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Peter is a movie star who has arrived at the Falcon Hotel in search of Patricia. The couple are former lovers who have recently restarted their affair. The only problem is that Patricia is newly married to Teddy , a pilot in the RAF who is currently stationed at the neighboring air base. Peter wants to reveal their affair to the world, but Patricia is initially angry that he has dared to come. She assures him that she will Teddy in her own time, and the couple reminisce about how their initial
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START: PETER. He’s nice, but what a baby!
PATRICIA looks angrily at him.
Darling, don’t be angry, please.
PATRICIA. Angry? (Wearily). Oh, Lord, what an idiot you are!
PETER. I don’t see that I’ve done anything so wrong in coming down to face the music.
[... …]
END: PATRICIA. Yes. I had to put him to bed, poor lamb.
PETER. Charming for you.
PATRICIA. No, it wasn’t – I mean, it was, rather.
PETER. It couldn’t have been.
PATRICIA. I don’t know. I quite enjoyed it. Perhaps because I was so relieved that I hadn’t got to tell him.
Terence Rattigan. Flare Path. NHB (Electronic Edition) Pp. 85-92
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