- Doortje: [she enters her office, he looks sad] Goodmorning. Didn't sleep well?
- Dimitri: I've been robbed. 23,456 francs.
- Doortje: What? A thief? Here?
- Dimitri: Doortje, what did I do wrong? First they say I'm a rapist and then they take all my money.
- Doortje: You did nothing wrong. Nothing. You know what, I'll pour you a cup of my herbal tea.
- Dimitri: [cynically] Can you still come here? Isn't Pico afraid I'm going to assault you?
- Doortje: I'm actually on my way to Carmen. Pico doesn't know I'm here.
- Dimitri: [cynically] Aren't you the bravest.
- Doortje: Because I know you're innocent.
- Dimitri: Thank you, Doortje, but what should I do now?
- Doortje: [on him wearing his pajamas] You might want to wear something else and it will look much better.
- Dimitri: Why? Nobody comes here anymore.
- Doortje: You have to go to Pascale.
- Dimitri: To Pascale? Are you crazy? She punches me in the head.
- Doortje: It's the only way to show you've done nothing wrong. It's to go there with your head held high.
- Dimitri: Yes, and then I'll be carried out on a stretcher, right?
- Doortje: Get up. You shouldn't throw the towel in just yet. Come on now.
- Dimitri: [he stops walking, he looks taken aback] I'll go tomorrow.
- Doortje: No, you must go as soon as possible.
- Dimitri: Alright, order an ambulance.
- Doortje: I'd get dressed first. Otherwise, Pascale thinks you're coming for something else.
- Dimitri: For what?
- [she rolls her eyes]
- Dimitri: Oh yeah... that.
- Pico: Dimitri. Keep your hands off my wife!
- Dimitri: Knock before you come bursting in.
- Pico: Knock? I'm going to knock your head off.
- Xavier: Save some for us, Pico.
- Doortje: Pico, it's not what you think.
- Pico: I don't think anything, Doortje, though I've got eyes.
- Dimitri: It's alright. We were just hanging up this cuckoo clock.
- Oscar: What about Pascale?
- Dimitri: Pascale?
- Boma: Admit it, Dimitri. You can hire a lawyer, you know.
- Dimitri: Me?
- Xavier: Yes. You've assaulted Pascale. And Carmen, almost. And Doortje, very nearly.
- Dimitri: Me?
- Doortje: He didn't do anything.
- Oscar: Oh really? What about your black eye? That's because of Pascale's shoe.
- Dimitri: That's because of something else entirely.
- Pico: Keep telling that to yourself, Dimitri.
- Dimitri: That's because of the cuckoo. I was oiling it and its door went open.
- Xavier: Sure. The bird flew straight in your eye, am I right?
- Dimitri: How'd you know?
- Boma: You can't sell us that. Even you can't be that stupid.
- Dimitri: I am. I'll show you.
- [attempts to open the cuckoo clock, it won't open]
- Xavier: Beautiful bird, Dimitri.
- Dimitri: Hold on. It'll come.
- Pico: Kampioen, shouldn't we discuss protecting our wives?
- Oscar: You're right.
- Xavier: In the military we know what to do.
- Boma: Oh really?
- Xavier: Absolutely. We'd have reconnaissance posts near DDT's garage, then agree on signals to signal the enemy's movements and then perform a surprise attack at the appropriate time.
- Doortje: Men...
- Pico: Where are you going? You're not going back to Dimitri, are you?
- Doortje: No, to Billie. That's the only man you can still expect sensible talk from.
- [she leaves]
- Boma: Xavier, it's a brilliant idea. I'll set up an operation the army will be jealous of .
- Carmen: No, Xavier is a Sergeant. He should be the leader. Right?
- Pico: Carmen's right. Actually, Xavier is the only one who has experience with it.
- Boma: That's ridiculous. You need a *manager* for something like that. Someone who *can* lead. What do you think, Oscar?
- Oscar: Well, there's truth in that.
- Pico: Come on, Oscar. You're not going to put your wife's protection in the hands of Boma, are you?
- Oscar: [he gives it a thought] Actually, I also think that Xavier's the right man.
- Bieke: Mom, what happened?
- Pascale: I was attacked.
- [general shock]
- Oscar: What? Attacked? By who?
- Pascale: [cynically] He didn't introduce himself.
- Carmen: Xavier, stand up and move over.
- Pascale: Shocked, I was. A man twice my size.
- Oscar: Did he - You know - ?
- Pascale: No, Oscar. He was after my money.
- Oscar: Ah.
- Pascale: My purse is totally ruined.
- Pico: What, did he rob you?
- Pascale: What do you think? I yelled and I tried to hit him with my shoe until he ran away.
- Xavier: And *did you* hit him?
- Pascale: [cynically] I didn't ask him.
- Oscar: But you recognized him, right?
- Pascale: It was dark, Oscar.
- Oscar: You have seen him, haven't you?
- Boma: [he enters] Pascale, where have you been? Did you take a mud bath?
- [she looks in his eyes as he laughs, she gets up and runs off]
- Oscar: [he goes after her] Pascale. Pascale*ke*, Pascale!
- Bieke: Congratulations, Mr. President!
- [she goes to comfort her mother]
- Pico: Didn't *you* see anything?
- Xavier: He isn't wearing his glasses.
- Boma: They're at the optician for stronger glasses. What's going on?
- Carmen: Pascale was assaulted by a man.
- Boma: Assaulted? Pascale? You're joking.
- Dimitri: Hello? Anybody here? Alright, then I'll go back home.
- Pascale: [she comes from the living room with a saucepan] Dimitri?
- Dimitri: Don't hit me.
- Pascale: Why would I hit you?
- Dimitri: I don't know. Maybe you'd...
- Pascale: Come with me to the living room. I need to talk to you.
- Dimitri: The living room? Is Oscar home?
- Pascale: No he's not here. I'll get you a cup of coffee and a cognac.
- Dimitri: A cognac is enough.