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Episode 7 a Room For Dan Harvey

Narrator Before telexing Dan Harvey, Angela booked his hotel room. It wasn't easy.

Angela Oh! Come on!... Come on!

Switchboard Hold the line, please.

Angela Hello!... Hello!... Oh, come on ...

Switchboard Wellington Hotel. Sorry to have kept you.

Angela I'd like to book a single room for this ...

Switchboard I'll put you through to Reservations.

Angela Oh, come on! Oh, hurry up.

Reception Reservations.

Angela I'd like to book a ...

Reception One moment, please.

Angela Hurry up, hurry up ... Oh, come on, damn you!

Reception There's no need to be abusive, Madam. We're very busy.

Angela And so am I.

Voice Pinner Park Hotel. Can I help you?

Angela I'd like to make a reservation.

Voice What dates, please?

Angela Saturday and Sunday, this weekend.

Voice Saturday the twenty-fourth and Sunday the twenty-fifth. How many guests?

Angela Just one. Mr Harvey. Mr D. Harvey. He'd like a single room with bath.

Voice What time will Mr Harvey be arriving?

Angela About six p.m., I think.

Voice So that's a single room with bath, for Mr D. Harvey, for the nights of Saturday twenty-fourth and Sunday twenty-fifth?

Angela That's right... Oh, he'd like a quiet room.

Voice All our rooms are quiet. We're in the middle of a big park.

Angela No dancing or disco or the like?

Voice Well, yes ... We do have a disco on Saturdays... We'll put him in a room well away from it... How will Mr Harvey be paying?

Angela Send the bill to Benson Publications, please. We have an account with you. I'll send you a letter of confirmation today.

Voice Thank you. Bye bye.

Angela Bye. Thanks.

Episode 8 Signing the Contract

Narrator On Saturday, Dan Harvey arrived at Heathrow on Concorde, and was met by Arnold Watson as planned. Dan, Arnold and Di spent a very pleasant evening together in London. The next day Peter and Sheila Benson took Dan to the Dog and Bone for lunch ... Now it's Monday morning. The three man are in Peter's office finalising the contract between Benson Publications Limited and Superbooks Incorporated.

Dan Well, gentlemen, I guess we agree on everything.

Arnold Yes.

Peter Right.

Dan They say 'All's well that ends well'. And this ending's not just well ... it's swell.

Arnold It's not an ending, Dan. It's a beginning.

Peter Well, it took you long enough to make up your mind.

Dan We made our minds up long ago, Peter. But we wanted the best deal possible.

Peter And you've got it. Five per cent of our shares and a thirty-five per cent discount on our books.

Dan It's a good deal all round ... But, tell me something, Peter.

Peter What?

Dan No offence meant. But you Brits are sometimes a bit devious ...

Peter Devious? Bensons? Never. We're always quite straightforward.

Dan So how come you took me to the Dog and Bone?

Peter Didn't you like it?

Dan Sure I liked it. I'd like to go there again, sometime. But it was rather symbolic, wasn't it?

Peter Symbolic? Symbolic of what?

Dan Well, you have the contract – the bone – so that makes me the dog that's after it!

Arnold Ha, ha. Some dog! A lion, more likely!

Peter Ha, ha, ha.

Dan Ha, ha, ha.

Peter I'll have a bone to pick with you if you don't sign it!

Dan With pleasure. For Superbooks, Dan Harvey. There.

Peter And for Bensons... Peter Benson. That's it… Excuse me. I don't want to be disturbed.

Angela I'm sorry, Mr Benson. It's your wife. She insists on speaking to you.

Peter OK. Put her through ... Sheila?

(sobbing)

Peter Sheila! What's the matter?

Sheila Oh, Peter, it's Andy.

Peter What is it?

Sheila He's at the police station. He's been arrested. Drugs, Peter, drugs.

Narrator So, first Andy had the car accident and now he's been arrested on a drug offence. I wonder, was he taking drugs or selling them? In either case, he seems to be in big trouble.