Page 43 of Murder in the Family

ALAN CANNING

(looking out of the window)

I was never involved in this case.

BILL SERAFINI

But that’s not what I asked, is it?

ALAN CANNING

I never spoke to him about it at the time.

BILL SERAFINI

And since then?

ALAN CANNING

(not looking at him)

We spoke a while back. When he heard I was doing this show.

BILL SERAFINI

(braking hard)

Doesn’t matter how often I drive in this country I can never get the hang of these traffic circle things—

ALAN CANNING

Roundabouts.

BILL SERAFINI

Best bit of advice a Brit ever gave me – he said once you’re on ’em, you own ’em. You just have to remember which way round to go.

(sound of horns)

CUT TO: Bill and Alan at the door of Peter Lascelles’s house. A bungalow with a path across a neat paved garden. It’s windy and there’s the sound of gulls. The door opens and Lascelles appears on the step. He’s recognizable from the press photos seen earlier, but stooping now, and wearing glasses.

BILL SERAFINI

(taking off his shades and holding out his hand)

Mr Lascelles, Bill Serafini, formerly one of New York’s finest. It’s an honour to meet you, sir.

PETER LASCELLES

(shaking his hand, looking somewhat dumbfounded)

Likewise, likewise.

(nodding to Canning)

Alan.

ALAN CANNING

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