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Beatie has traveled to her family home in Norfolk from London. She is keen to introduce her family to her boyfriend, Ronnie. While home, she catches up on the village gossip and retreats into youngest child behavior. As she takes a luxurious afternoon bath, she chats to her mother. However, the conversation turns when Mrs Bryant goes to turn off the radio. Beatie blames her mother for not exposing her to classical music and for living a sheltered, uneducated life. Beatie encourages Mrs Bryant
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START: Mrs Bryant You hear about Jimmy Skelton? They say he鈥檝e bin arrested for accosting some man in the village.
Beatie Jimmy Skelton what own the pub?
Mrs Bryant That鈥檚 him. I know all about Jimmy Skelton though. He were a
young boy when I were a young girl.
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END: Beatie See the way the other tune comes in? Hear it? Two simple tunes, one
after the other.
Mrs Bryant I aren鈥檛 saying it鈥檚 all squit.
Beatie And now listen, listen, it goes together, the two tunes together, they knit, they鈥檙e perfect. Don鈥檛 it make you want to dance?
Arnold Wesker. Roots. Act Two.
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