BOY 1: Ooh, sexy.

BOY 2: All right What's your name?

Leonora Chisholm.

Guy Curran.

I thought you said you were gonna love me all your life.

LEONORA: I didn't knew who you were then.

Guy, we're in business.

LEONORA: You have changed.

And I don't like what you're into now.

GUY: Linus.

CORONER: The post-mortem shows a level of an hallucinatory class-A drug.

LEONORA: It's time we got on with our own lives.

GUY: I've been crossing off the days ever since he went to teacher training.

I don't know you anymore.

GUY: I feel guilty because-- --I'm cheating on her with you.

Does she have, um, lovers?

William and I are going to get married.

GUY: I reckon someone's just been poisoning her mind against me.

You want them wasted?

GUY: All of them have been telling you things about me because they're not true!

It's all lies.

I'll find out!

And, um, this is William.

Oh.

William fences.

What?

With swords?

A very good friend of Leonora's has told me all about your drug peddling.

Which friend would that be then?

TESSA: So you can go and beat her up, too?

GUY: So now I know it's Rachel.

I've got someone in mind.

I said, I want you to think very carefully.

- Have a glass-- - --you shit.

You might get your arse into gear.

And it's about time you did.

WOMAN: Guy, get off of him!

Just get out of our lives, Guy!

I'll fight you for it!

I'm not going to fight you for it!

Come on!

Come on, mate.

We're going to stop this right now because it's getting out of hand!

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Why don't you put up and go home?

Go home.

What is it?

What?

What is it?

What?

Are you a coward now or something?

Sorry, sorry.

(ECHOING) Sorry, sorry.

I'm going to phone the police.

(ECHOING) Phone the police.

For god's sake!

Yeah!

This is crazy, Guy.

LEONORA: Please, help.

- Stop.

--stop.

Please stop.

- Please, Guy.

Come on.

Come on.

Please, Guy.

- Please.

Please, Stop.

Get off!

GUY: Shit.

Are you all right?

You're bleeding!

I'm all right!

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Leonora!

I'm all right.

It's all right.

It's only a flesh wound.

How can you laugh?

Look what you've done.

Go phone for an ambulance!

I can't.

He's buggered up the phone.

That's a mess.

I'll drive you to hospital, Guy.

No charity.

You're liable to bleed to death if you don't have something done about that arm.

I'll drive him!

I'll drive you, Guy.

Put this around you.

Do you want a coat?

Not if it's one of his.

You'd rather die of cold.

You want to shut up?

Look, give me the car keys.

Would you like me to come with you?

Shut up!

Just shut up!

Put your arm around me.

Do as you're told.

GUY: Watch it.

DOCTOR: How did it happen?

Carving knife slipped.

GUY: Are you angry?

LEONORA: Yes.

I'm fed up and sick and tired.

GUY: I know how you feel.

LEONORA: No, you don't, Guy.

You don't have the slightest idea.

You don't even try.

Where shall we have lunch on Saturday?

Guy, right now I don't ever want to see you or speak to you ever again.

All right?

Hi.

How did the dinner work out?

Dinner was terrific.

Oh, no.

I'll get a doctor.

No, no, no.

Don't touch, don't touch.

I've just come from the hospital.

Anyway, it's not as bad as it looks.

Shh.

Shh, shh.

GUY: It's not like I've been exactly good to you either.

I moved in on you.

You didn't throw me out.

What more can the emancipated woman expect?

I'll make it up to you.

CELESTE: Just not right now.

CELESTE: You're in no state to make up to anyone right now.

So will you be all right on your own?

I was hoping you'd stay.

I'm not Leonora, Guy.

Please, Celeste.

Please, stay with me.

Please.

OK. ♪ ♪ ♪ WEATHERMAN (ON RADIO): The forecast calls for sunny skies today with winds expected-- I was going to surprise you.

What are you doing today?

Nothing.

No, I think you are now.

Say hello, everyone!

CHILDREN: Hi!

Hi!

- Nice to meet you.

GUY: Have you two got breakfast?

When have we ever not?

Well, thank god for that.

What?

Break open the champagne, Coca-Cola for the kids and the fine artist!

Been in the wars, have we?

Yeah, just a little local difficulty.

CELESTE: Where are we going?

Some works out, isn't it?

Ask the driver?

All right.

How's the party?

Yeah?

♪ ♪ ♪ Yes!

Yes!

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ No!

♪ You all right, girls?

- Yeah, yeah.

- Nice day?

Yeah.

How are you?

Hi, baby.

Hi, love.

