Babe stands at the window of his hotel room. Babe stares out at the rain driving hard upon the gray Humber estuary.
What place is this? Babe asks.
Cleethorpes, he says.
—How did we end up here?
—It’s on the schedule.
—No, how did we end up here?
And he knows that they will not be coming back.
On May 17th, 1954, they give their last performance together.
On May 18th, 1954, Babe has a heart attack.