR OPENS

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How was that?

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Thankless.

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Davey Hanlon's scared he's for jail.

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So they want me to hire James Harrington.

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Is he the best?

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Well, he's the dearest.

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But he won't save Davey's skin.

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He assaulted a bailiff and that means jail.

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How do we know Davey assaulted him?

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Rose. He's a Hanlon.

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Besides, Francis saw him do it.

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Hey, Francis!

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Come on! Maisie found sweets in the dump.

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I have to talk to Davey Hanlon.

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Davey Hanlon? When there's sweets, maybe, up there?

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And what do you want to talk to him for?

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He'll only curse you out of it.

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I have to tell him I can't tell lies.

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If I'm a witness in court, you know.

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Och!

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If you're not for coming...

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I have to tell the truth, Seamie.

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It's neither here nor there who struck the first blow.

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Them eels is ours.

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Just like the lough is ours.

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-Not the bloody company's.

-Aye, Da.

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Try telling that to Sir Frederick Stewart

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or whoever is on the bench.

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The eels is gone.

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But if it's proved that I struck the first blow...

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No-ho-ho-ho! Wait!

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We're in safe hands now, boys.

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Here's the chief witness for the defence, huh?

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Young... Young Coyne.

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Young Coyne! We're only jokin'!

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VEHICLE APPROACHES

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KNOCK ON DOOR

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DOOR OPENS

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-Dr Black.

-Mrs Coyne, is Michael in?

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Come in.

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-Ah, Michael.

-Dr Black.

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I've been to see Davey Hanlon to examine him.

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-Oh, and, er, as secretary of the...

-Certainly.

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I'll deal with that.

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Did, er, what you saw fit with his version of events?

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Well, he has contusions and so on.

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I've made a report, but whether that bears out what he says happened,

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well, that will be for the RM to decide.

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Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you.

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Er, my name is Andrew.

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Andrew Black, I'm the doctor's son. SHE CHUCKLES

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Emma. Emma Coyne.

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Andrew, won't you join us? Emma...

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This is my son Andrew. Andrew, Michael Coyne, Rose Coyne.

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-How do you do?

-How do you do?

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Glad to meet you. And I've already met Emma.

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Andrew, would you like what your father's having?

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Or tea? We have some. Or red lemonade?

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-Red lemonade sounds just the ticket.

-Good.

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Emma, would you bring a glass of lemonade from the pantry?

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So you're a medical student?

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Yeah, third year. Trinity College. Dublin.

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Where they're having an emergency, not the war.

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I'm only staying until Saturday, and then it's the slow train back.

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And this is Kate, the baby.

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Oh, hello, Kate. I'm Andrew.

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And... (I'm the baby in my family, too.)

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Andrew's done rather well this term. First in his year.

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-Yeah.

-Gosh! Congratulations, Andrew.

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Emma's done us proud as well. She got a scholarship.

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Second in Ulster, no less.

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Well done, Emma. Pretty...

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and clever.

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Hey, Francis, are you going in?

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No.

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Sure, I'll go with you.

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That's Dr Black's car.

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He was at the Hanlons'.

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-Come on. He'll do you no harm.

-I don't want to.

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-Look, there's your Emma.

-Well, bye, clever Emma.

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EMMA LAUGHS

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Dr Black.

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INDISTINCT CHATTER

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-Mrs Coyne.

-Goodbye.

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I don't want to, either.

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DOOR SHUTS

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Gosh! He's really nice.

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I can't believe he's Burgess Black's son.

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Talk about chalk and cheese.

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Do you think I could go in and see him...

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before he goes back to medical school?

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Did he ask you?

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Not as such,

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but I could tell he's interested.

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Gosh!

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What's happening to my shrinking violet?

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I could be sick. I could have the flu.

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-And Dr Black could call out, and...

-Emma...

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Emma, he's much older than you.

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Dad's much older than you,

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and that's worked out all right, hasn't it?

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EXASPERATED SIGH

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DOOR OPENS

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SHE GASPS

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Francis! What on earth are you doing?

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-Nothing.

-Well...stop it. It's very scary.

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What?

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Will I have to go to court?

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Yes, where you'll probably be horsewhipped and hanged.

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No! Why would you have to go to court?

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I was on the boat.

