Pointless Points

Back at the office.

Vello and David practice their lines.

Vello (Martin the philosopher): It doesn't much matter.

David (Doctor Pangloss): I agree, but for a different reason.

Vello: My point is, it's all pointless.

David: My point is, what happens is what should happen.

Vello: Yes but .... hydrangeas!

David: Beautiful plants.

Vello: Needing umbrellas

David: Not in a sink hole. There's Providence for you!

They stop. Here the script ends in bracketed dots.

( .....)

Vello what do these mean?

Sweezus: To be continued.

Vello: When?

Sweezus: When I figure out how to introduce the theme of the goodness of string.

Vello: String?

David: Surely it's simple, in a play about a garden.

Sweezus: Yeah but like, as a good in the world. A philosophical construct. Arthur's idea.

David: Nevertheless, I'm intrigued. Why did Arthur pick string?

Dunno yet, says Sweezus.

Celia and Saint Roley have been waiting to ask a question. Now seems a good time.

Celia puts her hand up.

What is it? asks Vello.

Can we exchange parts? asks Celia. Me and Saint Roley. I want the straw hat. He wants the pointed hood. It makes sense.

Everyone contemplates the gender implications.

They're good.

Celia will play Paquette, in a hat with a ribbon, instead of Brother Giroflée, a monk in a hood.

Saint Roley will play Brother Giroflée, in a pointed hood that will balance his long-beaked profile.

There is only one problem.

Belle has already taken their measurements, and gone off to the shops.

We'll see, says Vello. I'm inclined to say yes, though.

And can we have more lines? asks Celia. All I get to say is There go the pistachios. It's a waste of a hat.

Certainly, says David. There'll be additional lines about string shortly. Won't there, Sweezus?

Yeah, says Sweezus.

Garden string or philosophical string? asks Saint Roley.

Ideally both, says Vello. We await enlightenment from Arthur. Shall we adjourn for a coffee?

Are you making it? asks David.

I suppose I'll have to, says Vello.

Not that he's lazy, but Belle normally does it.