BILL rises at 6 o'clock and dresses
while ALICE is still asleep.
He has only had a couple of hours
sleep and looks awful.
HELENA'S BEDROOM
On his way out he stops off in
his daughter's room. She is asleep in
her bed. He kisses her on the
forehead.
STUDY
He collects his costume and leaves.
EXT CAFE SONATA - DAY
Taxi pulls up and BILL gets out.
He takes a cab to the Cafe Sonata where he met Nick Nightingale.
It is closed but he peers in through the window and sees the chairs
are stacked on the tables and
the place is being cleaned.
He taps on the glass.
After a couple of "we're closed" wave-offs from the
manageress
working at a table in the back,
the door is finally opened by one of
We've come to another arrangement.
Gibson slides the credit-card slip across the desk.
BILL looks it over.
GIBSON
Okay. It's a hundred
and fifty for the
basic rental. Two hundred
for the
inconvenience. Twenty five
for the
mask. And I've credited the
three
hundred deposit. Okay?
BILL nods.
GIBSON
And if the doctor should ever
want
anything again...
(smiles)
...it needn't be a monk's
costume.
EXT BILL'S SURGERY - DAY
INT BILL'S SURGERY - DAY
_Possible scene_.
BILL'S colleague, MAX
In addition to whatever else they may talk about, BILL says he
feels a
bit under the weather and asks
MAX to take his appointments for the
BILL hails a taxi and makes a
another deal to go to the house in Long
Island.
INT CAB - DAY
BILLS thoughts.
V.O.
To be written
EXT VARIOUS POV'S DAY
59th street Bridge.
L.I. Express way.
EXT LONG ISLAND MANSION - DAY
When the cab arrives there, nothing
suspicious is in sight, no cars or
pedestrians.
It stops a little past the house and BILL get out and walks to
the
gates.
The big gates are locked and there is no one in sight.
He hears the faint whine of the zoom lens motor on one of the
surveillance cameras.
He looks up anxiously but is determined to carry out his inquiry.
He rings the bell mounted on one of the gate pillars.
He hears the motor on another surveillance camera, as it pans
on to
him.
He waits.
A few moments later, a car slowly approaches down the road from
the house and stops at the gate.
An elderly servant gets out and walks slowly to the gate.
He holds a letter and without
a word pushes it through the iron bars
to BILL, whose heart is beating
wildly.
BILL
For me?
The servant nods, walks back to the car and drives back up the
road.
BILL looks at the envelope and sees: 'Dr. William Harford' written
on
it in a neat, dignified handwriting.
_How did they know his name_?
He opens the envelope and unfolds a sheet of writing paper.
Give up your inquiries which are completely useless, and consider
these words a second warning.
We hope, for your own good, that
this will be sufficient.
BILL stands there looking at the note.
EXT CAB - DAY
Driving back to New York
INT CAB - DAY
BILL looks up from the letter,
thoughtfully.
V.O.
Second warning -? Why the
second
warning - and not the last?.
The tone of the note was strangely
reserved and seemed to show
that the
people who sent it by no means
felt
secure.
The note disappointed him, though, in a
way, it reassured him, just
why he
couldn't say.
But, at least, he now felt the woman
Marion opens the door.
She is dressed in black. Her face becomes slightly flushed.
MARION (smiling wearily)
You made me wait a long
time.
BILL
I'm sorry, Marion. This
was a
particularly busy day for
me.
In the living room, Marion smiles and offers him a seat on the
couch,
sitting down next to him.
BILL takes her hand in his and looks at her warmly.
She makes little attempt to hide her desperate love.
BILL
I bumped into Carl downstairs.
He said
you're going to Connecticut
tomorrow.
She gazes into his eyes, mournfully.
MARION
I won't go if you don't want
me to.
BILL gives her a long look, leans forward and kisses her on the
lips.
They embrace and fall back on the couch.
MARION
Oh, Bill, I love you.
I love you so much.
He kisses her and starts to fondle her breasts and other regions.
MARION (whimpers)
I'm not angry.
She rests her chin on his shoulder.
MARION
Oh, Bill... Say something
nice to me. I
am so confused.
BILL doesn't move.
BILL
Marion, I guess this _is_
crazy. I'm a
happily married man with a child,
and
you are engaged to Carl.
Marion's shoulders droop.
BILL
I'm sure the best thing
for your to do is
to go Connecticut tomorrow
with Carl
as you had planned. A complete
change of environment and the
fresh
air will do you a world of
good.
Marion sits motionless and tears begin to stream down her face.
BILL sits in silence for a few moments, feeling impatience rather
than
sympathy.
Then he looks at his watch and gets to his feet.
BILL
Marion, my dear, much
as I regret it...
He would gladly say something kinder to her, but finds it difficult
to