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get it from? Where’d you get it from?
    RYAN : Get what from? What are you talking about?
    WALKER : The plan to get out. How much was it? Whatever it was, you paid too much for it.
    RYAN : The other man got cold feet.
    WALKER : The least you could’ve done is tee up a car. Why didn’t you tee up a bloody car?
    RYAN : Let me think. Let me think. I can’t think.
    WALKER : Fancy paying for a sure-fire plan like this.
    RYAN : My head’s going to burst, it’s gonna break.
    WALKER : There’s half a tank. There is a God.
    RYAN : Does the needle go past ‘E’?
    WALKER : Shut up.
    RYAN : Does it?
    WALKER : Why did I go with you?
    RYAN : It’s not romantic now, is it?
    RYAN bursts into laughter.
    WALKER : Of course it’s not romantic now. Where are we off to? Where are we going to?
    RYAN : Where did we come from? That’s the real question.
    WALKER : What’s that intersection there?
    RYAN : Heaven and Hell.
    WALKER : It’s Newmarket Street, isn’t it?
    RYAN : Definitely.
    WALKER : Right or left to our mate’s place?
    RYAN : His light’s off. Do a yoowee.
    WALKER : What’s this other place? His light’s on, isn’t it? Let’s pull up here. Do you know how to use that rifle or don’t you? How many shells left in it?
    RYAN : It played up earlier; it ejects funny. There should be one or two in it.
    WALKER : Christ, what a day. I need a beer, bad.
    They alight the car to enter Keith Hurley’s.
    RYAN : Kensington, Keith Hurley’s place. His missus likes me. She’ll let us in. Keith’s not much fun. Though we better tee up those bodgie plates soon.
    Sirens wail. Shots ring out. KEITH HURLEY greets RYAN and WALKER at his door.
    HURLEY : How can I help you?
    WALKER : We’re escaped criminals. How do you do? Let us in, Keith, will you!
    HURLEY : You might be a bit too hot. I’ll get done for.
    MRS HURLEY : Come on in, boys, the water’s fine. At last. Company! God, Flemington’s dead.
    They enter the Hurley premises. They relax for the first time since the escape. MRS HURLEY is there.
    You stay here as long as you like. We’re redecorating. It’s only Kensington. But we’ll move up to South Yarra, don’t worry about that.
    RYAN : You’re a lovely person, Mrs Hurley, for taking us in.
    HURLEY : This is harbouring.
    WALKER : A safe harbour. With boats on it. Little boats.
    HURLEY : I could cop time for letting you blokes do this.
    MRS HURLEY : Then cop some time and shut up. Chop us some tomatoes and pull your finger out.
    RYAN : You tell him, Missus Hurley.
    HURLEY : What about the radio reports?
    RYAN : What? Brian Henderson? He can’t sing. He’s no good.
    WALKER : We won’t be here long. I think Jesus said that. It’s so hot. It’s like a cauldron. Cops everywhere. Shut up, all of you!
    HURLEY : Sorry we haven’t got any air conditioning. We’re saving up for a new set of lungs.
    Sirens and garbled news reports.
    RYAN : We did so much time. And now we can do time with friends like Keith and Mrs Keith.
    MRS HURLEY makes cheese and tomato sandwiches.
    I love Keith and Mrs Keith. The sight of cheese and tomato sandwiches getting made. How good is that? A real family.
    WALKER : Only a little thing, Ron.
    RYAN : That’s what joy is made of. You’ve got to bring it over to your side.
    HURLEY : I don’t know how long you’se can prop.
    POLICE RADIO : Ringwood Maroondah Highway. Bacchus Marsh Western Highway. Kilmore Hume Highway. Woodend Calder Highway. Interrupt broadcast. Stolen car PA2 002 located and eliminated. Country roadblocks at the following places: Geelong, Princes Highway and Bacchus Marsh intersection. Ballarat, Ballarat and Ararat Roads. Seymour Benalla Nagambie intersection. Heathcote Elmore Bendigo. Castlemaine Maryborough Road. Portland Tyrandarra turn-off. Hamilton St Arnaud Dimboola Kaniva Beulah Ouyen Mildura Echuca Deniliquin Cobram Shepparton