The Lighthouse Cont.

IVO : I ALSO HEARD HER SCREAM WHEN YOU HAD HER UP IN THE TOWER.
SEB : OH, I SEE.
IVO : (SHOUTING) YOU WILL. SIT DOWN!

SEBASTIAN TAKES ONE PACE TOWARDS IVOR.

IVO : CLOSE THE DOOR.
SEB : AFRAID SOMEONE MAY HERE US?
IVO : (DANGEROUSLY) SIT DOWN.

SEBASTIAN TAKES A CHAIR FROM THE TABLE ANDS SITS OPPOSITE IVOR.

IVO : I DON'T WANT YOU COMING BACK, DO YOU HEAR? EVER. YOU'VE BEEN BACK, THREE TIMES, YOU'VE MESSED WITH ME, AND MY LIFE, NOW GO AWAY FOR GOOD.
SEB : THERE'S NOT MUCH MORE LEFT TO SEE, WHERE WOULD I GO TO?
IVO : ANYWHERE, I DON'T CARE, MAKE SOMEWHERE UP. JUST LEAVE.
SEB : IS THIS YOUR WAY OF TRYING TO END THIS?

PAUSE.

SEB : IS IT?
IVO : LEAVE.
SEB : NO.

PAUSE.

IVO : WHAT?
SEB : NO. I HAVE DECIDED TO STAY HERE?
IVO : (CONTROLLING HIMSELF) YOU WERE JUST ABOUT TO WALK OUT THAT DOOR.

SEBASTIAN GETS OUT OF HIS CHAIR.

SEB : MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE YOU STILL HAVEN'T REALISED WHY I KEEP COMING BACK.
IVO : (SHOUTING) HOW CAN I, WHEN YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW YOURSELF.
SEB : (ANGRILY) I DO KNOW. I'M ALONE.

PAUSE. SEBASTIAN WALKS BEHIND IVOR, TO THE WINDOW. HE THEN TURNS TO IVOR.

SEB : MY MOTHER WOULD KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
IVO : ELIZABETH WOULDN'T HAVE UNDERSTOOD YOU.
SEB : ELIZABETH, MY MOTHER WOULD.
IVO : (TURNING) ELIZABETH MY WIFE WOULDN'T.

PAUSE.

SEB : SHE WAS THE SAME PERSON.

PAUSE.

SEB : DESPITE WHAT YOU BELIEVE, SHE DIED, BECAUSE SHE SUFFERED. WHY DIDN'T YOU STOP IT?
IVO : (QUIETLY) I TRIED.
SEB : THEN AFTER SHE DIED, YOU DELIBERATELY DROVE ME OUT.

IVOR SNAPS AND LASHES OUT AT SEBASTIAN.

IVO : IS THAT WHAT YOU THINK. REALLY. YOU THINK THAT I DIDN'T WANT YOU, NEED YOU AFTER SHE DIED. YOU SELFISH BASTARD. THERE WAS NO DIFFERENCE, NOTHING YOU COULD'VE DONE OUT THERE, THAN YOU HAD HERE. YOU HAD A LIFE HERE, THAT YOU DESTROYED, NOT ME.

SEBASTIAN GOES OVER AND SHOUTS IN IVORS FACE.

SEB : YOU HONESTLY THINK THAT THE WORLD REVOLVES AROUND THIS ROCK. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE...

SEBASTIAN GRABS IVOR AND WHEELS HIM OUT THROUGH THE DOOR.

IVO : GET OFF ME.