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INTRUDER : I‟ve got freedom to gain. As for myself, I‟m a poor hunted rat. As
Vincent Charles Gerrard I‟m free to go places and do nothing. I can eat well
and sleep and without having to be ready to beat it at the sight of a cop.

To beat it: to leave immediately
The intruder replied that in return for killing Gerrard, he would get freedom. As
he had committed a murder, he was hunted by the police and was hiding like
a rat. Upon stealing the identity of Vincent Charles Gerrard, he would live a life
of freedom. He could go to places, eat and sleep without the fear of being
caught by the police.

GERRARD : In most melodramas the villain is foolish enough to delay his
killing long enough to be frustrated. You are much luckier.

Gerrard commented that in many dramatic plays the villain was showed to be
a foolish person. He would delay being killed and eventually got frustrated due
to the delay. Then he would commit some foolish act and get trapped. But the
intruder was luckier than such villains.

INTRUDER : I‟m O.K. I‟ve got a reason for everything. I‟m going to be Vincent
Charles Gerrard, see. I‟ve got to know what he talks like. Now I know. That
posh stuff comes easy. This is Mr V.C. Gerrard speaking. (Pantomime of
phoning, in imitation cultured voice.) And that‟s not all. (He stands up.) Get up
a minute (Gerrard stands.) Now take a look at me.

Posh: rich, showy
Pantomime: to mime or copy someone

The intruder replied that he was fine because he was doing this for a reason.
He wanted to live on the stolen identity of Vincent Charles Gerrard. He
enacted Gerrard‟ss style of speaking which he had learnt when he had
overheard Gerrard talking on the phone. The intruder mimed Gerrard and
asked how was hisperformance.

GERRARD : You‟re not particularly decorative.

Gerrard commented that the acting was not very attractive.

INTRUDER : No! Well, that goes for you, too. I‟ve only got to wear specs and
I‟ll be enough like you to get away with it.

The intruder commented that it wasn‟t so because Gerrard‟s behaviour was
such. He added that he only required spectacles and he would look just like
Gerrard.

GERRARD : What about your clothes? They‟ll let you down if you‟re not
careful.
Gerard asked the intruder that what would he do about his clothes. His dress
sense was not like him and could put him in trouble.