- Alex stumbles upon a gate with HOME written on it. He swears he's seen this before.
- He knocks on the door and it opens.
- He tells the man he's been beaten up by the police and left to die on the road.
- The man leads Alex in to a warm fire.
- Alex knows right then what's so familiar about HOME.
- The man, who is middle-aged, offers Alex some whiskey.
- On the table rests a typewriter and a bunch of papers. Alex recalls the manuscript, A Clockwork Orange, that he torn up.
- The writer makes Alex a nice bath and offers him a full supper.
- Alex's eye fill with tears.
- Alex bathes, gets in some pajamas already laid out for him, and has supper with the writer.
- He speaks of repayment.
- The writer interrupts him, stating that he knows who he is. Uh oh.
- He's seen Alex's picture in the papers earlier this morning. Ah, phew.
- The man tries to give Alex his sympathies in his struggle against the government and the police.
- The man urges Alex to tell his story.
- Alex treads carefully, giving sparse detail about his crimes.
- But he doesn't hold back on the juicy bits about Ludovico's Technique.
- The writer is enraged about it! Cruel and unusual punishment, he cries. Alex is no longer a human being, lacking the power of choice, he utters. (Could Burgess have chosen a more convenient mouthpiece?)
- The writer wants Alex to help dislodge the current overbearing Government, one that is content to turn a decent person into a piece of repressed clockwork.
- Alex agrees with the writer, but seems to be more concerned with how fervently he's been wiping the same dinner plate.
- The writer launches into a huge speech about how ever since his wife has gone, he's been having a hard time doing the chores around the house by himself.
- He goes into detail about his wife's rape and murder.
- Alex recalls the vivid details of that unfortunate night he participated in. He starts to get sick.
- The writer orders Alex to bed.