Melchett: Sir Walter Raleigh's death warrant for your signature,
Majesty.Queen: [with quill pen at the ready] Oh. Good. Any news of Edmund?
Melchett: [smugly] Well, Madam, if they're on course, they should be
nearing the urine-drinking stage by now.
Queen: Don't be horrid, Melchy. Edmund would rather die!
Melchett: I fear that may be wishful thinking, Majesty. [He blows
the ink dry on Raleigh's death warrant]
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[scene change: Edmund is passed out or sleeping at the
galley table. A knock comes at the door]
Edmund: Enter. [Baldrick and Percy come in, carrying bottles. Edmund
sits up and we see he that his face is tired and drawn] So soon?
Percy: You said today. [They set the bottles on the table]
Edmund: Yes, well, I'm not feeling very thirsty at the moment.
I had an egg-cup full of stagnant water three weeks ago…
Oh all right, come on, let's get on with it. [He stands up]
Baldrick: Should we drink each other's or stick to our own?
Edmund: Is Captain Rum joining us for this bring-a-sample party,
or is he going to sit this one out?
Percy: Oh no, he's been swigging his for ages. He says he likes it.
Actually, come to think of it, he started before the water
ran out.
Edmund: Oh, God. [Resigned] Well, let's get on with it.
[Caption appears,
"Ten Minutes Later"
Then, we see the three of them with their backs to
the camera and their hands apparently in front of them]
Edmund: It's always the same, isn't it; you get all keyed up and
then you can't go.
Baldrick: I've done two bottles [He turns around and places two
full bottles on the table]
Blackadder: All right, then; pour it out. [Laments] That it should come
to this, drinking Baldrick's water. [He holds out a mug and
Baldrick begins to pour]
Baldrick: Say when. [Blackadder says "When" almost immediately. Baldrick
clinks bottles with Percy, in a toast, "Down the hatch".