Do you do this often?

About once a year.

It's not that big a deal, actually.

I charge most of it for tax.

Oh, come on.

Don't put yourself down.

It's been great.

It's been a great day.

Yeah, you're right.

It's been a lovely day.

Thanks.

Who taught you how to play cricket?

♪ ♪ ♪ What are you doing here?

I've been trying to reach you all day.

GUY: That's a change.

- I wanna talk.

GUY: About what?

Us.

What do you mean?

You and William?

You and me.

Please.

Let's sit.

Do you want a drink?

No, Thanks.

You mind if I do?

No, that's fine.

How's the arm?

OK.

Please make yourself at home.

Thanks.

I wasn't very nice to you yesterday.

It was a bad scene.

All the same, you know.

I shouldn't have turned you out of the car.

I got home all right.

And I shouldn't have refused to have lunch.

That did hurt.

Especially as it would have been our last.

Yeah.

I'm supposed to be getting married next week.

On the 16th.

Look, Guy, you know, I never, ever wanted to hurt you.

Well, you now how to stop, don't you?

Yeah.

That's why I'm here.

Could we have lunch together this Saturday?

♪ You and me?

Wherever you'd like to take me.

My God.

Have you thought-- no-- You-- sorry.

You first.

Um.

Oh, I don't quite know how to say this.

Can we spend the day together on Saturday?

I mean, can we have lunch and then be together for the rest of the day?

Your poor arm.

Perhaps you won't feel up to it.

Sweetheart, William could have cut my arm off and welcome if it's finally brought you to your senses.

You don't have to ask me if we can spend the day together.

Don't you know that's what I've wanted for ages?

It's what I've longed for for years now-- years.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I must go.

I must go.

Really?

Yeah.

Well, I'll call a cab.

No, no, it's fine, it's fine.

I've got-- I've got-- I've got William's car.

♪ ♪ ♪ I'll call you tomorrow in case you change your mind.

As if.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Yes!

There he is.

There is the man.

Hello.

How are you doing?

Mwah.

How are you?

What's with the arm?

Just a scratch, mate.

Where's the champagne?

In the fridge.

Some scratch to have your arm in a sling.

Hello, Tanya.

CELESTE: He was fighting a duel.

Now I know I'm in England.

Someone got fresh with you, did they?

Uh.

Well, matter of honor.

Sadly, it had nothing to do with me.

MAN: What happened to the other guy?

He's got egg all over his face.

I don't know.

He'll be the death of me.

Do you know what he did?

He cut my Independence Day video in the microwave.

Wh-- Well, at least you can't say he lacks imagination.

- Oh.

Oh, god I gotta go.

I've got an early call, and Guy promised to take me home by 10:30.

You'll be lucky.

OK.

Darling, don't do this to me.

I'm on a winning streak.

OK, I gotta get a cab.

Half an hour.

Half an hour.

That's all I ask.

CROUPIER: Place your bets, please.

No more bets.

- Nice little looker.

- Yeah.

So she's taking your luck with her.

Oh, nobody can do that now.

Yes!

Thank you very much.

I bet-- - Shh.

I'll tell you something, mate.

Leonora is just being brilliant at the moment.

- Is she?

- Yeah.

She wants to spend a whole day with me on Saturday.

I'm telling you, the whole day.

Well, it's not the whole day.

What about Rachel, then?

What about Rachel?

I'm not-- I'm not seeing Rachel.

I'm seeing Leonora, mate.

You still want to waste it?

What?

You asked me to arrange a hit, remember?

No, I didn't.

Yes, you did, when you came to the club.

Dan, tell me you're joking.

Please tell me you're joking.

Oh, shit.

- Dan, I didn't mean that.

- I can do that-- I didn't mean it, Dan!

Dan!

Dan, please tell me you can call it off.

Frankly, I don't know.

I don't know who Chuck's put on the job, do I?

He's been in Ireland.

- Dan-- I don't even know if he's back.

I don't know if his boy's down to do it or his boys' boy.

Daniel, I'll never ask anything again.

Please say you can call it off.

Please.

All right.

OK, I'll do what I can.

♪ ♪ Oh!

Hello.

How are you this morning?

Guy, are you all right?

Hold on.

I'm absolutely-- Listen, Leo, did I dream it or-- did you say you'd be spending Saturday with me?

You didn't dream it.

Thank god for that.

I've been having such strange dreams lately.

I don't know what's real and what's not anymore.

Leo.

Yes, Guy?

Afterwards on Saturday, will you-- will you come back and stay with me?

Yeah.

