SCENE TEN
#13 Eyesight To The Blind (Hawker, Harmonica Player, Harlots, Thugs)
(The front door of 666 Godric's Hollow appears. The POTTERS lead TEN-YEAR-OLD HARRY down the street. JAMES puts his key in the front door, opens it and lets LILY and TEN-YEAR-OLD HARRY inside. HE closes the door and remains at the doorstep, lost in thought.
The HAWKER glides down the street, glances through the window, nods off at a not yet visible companion, and approaches JAMES by the front door of 666 Godric's Hollow. HE'S a somewhat unsavory character.)
HAWKER
(To JAMES)
YOU TALK ABOUT YOU WOMAN;
I WISH YOU COULD SEE MINE.
YEAH, YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR WOMAN;
I WISH YOU COULD SEE MINE.
EVERY TIME SHE STARTS TO LOVIN',
SHE BRINGS EYESIGHT TO THE BLIND.
(The HAWKER'S companion, a HARMONICA PLAYER, appears from down the street, wailing on the harmonica. JAMES is dubious and somewhat amused. The HAWKER shows him some photos. Gradually HE becomes interested. THEY ALL cross to CENTERSTAGE, JAMES in the middle of the HAWKER and the HARMONICA PLAYER.)
HAWKER, HARMONICA PLAYER
YOU KNOW HER DADDY GAVER HER MAGIC,
I CAN TELL BY THE WAY SHE WALKS.
(HAWKER reviews the pictures himself with JAMES and the HARMONICA PLAYER, almost like delivering the point.)
HER DADDY GAVE HER MAGIC
I CAN TELL BY THE WAY SHE WALKS.
EVERY TIME SHE STARTS TO SHAKIN',
THE DUMB BEGIN TO TALK.
(In quiet desperation, JAMES turns and rushes into the house to get his son. The HAWKER puts his arm around his companion's shoulder. JAMES emerges with TEN-YEAR-OLD HARRY. JAMES glances back at the closed door, then looks back at the two suspicious characters. The HAWKER, the HARMONICA PLAYER, JAMES, and TEN-YEAR-OLD HARRY wander through the streets of London into the night. A light rain. The HAWKER opens an umbrella.)
END OF SCENE TEN