(A short time later, Malcolm spots Julius again.)
Oh, there he is. Screaming Lord Crutch. I like the flunkies, by the way. That's a very nice touch. It's a wee bit Graham Norton.
Don't needle me, Malcolm. Not when people are under scrutiny.
I'm under scrutiny?
Yes.
I'm fucking Nosferatu. That's really fucking scary.
(unimpressed) I'm walking on. We're moving on. I'm Ian Botham. I'm walking on for hospice care.
(And then, Malcolm sees Nicola...and he sneaks over to her when nobody's looking.)
How's it going with Lord Bonnie Longford?
I've not been in yet. I've just been standing here for 20 minutes.
So IF this phone call does come up...
Julius (Seeing what Malcolm's up to) No! No, that's not...
You're nothing if not persistent, are you, Malcolm?
(Julius breaks up the conversation.)
Don't do that! I made it quite clear...
(to Julius) I was standing over there and I thought, "Nicola's choking." But she wasn't. She was laughing, retrospectively, at your massive shiny head. (to Steve) Oh, what happened? Did you get heckled off? What was the line? "Taxi for Tom Selleck!"
Yeah. Could I have a quick word? Just...just five minutes.
(Steve takes Malcolm into the office to have a private chat.)
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