【正文】 gi ve him the l etter. Ol i ver: Yes, the letter. (gets it from a desk and gi ves it to H enry li ke a gi ft ) The l etter. H enry: (taki ng i t careful l y) For m e? Roderick: For you. (H enry starts to open i t) O h, no, you m ustn’t open i t. N ot yet. You can’t open i t unti l two o’cl ock. H enry: O h, this i s sil l y. Roderi ck: N ot sil ly. There’s m oney i n i t (cal l s to the servant) James ? H enry: O h, no. I don’t want your chari ty. I just want an honest job. Roderi ck: We know you’re hardworki ng. That39。 and then what’l l hapen to us, wi th no way i n the worl d to earn a li ving? ( At the brothers’ hom e, the servant l ets them i n. the two brothers are seated, wai ti ng. ) H enry: Good m orni ng, gentl em en .( Rodri ck seem s very surpri sed to see Porti a) Porti a, these are the men who helped m e. Porti a: So vary ni ce to m eet you, ki nd sirs. ( She gi ves Oli ver a wi nk wi th one eye.) Roderi ck: Er…Porti a, I … Ol iver: We’re both glad to hear it, for now we can deci de the bet whi ch Roderi ck and I m ade. If you’ve won for m e, you shal l have any job as m y gi ft. H ave you got the mi l i on pound bank note? H enry: H ere i t i s, si r. O li ver: I’ve won! N ow what do you say, Roderi ck? Roderi ck: I say that I’ve l ost twenty thousand pounds. I never woul d have beli eved i t. Why, that is am azi ng, m an! H enry: Com e, l et’s be goi ng now, Porti a. Ol i ver: But wai t, wai t! The job, you know. I m ust give you a job, as I prom i sed. H enry: Wel l, thank you very m uch, but I real y don’t want one now. Porti a: Henry, I’m di sappoi nted i n you. You di dn39。t m atter at al. We’re so very gl ad that you even entered our li ttl e eati ng pl ace. Indeed, sir, I hope you’l l e here whenever you l i ke. H enry: Wel l, that39。t m ind, m ay I ask you how m uch money you have? H enry: Wel l, to be honest, I have none. Oli ver: (happil y) What l uck! Brother, what luck! (cl aps hi s hands together) H enry: Wel, i t m ay seem l ucky to you but not to m e! O n the contrary, i n fact. If thi s i s you i dea of som e knd of joke, I don’t thi nk i t’s very funny. ( H enry stands up to l eave) N ow i f you’l l excuse m e, I thi nk I’l l be on m y way. Roderi ck: Pl ease don’t go, Mr Adam s. You m ustn’t think we don’t care about you. Oli ver, gi ve him the l etter. Ol i ver: Yes, the letter. (gets it from a desk and gi ves it to H enry li ke a gi ft ) The l etter. H enry: (taki ng i t careful l y) For m e? Roderick: For you. (H enry starts to open i t) O h, no, you m ustn’t open i t. N ot yet. You can’t open i t unti l two o’cl ock. H enry: O h, this i s sil l y. Roderi ck: N ot sil ly. There’s m oney i n i t (cal l s to the servant) James ? H enry: O h, no. I don’t want your chari ty. I just want an honest job. Roderi ck: We know you’re hardwo rki ng. That39。t know whether I coul d survi ve until m orni ng. The next m orni ng I’d just about gi ven mysel f up for l sot when I was spotted by a shi p. O li ver: And i t was the shi p that brought you to Engl and. Henry: Yes. The fact i s that I earned m y passage by working as an unpai d hand, whi ch accounts for my appearance. I went to the Am eri can em bassy to seek help, but … ( The brothers sm il e at each other. ) Roderick: Wel l, you m ustn’t worry about that. It’s an advantage. Henry: I’m afrai d I don’t qui te fol l ow you, si r. Roderi ck: Tel l us, Mr Adam s, what sort of work di d you do i n Ameri ca. H enry: I worked for a m ini ng apany. Coul d you offer m e some ki ne of work here? Roderi ck: Pati ence, Mr Adam s. If you don39。s two orders of ham and eggs, two extra thi ck steaks, two l arge gal sses of beer, two cups of coffee and two desserts. H enry: (l ooki ng at the cl ock on the wal ) Woul d you m i nd wai ti ng just a few mi nutes? Wai ter: (in a rude manner) What’ s there to wai t for? O wner: Al ri ght, H orace. I’l l take care of thi s. H enry: (to owner) That was a wonderful m eal. It’s am azi ng how m uch pl easure you get out of the sim pl e thi ns i n li fe, especi al ly you can’t have them for a whil e. O wner: Yes, very i nteresing. Now perhaps, si r, if you pay you bil l I can hel p the other custom ers. H enry: (l ooki ng at the cl ock on the wal agai n) Wel , I see i t’s two o’cl ock. ( he opens the envel ope and hol ds a m il li on pound bank N orel co i n hi s hands H enry i s very surpri sed but the owner and wai ter are shocked) I’m sorry. But…I…I don’t have anythi ng smal er. O wner: (stil l shocked and nervous) Wel l …er…just on m om ent. Maggi e, l ook! ( the hostess screams, the other custom ers l ook at her and she puts a hand to her m outh) Do you thi n i t’s genui ne? H ostess: O h, dear, I don’t know. I sim pl y don’t know . O wner : Wel, I di d hear that the Bank of Engl and had i sued two notes i n this am ount… Anyway, I don’t thi nk i t can be a fake. Peopl e woul d pay too nuch attenti on to a bank note of thi s am ount. N o thi ef woul d want that to happen. H ostess: But he’s i n rags! O wner: Perhaps he’s a very strange, ri ch m an. ( as i f he has di scovered som ethi ng for the fi rst tim e) Why, yes! That m ust be it! H ostess: (hits her husband’s arm) And you put him i n the back of the restaurant! Go an see hi m at one. O wner: ( to H enry) I’m sorry, si r, so sorry, but I cannot change thi s bank note. H enry: But it’s al l I have on m e. O wner: O h, please, don’t worry, si r. Doesn39。t fear jail . Dressed i n the fi nest cl othes, he drove by the brothers’ house i n Portl and Pl ace and, seei ng they were back, went to get Porti a at her fri ennd’s hom e. Henry: My dear, the way you l ook today, i t woul d be a crim e not to ask for a good sal ary for the job they’l l gi ve to m e. Porti a: O h, pl ease rem em ber that if we ask for too m uch we may get no sal ary at al 。t know whether I coul d survi ve until m orni ng. 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