paper was light gold in medieval times
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oh no tobacco sugar
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that everything we thought we knew about
the world
might turn out to be completely wrong
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little cheddar
my you look most kissable today
do you think we have time for us desmond
get away with it i'm not a cup of coffee
it's time you were downstairs you and me
we sweat and strain
i forgot my glasses
what's that you're hiding
nothing nothing at all so was this
nothing at all you're guarding with your
life
well if you must know there's one i just
been doing a little daydreaming day
dreaming yes about a nice little
detached house with a garden a detached
house with a garden yeah sunflowers
lots of flowers
sweet-smelling jasmine sweet-smelling
jasmine
what are you desmond a parrot or a
mockingbird i'm a man and this man is
telling you for the umpteen time that
this is where we live above the shop and
this is where we're going to live for
the rest of our days until we go back to
guyana
so
it's tell you telling me well not
exactly but yes
so it's all right for desmond to dream
about guyana but as for shirley's dreams
but that's a different dream it's a
special dream and you're part of that
dream and we can dream that dream
together now you coming on with a
totally different dream and i don't like
it i have no idea what is the matter
with you shirley ambrose that's right
you have no
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you look idea your glasses
so i took the car through this little
garage
you're right there oh yes
i'm fine
i'm sorry walter i hope i haven't kept
you waiting long so what's this about a
car tony i didn't know you had a car nah
i fought it at the weekend maybe i'm
paying you too much
you should cut this hair last
ah yes sheer perfection
tony if you just buy this car what you
take it to the garage for hopefully you
have just taken the worst rat out of my
mouth well they'll teach you to keep it
shut then
i like to get an mot test you buy a car
with no mot for seven year old man it
seemed like it was in good nick and it
was a bargain ah but when is a bargain
not a bargain
as an ugandan friend of mine used to say
you can examine the hindquarters of
variances but that won't tell you how
many teeth he's got
well
yeah
i started out my doubts when the bloke
at the garage didn't ask me i was the
owner he asked me if i was an extra king
and i don't understand you tony what do
you want a car for it's just another
expense to worry about yeah ain't the
expense man i gotta get about move
around get noticed everybody got ants in
their pants about moving growing up in
the world i can't understand why people
can't be happy with what they got who
they are bigger hops bigger
i never had a car before next week
you'll be coming to work in a jaguar and
then you'll be happy until you've got a
rise rice hold on a minute i only bought
my first ever car a long minute to get
about in
oh sorry i haven't mentioned it there's
one
who got ants in their pants surely
if something is troubling you why not
tell your friends this friend is all
ears which is west indian for being
nosey
surely got all these leaflets upstairs
what leaflets leaflets from estate
agents
she's there dreaming about moving house
again no harm in their dreaming one i
day dream all day and most nights as
well that's good pogba every adult
should have a hobby every adult
should have a job
studying
is not surely studying that bothering me
i mean i know my wife once she gets an
idea into her head it takes some
shifting and once she thinks about it
it's harder to shift
talking about things that are hard to
shift
what you doing here this morning beverly
that's a fine way to greet a body when
you first opened this shop you used to
invite all your friends to drop in okay
you've dropped in no drop out
i'm not a dropout anyway i didn't come
to see you desmond i come to have a chat
with shirley
about the move
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what are you talking about do you know
something i don't know beverly so things
are further forward than we knew tell us
more don't listen to her she can't tell
you anything well i'm not so sure about
that
cutbert and i were talking this morning
he's quite lively in the morning you
know
and he was saying there's no smoke
without fire i saw shirley going into
the estate agent yesterday and i saw her
coming out again with a whole load of
leaflets i know straight away she holds
haunting again that don't mean anything
you stupid woman
ever so often sure he gets this being or
butted about moving house but a taller
nothing to it if i was your wife i
wouldn't want to live upstairs here if
you my wife i wouldn't want to either
there is a lot to be said for being able
to lock up the shop and go home in the
evening my home is up there and i go
home to it every night i wouldn't like
to live on a job i don't know there are
pros and there are cons me no i'm
pro-living on the job but i'm not gonna
let my wife con me into changing my mind
so what are you going to say to her i'm
going to tell her once and for all that
i wear the trousers in the ambrose hong
kong
of course you do desmond you look so
silly and obscured
shut up
hello beverly what brings you here i was
on my way to the market to pick up cod
boss red mullet for his tea and i just
making a little detour to bring your d's
you're reading my mind again it's the
powers the strength of your desires come
