The Late Departure By Glen Chandler

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Peter Harrington is a 43-year-old workaholic who is over-weight, a smoker, and has high blood pressure. His business associates and wife keep telling him that he will drop dead one day if he doesn't completely change his lifestyle. One day, after another hectic day at work, he runs to the station to catch the 11:00 p.m. train home. As he sits in one of the compartments, time starts to drift past 11:00 p.m. with no train departure. Slowly, he starts to see that all those around him, railway emloyees and passengers, act strangely towards him as none are concerned about the late departure. Where is this train going and will he ever get home?  eter Harrington .... Joss Ackland Joan .... Jean Rogers Valerie .... Ysanne Churchman Ticket Inspector .... Crawford Logan Porter ..... David Gooderson Young Man ... Stephen Garlick Buffet Assistant …. Miranda Forbes  Adapted for radio by Patricia Mays.  Director: Derek Hoddinott.  First broadcast on the BBC World Service in February 1982.   Do you enjoy the variety on Oldtuberadio? Like, Share and Subscribe to be notified of our new shows #radio #crime #thriller #drama To Support this channel please visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oldtuberadio https://ko-fi.com/oldtuberadio98 https://www.patreon.com/oldtuberadio https://locals.com/Oldtuberadio

Transcript

01:00Come in, will you, please?

01:01Right away.

01:01Oh, and ask Harry to bring me in a couple of rolls with coffee, will you?

01:04The slimmer's breakfast Mrs. Harrington gives me every morning is slowly killing me.

01:07Very good, Mr. Harrington.

01:09Harry?

01:09Yeah?

01:10Get Mr. Harrington some coffee and two ham rolls, if I have any.

01:12Oh, give me time to get to my desk, please.

01:19Peter Harrington here.

01:20Yes?

01:22Yes?

01:23Oh, Mr. Gransley, yes.

01:24Well, I've just come in, as a matter of fact.

01:27No, no, it's all right.

01:27I worked on the figures until gone twelve last night.

01:30Yes, I reckon the contract's okay to sign.

01:32I looked at Clause 5, and in my opinion, we're adequately safeguarded if anything goes wrong.

01:37Yes.

01:38No, not at all.

01:39Bye.

01:40Harry's bringing your coffee.

01:41Thanks.

01:42Close the door, please, Joan.

01:43Mr. Granger phoned about ten minutes ago.

01:46I've just spoken to him.

01:47He said it was urgent, wanted clearance on a contract he's just about to sign.

01:50It's all been dealt with.

01:51Oh, would you remind me to phone Bill Stevens of Gordon Brothers?

01:54I'll have to go and see them.

01:55We can't renew their policy until we have another look at their premises.

01:58They want an increased cover of a further 25,000.

02:00Right.

02:02Mr. Harrington's office?

02:04Yes, just one moment.

02:06Mr. McCready wants a quick word with you.

02:07Uh-huh.

02:08Yes, John?

02:10Yes?

02:11Uh-huh.

02:13What did Clive say?

02:14Oh, bring it in, Harry.

02:15Well, I think the only thing you can do is to call in the policy and renegotiate.

02:20Well, if he insists on that, you'll have to update Clause 5, subsection C, and indemnify

02:25us completely.

02:26Yes.

02:28No.

02:28Mr. Harrington's office.

02:29That would be perfectly binding if you confirm it in writing.

02:31I'm afraid he's on another line at the moment.

02:33Not at all.

02:35Who is it?

02:36Miss Temperton of Smith-Jones and Deacon.

02:38Oh, yes.

02:40Hello, Valerie.

02:40How are you?

02:42Good.

02:42What?

02:44No, no.

02:45Of course I haven't forgotten.

02:467.30 at the Savoy.

02:47The table's booked.

02:49Oh, you'd like to make it 8 o'clock?

02:51No, no, no.

02:51That's all right.

02:52Of course it's no trouble.

02:538 o'clock, then.

02:54I'll see you in the lounge.

02:56Right.

02:57Bye.

02:58Damn it.

02:59What's the matter?