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And if they make me go to court, Mum says always to tell the truth,

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and if the judge asks me...

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Francis, listen, you don't have to go to court.

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How do you know?

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I just do. Habeas corpus and so on.

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-Promise?

-Promise.

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And anyway, Mum and Dad have already gone.

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So, short of the tumbrel coming for you, you're safe.

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Now, out of here.

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Sally has bread and jam.

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Where are you going?

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That's for me to know. I'm going to lock you in!

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What's a tumbrel?

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Emma!

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-LOCK CLATTERS

-Don't lock me in!

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I did the stock taking today.

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I should be angry.

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Where are they? In the lough?

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In a ditch? Buried?

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The tins?

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No, the fresh pineapple we normally stock(!) Yes, the tins.

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A dozen tins of corned beef. Like hen's bloody teeth.

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What did you do with them, Rose?

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I disposed of them.

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-What a bloody waste.

-I didn't waste them. I...

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..took the stigma of the black market off them.

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Black market? 12 tins of corned beef.

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You're always right, Rose. Do you know that?

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You know, whatever comes into that head of yours,

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that's the right thing.

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Mrs Coyne.

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What's the mistress doing here?

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I don't know.

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I'm just brave and glad she's not in charge of the court the day,

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I'll tell you, cos if she was, you'd be going down.

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Sir Frederick's the RM, Michael.

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He's a great man for sending people to jail.

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I'd fear for David Hanlon.

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RATTLING

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DOOR OPENS

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-Francis, what are you doing in here?

-Emma locked me in.

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-Where did she go?

-She wouldn't tell me.

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Maybe she went to the library, to get a book, do you think?

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Francis, do you know what "mordant" means?

0:39:200:39:23

Do you know what a tumbrel is?

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No.

0:39:350:39:36

Mr Prince,

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David Hanlon claims you hit him first.

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Did you?

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I did not.

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I defended myself after he struck me.

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Let me read you the list...

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the litany of injuries sustained by David Hanlon.

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A cut lip.

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Contusion to the left side of the face.

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-Bruised ribs. Black eye.

-MURMURING

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Does this sound like self-defence?

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Hanlon kept trying to knock me into the lough.

0:40:050:40:09

I had to defend myself from him... and his brother.

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You threw David Hanlon into the water, isn't that right?

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He fell in himself.

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He aimed a kick at me, overbalanced and fell in.

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He shouted he was drowning.

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You rescued him, Mr Prince?

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I did, sir.

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None of the fishermen can swim.

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BELL CHIMES

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Let me put it to you again, Mr Hanlon.

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William Prince and Thomas Eliot have sworn under oath

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that you struck the first blow.

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You accept that that is so?

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I do not. Prince hit me first.

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So, you say that they are telling lies?

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They are, surely.

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The whole lot of them.

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That is all, your honour.

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Jail for our friend.

0:41:110:41:13

Hello?

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-Emma?

-Yes. We met.

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I remember. I mean, how could I forget?

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How did you get here?

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I cycled my bike.

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And you came because...?

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My parents, they're in the courthouse.

0:42:000:42:04

Oh, gosh, on what charge?

0:42:040:42:05

No! I didn't think so, Emma.

0:42:070:42:10

You know, I really liked your parents.

0:42:100:42:12

Chilly?

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Would you like a hot chocolate?

0:42:170:42:19

Yeah?

0:42:190:42:21

Good. Come on in.

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Clearly, David Hanlon resisted a legitimate attempt

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by a lawfully constituted officer to prevent a poaching offence.

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That he is in court today

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-is due entirely to the heroic efforts of that officer...

-Officer!

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..who dragged him from the water in spite of fierce resistance.

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I was not resistin'.

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-I was scramblin'.

-GAVEL BANGS

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Sit down, Hanlon.

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The evidence clearly shows he struck the first blow,

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and in so doing, he...

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I would like to speak...

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..on behalf of all the defendants here.

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Rose...

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Jesus, Mr Coyne! Rein that woman in, would you?

0:42:590:43:02

You try it.

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She's going to sink us.

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Every fisherman in this room is a defendant, if the truth be told.

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-A defendant of...

-Madam.

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..rights that belong to him in common justice and natural law.

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Rights that have been taken away from him.

0:43:140:43:16

Madam!

