Complete Works, Volume III by Harold Pinter

Author:Harold Pinter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Disson’s house. Sitting-room. Early evening.

DIANA and THE TWINS are sitting about, reading.

DIANA. Do you miss your mother?

JOHN. We didn't know her very well. We were very young when she died.

DIANA. Your father has looked after you and brought you up very well.

JOHN. Oh, thank you. He'll be pleased to hear that.

DIANA. I've told him.

JOHN. What did he say?

DIANA. He was pleased I thought so. You mean a great deal to him.

JOHN. Children seem to mean a great deal to their parents, I've noticed. Though I've often wondered what ‘a great deal’ means.

TOM. I've often wondered what ‘mean’ means.

DIANA. Aren't you proud of your father's achievements?

JOHN. We are. I should say we are.

Pause.

DIANA. And now that your father has married again . . . has the change in your life affected you very much?

JOHN. What change?

DIANA. Living with me.

JOHN. Ah. Well, I think there definitely is an adjustment to be made. Wouldn't you say that, Tom?

DIANA. Of course there is. But would you say it's an easy adjustment to make, or difficult?

JOHN. Well, it really all depends on how good you are at making adjustments. We're very good at making adjustments, aren't we, Tom?

The front door slams. DIANA and THE TWINS look down at their books. DISSON comes in. They all look up, smile.

DISSON. Hullo.

They all smile genially at him.

DISSON looks quickly from one to the other.

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