03:00Oh, I'd forgotten to tell Marjorie I wouldn't be home for dinner this evening.

03:03She'd go mad.

03:04You're having dinner with Miss Templeton about the renewal of their contract?

03:06Precisely.

03:07Get my wife on the phone, will you?

03:08I'd better break the news to her.

03:09Oh, my God, I'm starving.

03:13These aren't ham.

03:14The canteen only had cheese, I'm afraid.

03:16Oh, bloody inefficient.

03:17Hello, Mrs. Harrington.

03:18It's Joan here.

03:19Marjorie isn't going to be a bit paced about tonight.

03:20Hold the line a moment, will you please your husband, what's the word with you?

03:24I think you'd better finish that before you speak to her diet, remember?

03:27Oh, you're right.

03:29Just a minute.

03:32Okay.

03:33Hello, Marjorie.

03:35Yeah, look, dear.

03:35Look, I'm terribly sorry, but I won't be home for dinner this evening.

03:39Yeah, I know I didn't mention it this morning, but the truth is I forgot.

03:44No, no, I'm dining at the Savoy with an important client about the renewal of a contract.

03:47Yeah, well, I'll have a salad or something.

03:51Look, I can hardly ask for a glass of carrot juice and an apple, not of the Savoy.

03:56I've lost three pounds so far.

03:58All right, two, two.

04:00Yes, I'm hopeful of achieving the third by the end of the week.

04:03Yes, I'm sorry, darling, I really am.

04:06I shouldn't wait up.

04:08I could be late.

04:11Yes, okay.

04:12Bye, dear.

04:13Why that look of reproach, Joan?

04:15Mrs. Harrington's right for them.

04:16Now, don't you start, please.

04:19I need to eat to keep up my energy.

04:21You'll eat yourself into an early grave.

04:22That's what Marjorie keeps saying with relish, as if I'm going to leave a fortune behind when I go.

04:26I'll bring the post in.

04:28Is there much?

04:28Enough for an hour's dictation.

04:29Okay, well, we'd better make a start.

04:31Oh, uh, don't forget your tablets.

04:33Which ones?

04:33Red for blood pressure.

04:35You don't take the green ones till 11.

04:36Thank you, Joan.

04:37You are now bordering on the insubordinate.

04:38I'll get the post.

04:40Oh, um...

04:40Yes?

04:40You haven't forgotten the board meeting at 11?

04:42No, I haven't.

04:43And lunch at the Miramar at 1.15 with Mr. Greaves.

04:45David?

04:46Well, he's good for a laugh.

04:49All right.

04:50We agreed with clauses 4 and 5A.

04:53That'll indemnify us for 30,000.

04:54That's right.

04:56And the increase on the premium will only be 8% more than we are asking now.

05:00Okay.

05:00Sounds all right to me.

05:01I'll recommend it to the board.

05:03Pleasure doing business with you, David.

05:04That was a marvellous thing.

05:09I don't know where you put it all, Peter.

05:11Oh, Marjorie feeds me rabbit food.

05:13A calorie-controlled diet, she calls it.

05:14I can't live on it.

05:15She's right, though.

05:16You do need to diet.

05:17Oh, God.

05:18Not you, too.

05:19First Marjorie, then my secretary.

05:21Start exercising.

05:22Get rid of some of that flan.

05:23Jogging, you mean?

05:24Weightlifting?

05:25It wouldn't do you any harm.

05:27Look at me.

05:28Yes.

05:29Brimming with health.

05:29Right.

05:30And I'm only two years younger than you.

05:33Squash.

05:33Now, that's the thing.

05:35And give up smoking.

05:36Look, I enjoy my style of life.

05:38It'll kill you.

05:39We all have to die sometimes.

05:40We don't all have to die at 43.

05:43And there can't be much time left for you, the way you're going.

05:46When did you last have a holiday?

05:48I don't take holidays, sir.

05:49How does Marjorie put up with it?

05:51Look, you need a long rest.

05:52You never stop, Peter.

05:54One of these days, you'll walk out of a restaurant like this one.

05:57And when you get outside, you'll drop onto the pavement in a heap.

