Just before an unwritten contract has been made, another character enters from S/L who we
shall call the Guru. He is also in his thirties, and is dressed rather like a hippy – long hair and
hair-band – but nothing sloppy or drop-out about him. He is actually to begin with – very
bright and cheerful – only a faint air of being on a high emanating from him. He seems to have
actually come in answer to some unknown call, and also to meet someone who has not yet
arrived.

He introduces himself with a cheery ‘hullo’, and makes the Schoolgirl sandcastles, as if trying
to make a child happy by joining in with its games. The Gigolo is drawn into this and gathers
invisible twigs to make flagposts on the invisible sandcastles. The girl sits listening, as during
this operation the Guru is swiftly gathering information about the Gigolo – that he was
performing in a theatrical troupe. The show was a musical called ‘Shipwreck’ – How did it go?
‘Oh it went down well’. The Gigolo is also trying to obtain information about the Guru’s
activities but the latter is very evasive in his answers and seems to be both preoccupied and
apprehensive – glancing about him as if expecting someone.