true to me as clear as day i signed she
saw you who going into the fbi
thank you beverly
i'll browse through these later bro
through them what for look back keep
your head still before i cut off your
ears
don't speak to walter like that issue
i'm speaking to don't change the subject
lord sometimes satan can lead men stungs
to talk in nonsense are going
i can't take the atmosphere in here
i wouldn't come in here if i was you
misses them throwing words around like
poison dots
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nice to see you yeah
it's been years
everybody this is ada ramsey hi
she and charlie used to work together
what do you call it a harley quinn
coffee bar
it's still there no
after 25 years yeah what has changed
yeah but you haven't either you don't
look a dale
desmond still got your smooth tongue huh
still got me good looks still got his
big head
so will be
i've been busy how busy can busy be
well you know me
i like to travel around and strut my
stuff
let me see
i've been to see the kids
beth is nursing now in miami and sunny
is prospecting for gold in australia
looks like he hit it too
i am going to be a grandmother soon i
don't believe it
and i met me some nice guys
fooled around a little
married a couple
divorced them
that's busy you free now
i like change
i like to move around
but you still here yes we still here yes
we still here
but you think in the movie well uh aida
read my lips
no
body is moo vade
did i say something
you sure did shut up
you are going to have to do something
about this sooner or later examine the
problem and you shut up too before i
examine you out the door
yes
i don't think i like your attitude and i
don't like you shirley telling anybody
and everybody that we're moving i
haven't told anybody that we move in
it's not my responsibility how they
interpret things and anyway i can't see
any harm in just looking most things in
life start with just looking that's true
i was just looking at that car i ended
up buying it
precisely what i mean
oh dear i seem to have started something
now who's going to do my hair oh i am oh
fine
i'll pick it up tomorrow
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yo sis what are you looking at
just moved the bad shot i'm trying to
set the table
oh my mom's not about moving again is
she i don't know but those were just
lying now you should have a ride that's
going on downstairs dad doesn't like
change especially any change you didn't
think up himself yeah well he won't get
anywhere by trying to bully mum you know
how stubborn she gets when she feels she
isn't getting a fair crack at a whip
i suppose she's serious this time when
how do you feel about moving will it
haven't you set this table yet
look sean move this bag
what's that you're hiding behind your
back everybody seems to have something
to hide today you stay right here we're
gonna tackle this thing together
mom dad sit down
give me those
yes give them to him so he can tear them
up there's plenty more where they came
from
look dad you know mum wouldn't make any
decisions with that family discussion i
thought i was the only mistake you two
ever made sure
it looks like we're gonna make another
one soon mom you know don't face
listen daddy we're gonna talk about this
sensibly she is going house hunting with
that ramsay woman again who's she mum
are you really serious about all this i
wasn't this morning but right now i
might well be but what about ghana ever
since i can remember you've been talking
about when i retire and go back home you
got a better memory than your mother
that's for sure we are a long way off
retirement
well i'm certainly not ready to turn my
toes up just yet
look dad i want to stay at home with my
parents do i get married but it'd be a
great idea to move somewhere bigger i
mean what do you think sean
well it depends how far i've traveled to
school in it that was a totally selfish
observation and in nowhere makes a
useful contribution to the discussion
and what i suppose that matthew just
came out it wasn't at all selfish well
it wasn't meant to be i just want to
reassure my mom how happy we are at home
i mean most kids aren't you know they
can't wait to move out when we first
came here you thought this place was
paradise no it's not good enough
the only thing i want to hear about
moving concerns moving this supper from
half of the coconut into my mouth
i hear you moving
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look at that big old mango tree
i plan to hang my hammock in that tree
i can just close my eyes and see me
swinging
to
and fro
to
and through
rum punch by my side mangoes above my
head
what more could a man ask for
and there's my little grandson come to
visit me
running across the yard
dear little chap
baby desmond
spitting image of me
oh he's dark turn on the light matthew
we arranged to have a drink at the nag's
head i know
my grandsons come to visit yes
have i'll run punch have a mango
are you feeling all right
yeah so just don't feel like going out
help yourself to a hammock
where's shelley out host hunting with
that ramsey woman again and the children
what children i don't have no children
they're all adults now they want family
discussions
when my father tell me do this i do it
no backchat ah but these days things are
different in this enlightened age
children have meaningful dialogue with
their parents if you want their
cooperation you have to try being subtle
how can you say no in a subtle way
first you say maybe then you say maybe
not then you say no
look who's talking
the artful dodger himself