06:00Thank you very much.

06:00Yes, and then it'll be too late.

06:02Good living and hard work didn't do anyone any harm.

06:04Look at Churchill.

06:05He ate well.

06:06He worked hard.

06:07He smoked all those enormous cigars.

06:09And he was over 80 before he snuffed it.

06:11Come on.

06:12What are you going to have for dessert?

06:13Nothing, thanks.

06:14Just coffee.

06:16You sure?

06:17Absolutely.

06:17Well, I'll have the Black Forest Gatto, I think, with cream.

06:22Brandy to follow.

06:23You will have a brandy, won't you?

06:27Mr. Harrington's office?

06:29No, I'm afraid he's not back from lunch yet.

06:31I'm expecting him any minute.

06:32Can I give him a message?

06:35Well, I don't think he can make it today, Mr. Beeston.

06:38No.

06:39No, his appointment's all this afternoon, and a dinner appointment this evening at eight.

06:43Hmm.

06:44Tomorrow?

06:45Well, let me look in his diary.

06:48No.

06:49No, he can't fit you in tomorrow either.

06:52Unless, look, I can try and squeeze you in late afternoon before he leaves for home.

06:56Six o'clock.

06:57Oh, I'm afraid that's the best I can do.

07:02Good.

07:02Well, unless you hear from me, take it as all right.

07:05Not at all.

07:07Mr. Harrington has a very tight schedule at the moment.

07:10You know something, Peter?

07:11You're a remarkable man.

07:13Oh?

07:13Why do you say that?

07:14Well, within minutes of a sitting down, before the main course, in fact,

07:18you've successfully negotiated a £100,000 insurance contract to everyone's satisfaction.

07:23You know me, Valerie.

07:24I don't believe in wasting time.

07:26So it would appear.

07:27And it leaves us lots of time to talk about much more interesting things for the rest of dinner.

07:31For instance?

07:32What do you mean, for instance?

07:34Why do you look at me like that?

07:36Since I've known you, all you've ever had time to talk about is business, business, and still more business.

07:40Oh, dear.

07:41That suggests you think I'm a bit of a bore.

07:43No.

07:44Just a workaholic.

07:46No, I know you.

07:47I'm a bore.

07:48Not at all.

07:50After all, it's men like you that keep the wheels of industry turning.

07:53My God, that sounds even worse.

07:55Do you know, in all the years we've been doing business with each other, I still know very little about you.

08:00Tell me, is there time for anything else in your life besides work?

08:05Yes, lots.

08:07Well, tell me.

08:09Reading, for instance.

08:11I like reading.

08:12The Financial Times, Insurance Weekly.

08:15Gardening, then.

08:16Oh, that's a promising start.

08:17At least it's healthy.

08:18I don't get much time.

08:20I have to leave most of it to Marjorie.

08:21Oh, I think your wife must have the patience of Job.

08:26You're the second client today who's got at me for not taking things more easily.

08:29I can't help the way I'm made.

08:31I love work.

08:32And your food.

08:33I'm going to enjoy life while I can, Valerie.

08:35Live for today.

08:36That's my motto.

08:37Live for today.

08:38That was a very pleasant meal, Peter.

08:47Not at all.

08:48I'm glad you enjoyed it.

08:49Next time it's on me.

08:50Here, I'll keep you to that.

08:51Hey.

08:51I must be going.

08:52Good heavens, it's gone 10.30.

08:54I hadn't realized.

08:55Well, time to get the 11 o'clock from King's Cross.

08:58Waiter.

08:59Bill, please.

09:00I have enjoyed myself, really.

09:02So have I.

09:03You know something.

09:05I bet that's the first time you've relaxed in months.

09:07I don't deny it.

09:09No, I must go.

09:10I must be in the office by 8.30 tomorrow.

09:12Heavy schedule.

09:13There you go again.

09:13I'll get the contracts over to you for signature tomorrow afternoon, all right?

09:16There's plenty of time.

09:17I'll get a cab.

09:19Can I drop you at your flat?

09:20Oh, no.

09:20Don't bother.

09:21You'll get your cab.

