Amelia Bly
Here we are.
The Ghost
Oh, here we are.
Amelia Bly
I'm sorry. I think I'm over it, and then suddenly I realize I'm not.
The Ghost
Are you sure this is all right?
Amelia Bly
Of course. My invitation said plus one.
The Ghost
Only I wondered if you might've wanted to bring your husband.
Amelia Bly
That didn't work out. I hadn't appreciated quite how bored he was with being my plus one.
The Ghost
Shall we go in?
Amelia Bly
Yeah. Amelia Bly, plus one. [To attendant when entering book launch party] Thank you.
The Ghost
That was a bit of a turn-up, for the books, you calling me.
Amelia Bly
I heard you weren't invited, and I thought you should be here.
The Ghost
Ghosts are never invited to the launch party, as a rule. We're an embarrassment. Like a mistress at a wedding.
Amelia Bly
Sorry. I brought you a present.
The Ghost
Thank you. That's very funny.
Amelia Bly
I thought, seeing as you were so keen to hold onto it, you might like it as a souvenir. Between you and me, it wasn't us, it was the Americans. They thought the book was a potential threat to national security.
The Ghost
But there's nothing in it.
Amelia Bly
Something about the beginnings. I think that's what I heard.
The Ghost
The beginning?
Amelia Bly
No, beginnings. The beginnings.
The Ghost
Beginnings? [Has a moment of epiphany]
Amelia Bly
You all right?
The Ghost
Do you know that man? The one who's speaking to Ruth.
Amelia Bly
Paul Emmett?
The Ghost
What's he doing here?
Amelia Bly
Well, he was Ruth's tutor at Harvard when she was a Fulbright scholar. Why shouldn't he be here?
The Ghost
Do you mind if I have that back a second?
