...of effect

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1. Julian:                                 Good! Silence now I hope.
2. 2nd Boy:                             (Simultaneously)   That's right. If you want peace and quiet you'll
                                                'ave to pay for it. A token costs one pound and fifty pee. One
                                                pound fifty pee for a round of silence.
3. EFFECTS                           LOUD LAUGHTER
4. Julian: (Slowly)                  One pound fifty pence for... a -
5. 2nd Boy:                             That's right. A round of silence. D'yer want it or do I put another
                                                disc on?
6. Girl:                                    Here's a token. I'll add it to the chocolates.
7. Barbara:                             Julian, don't get involved, let's go.
8. Julian:                                Okay, here's your token.
9. 2nd Boy:                             Thanks Mister God-man.
10. EFFECTS                        SILENCE. CLICK OF TOKEN IN MACHINE. WHIRR. SCRAPE
                                               OF TABLE. RATTLE OF CUPS. LOUD FLINGMUSIC BLARES
                                               OUT. CHAIR FALLS. NOISE OF FIGHT.
11. Barbara:                          (Shouting then screaming) Julian! Oh!
12. EFFECTS                        CHEERS AND LAUGHTER. NOISE MUFFLED AS DOOR BANGS.
                                               QUICK STEPS. CAR ENGINE APPROACHES. SCREECH OF
                                               BRAKES. FLINGSONG BRIEFLY HEARD AS CAFE DOOR
                                               OPENS AND SHUTS. SCREAM. WOMAN'S RUNNING STEPS.
                                               FLINGSONG AGAIN. VOICES GROWING IN ECHO. THEN ONE
                                               LAST LINE OF SONG (SEE BELOW) REPEATED OVER AND
                                               OVER THEN STOPS. VOICES FADE IN AND OUT IN
                                               COUNTERPOINT THEN SILENCE. AMBULANCE SIREN
                                               DISTANT THEN NEARER THEN LOUD THEN STOP. SAME
                                               PHRASE OF SONG REPEATED IN ECHO THEN FADE SLOWLY.
13. Phrase:                                            Lerve comes in silence
                                                              But silence also means
                                                              Yer lerve - is - gawn
                                               Silence means yer lerve - is - gawn.
14. Voices:                             a) Is he dead? b) Just look at him, what a mess! c) Poor young man!
                                              d) He ran straight in front of me. e) What a lot of blood!
                                              f) Where's the ambulance... ambulance... ambulance...
15. EFFECTS:                      WORD 'AMBULANCE' REPEATED TO PHRASE FROM SONG BUT
                                              SONG FADES OUT FIRST. SILENCE.

[Verbivore, Brooke-Rose, C.]