you're nothing but a part-time father
and husband so it's easy for you my wife
is out there plotting and conniving
aided and abutted by that ramsey woman
and she's booked for lunch tomorrow that
coffee but i already used to work
together i mean what are they up to
well they're probably talking about old
times yeah man the good old days you
know boyfriends and things but i can't
believe that surely never had any
boyfriends all things
i wish i could be a fly on the wall of
that coffee bar tomorrow you mean you
would spy on your wife
you yes should recognize me
i always fancied myself as a spy you a
spy yes when i was too young when the
war broke out but i can still do it you
know
the right disguise
i've made the perfect salute i don't
believe i'm hearing this i do
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oh two coffees please
thanks
falling in love is the easy part staying
in love now that is something else
you've managed to do that
well how you figure that out when all
you've seen is us arguing
body
language two mouths moving in discord
the rest of your body's in total harmony
somebody once said that people who love
only once in their lives are shallow and
mediocre then i wish i was shallow and
mediocre i wouldn't be so lonesome
so what happened
all my life i have spent my sundays in
church praying
lord lead me not into temptation
and then i spend the whole rest of the
week
yielding to every temptation that comes
out
i wish i could yield to temptation and
just box desmond's ears
is moving house a real passion with you
not a top
i was just giving the idea some fresh
air
it's a form of freedom to unlock your
thoughts and drop them out from time to
time well it might all be a load of
rubbish but when you put it back in here
you feel a damn sight better
you came straight from the bosom of your
family into desmond's arms you forgot
that he is only a man selfish and
thoughtless hey
yes but what are you being what do you
mean
you know full well what i mean
desmond's dream of retiring to guyana is
like
like a piece of fragile crystal
cherished all his life
so my little dream is nothing
well that's just it
you know that it's just a little dream
but desmond sees it as a threat he's
frightened that his dream will get
pushed aside
i respect his dream
i just want him to discuss it
men don't discuss
you
you mind if i join you
thank you
waitress
i'll feel the slice of cheesecake please
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look don't look now
that's poor pirate the next step
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i bet your desmond put him up to this
let's give him something to report on
well ada
the house in way bridge is just perfect
i just have to see about putting down
the deposit and arranging the mortgage
225 000 pounds is
are you sure you can afford it of course
we can
when will you tell desmond
i'll surprise him
and i have a joint account and either of
us can sign checks um
well
we better get going now
perhaps there's time to get things
moving today
with us
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i've left money on the table
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you mean to say you summoned me over
here to take action against my mother on
the word of a spy
footprint
are you sure she said all those things
are you making them up would i do a
thing like that sadly yes well she is
not back yet by now she's probably done
with the bank drawing out all her money
michael ring the bank and check look
don't be ridiculous father mother's
never drawn a penny from the joint
account but it's always the first time
that's true help i know you could be the
proud owner of a country mansion yeah
yeah will staff be invited to the
housewarming in my new car coming in for
weekend trips i've got to get into that
garage oh shut up michael phone the bank
and see if she's there
stop the check do something do something
about what oh thank heavens you were
here i need you before there's a serious
family crisis where's mom she's the one
who's caused the crisis don't exaggerate
father well i'm not entering into any
discussion about mum unless she's here
good for you sean never i i've never
known my mother to cause any crosses in
this family you see that you see that
together
great lunch shirley i know you're going
to be busy but we must do it again soon
busy moving to webbridge i suppose
have you been to the bank i'll not sign
the check you wouldn't get a mortgage
without my signature hold on hold on
what's going on here what you all
talking about what about the banker what
is this about way
oh your father warned me about that
innocent look of yours i know everything
everything oh
i was informed by an interested party
never mind how i know i just know so
what we're moving to white bridge
not that i know
i mean i can hardly believe that all of
my family and my friends could think
that i would make such a major decision
like moving house without discussing it
with them well popeye nothing to do with
me
you don't think i would do that doesn't
it oh well
i used
i suppose not but
i mean would you drag me back to guyana
without us having a serious discussion
well of course not shirley
you're sure
thank you desmond
oh well i'm glad that settled oh you
finished my wing it does look nice
yes please oh no
not for edda me we had a lovely lunch
and to top it all a woman at the next
table left her cheesecake untouched
oh we couldn't resist sharing it
funny woman wasn't she shirley oh i
don't think so
apart from the beard
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you