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I will give you 30 days for contempt

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if you do not pay attention to the bench.

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Now...

0:43:300:43:31

..perhaps you might tell the court exactly who you are

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and what you do.

0:43:370:43:38

My name is Rose Coyne.

0:43:420:43:44

I am the schoolmistress in Moybeg.

0:43:450:43:47

You were speaking to a motion of rights.

0:43:490:43:53

Would that be correct to say?

0:43:530:43:54

-You have two minutes.

-Two minutes?

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WATCH TICKS

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To address the court.

0:44:010:44:02

Oh.

0:44:030:44:04

1 minute and 55 seconds.

0:44:060:44:08

Huh...!

0:44:100:44:11

Your honour...

0:44:130:44:16

when I said that every fisherman in this room was a defendant,

0:44:160:44:20

I meant this -

0:44:200:44:22

it is the whole fishing community that is on trial here,

0:44:220:44:26

not just these men. MURMURING

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Fishermen have made their living on Lough Neagh from time immemorial.

0:44:270:44:31

But here, today, the Lough Neagh Eel Company

0:44:310:44:35

would deny them that living, citing a dusty charter from long ago.

0:44:350:44:38

-MURMUR OF AGREEMENT

-That's right.

0:44:380:44:40

It's hard to believe that the rights to this vast stretch of common water

0:44:400:44:44

could have been given away to one family, but they were, to the Chichesters.

0:44:440:44:47

MURMURING And...

0:44:470:44:49

to add insult to injury, the grant was based on papers

0:44:490:44:52

that many now believe to be fraudulent.

0:44:520:44:53

Do they, now?

0:44:530:44:55

This is a matter of record, your honour.

0:44:550:44:57

In the House of Lords.

0:44:570:44:59

CHEERING

0:44:590:45:00

Yes!

0:45:000:45:02

Oh...

0:45:020:45:04

But let us set that aside for the moment.

0:45:050:45:08

Think how many eels there are in the lough.

0:45:120:45:15

Thousands upon thousands.

0:45:170:45:20

So many thousands that the Lough Neagh Eel Company

0:45:200:45:22

can trap them by the tonne, without effort, at Toome Weir.

0:45:220:45:26

Good girl, you. That's right! Toome Weir.

0:45:260:45:29

So many eels that the catches of the fishermen

0:45:290:45:32

cannot possibly make any difference to their numbers.

0:45:320:45:36

The Lough Neagh Eel Company is put to no loss by the fishermen,

0:45:360:45:40

your honour, so why does it try to take away their natural rights

0:45:400:45:42

from men who depend, and whose families depend,

0:45:420:45:45

on the meagre sums they are paid for their catches?

0:45:450:45:48

Mrs Coyne...

0:45:480:45:50

To arrest them and bring them to court...

0:45:530:45:57

..that is not justice in my view, your honour. It is...

0:45:590:46:02

..harassment, hounding... MURMUR OF AGREEMENT

0:46:030:46:07

..persecution.

0:46:070:46:08

CHEERING

0:46:080:46:10

Well said, the mistress!

0:46:100:46:13

GAVEL BANGS

0:46:130:46:15

For the avoidance of doubt,

0:46:170:46:19

that is the last interruption that I will tolerate in this court.

0:46:190:46:24

Any further instances,

0:46:250:46:27

today or in the future,

0:46:270:46:30

will garner 30 days for contempt.

0:46:300:46:32

Well done.

0:46:340:46:36

Mrs Coyne...

0:46:370:46:39

..if you are taking as your source

0:46:420:46:44

Tim Healy's book on the lough, Stolen Waters...

0:46:440:46:49

Are you, Mrs Coyne?

0:46:500:46:52

Then be aware that it is not as obscure as you perhaps think it is.

0:46:550:47:00

Many of us have read it, Mrs Coyne.

0:47:020:47:05

And however unfair, some might say unjust,

0:47:050:47:09

the ruling of the House of Lords in 1911...

0:47:090:47:14

that ruling has passed into law.

0:47:140:47:17

And it is my job to administer the law.

0:47:190:47:24

So, here's the story.

0:47:320:47:34

Emma Coyne, who is much smarter than Andrew Black, it would seem,

0:47:340:47:40

is going to be kicking her heels for a year

0:47:400:47:42

before she goes off to take university by storm.

