ALAN. "God I'm glad to get inside, it's...

ALAN. "God I'm glad to get inside, it's bloody freezing out there. (Seeing the ladies.) Sorry, didn't mean to swear but it is hellish cold outside.

(The ladies pointedly ignore him and his friend, though Christine gives them a weak smile.)

DAVE. (Quietly.) "Well they seem a welcoming trio, had a better welcome from my mother-in-law. Do you think we should have stuck around until the coppers came? that bloke looked pretty badly hurt."

ALAN. "There were plenty of people about and two looked like they knew what they were doing. That fellow I was talking to said the bloke who attacked the man was a hell of a size and didn't stop even when the guy was on the ground."

DAVE. "Did he say why he attacked the man"?

ALAN. "Just said it was unprovoked, the guy apparently accidentally bumped into him outside the pub, apologised and the fellow just went ape. Smacked him in the face and then kept kicking him while he was on the floor, he only stopped apparently when two blokes pulled him off, then he ran off as soon as one of the bystanders rang for the police."

DAVE. (Sees the man in the corner.) "Al". (Nudges Alan.) "Look over there."

ALAN. (Looking around.) "Where?

DAVE. (Under his breath and indicating the man.) "Over there."

ALAN.(Sees the man.) "Oh bloody hell, do you think that's him"?

DAVE. "I have no idea and I don't think we should hang around to find out either. Come on, let's go." (Dave makes to leave but Alan pulls him back.)

ALAN. Hang on. what about those ladies, they obviously have no idea who that fellow is, we have to tell them."

DAVE. "And how do you propose to do that without the guy hearing you, they didn't seem too interested in our company when we came in."

ALAN. "I don't know, but we have to tell them somehow. Look, I'll just wander over and have a word."

DAVE. And if you do that the bloke will hear you, we need to get them to come over here."

ALAN. "That's not going to be easy, I could ask for a light."

DAVE. "There's no smoking in here, think of something else."

ALAN. "I know, I'll ask when the next train is and ask if they have a timetable and if they do ask to see it."

DAVE. "And what are you going to do if they don't have a timetable? And even if they have I can't see one of them bringing it to us, they will expect us to go to them and then we're back to square one."

ALAN. "Okay bright spark, you think of something."

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