Robert and Emma's House. Bedroom. 1968. Winter.
The room is dimly lit. JERRY is sitting in the shadows. Faint music through the door.
The door opens. Light. Music. EMMA comes in, closes the door. She goes towards the mirror, sees JERRY.
EMMA
Good God.
JERRY
I've been waiting for you.
EMMA
What do you mean?
JERRY
I knew you'd come.
He drinks.
EMMA
I've just come in to comb my hair.
He stands.
JERRY
I knew you'd have to. I knew you'd have to comb your hair. I knew you'd have to get away from the party.
She goes to the mirror, combs her hair.
He watches her.
You're a beautiful hostess.
EMMA
Aren't you enjoying the party?
JERRY
You're beautiful.
He goes to her.
Listen. I've been watching you all night. I must tell you, I want to tell you, I have to tell you –
EMMA
Please –
JERRY
You're incredible.
EMMA
You're drunk.
JERRY
Nevertheless.
He holds her.
EMMA
Jerry.
JERRY
I was best man at your wedding. I saw you in white. I watched you glide by in white.
EMMA
I wasn't in white.
JERRY
You know what should have happened?
EMMA
What?
JERRY
I should have had you, in your white, before the wedding. I should have blackened you, in your white wedding dress, blackened you in your bridal dress, before ushering you into your wedding, as your best man.
EMMA
My husband's best man. Your best friend's best man.
JERRY
No. Your best man.
EMMA
I must get back.
JERRY
You're lovely. I'm crazy about you. All these words I'm using, don't you see, they've never been said before. Can't you see? I'm crazy about you. It's a whirlwind. Have you ever been to the Sahara Desert? Listen to me. It's true. Listen. You overwhelm me. You're so lovely.
EMMA
I'm not.
JERRY
You're so beautiful. Look at the way you look at me.
EMMA
I'm not … looking at you.
JERRY
Look at the way you're looking at me. I can't wait for you, I'm bowled over, I'm totally knocked out, you dazzle me, you jewel, my jewel, I can't ever sleep again, no, listen, it's the truth, I won't walk, I'll be a cripple, I'll descend, I'll diminish, into total paralysis, my life is in your hands, that's what you're banishing me to, a state of catatonia, do you know the state of catatonia? do you? do you? the state of … where the reigning prince is the prince of emptiness, the prince of absence, the prince of desolation. I love you.
EMMA
My husband is at the other side of that door.
JERRY
Everyone knows. The world knows. It knows. But they'll never know, they'll never know, they're in a different world. I adore you. I'm madly in love with you. I can't believe that what anyone is at this moment saying has ever happened has ever happened. Nothing has ever happened. Nothing. This is the only thing that has ever happened. Your eyes kill me. I'm lost. You're wonderful.
EMMA
No.
JERRY
Yes.
He kisses her.
She breaks away.
He kisses her.
Laughter off.
She breaks away.
Door opens. ROBERT.
EMMA
Your best friend is drunk.
JERRY
As you are my best and oldest friend and, in the present instance, my host, I decided to take this opportunity to tell your wife how beautiful she was.
ROBERT
Quite right.
JERRY
It is quite right, to … to face up to the facts … and to offer a token, without blush, a token of one's unalloyed appreciation, no holds barred.
ROBERT
Absolutely.
JERRY
And how wonderful for you that this is so, that this is the case, that her beauty is the case.
ROBERT
Quite right.
JERRY moves to ROBERT and takes hold of his elbow.
JERRY
I speak as your oldest friend. Your best man.
ROBERT
You are, actually.
He clasps JERRY's shoulder, briefly, turns, leaves the room.
EMMA moves towards the door. JERRY grasps her arm. She stops still.
They stand still, looking at each other.
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