A couple meet in a restaurant. The conversation begins lightly and the audience learn a little about the two characters as well as the tense dynamic of their relationship. The tension is heightened when Jim begins to distance himself and regard Rita with wariness and cynicism, when she manages to pull from him what is preying on his mind. After confronting her with various scraps of evidence and proposing difficult and unanswerable questions regarding her fidelity, Jim seems willing to listen to his partner’s defense. Through a combination of lies, manipulation and evasion, Rita placates his suspicions and declares her love for him, but upon returning from a visit to the ladies’ toilets Jim has discovered one final piece of undeniable evidence. Jim decides to walk out on her and their relationship. Rita slips on a wedding ring and returns home to her husband.
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