cog:
Look, look at this
picking
up the E.T. doll.
cog:
This belongs to the girl that’s
cog
(sarcastic): What, the girl in there?
pointing
to the door of the room directly outside of which they stand.
cog:
Okay okay, but it’s it’s a bit... Ain’t it a bit unusual for, she shouldn’t be
leaving it lying around for
cog
(approaching): What’s up?
cog:
The, you know that girl that’s moved in here, she’s left her
offering
up the E.T. with both hands.
cog:
Well why don’t you knock on the door and see if she’s in? She may have just
dropped it as she was going in.
cog
(having knocked, waited): She ain’t in.
cog:
Right, well give it here and I’ll take it down to housekeeping. I’ll get Laura
to leave a message for her
taking
the doll from the chambermaid.
cog:
God it’s an ugly thing isn’t it? Look at the state of it.
She
bends E.T.’s arm up and mimics his voice
cog:
“Phooone hooome. EEEETEEEE phoooone hooome.”
The
chambermaids laugh, easy in their superior’s humour.
cog:
It looks like he’s got eczema or something.
cog
(laughing): I bet that’s what Kim’s back looks like.
cog:
Alright that’s enough.
cog
(making E.T.’s arm bend back as if to scratch himself): “Ah! Ah! It’s my
psoriasis, it’s killing me.”
Laughter.
cog:
Did you turn down her room yet?
cog:
We ain’t got that far yet, I’m just, I just saw it from
cog:
Okay well look, if she comes up while you’re still here, buzz down and I’ll
have it sent up.
cog:
Shouldn’t we just leave it in her room?
cog
(carefully lifting one of the flakes on E.T.’s back with her thumbnail):
Weeell, I suppose... No. If she’s prone to leaving it at her arse this’ll maybe
shake her up a bit, you know? As far as I know she’s to be here for a while,
and we don’t want to have to be... to be babysitting this little bastard
for her all the time. Laura’ll put a message on her phone and she can pick it
up from them, or they can send it up.
Moving
to leave, and then
cog:
Oh, Helen, can you take a two lunch today, Kim’s phoned in with morning
sickness again, so I’ll need you on to cover.
cog:
Yeah... yeah no problem.