09:22Otherwise, you'll miss your train, and I'd like to think what your wife will think.

09:25You sure?

09:25Yes.

09:26Get along with you.

09:27As long as you pay the bill on your way out.

09:29Good night, Valerie.

09:30Good night.

09:31Excuse me.

09:32My fault.

09:32Bye.

09:38Good night.

10:08Just eleven.

10:14Oh, shocking indigestion.

10:17Whew, the odd heart's pounding away.

10:20Needn't to rush so much with the looks of things.

10:23Well, while I'm waiting, I can take a look at the Fairfax farm.

10:29Now, let's see.

10:31Hmm, can't have that clause, not the way it's phrased.

10:35I'll have to discuss that with them.

10:36Well, fifty thousand, that's a bit steep.

10:40I suppose they could insure for that amount with another two percent added to the penalty clause.

10:44Yes, that's possible.

10:46Still, we'd have to compensate.

10:49Oh, dear. I must be tired.

10:52The page is becoming blurred.

10:55Yeah.

10:58I suppose I am tired.

11:01Now, let's try again.

11:03Ah, focus, Peter, focus.

11:07Now, we'd have to compensate by adjusting the initial.

11:12Oh, this is ridiculous.

11:15I can't see the damn page now.

11:18Oh, dear.

11:20Um, excuse me.

11:22Yes?

11:23This is the eleven o'clock train, isn't it?

11:25Yes, it is.

11:26Good, good.

11:27I rushed here from the Strand thinking I was late.

11:29It's only just five to...

11:31Is it?

11:32Oh, my watch must be fast, then.

11:34Five to eleven, you say?

11:35Yes.

11:36My watch says the same.

11:38Oh, I had plenty of time, then.

11:40Sorry to shovel you.

11:41The watch has never been wrong before.

11:46Everything seems to be breaking down.

11:48I don't know.

11:49I'll take it and get it repaired.

11:52It needs cleaning, I expect.

11:53I can't remember the last time it was done.

11:57I have to have the correct time.

11:59Excuse me.

12:10Yes?

12:11Has this train been delayed, you know?

12:13Delayed?

12:14What do you mean?

12:15Has there been an official announcement about it being delayed?

12:17No one has announced a delay, to my knowledge.

12:20Oh.

12:21Excuse me.

12:23Has there been an announcement about this train being delayed?

12:26No.

12:26Like the lady said, I haven't heard anything.

12:29I'm sorry to trouble you, but what is the time?

12:32My watch doesn't seem to be working properly.

12:34Just on eleven.

12:35Oh.

12:36Well, perhaps we'll be off in a minute, then.

12:40I'll have a cigarette.

12:41Calm me down.

12:43I know that way for nothing.

12:45Bloody railways.

12:47Probably can't find the driver.

12:49Or he doesn't want to drive the damn thing because his cab's dirty.

12:52Oh, they'll have some excuse.

12:54They always do.

12:58I have no objection to you smoking.

13:02Pardon?

13:03I said I have no objection to you smoking.

13:06Sorry?

13:06The sign.

13:07It's a no-smoking compartment.

13:09Oh, is it?

13:10On the window.

13:11Do you see?

13:12No smoking.

13:13I'm very sorry.

13:14I'll put it out.

13:15I have no objection if this young lady hasn't either.

13:18No, please.

13:19Oh, thank you.

13:20Thank you very much.

13:24Would you like one?

13:26No, thank you.

13:27Um, you?

13:28Well, that's very kind of you, but I don't, thank you.

13:33That was something else the doctor told me to stop.

13:35Smoking.

13:37I suppose 50 a day is stretching it a bit.

13:40Still, I work bloody hard.

13:41Why shouldn't I have some pleasure in life?

13:45Had quite a day today.

13:48Nice bit of commission coming my way.

13:52My God, when is this train going to start?

13:54I think I'll have to go and find a guard, find out what's happening.

13:59Um, excuse me, I'm going to look for the guard.

14:01Oh?

14:02See if I can find out what's happening.

14:04Oh, I'm terribly sorry.

14:06Is that your ankle I knocked?

