Chapters (10)
| TODD | That’s beautiful. | |
| JOAN | You like it? | |
| TODD | I do. | |
| JOAN | I like yours too. | |
| TODD | You don’t have to say that. It’s not one of my best. | |
| JOAN | No it’s got – I don’t know, it’s a confident hat. | |
| TODD | I have been doing parades for six years. So I’m a valued old hand. So when I go and speak to a certain person he might pay attention. | |
| JOAN | You’re going to speak to him? | |
| TODD | I’ve an appointment after work. | |
| JOAN | You might lose your job. | |
| TODD | I might. | |
| JOAN | I’m impressed. | |
| TODD | That was the idea. | |
| JOAN | Will you mention the brother-in-law? | |
| TODD | First I’ll talk about the money. Then I’ll just touch in the brother-in-law. I’ve a friend who’s a journalist. | |
| JOAN | Will you touch in the journalist? | |
| TODD | I might imply something without giving the journalist away. It might be better if he can’t trace the journalist back to me. | |
| JOAN | Though he will suspect. | |
| TODD | However much he suspects. One thing if I lost my job. | |
| JOAN | What’s that? | |
| TODD | I’d miss you. | |
| JOAN | Already? |
5.
Next day. A procession of ragged, beaten, chained prisoners, each wearing a hat, on their way to execution. The finished hats are even more enormous and preposterous than in the previous scene.
6.
A new week. JOAN and TODD are starting work on new hats.