0:47:420:47:45

But...

0:47:460:47:48

I'm guessing there aren't too many jazz dens in Moybeg.

0:47:480:47:52

Will she not be bored?

0:47:520:47:54

Yes. Like anything.

0:47:540:47:56

Unless someone interesting calls by now and then.

0:47:570:48:01

That sounds like a fine offer, Miss Emma Coyne.

0:48:020:48:05

-Hey, Andrew.

-Nick.

0:48:090:48:11

Oh, damn, is it that time?

0:48:120:48:14

I am so sorry, Emma. I have to go.

0:48:150:48:18

I have to meet a friend with... with old Nick here.

0:48:180:48:21

But we are going by the square.

0:48:230:48:26

So, if you would like, we could escort you,

0:48:260:48:29

like the fine young gentlemen that we are.

0:48:290:48:31

I have listened to the evidence.

0:48:360:48:38

And I have to say that I do not believe

0:48:400:48:42

the defendant's account of what happened for one second.

0:48:420:48:45

LOW MURMUR

0:48:450:48:46

I have formed a judgment

0:48:480:48:49

that he was the aggressor in every aspect of the incident.

0:48:490:48:53

I therefore find against the defendant.

0:48:540:48:57

The fact that the defendant struck,

0:49:000:49:03

and struck first,

0:49:030:49:05

would normally justify a custodial sentence.

0:49:050:49:08

But we have had a forceful reminder from Mrs Coyne

0:49:120:49:16

that the fishermen of Moybeg

0:49:160:49:18

have exercised their right to fish since, uh...

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time immemorial, Mrs Coyne?

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The court has no discretion in the administration of the law.

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But it has some leeway in the matter of sentencing.

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Taking this into account,

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the defendant will be sworn over to keep the peace.

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His pollan nets will be restored to him, but not his eel lines.

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The court imposes the fine of £2 and the usual costs.

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This court is adjourned.

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CHEERING

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PEOPLE EXPRESS THEIR GRATITUDE

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No jail, by God. The mistress got him off.

0:50:170:50:21

Fair play to you, Mrs Coyne.

0:50:240:50:26

You stood up for us when no-one else would.

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And you told them boys the truth.

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The truth would have seen your son in jail, Mr Hanlon.

0:50:310:50:35

-What I stood up for was justice.

-Aye, and we got it.

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The first time that ever I remember.

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Just don't ask me to stand up for what went on in your boat,

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or in the byre, that night.

0:50:420:50:44

I, er, really enjoyed this afternoon, Emma.

0:50:470:50:49

I think maybe we should do it again sometime.

0:50:490:50:53

Gosh. Yes.

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-MAN:

-Well done, Mistress!

-MAN 2:

-Fair play to Mrs Coyne.

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Oh, knickers! It's my mother.

0:50:570:51:00

The shame.

0:51:000:51:01

-What's she done?

-Who knows? It's Mum.

0:51:010:51:05

-Anything can happen. Anything.

-MAN:

-Thank you very much.

0:51:050:51:08

Bye, Emma.

0:51:080:51:10

-WOMAN:

-Well done, Mrs Coyne. You did us proud.

0:51:100:51:13

-WOMAN 2:

-You did a grand job, Mrs Coyne. Thank you. Thanks again.

0:51:130:51:17

MAN: Thank you very much.

0:51:210:51:23

SHE GASPS

0:51:260:51:28

You made a show of me, Rose.

0:51:280:51:30

And for what? For men you don't even like.

0:51:310:51:34

It's their lough. HE SCOFFS

0:51:340:51:36

-It's their livelihood.

-And the pub?

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Our livelihood that they emptied?

0:51:390:51:41

I got that back.

0:51:410:51:43

Michael, listen, I know Ned isn't a very nice man.

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You're the one tried to shoot him.

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But that doesn't mean he should be a trespasser in his own place.

0:51:500:51:53

I didn't mean to make a show of you, Michael, I promise.

0:51:570:51:59

If I made a show of anyone, it was me.

0:51:590:52:01

Michael?

0:52:030:52:05

Michael?

0:52:190:52:20

-Is Daddy all right?

-Course.

0:52:280:52:30

Did Davey go to jail?

0:52:310:52:33

No.

0:52:330:52:34

Did he tell the truth?