14:08Yes.

14:08Oh, I really do apologize.

14:10Excuse me, I won't be long.

14:12Perhaps I'll be able to come back with some good news.

14:15Either that or the train will have gone.

14:17I see you're a born optimist, madam.

14:24Oh, excuse me.

14:28Sorry, are you talking to me?

14:29Yes, um, are you catching this train?

14:31That's right.

14:32Then it is going to leave.

14:34Pardon?

14:34Well, it should have left several minutes ago.

14:36Do you know if there's anything wrong with it?

14:37Uh, no, nothing as far as I know.

14:39Well, it should have left by now.

14:40I think they're doing a ticket check.

14:42A ticket check?

14:43Yeah.

14:43What for?

14:44Can't they do that while the train's moving, for God's sake?

14:47Incompetent idiots.

14:48Don't they realize people want to get home?

14:49There's nothing I can do.

14:50They're carrying out a ticket check.

14:52That's all I know.

14:52Excuse me.

14:53Oh, thank you.

14:54Thank you very much.

14:58I'll go to the station buffet.

14:59Maybe they know something.

15:01I might have one of their ghastly cups of coffee.

15:04God, help me.

15:10Yes, love?

15:12Cup of coffee, black.

15:14Sorry, we're closed.

15:16What do you mean, closed?

15:17What I said, we're closed.

15:19My God.

15:21Can I get a drink on the train, then?

15:23What train?

15:23Well, that train out there, the train that should have left nearly ten minutes ago.

15:26No, you won't get anything on that train.

15:28Not even a cup of coffee?

15:30No, nothing.

15:31Isn't that just like British Rail?

15:33The last lifeline, and they deprive you of it.

15:35Lifeline, love?

15:36Yes.

15:37And please don't call me love.

15:40God knows I pay enough for a season ticket,

15:42and the least I should be able to expect is a hot drink on the way home.

15:45I suppose they can't get the staff.

15:46I suppose that's it.

15:47Nobody wants to provide a real service these days.

15:49I haven't heard anyone else complain.

15:51Well, that's the trouble.

15:52The only way to get anywhere or anything today is to complain.

15:55When I was younger, service was there.

15:56You didn't have to ask for it or look for it.

15:58It was there.

15:59Now you're lucky if a train leaves on time.

16:01Are you in such a hurry, then?

16:03Well, of course I'm in a hurry.

16:05I've had a very busy day.

16:06I'm tired, and I want to get home.

16:08That train standing out there is nearly ten minutes late,

16:10and no one, but no one, has had the courtesy to explain to the passengers

16:14to pay your salaries, by the way, why it's late in leaving.

16:18Look, why don't you go back on the train, sit down, and relax?

16:23Relax?

16:24That's what I said, love.

16:25Relax.

16:26Take it as it comes.

16:28It's no good working yourself into a lather.

16:30It won't do you any good,

16:32and you'll only become irritating to the other passengers.

16:35I beg your pardon?

16:37Go back on the train, sit down, and wait.

16:40That's all.

16:41Have a sleep.

16:42The train will leave when it's ready.

16:44Now, if you don't mind, I have to close up.

16:48Good night.

16:48Well, I'm going to see the guard.

16:50That's right, dear.

16:51You do that.

16:52Have a nice chat with him.

17:03Guard.

17:04Guard.

17:05Someone want me?

17:06Yes, I do.

17:08Oh.

17:08Come in, sir.

17:10Come in.

17:12Ah.

17:13There you are.

17:14What are you doing?

17:15Sitting, sir.

17:16Just sitting.

17:18Sitting?

17:19Look here.

17:20I demand to know why this train is now nearly 15 minutes late in departing.

17:24There's a ticket check, sir.

17:25I'm sorry.

17:25I'm not accepting that as an excuse.

17:28Ticket check indeed.

17:29Who is making it?

17:29The driver?

17:30Because it's clear you're not.

17:31Oh, the inspector's making the checks.

17:33Oh, this is absolutely disgraceful.

17:34I am a businessman.

17:35I spent a very tiring day, and I dislike being held up on trains.

