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11.15.2002
"You're in the soup
now, missy."
"Yeah."
"You're well and
truly sorted out, me girl."
"Sorted out."
"You're in for a
long old night of it."
"A long night."
"Thank you, Miller,
no need for the Greek chorus."
"Sorry sir."
"Right ho. Now, back
to you. You really should have talked when you had the chance.
But you had to take the hard road. Now I don't expect you'll
be talking about anything for a good long while."
"Hee hee hee."
"Miller?"
"Sir?"
"Insult her accent."
"I can't, sir."
"What? Why not?"
"She's got the gag
in, sir. I don't know what she sounds like."
"Aah. Well, this
is your lucky day then, me girl. Miller's quite keen on dialect
mockery. He's brought a strong Scotsman near to tears. Still,
this only means you'll learn a new type of pain. Miller?"
"Yes, sir?"
"A few catty comments
about her clothes to start, if you please."
"Sir...she's wearing
one of those prisoner's jumps."
"So she is, so she
is. Wouldn't really be fair to mock on that, would it? Looking
like everyone else as she does. Not cricket. Hmm."
"She don't wear it
particularly well, sir."
"Don't be petty,
Miller."
"Yes, sir. Sorry,
sir."
"All right, you treasonous
bint. Hold your water while I look at the book. Miller, keep
a lookout."
"Yes, sir."
"Let's see. She's
not wearing a watch...she's got red hair...not particularly plump...credit
rating looks good. Not the eyes, Miller."
"Sorry, sir."
"Bloody hell. Doesn't
look like there's anything we can do. We're going to have to
let her go."
"But sir!
Can't we, you know, torture her physically? Just a bit?
Some slaparound, at least?"
"Miller, we're not
bloody cowboys. You want to get locked up? Or sued?"
"Could we just keep
her here, for a while? Until we think of something?"
"Don't be silly,
Miller. We can't hold her. We're not even citizens."
"Can I go now?"
"Here! How'd you
get that fucking gag out, then?"
"Miller. The filthy
mouth is not wanted here."
"It's not really
a gag. It's just a bunch of Scotch tape."
"No one asked you,
Miss Critic."
"Can I go back to
work? My lunch hour is almost up."
"All right. Go ahead
then."
"Aaaw!"
"Quiet, Miller. She's
too strong for us."
"Okay. Thanks."
"You think about
what you learned here, eh? Think long and hard about that."
"Er, sure."
"Because we're not
bloody helpless. Look at your purse, woman. It's an absolute
mess."
"Okay."
"There's a lot we
can do with that, you know."
"I'm sure."
"Am I right, Miller?"
"You're not wrong,
sir. Not by a long shot."
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