Longford2006

[last lines]

Myra Hindley:
You know, we only missed it by a few weeks.

Lord Longford:
What?

Myra Hindley:
The death sentence. They abolished it while we were on remand. Looking back, don't you think it would have been better for everyone if they'd just hung us?

Lord Longford:
Certainly not! Only God has the right to take human life.

Myra Hindley:
Would He not have wanted to give the families that comfort?

Lord Longford:
[staring off into space] None of us knows the true purpose of our lives on earth... Besides, [gallant again] had you been hanged, I would never have had the privilege of getting to know you!

Myra Hindley:
[gazes at him with sadness in her eyes] You really believe that, don't you? [he smiles at her shyly, and says nothing]

Myra Hindley:
Must be a rather nice place to be.

Lord Longford:
[he glances around them] Where?

Myra Hindley:
Inside your head.

Lord Longford:
[grins awkwardly and wags his head from side to side as if to dismiss the thought] Oh! I'm not so sure about that!

Myra Hindley:
[taking another cigarette from her pack and pulling out her lighter] A fine pair we are, then. [long pan on the two chatting on their bench, so close they are almost touching. Credit sequence rolls]