NIGHT MISS PEACH What are you doing!?. NIGHT Miss Peach sits down on a chair as Scarlet searches the drawer of the side table.. Scarlet discovers a flashlight and hands it to Miss Peach.
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MISS PEACH What are you doing!?
SCARLET
I told you I’m not carrying you down forty flights of stairs
Scarlet delicately fiddles with the lock
MISS PEACH Stop You can’t What if she comes back?
Scarlet adjusts one of the tools and there echoes a loud CLICK
SCARLET She’s your friend; she’ll understand
Scarlet twists the door handle and the door swings open Scarlet smiles sweetly
SCARLET Besides, the door was open Coming?
Scarlet enters
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23 INT APARTMENT HALLWAY NIGHT
The two enter the apartment Miss Peach hesitates at
the door Scarlet tries the light switch All remains dark Miss Peach limps in protectively
MISS PEACH Don’t touch anything!
Scarlet comes across a side table in the hallway upon
which are two candlesticks Scarlet lights the
candlesticks Miss Peach continues to limp
Trang 2SCARLET That ankle isn’t going to get any better with you limping all over the place
23 INT APARTMENT HALLWAY NIGHT Miss Peach sits down on a chair as Scarlet searches the drawer of the side table Scarlet discovers a flashlight and hands it to Miss Peach Taking one of the
candlesticks and the penis candle Scarlet wanders up the corridor
SCARLET Nice place your friend has
MISS PEACH Don’t touch anything
Scarlet disappears into the bedroom leaving Miss Peach alone Miss Peach switches on the flashlight and uses it
to scan the HALLWAY and distant LIVING ROOM (#23A) Everything is tidy, delicate, and feminine The odd piece of furniture and painting can be glimpsed Scarlet reemerges carrying only the penis candle Scarlet moves to lift Miss Peach and begins to carry her down the corridor
SCARLET You can rest your foot in here
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24 INT BEDROOM NIGHT They enter the bedroom There in the middle of the room is a beautiful double bed, bedside which Scarlet has set down the candlestick Scarlet carries Miss Peach over
to the bed Miss Peach hesitates Scarlet gently pushes Miss Peach down on to the bed Scarlet goes into the bathroom Miss Peach scans the bedroom
MISS PEACH You really don’t have to stay I’d hate to keep you
if you have places to go
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Scarlet has set down the penis candle and is faced with
an array of expensive makeup and lotions She caresses them, lifting a crystal scent bottle to her nose
SCARLET
No, I have no place special to go
26 INT BEDROOM NIGHT
Miss Peach caresses the silk bed cover and turns to the bed side table upon which are several silver-framed
photographs The photos are a decadent array of fun
times through the ages Miss Peach carefully studies the photographs
Miss Peach searches and finally comes across a picture
of CATHERINE SPENCER and LORD WALTER She then
lifts a single picture of Lord Walter and examines it
closely; across it is written “To Catherine, my love
always, Walter.” For a moment she caresses the picture
of Lord Walter Scarlet reemerges carrying some
bandages and a glass of water Miss Peach quickly
replaces the photograph Scarlet hands the glass of
water and two pills to Miss Peach Miss Peach
hesitates
SCARLET Painkillers
Tentatively, Miss Peach takes the pills and swallows
them, never losing eye contact with Scarlet Scarlet then kneels at Miss Peach’s foot and takes off her shoe She then unravels the bandages and begins to bandage her
ankle
MISS PEACH Thank you so much, but I think I can manage now
I’m really quite capable
Scarlet continues to bandage Miss Peach’s foot rather
clumsily
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No, no, you’re doing it all wrong
SCARLET I’m sorry I’m only trying to help
MISS PEACH Well you’re not helping you’re making things far worse I think it would be best if you left
SCARLET That’s nice I help you out of the elevator carry you up here, bandage your foot
26 INT BEDROOM NIGHT (CONT.)
MISS PEACH Well it’s all wrong Everything you’re doing is wrong
SCARLET Well I’m terribly sorry I didn’t realize I was with an expert
MISS PEACH When you’ve spent the better part of your life in the service of others, you become very particular about such things
Scarlet finishes bandaging
SCARLET Well maybe it’s time to take a rest!
Swiftly Scarlet puts down her things, gets up, and leaves Miss Peach gets up to follow her but winces in pain as she puts weight on her foot She hesitates and then sits down on the bed Hot and exhausted, she decides to rest She lies down clutching onto the flashlight, which she rests protectively on her stomach
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Scarlet’s hand withdraws from her bag a small
transistor radio which she switches on
RADIO Due to a thunderstorm upstate, four separate power lines were struck by lightning earlier this evening Within half an hour the utility suffered a massive loss of some 2,000 megawatts At
precisely 9:34 p.m., New York City experienced a total electrical blackout As the Consolidated Edison Company struggles to restore power to the city, reports of widespread violence and looting have been flooding in
27 INT LIVING ROOM NIGHT
Whiskey is poured into a crystal glass Scarlet sits
alone and loses all her polish; spreading her legs in a very masculine way She goes over to the window and looks out across the dark skyline A distant SIREN is
heard
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28 INT BEDROOM NIGHT
The bedside candlestick has burned down considerably
Miss Peach is jolted awake and briskly switches on her flashlight pointing it toward the doorway The light hits Scarlet’s face as she stands in the bedroom door holding
a candlestick She stands proud like the Statue of
Liberty She wears a large mink fur coat, costume
jewelry, and a large decadent hat
SCARLET Nice huh?
MISS PEACH Where did you get those? Take them off immediately
SCARLET I’m not going to hurt them Please, I need them for five minutes
Trang 6MISS PEACH What do you mean, need? I don’t think you quite know what you need
SCARLET What makes you so sure! You don’t know the first thing about me, Peaches
Scarlet gives a large vivacious smile as Miss Peach looks
on hopelessly Miss Peach stands up and begins to leave the bedroom
MISS PEACH
We should never have come; we can’t stay here
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29 INT HALLWAY NIGHT Miss Peach walks briskly with her limp
SCARLET It’s a blackout for Christ’s sake It’s chaos out there
MISS PEACH And what if she comes back? She’ll be angry that you broke into her house, touched all her things
SCARLET
WE WE broke in, honey No one dragged you through that door
Miss Peach is frozen
SCARLET You told me she was your friend
MISS PEACH Well she is sort of A friend of the man I dedicated my life to I couldn’t turn my back on that
Trang 7SCARLET You lied then
MISS PEACH You lied to me first With all your glitter
SCARLET Glitter?
MISS PEACH Why exactly do you dress like that!?
Miss Peach motions at Scarlet’s attire Leaving Scarlet
behind, Miss Peach wanders toward the living room
29 INT HALLWAY NIGHT
SCARLET Because I like it I love the attention
MISS PEACH
So you’re just a performer; it’s fancy dress
Miss Peach turns to Scarlet who stands confused
MISS PEACH You may be very striking, but look at yourself
What are you being now You don’t even know She finds us here, I’ll be a laughingstock We both will
be, but in your case it scarcely matters
Miss Peach looks at Scarlet who stands still
(pause)
SCARLET Excuse me, I need to take a shit!
MISS PEACH You’re totally uncivilized!
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