[00:04.24]Ben.

 

　　[00:05.24]Yes?

 

　　[00:07.12]You're a lovely guy.

 

　　[00:10.20]Thank you. And thank you for having me.

 

　　[00:22.72]Stop at an offy. I need a drink.

 

　　[00:48.99]Miss Walton? Emma Pagent, Vintage Press.

 

　　[00:52.35]For a moment there, I thought we'd lost you to the Scots.

 

　　[01:11.44]Ladies and gentlemen,

 

　　[01:13.12]Vintage Press, in conjunction with Eternal Spring,

 

　　[01:16.16]the exfoliating cream that gently peels away the years,

 

　　[01:19.16]are delighted to welcome Miss Eve Walton.

 

　　[01:29.32]I thought I'd begin today's recital

 

　　[01:34.67]by reading William Shakespeare's sonnet number 29,

 

　　[01:39.72]"When in Disgrace with Fortune."

 

　　[01:44.56]Sorry. Excuse me.

 

　　[01:47.47]Sorry.

 

　　[01:56.84]The Presbyterian Hall off Market Street?

 

　　[01:59.28]Straight on, second on the right.

 

　　[02:03.08]I'm sorry. I seem to have...

 

　　[02:07.12]It's all right. I know it off by heart.

 

　　[02:13.56]"When indisgrace with fortune and men's eyes

 

　　[02:16.96]"I all alone beweep my outcast state

 

　　[02:21.72]"And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries

 

　　[02:26.99]"And look upon myself

 

　　[02:36.43]"And... "

 

　　[02:40.80]I'm sorry, very sorry. I know another one.

 

　　[02:48.51]"Flo, Flo

 

　　[02:51.40]"I love you so

 

　　[02:54.24]"I love you in your nightie

 

　　[02:58.55]"When the moonlight flits across your tits

 

　　[03:03.31]"Oh, Jesus Christ Almighty"

 

　　[03:07.79]I'm sorry. I don't know what's the matter.

 

　　[03:12.91]Ben? Ben, where are you?

 

　　[03:16.35]Where are you, Ben?

 

　　[03:21.71]It's okay, I'm here.

 

　　[03:24.12]Where were you?

 

　　[03:26.04]I got held up.

 

　　[03:27.47]You promised me.

 

　　[03:28.96]I'm sorry.

 

　　[03:30.83]Get me out of here. Okay.

 

　　[03:42.56]Where are we?

 

　　[03:43.99]On the way to Cheltenham.

 

　　[03:47.35]Cheltenham?

 

　　[03:48.79]There's another festival there.

 

　　[03:51.23]But I don't want to go to another festival.

 

　　[03:54.55]It's all sorted. I spoke to the lady, Emma What's-it,

 

　　[03:57.23]and explained to her you only had a week to live.

 

　　[03:59.96]She was really nice about it. She booked you a slot

 

　　[04:02.80]at the Cheltenham Literary Festival with Martin Amis.

 

　　[04:05.60]What are you talking about?

 

　　[04:07.08]I told her. You're not just some cheap soap star from the '80s.

 

　　[04:11.75]You deserve a better end.

 

　　[04:13.35]The Cheltenham Literary Festival with Martin Amis?

 

　　[04:15.84]Jesus Christ! Turn the car round at once and take me home.

 

　　[04:19.19]No.

 

　　[04:20.20]What did you say?

 

　　[04:21.72]When a woman says she doesn't wanna go on,

 

　　[04:23.35]that doesn't mean she doesn't wanna go on.

 

　　[04:25.60]Young man, let me make myself quite clear.

 

　　[04:27.80]Under no circumstances am I giving another recital.

 

　　[04:30.72]I have humiliated myself quite enough already.

 

　　[04:32.95]Now all I want to do is go home and shut the door.

 

　　[04:35.60]You have to climb back on the horse.

 

　　[04:37.08]What? Climb back on the what?

 

　　[04:38.95]God wants you to do one more performance before you die.

 

　　[04:41.63]Stop the car.

 

　　[04:42.63]You were upset. You lost your nerve.

 

　　[04:44.19]Next time, I'll go through the pieces with you...

 

　　[04:46.24]Stop the bloody car!

 

　　[04:56.12]I will not be bullied, even by an emotional cripple.

 

　　[04:59.03]I'm not going back. Then I'll walk.

 

　　[05:00.96]You can't. You're dying.

 

　　[05:02.39]I am not dying.

 

　　[05:04.28]You mustn't be afraid of death.

 

　　[05:05.60]I am not dying!

 

　　[05:07.56]God embraces all who believe in him,

 

　　[05:09.88]for they shall have everlasting life.

 

　　[05:12.20]I am not dying! I made it up!

 

　　[05:22.56]I forgive you.

 

　　[05:24.03]Oh, don't be so bloody pompous.

 

　　[05:26.84]I made a tit of myself. I'm going home. End of story.

 

　　[05:31.67]Evie.

 

　　[05:38.72]Evie, where do you think you're going?

 

　　[05:42.12]Evie, stop. You're in the middle of nowhere.

 

　　[05:45.88]Then I will cling to the edge of somewhere.

 

　　[05:49.59]Evie, please. You're worth too much to let yourself go.

 

　　[05:53.12]Bugger off.

 

　　[05:54.04]You know I'm right. You can't deny it.

 

　　[05:55.71]God gave you your talent for a reason.

 

　　[05:57.36]There is no God, you hopeless little cretin.

 

　　[06:01.24]God forgives you for that, too.

 

　　[06:03.24]Let's get one thing clear, sonny boy.

 

　　[06:06.60]I do the forgiving, not God.

 

　　[06:09.71]That's a terrible thing to say.

 

　　[06:11.07]Oh, don't get biblical on me, you pompous fart.

 

　　[06:12.99]You never read the bloody thing anyway.

 

　　[06:14.63]I read my Bible every night! Liar!

 

　　[06:16.88]Liar? You're telling me I'm a liar?

 

　　[06:19.08]I've never met anyone who lied so much in all my life.

 

　　[06:21.51]You make up whole people out of thin air.

 

　　[06:23.27]You said you'd be there at 11:00 and you weren't!

 

　　[06:24.95]You make up conversations. You make up money.

 

　　[06:26.59]The one time I really needed you and you let me down!

 

　　[06:29.03]The one time1

 

　　[06:30.91]Who were you with that was so bloody important

 

　　[06:33.27]you couldn't even be bothered to show up?

 

　　[06:36.59]Who was it?

 

　　[06:42.24]Bryony.

 

　　[07:12.71]Take me home.

 

　　[07:15.12]We can look for a campsite on the way.

 

　　[07:21.28]I'm sorry.

 

　　[08:26.80]Come and look.

 

　　[08:57.44]Evie?

 

　　[08:59.20]Mmm?

 

　　[09:01.67]Do you know that picture I found on your desk?

 

　　[09:06.96]Was that your baby?

 

　　[09:14.80]What happened?

 

　　[09:19.59]He died of meningitis when he was two.

 

　　[09:25.36]What was his name?

 

　　[09:29.68]Thomas Oliver Walton. Tom.

 

　　[09:37.84]He had a particular way of speaking.

 

　　[09:41.19]When he was proud of something, he used to miss words out.

 

　　[09:46.00]Like once when we were trying to catch a bus.

 

　　[09:48.92]He was holding my hand, shouting, "I running. "

 

　　[09:58.56]Life is confusing.