You will?

If that's what you want, Guy.

I don't know what to say.

I'm so happy.

Leo, are you crying?

Forgive me.

There's nothing to forgive.

Yeah!

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ All right, let's go.

Table's waiting for you, this way.

♪ ♪ Thank you.

It's lovely.

Listen, I'll have a large gin and tonic as well, please.

Thank you.

♪ ♪ ♪ Listen, Leo, did I dream it?

Did you say you'd spent all Saturday with me?

You didn't dream it.

♪ ♪ ♪ Excuse me.

Do you know what time is it?

20 to 2:00, sir.

20 to 2:00.

Would you like to order now?

No.

No, thanks.

I'll be all right.

Thank you.

♪ Oh, come on.

Answer the phone!

♪ ♪ Leo!

Leonora!

Leonora!

Leo!

Leo!

Leonora?

58 Harcourt Mansions, please.

You attacked him with a sword.

That's a bit much, isn't it?

He's mad, of course.

A violent, dangerous madman.

Assault, you know.

It might even be called attempted murder.

She'd be out of her mind to see him again.

If you had not conspired against the poor man!

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Where is she?

Come in.

You can come in.

We may as well get it over with.

You want to know where she is?

Yeah.

As of this moment, I imagine she's 30,000 feet over Northern France with William, to whom she got married at noon today.

It was a lovely wedding.

Everyone said so.

I'm supposed to be getting married next week.

They've gone to Greece for their honeymoon.

Samos, actually.

I'm supposed to be getting married next week.

You changed the date.

Guy, Leonora was simply terrified of you.

Terrified you'd go off the rails altogether.

No, Leonora was in love with me.

You made her do this to me.

What utter nonsense.

I wish I had a tape recording of all the things my daughter said, I honestly do.

The number of times I asked her why she bothered with you.

She said she had to go on seeing you.

It was the only possible way.

MAGNUS: If only she'd taken the perfectly reasonable step of applying for an injunction.

But she didn't, Magnus!

She didn't want to, I quote, "hurt his feelings."

Oh, Guy, I never, ever wanted to hurt you.

GUY: Well, you know how to stop, don't you?

Yeah.

That's why I'm here.

She was always too soft for her own good.

Now, Curran, don't you think it's about time you left?

My wife has told you a great deal more than you could possibly have expected in these circumstances.

No, I'm not leaving till I find out who set me up.

MAGNUS: I don't follow you.

How were you set up?

Well, you told me the wedding would be next weekend.

She led me to believe there wouldn't be a wedding at all.

So I've been stitched up.

Now, Leonora, she wouldn't do something like that to me.

Oh, no.

GUY: So it had to be one of you two.

Which one?

She got involved with you before she was old enough to know better.

Which one?

(STAMMERING) We all approved.

It's quite unimportant who thought of it?

- Which one?!

- No!

I'm not telling you.

It was Susannah!

Susannah?

I've always thought your-- well, constancy to Leonora was rather beautiful.

Like those knights of old.

And I thought she was the one member of your family I could trust.

What you don't understand is how sick we all are of you.

You sanctimonious-- Guy, please!

Leonora is happy now.

She's-- she's happy with William.

Leonora left you years ago.

She's been trying to break it to you gently ever since.

He shan't have her.

I want a seat on the next flight to Athens-- in Greece.

No, I don't give a toss what class.

Just get me on a first flight there is!

Curran.

Guy Curran.

Well, just bang it on the usual account.

Yeah, Amex.

Platinum.

Look, some sodding airline must have a flight to Athens, in Greece, before tomorrow morning.

♪ ♪ I was set up.

I know.

How do you know?

Well, I went to a couple of registry offices and checked.

They had arranged to get married on the 16th.

And the day after your, uh, famous duel, they brought it forward a week.

When did you find this out?

Yesterday.

Then what-- I see.

I see.

Let them make a fool of me is your way of getting your own back, I suppose.

I bet you loved every minute of it.

Thinking of me busting a gut to make this place perfect for Leonora.

Thinking of me tarting myself up like some stupid schoolboy on his first day out.

Did you spare a thought for us when I was sitting in that restaurant thinking about her, wondering what had happened to her until finally-- I know I didn't treat you that well, but what did I do to you to deserve this?

Quite a lot.

But it wasn't about that.

It was the only way I could make you see the kind of person she really is.

It was Susannah's idea, Celeste.

Yeah, but Leonora set you up.

A good person wouldn't have done that.

I told you-- She's not a child, Guy.

She's 23.

Nobody could make her do what she didn't want to do, and they didn't.

