SCENE 14

(Ichabod wakes to find that Katrina has gone and he is being watched by Lady Van Tassel.)

Ichabod: Oh, great. Where'd Katrina go?

Lady Van Tassel: To sleep.

Ichabod: Erm...so why isn't the servant girl here?

Lady Van Tassel: She got freaked out. And ran.

Ichabod: Oh. Right.

(silence)

Lady Van Tassel: Guess it's just the two of us now...

(Young Nesborth comes in, carrying a water jug. Lady Van Tassel looks pissed.)

Lady Van Tassel: Hey, do you mind? I'm trying to chat someone up here.

Ichabod: Erm...Nesborth, I need to go to the Notary. Coming?

Nesborth: Sure. Why not.

(Ichabod gets up and runs to the door, conveniently fully dressed.)

Lady Van Tassel: I'll be waiting for you...

Ichabod: Ugh. Don't bother.

(Notary Hardenbrooke's office. Ichabod and Nesborth enter, however it is empty. They look around. Ichabod shrugs and begins to look through papers on the desk. Nesborth notices a bag as Ichabod leans over to open a cabinet.)

Nesborth: Hey, my father's bag. Why is it here?

Ichabod: Your father's bag? It's made for a lady, you know.

(Nesborth glares. Ichabod opens the cabinet to reveal the Notary, trying to hide.)

Ichabod: AAAAAHHHHHH! (then realises that it's just the Notary.) Notary Hardenbrooke?

Notary: Go away! Leave me alone!

Nesborth: That's a bit antisocial. What are you doing with my dad's bag?

Notary: Your dad's? You know it's made for a lady, right?

Ichabod: Ha, ha. Told you so. (On seeing that Nesborth looks like he's about to cry.) Oh, crap. Have you got any duct tape?

(Nesborth doesn't cry.)

Ichabod: Anyway, I want to see Peter Van Garrett's last will and testament.

Notary: The will left everything to his son.

Ichabod: Thank you. Can I see it?

Notary: I think I've lost it...

Nesborth: Look, here it is! In my dad's bag.

Ichabod: Don't you mean handbag?

(He and the Notary snigger. Nesborth ignores them, pulling out a Will and a conveniently situated marriage certificate. Ichabod examines them both.)

Ichabod: Hmmm. It seems that Peter Van Garrett secretly married the widow.

Nesborth: Why secretly?

Notary: Who knows? That man was pretty crazy.

Ichabod: And the will leaves everything to the widow and her unborn child!

Notary: Oh crap. I'm dead.

Nesborth: You look pretty much alive to me...

Wow, that took me ages to write. Please review if you've just read it!