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СЦЕНКА 18

 

PLANS FOR SUNDAY

 

Jane: Are you going to be free this Sunday, Robert?

Robert: It all depends on Mason. I owe him a Sunday¹. He'll let me know when he gets back from Liverpool this evening.

Jane: If you're not working, let's take this Polish girl out² for the day. She'll be going back next week, so it's our last chance.

Robert: Good idea. Where shall we take her?

Jane: I thought we might drive down³ to Canterbury⁴.

Robert: Oh, Lord⁵, are you going to drag me round the cathedral again, Jane? I expect we'll be spending our honeymoon doing a tour of English cathedrals. In any case we should take her somewhere unusual⁶. She'll have seen⁷ all the normal tourist attractions.

Jane: I know. Shall we take her to Windsor⁸ on a river steamer? She'll enjoy going round the state apartments⁹.

Robert: What an enthusiast you are for ancient monuments¹⁰. Well, when does the steamer leave?

Jane: Pass me the timetable over there¹¹, will you? Here you are¹². One leaves at eight and the other at three thirty.

Robert: One's too early and the other's too late. Besides, we won't get tickets at such short notice¹³.

Jane: Will you try on your way to the office, tomorrow?

Robert: I will if I must, although I won't be going that way tomorrow. But tell me, Jane, do you really think she'll enjoy four hours on crowded boat?

Jane: Think of something better then.

Robert: Well now, I think she'll want to see something of how¹⁴ ordinary people live, for a change¹⁵. I suggest we take her round the East End¹⁶ and the docks and then drive out to Epping.¹⁷ We'll invite ourselves to tea with Jim and Maggie.

Jane: Oh, Robert, how dull. Tea with Jim and Maggie is a good idea, but you'll have to think of something more exciting if you want me to come along¹⁸. Suppose we take her round some of those old Essex¹⁹ villages?

Robert: But she'll have had enough²⁰ of that kind of sightseeing. We must show her that England doesn't consist entirely of cathedrals and half-timbered cottages²¹. What about our industry, what about science and technology...

Jane: There's no stopping you²², Robert, when you get on your hobby-horse.

Robert: Well, of course, there is one other solution.

Jane: What's that?

Robert: Why not ring up Mrs. Daniszewska and ask her where she'd like to go.

Jane: What a sensible idea. Will you ring her, or shall I?

Robert: You can. But when you do, don't start telling her about all the cathedrals you want to show her.

Jane: All right, I won't. But when we meet on Sunday, I'll make sure we don't end up at a coal-mine²³.

 

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