17:39Why on earth is the inspector checking tickets on the train when there is a perfectly good ticket barrier on the platform at the other end?

17:46There's no barrier at the other end.

17:48No barrier?

17:49What are you talking about?

17:50I go through it every day of my working life.

17:52There's no barrier, sir.

17:54I'm sorry.

17:55Look.

17:56Is this not the 11 o'clock train to Hitchin?

17:58The what, sir?

18:00Why are you looking at me like that?

18:02I'm asking a simple question.

18:04Is this or is it not the right train for Hitchin?

18:07You'll not get to Hitchin on this train, sir.

18:09Whoever told you that was wrong.

18:11Now, whether or not it is the right train, well, that very much depends upon you.

18:15What the hell are you talking about?

18:18I shall report you.

18:19That's what I'll do.

18:20You people are employed to perform a service to the general public.

18:22I am a member of that public.

18:24Are you listening to me?

18:25The train will depart in five minutes, sir.

18:28In five minutes, you say?

18:29Five minutes.

18:30And about time, too.

18:32Not the right train, indeed.

18:34I shall return to my carriage.

18:35If in five minutes from now this train has not started, I shall be back.

18:41Five minutes, sir.

18:43You'll see.

18:53Well, you'll never believe what I've been through.

18:57Oh?

18:58And do you know what he told me?

18:59Who?

19:00The guard on the train.

19:02I had the slightest idea.

19:03That this train wasn't the train to Hitchin.

19:06It isn't.

19:07What did you say?

19:08You're on the wrong train.

19:09This train doesn't go to Hitchin.

19:11You told me it was the right train.

19:12Yes.

19:13The right train for Hitchin.

19:14With respect, you didn't ask that.

19:16You merely asked if this was the 11 o'clock train.

19:18You heard him, didn't you?

19:19That's right.

19:20You didn't mention Hitchin.

19:22My God, excuse me.

19:24It looks as if I'm going to have to spend a night in a hotel somewhere, thanks to you.

19:27I don't know why you're attacking me.

19:28If you had said you wanted to get to Hitchin, I could have told you there and then you were on the wrong train.

19:32Look, I don't want to argue with you.

19:33I'm sorry if that was your fault, but I've got to get off quickly because otherwise God knows where I'll end up.

19:38I'm sorry again.

19:40Ah, there you are.

19:42I beg your pardon?

19:43Oh, hello.

19:44I thought I'd missed you.

19:45I'm glad you didn't.

19:46Please sit down here, next to me.

19:48Look, can I get past, please?

19:50I beg your pardon?

19:50Can you let me pass?

19:52I want to get off this train before it starts.

19:54You're too late.

19:55Hurry, please.

19:56The door!

19:58The door's jammed.

20:02Porter!

20:03Porter!

20:04My God, is he deaf!

20:06Look, young man, will you help me?

20:08Open the door, please.

20:08It's stuck.

20:09I have to get off.

20:10I'm on the wrong train.

20:11Porter!

20:12Porter!

20:14Look, excuse me.

20:15Look, you look stronger than me.

20:16Are you talking to me?

20:17Yes, can you get this door open?

20:19I think it's jammed.

20:25My God.

20:28I must be seeing things.

20:31I can see through you.

20:35All of you.

20:37I can see right through you as if we were ghosts.

20:43I must get out.

20:45I'll try and jump out of the window.

20:46I must get out.

20:47No.

20:48No, I'm not ready yet.

20:50Please hear me, somebody.

20:51I'm not ready yet.

20:54No.

20:55No, you're disappearing.

20:57You're all slowly disappearing.

21:00I must get out.

21:01I must.

21:02Mr. Harrington.

21:03What, what?

21:04You want something, sir?

21:06Who are you?

21:07What do you want?

21:08I'm the inspector, sir.

21:09Look, I'm not meant to be on this train.

21:12It's all been a dreadful mistake.

21:13There could be the possibility of a mistake.

21:15May I see your ticket, please?

21:16Look, I'm on the wrong train.

21:17I want to get off.

21:18Your ticket, please, Mr. Harrington.

21:20Oh, just a moment.

