Curtains

Setting: A couple standing in front of a Grandfather clock in the passage. Characters: Wife (W): Dishevelled and dressed in pyjamas and slippers. Husband (H): A party animal (especially without the wife), with tie askew. Dialogue: W: (folding arms over chest) Two arms are meeting overhead, but nowhere a leg’s in sight. Watchful of what’s being said, as it’s always in the right. H: (slurring) I shall freely surrender as I am legless. Don’t rile. I have been on a bender; surely you can clock my dial. W: At least tell me what I am, or do you not give a— H: It is midnight, my Giggles, and far too late for riddles … W: So, NOW you can tell the time? Staying out late doesn’t rhyme! H: What’s for supper? Epilogue: It was touch-and-go whether it would have been curtains for the poor husband.