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The truth...

0:52:400:52:42

a truth emerged, against all the odds.

0:52:420:52:45

Mummy, are you all right?

0:52:470:52:49

Course.

0:52:490:52:51

Don't be too long.

0:52:550:52:56

SOFT THUMP OUTSIDE

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That's them back. We'll find out how Davey Hanlon fared.

0:53:080:53:12

Aye.

0:53:120:53:14

Whatever happened, losing the eel lines, Sally, it, um...

0:53:140:53:18

it leaves me a wee bit short.

0:53:180:53:19

For stout, like.

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COINS RATTLE

0:53:260:53:28

Go on.

0:53:310:53:32

You're the heart of corn, Sally Quinn.

0:53:350:53:37

Hello, Barney!

0:54:060:54:08

BICYCLE BELL RINGS

0:54:080:54:09

VEHICLE APPROACHES

0:54:210:54:23

Captain Dreyfuss.

0:54:320:54:34

-La Pasionaria of Moybeg, I presume.

-Oh, God. You heard? Oh!

0:54:340:54:38

Everyone heard.

0:54:380:54:39

The story is, you stood up for the rights of the common man,

0:54:390:54:42

and for fishing.

0:54:420:54:44

Ticks a few boxes for the American male, that.

0:54:440:54:46

Turns out everyone knew the Stolen Waters thing.

0:54:460:54:49

Well, everyone except me.

0:54:490:54:52

But, yes, Rose Coyne was definitely on her feet.

0:54:530:54:56

Hm! I hope everyone was properly thankful.

0:54:560:55:00

I didn't want thanks.

0:55:000:55:01

I could have done with a bit of understanding.

0:55:010:55:03

Understanding? From those Hanlon guys?

0:55:030:55:06

No, from Michael.

0:55:060:55:07

I think I just said, "My husband doesn't understand me."

0:55:090:55:11

I have some good news for you.

0:55:150:55:17

I spoke to Colonel Cresswell.

0:55:170:55:19

He's going to shorten the ban.

0:55:190:55:21

Oh!

0:55:210:55:23

Oh, God. Uh...

0:55:230:55:24

The men will be allowed to drink in the pub within a fortnight.

0:55:260:55:28

Goodbye, Mrs Coyne.

0:55:320:55:33

Huh!

0:55:330:55:35

Rose...

0:55:430:55:45

Captain Dreyfuss, call me Rose.

0:55:450:55:47

Huh!

0:55:490:55:51

I came to tell you - Davey Hanlon got off,

0:55:520:55:54

and I didn't have to tell any lies.

0:55:540:55:56

Not like that Maisie Quinn.

0:56:010:56:02

There was no sweets in the dump at all.

0:56:040:56:07

Not one.

0:56:070:56:08

But Mummy got this.

0:56:090:56:12

What is it?

0:56:120:56:13

It's dee-licious, is what it is. Do you want a bite?

0:56:150:56:18

No. That's too much.

0:56:220:56:24

What is it?

0:56:270:56:28

Mummy says it's corned beef.

0:56:340:56:35

Corned beef?

0:56:360:56:38

Yeah.

0:56:380:56:40

Mum says it's corned beef. I don't know.

0:56:400:56:43

'These days, Davey Hanlon's grandchildren

0:56:460:56:48

'are free to fish the lough,

0:56:480:56:51

'but not because the great injustice of the Stolen Waters was righted.

0:56:510:56:56

'It was time and trade that brought the change.

0:56:560:56:58

'My mother's speech, of course,

0:57:000:57:02

'didn't win the fishermen those rights,

0:57:020:57:04

'but it was a beginning, let's say.

0:57:040:57:07

'Or a middle. Or an end.

0:57:070:57:11

'Something.'

0:57:110:57:12

There's a price to be paid

0:57:140:57:15

for everything taken from its rightful owner.

0:57:150:57:18

My sister's got scarlet fever. It's our fault.

0:57:180:57:21

I'm sorry about this, Michael. I know you're not involved.

0:57:210:57:25

If we can't do this honestly, then we shouldn't do it at all.

0:57:250:57:28

You're the nurse!

0:57:280:57:30

Lieutenant Ziegler. Tillie.

0:57:300:57:32

I feel like I should be able to make you stop being sad.

0:57:320:57:38

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