CUT TO INT. LOUNGE. NIGHT That night. The lounge is in semi-darkness, the telly still flickers. Leonard sits staring into space. He has been reading the Racing paper and his glasses are in evidence. Sidney approaches and sits down. Surreptitiously Sidney takes out a hip flask. SIDNEY Are you all right, Leonard? Sidney offers him the hip flask, Leonard takes a swig. LEONARD I am now. SIDNEY You haven’t said much all day LEONARD I’ve been thinking. LEONARD swigs at the hip flask again. SIDNEY I’ve been doing a bit of that myself. LEONARD I love my daughter like, like she was my daughter, you know what I mean? SIDNEY Yeah LEONARD She wants me to go and live with her. LEONARD takes three quick successive swigs as he thinks about it. SIDNEY ‘nough said LEONARD I mean I loved her Mum, God Rest her soul, but at my age, I should be retired from being nagged. I’ve done my bit, know what I mean, now I just want to play the ponies in peace. Leonard goes to have another swig, Sidney wrestles the flask from him. SIDNEY Did you know Leslie is looking for a business partner? LEONARD What for? SIDNEY Management buy out. If she can raise the finance We wont have to move. LEONARD That sounds promising. SIDNEY You know, this is sort of place I’d like to invest in. LEONARD Have you got some money tucked away? (confidentially) I have. SIDNEY You rascal Leonard, you know we’re not allowed to have money. If the local authority knew you had a nest egg, they’d seize it off you. They make old people sell their houses. LEONARD Well Sod ‘em, they’re not getting their claws into my savings. SIDNEY Well as you’re now a fellow law-breaker, you can come with me to meet a business associate of mine. LEONARD Me? SIDNEY Yes, I need a legit cover story, otherwise people here might wonder what I am up to. LEONARD And what are you up to? SIDNEY taps the side of his nose LEONARD Who are we meeting? SIDNEY Alfie. LEONARD The safe-cracker? SIDNEY Sssshhhhh. (picking up glasses) Are these yours? LEONARD Yeah. SIDNEY I think you and me, need to go to the Optician to get you new pair. LEONARD There’s nothing wrong with them. SIDNEY Are you sure? Sidney tries to break them. Fails, then tries again. LEONARD You can’t break them Sidney, they’re indestructible. SIDNEY Bloody hell. (handing them back) How’s your teeth?