And I thought you said you weren't jealous.

I wasn't until I realized that Leonora loved William.

Well, you'd know, would you?

Yeah.

She told me that night after the movie.

She said, I'd like to think of Guy loving someone the way that I love William and then loving him back.

GUY: It's funny you never mentioned it before.

I did, Guy, I did.

Where are you going?

To get her back.

With this?

I am no longer accountable to you, Celeste.

And it is time you got that straight.

No, it's about time you did.

And until you stop chasing a dream, you won't.

You and I, Guy, we've got everything in common.

We've got all the same tastes.

And in bed, there's never been a better lover for me.

There's never been anyone that I felt so natural with.

I know it's the same for you.

You don't have to say anything.

I told you from the beginning-- What you say has got nothing to do with real life.

And that, that's all that you and Leonora have got in common.

She-- she got herself into this situation that she no longer wanted and she wasn't honest enough to handle.

And you went along with it because your life is 99% illusion.

You know nothing about my life.

You're talking utter, complete rubbish!

Leonora is my life!

I am Leonora!

Life's meaningless without her.

Might as well be dead.

How many times did you actually make love to her?

What's that got to do with anything?

How many times?

Well, I don't remember.

Does it matter?

It should matter to you.

I don't know.

Maybe five, maybe six.

Oh god.

Of course she wanted to meet you on Saturdays and have you phone every day.

Why wouldn't she?

What did it cost her?

I mean, it was flattering.

My god.

I mean, you're so rich and nice and handsome and everyone knowing you were in love with her.

Can't you see?

She-- she could make the rules.

She could get herself other boyfriends, even fix up to marry one, and you'd still be there.

She isn't like that.

Can't you see how good that was for her ego?

It wasn't like that.

It wasn't!

It was-- Come.

Come here.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I'll love you all my life, Guy.

There can't be anyone else for either of us, ever.

She got herself into a situation that she no longer wanted and she wasn't honest enough to handle.

I mean, has it ever occurred to you that she might not be a very nice person?

You're not cheating on her, Guy.

What's there to cheat?

Don't put yourself down.

You always did dance on the surface of things.

Nobody could make her do what she didn't want to do, and they didn't.

I'd like us to be friends always I mean, what did it cost her?

♪ ♪ OPERATOR (ON PHONE): Emergency.

Which service?

Emergency.

Which service?

GUY: He shan't ever.

Your love is 99% delusion.

I'm Celeste.

I'm here now.

I love you, Guy.

LEONORA (VOICEOVER): I love you, Guy.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I went out to get breakfast.

With your overnight bag?

It's in the car.

And the gun?

I threw it away.

It's in the river, along with Leonora's engagement ring.

Have we got any cherry jam?

Probably.

Let's have a picnic.

What?

What's what?

You're looking at me.

Yeah.

Do you like it?

Not much.

No.

It's OK.

I'll just go.

Wait, OK. Why did you throw the ring away?

I didn't want it anymore.

I didn't need it.

She-- she never-- excuse me.

On the way to the airport last night a lot of things started to happen.

You see, yesterday I came so close to killing Tessa.

I don't expect you to understand.

I don't understand it myself.

I can only see Leonora.

I only wanted to have her, to be with her.

Shh, shh, shh.

I'm sorry.

I really am so sorry.

It'll be OK.

It'll be OK. Shh.

You know how you said you can't choose the people you want to love?

Well, you can.

See, I realize I love you very, very much.

I do.

I do love you.

Good because I love you, too.

Leave it.

You're damn right.

Leave it.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

No, no.

No.

Better-- Whoever you're canvassing for has just lost my vote.

Mr. Curran?

Mr.

Guy Curran?

Yeah.

Police.

We're both police.

I'm Detective Inspector Shaw of the serious crime squad.

This is Detective Sergeant Wallace.

Can I help you?

We're making enquiries into the death of Ms. Rachel Lingard.

She's dead?

What did she die of?

She was murdered, sir.

DETECTIVE WALLACE: You may also be interested to know that we've got the killer.

Some foolhardy member of the public saw him making a run for it and decided to have a go.

And we found this on his person.

A witness has identified it as your handwriting.

Yeah, I can explain that.

Of course you can.

But why don't we get down at the station, eh?

Come on.

I'm arresting you for conspiracy to murder.

I've got somebody-- You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defense if you do not mention when questioned to something you later rely on in court.

Anything you do say may be given in evidence.

Celeste!

I'm just popping out, love.

I'll be back here in a little while.

I wouldn't count on that.

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