Cairo (2014)
“He was in a flap. I had no plans, had scarcely seen a soul since Sally’s last visit.
‘You should come and see a movie with me,’ he said.
‘What, now?’ ‘This afternoon. Why not?’ Being unemployed, James often saw movies during the day. In addition to sporadic handouts from his parents, he was on an unspecified government pension for those unfit to work. This was, he intimated, only until he got back on his feet. The nature of his disability was unclear, as was what ‘back on his feet’ could entail... for a man like James; it was impossible to imagine him doing anything more worldly than drinking cask wine in the afternoon or lolling on his mattress, reading I, Claudius. I, on the other hand — possibly owing to some vestigial Protestant suspicion of leisure — had always felt uneasy about going to the cinema during the day, and made excuses about having chores to do before my shift at the restaurant that night.
But James would have none of it. ‘Meet me at the Valhalla at two o’clock, will you.’ The choice of venue sealed it.MoreLess
‘You should come and see a movie with me,’ he said.
‘What, now?’ ‘This afternoon. Why not?’ Being unemployed, James often saw movies during the day. In addition to sporadic handouts from his parents, he was on an unspecified government pension for those unfit to work. This was, he intimated, only until he got back on his feet. The nature of his disability was unclear, as was what ‘back on his feet’ could entail... for a man like James; it was impossible to imagine him doing anything more worldly than drinking cask wine in the afternoon or lolling on his mattress, reading I, Claudius. I, on the other hand — possibly owing to some vestigial Protestant suspicion of leisure — had always felt uneasy about going to the cinema during the day, and made excuses about having chores to do before my shift at the restaurant that night.
But James would have none of it. ‘Meet me at the Valhalla at two o’clock, will you.’ The choice of venue sealed it.MoreLess
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