21:22But hurry, please.

21:24There.

21:27Ah, yes.

21:28There does seem to have been an error, Mr. Harrington.

21:31I'm terribly sorry.

21:32As a matter of fact, I've been going up the train looking for you.

21:35It's a good job I spotted you when I did.

21:37There couldn't have been any turning back, you understand.

21:42Please.

21:44Please let me off.

21:45Please.

21:46Certainly, sir.

21:47I'll pull the communication cord at once.

21:57Be careful how you get down now.

21:59It's not far back to the station platform.

22:01I'm terribly sorry for the inconvenience you've been caused.

22:04Perhaps you'll be just in time to catch your proper train.

22:07If you don't rush.

22:08Oh, I hope so.

22:09Oh, I do hope so.

22:10Oh, my briefcase.

22:11Oh, there you are, sir.

22:13Now, be careful now.

22:15Good night, Mr. Harrington.

22:16I'm ill.

22:44That's it.

22:44I must be ill.

22:47I've been working too hard.

22:49I'm heading for a nervous breakdown.

22:52Oh, God.

22:55I'm so tired.

22:57So tired.

23:02Hey, you.

23:03You there.

23:05What do you think you're doing?

23:07What?

23:08Yeah, you.

23:10Are you talking to me?

23:12Yes.

23:12What do you think you're doing here?

23:14I wanted to catch the train for Hitchin.

23:16You want Platform 9.

23:18So what are you doing here?

23:19I was trying to catch a train.

23:21What do you think?

23:21There are no trains on this platform.

23:23It's closed.

23:24Can't you see?

23:25Track repairs.

23:26I don't know how they let you on.

23:29Wait.

23:30What time is it?

23:32Five to eleven.

23:33Five to eleven?

23:34Are you sure?

23:35Of course.

23:35Then the eleven o'clock train to Hitchin hasn't left yet.

23:37No.

23:38Yeah, you'd better hurry up if you want to catch it.

23:40Platform 9.

23:41Yes.

23:41Right, Porter.

23:43I'm sorry.

23:44I didn't know I was on the wrong platform.

23:46Excuse me.

24:10This is the eleven o'clock to Hitchin, isn't it?

24:12That's right.

24:13Oh, you just made it, didn't you?

24:16Yes.

24:16Yes, I just made it.

24:18I'm going home.

24:19There couldn't have been any turning back, you understand.

24:25I'm going home.

24:26Hello, Marjorie.

24:28Yeah, look, dear.

24:28Look, I'm terribly sorry, but I won't be home for dinner this evening.

24:32Yeah, I know I didn't mention it this morning, but the truth is I forgot.

24:37Oh, but it was a near thing.

24:39We don't all have to die at 43.

24:41And there can't be much time left for you, the way you're going.

24:45When did you last have a holiday?

24:46I don't take holidays.

24:48How does Marjorie put up with it?

24:50Look, you need a long rest.

24:51You never stop, Peter.

24:53One of these days, you'll walk out of a restaurant like this one.

24:56And when you get outside, you'll drop onto the pavement in a heap.

24:58Thank you very much.

24:59Yes, and then it'll be too late.

25:01Do you know, in all the years we've been doing business with each other, I still know very little about you.

25:04Tell me, is the time for anything else in your life besides work?

25:10Oh, God, those people melting into nothing before my eyes, vanishing there in front of me.

25:19I'm going to enjoy life while I can, Valerie.

25:21Live for today.

25:22That's my motto.

25:23Live for today.

25:25Oh, God.

25:26I say, are you all right?

25:32Pardon?

25:33Mr. Harrington.

25:34Who are you?

25:35What do you want?

25:36I'm the inspector, sir.

25:37Look, I'm not meant to be on this train.

25:40It's all been a dreadful mistake.

25:41May I see your ticket, please?

25:42Look, I'm on the wrong train.

25:43I want to get off.

25:44Your ticket, please.

25:45Please, please, please.

25:46Are you feeling okay?

25:51Oh, yes.

25:52Yes, thank you.

25:56My God.

26:00How did the inspector know my name?

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