Swimming Upstream2003

Harold Fingleton:
[in a drunken stupor, to Tony] When I was your age, I was tougher.

Tony Fingleton:
What are you talking about?

Harold Fingleton:
You're far too weak. You make me feel ashamed. I wish you didn't exist.

Dora Fingleton:
Oh, Tony, come to bed.

[Tony leaves]

Harold Fingleton:
They were a bunch of animals. Bastards.

Dora Fingleton:
Harold, what happened? What happened today, hmm? What happened? How'd you get that mark on your face?

Harold Fingleton:
Coppers came out and, um... I think I fell over. Coppers...

Dora Fingleton:
Was it...

Harold Fingleton:
It was all so long ago that they were animals. And my mother... My mother, she was there. THEY WERE ANIMALS!

Dora Fingleton:
What?

Harold Fingleton:
You're a very good woman, Dora. Where's Tony?